Echo TV explained

Echo TV
Owner:Echo Hungária TV Zrt
(part of Talentis Group)
Picture Format:576i (SDTV)
Country:Hungary
Language:Hungarian
Area:Hungary
Headquarters:Angol Street 65-69,
Budapest, 1149
Former Names:TVN (2003–2004)
Echo TVN (2004–2005)

Echo TV was a Christian-conservative[1] Hungarian television channel owned and operated by Echo Hungária TV Zrt,[1] and founded in 2005 to cover business news.[2] Later focusing on news broadcasting and public affairs, it was known as a supporter of Fidesz and KDNP.[3]

History

TVN founded as Echo TVN as a business news channel in 2005[4] at the initiative of Gábor Széles, the 4th richest man of Hungary (as of 2017) and the head of Videoton and Ikarus Bus.[2] Széles had only days previously purchased Hungary's daily Magyar Hírlap; the acquisition of both stations helped Széles establish a major media presence in Hungary.[5] Széles reportedly spent two billion Hungarian forints in creating Echo TV.[6]

In 2006 Echo TV became a media partner of Feratel media technologies AG, based in Austria.[7]

Gábor Széles sold Echo TV to Fidesz-backed businessman and oligarch Lőrinc Mészáros on December 2, 2016.[2]

On December 4, 2017 the whole channel was renewed.[8] Echo TV ceased operations on March 31, 2019. Its staff and technical equipment were integrated into Hír TV, which had returned as a pro-government media portfolio after the 2018 parliamentary election.[9]

Association with far-right politics

According to Le Monde, Echo TV was a forum favored among neofascists in Hungary.[10]

After the 2010 election in Hungary, Echo TV displayed an image of Imre Kertész, a Hungarian survivor of Auschwitz and nobel laureate, alongside a voiceover about rats.[11] Sándor Pörzse was a well-known host for Echo TV before helping to found Jobbik's paramilitary organization the "Hungarian Guard," later banned by the Hungarian Government.[12] Sándor Pörzse was removed from the Echo TV in 2009.[13]

One of Echo TV's better known broadcasters was Ferenc Szaniszló, known for his racist and anti-Semitic statements.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] In 2011, Hungary's media regulator fined Echo 500,000 Forints after Szaniszló compared Roma people to "monkeys".[19]

Notes and References

  1. https://magyaridok.hu/belfold/hazank-legfrissebb-televizioja-lett-kereszteny-konzervativ-echo-2533918/ HAZÁNK LEGFRISSEBB TELEVÍZIÓJA LETT A KERESZTÉNY-KONZERVATÍV ECHO - András Kárpáti - Magyar Idők
  2. http://magyarhirlap.hu/cikk/73204/Nemzeti_erok_egyesitese_Uj_tulajdonosa_van_az_Echo_Televizionak Nemzeti erők egyesítése: Új tulajdonosa van az Echo Televíziónak - Tamás Pindroch
  3. https://magyaridok.hu/belfold/uj-tulajdonosa-van-az-echo-tv-nek-1225000/ Új tulajdonosa van az Echo TV-nek - Magyar Idők
  4. News: Rövidesen indul az ECHO TV. 3 June 2005. 28 April 2013. 13 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180213224110/http://mfor.hu/cikkek/Rovidesen_foghato_az_Echo_TV.html. dead.
  5. News: Gábor Széles buys daily Magyar Hirlap. MTI Econews. 19 September 2005.
  6. News: Széles to Start TV Channel. EASTBUSINESS.ORG. 1 December 2005.
  7. News: Ots news: feratel media technologies AG. AWP OTS. 22 December 2006.
  8. https://magyaridok.hu/interju/palyara-megujulo-echo-tv-2427385/ PÁLYÁRA ÁLL A MEGÚJULÓ ECHO TV - Attila Borsodi - Magyar Idők
  9. https://24.hu/belfold/2019/04/01/hir-tv-echo-tv/ Megszűnt az Echo TV, ám a Hír TV dolgozóit bocsátották el
  10. News: Stolz. Joelle. Prime au fascisme en Hongrie. 24 April 2013. M - Le Monde. 29 March 2012.
  11. News: Budapest Experiences A New Wave of Hate. 27 April 2013. Spiegel Online International. 14 October 2010.
  12. News: Oehmke. Philipp. Hungary's Right-Wing War on Culture. Spiegel Online International. 16 December 2011.
  13. Web site: Ki védi meg az Echo Tv-t?. 20 March 2011.
  14. Web site: 24 March 2013. Tancsics Prize returned. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130330080059/http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2013/03/24/tancsics-prize-returned/. 2013-03-30. 2013-04-27.
  15. News: Anger at Hungarian journalist prize. BBC News. 18 March 2013. Thorpe. Nick.
  16. Web site: Hungarian government awards Tancsics prize for journalism to notorious. 17 March 2013.
  17. Web site: Hungarian journalist to return state honor, denies anti-Semitism.
  18. News: Hungary asks reporter to return award over anti-Semitism row. Reuters. 20 March 2013. 1 July 2017. 23 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130323095522/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/20/us-hungary-journalist-idUSBRE92J0AD20130320. live.
  19. News: Hungary sparks outrage with honours for far-right figures. Agence France Presse. 17 March 2013.

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