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[Sotos]

A new TV channel in Cyprus! Can we hope for more quality?

THE ISLAND’S sixth free-to-air television channel, Cyprus New Channel Plus TV, yesterday aired for the first time, kicking off with its 90-minute morning news bulletin.

“We hope to be a competitive player in the television scene and to have gained a good percentage of the viewer ratings by the end of the summer,” Costas Valanides, CNC Plus TV told the Cyprus Mail.

“We started off today [yesterday] and for the next months will follow our summer programme, until our new programme grid is drawn up in September… This is a trial period and we hope that in the new season we will be good, all round competitive channel on par with Mega, Antenna, Sigma, and CyBC,” he said.

Valanides said the new channel, which can be viewed on channel 45, frequency 695.25, will include three main news bulletins spread out throughout the day.

“One in the morning at 7am, one at 1pm and one at 8.15pm,” he said. A 6pm news bulletin in sign language will also be available for the deaf, he added.

Valanides said the channel would also included two sports programmes per week on Thursdays and Sundays, as well as drama series’, sitcoms, and foreign language and Greek language feature films.

He said the channel had also signed an exclusive deal with Athens-Alter, giving them access to all the Greek channel’s programmes.

Asked whether rumours the channel had the backing of AKEL were true, Valanides said they were not.

“Astra [radio] obtained a television licence a few years ago but because it did not use it, it conceded it some businessmen who decided to make use of it and launch a new business enterprise… It is not associated with any political party; it is purely a business effort.
“It’s like all channels that have political preferences.”

Pressed whether or not those “political preferences” leaned towards AKEL, Valanides said they did not.

“This morning [DISY leader Nicos] Anastassiades, [AKEL leader Demetris] Christofias, [EDEK leader Yiannakis] Omirou, [Green party leader George] Perdikis, EVROKO, and everyone was on,” he said. The political leaders were invited to comment on the escalating Middle East crisis, he added.

“It’s a normal channel and we’ll give coverage to all political parties,” he said.

The company’s executive chairman and general manager is Andreas Gavrielides. He added that the channel’s aim was to include an all round programme schedule that educated, entertained and informed the public without employing the “sensationalist” tactics of other networks and said it would also focus on “human dignity”.

Gavrielides, who was ousted as AKEL-backed Health Minister in the cabinet reshuffle last month, said CNC Plus TV would rely on viewers’ feedback in its programming planning.

“Viewers’ participation in the shaping of programmes is especially important… We’ll give them what they want to watch in a complete form and we’ll look for feedback of what they like or not,” he said.
The channel was yesterday broadcasting in Nicosia, Larnaca, part of Limassol, and the Famagusta district and by next week it should be accessible to television viewers all over the island.

[unique_earthling]

yep read this, be interesting to see what its like, not here in Paphos yet.... but hope they show more films in english, and certainly hope they dont suck up to any political party. Human dignity? wonder whats that going to entail..

[souroul]

doesnt work for me. its not a local station right? i'm in lim btw

[cozzoc]

Hi, I can pick it up in Larnaca but not on Channel 45, but on Channel 49, Try that frequency, maybe it works. Lets hope that they show decent programs and in English and upto date and not crappy 1930's stuff (Black & White) unless its in English

Good Luck to CNC PLUS TV, Its about time we got a new channel, was getting bored with the same ol same ol.

[Sotos]

Do they always show something on that channel so I can tune in it? Or I have to know the times they have some programme? Do they show anything interesting now?

[avyixy]

It's not really worth it.

I've seen it a couple of times and the stuff is not that good. It reminds me of VOX TV in Larnaca if anyone knows it, but see for yourselves anyway.

[Bannerman]

should I bother with this channel now or they are still testing?

[twinkle]

It's working, but seriously a load of crap......

[sony8943]

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[Hazza]

You opened up a thread that was last posted in 16 months ago to tell us of your music? a thread that has nothing to do with music at that:s