Makedonia TV

Makedonia TV, also known as Macedonia TV and Μακεδονία TV, is a Greek private national free-to-air television channel. The service was established in 1991 by a group of journalists associated with the newspaper Macedonia. It initially operated from Thessaloniki, the principal city of Greece’s Macedonia region, before its broadcasting base became associated with Marousi in the Athens metropolitan area. The channel’s identity reflects its regional origins, while its national distribution places it within Greece’s wider commercial television market. The network has carried a mixture of locally produced programming and acquired international content. Earlier schedules included Greek entertainment, lifestyle, travel, health, food, sports, talk and magazine programs, alongside imported series and films. Examples of former Greek-language programs listed for the channel include Kalimera, m.esa ekso, Thes de thes Thessaloniki, Cine Club, Banana Mix, Kane Paixnidi, Lip Gloss, m.aziptero, Taksidiotes, Sound Box, Koritsia gia Spiti, Ena klik pio konta..., Ola Kala, Derby, My Moment, H Poli Mou, Gefseis Kai Oinos, Ygeia and Tenekes. These titles indicate that the channel historically sought to combine general-interest programming with a recognizable regional and national entertainment profile. Its imported programming has covered several genres, including comedy, drama, action, procedural series, telenovelas, reality-style factual entertainment and feature films. Programs associated with the channel include Sex and the City, The Bold and the Beautiful, Rookie Blue, Just for Laughs, Mayday, In Treatment, Spartacus, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, The Young Pope, The Blacklist, Suits, Sons of Anarchy, Chicago Fire, Saving Hope, Scandal, Shades of Blue, Deutschland 83, Satisfaction, Top Gear and The Mafia Kills Only in Summer. The breadth of these acquisitions has allowed Makedonia TV to function as a broad entertainment outlet rather than a narrowly specialized channel. A significant programming repositioning took effect on 3 September 2018. From that date, the network’s schedule was described as consisting exclusively of foreign series and telenovelas. This represented a shift away from the earlier mix of domestic shows and imported content toward a more focused acquired-programming strategy. The change also aligned the channel more closely with the repeatable, genre-driven scheduling model commonly used by commercial entertainment broadcasters. Makedonia TV’s core offering is therefore linear television broadcasting: a national free-to-air service delivering scheduled series, serial dramas, telenovelas, films and other entertainment content to viewers in Greece. Publicly available reference material does not establish a founder beyond the originating journalist group, a current corporate parent or owner, financial information, executive leadership, or a stock-market listing. The channel’s official website is identified as maktv.gr, although detailed corporate information is not established in the supplied references.

Makedonia TV was founded in 1991 by a group of journalists from the newspaper Macedonia. Its original base was Thessaloniki, the capital and largest city of the Greek region of Macedonia. The channel subsequently became associated with Marousi in Athens, an important center for Greek broadcasting and media operations, while retaining the Makedonia name as part of its public identity. In its earlier years and schedules, the channel presented a general-interest mix. Greek programming included morning, entertainment, magazine, travel, food, health, sports and talk formats. The listed former programs include Kalimera, m.esa ekso, Thes de thes Thessaloniki, Cine Club, Banana Mix, Kane Paixnidi, Lip Gloss, m.aziptero, Taksidiotes, Sound Box, Koritsia gia Spiti, Ena klik pio konta..., Ola Kala, Derby, My Moment, H Poli Mou, Gefseis Kai Oinos, Ygeia and Tenekes. This programming profile combined locally made material with the broader entertainment orientation expected of a commercial private channel. International acquisitions became a prominent part of the service. The channel broadcast series and programs from several genres and markets, including American drama and comedy, British and international factual content, Latin American telenovelas, animated programs and feature films. The documented programming catalogue includes Sex and the City, The Bold and the Beautiful, Rookie Blue, Just for Laughs, Mayday, In Treatment, Spartacus, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy, Futurama, The Simpsons, The Young Pope, Amores verdaderos, La Tempestad, Santa Diabla, Triunfo del amor and other imported titles. Later schedules included programs such as Chicago Fire, Deutschland 83, Satisfaction, Saving Hope, Scandal, Shades of Blue, Sons of Anarchy, Suits, The Blacklist, The Mafia Kills Only in Summer and Top Gear. On 3 September 2018, Makedonia TV changed its programming model. The revised schedule was described as carrying only foreign series and telenovelas. This was a notable strategic and editorial change: rather than maintaining a broad schedule combining Greek-produced formats with acquisitions, the channel concentrated on serialized international entertainment. Such a structure provides a consistent identity around drama, comedy, action, procedural content and long-running serial narratives, while also enabling the broadcaster to schedule repeatable acquired programs across the day. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of the channel’s ownership history, licensing milestones, audience performance, corporate structure, executives or subsequent strategic changes. It also does not establish whether the newspaper Macedonia remained connected to the service after its creation. Accordingly, Makedonia TV is best documented as an active Greek private national free-to-air television brand whose principal historical turning points are its 1991 launch, its transition from Thessaloniki toward the Athens media center, and its 2018 move to a foreign-series-and-telenovela-focused schedule.

1. 2018Programming repositioned

   Beginning on 3 September, the channel changed its schedule to focus exclusively on foreign series and telenovelas.

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2. 1991Channel founded

   Makedonia TV was established by a group of journalists from the newspaper Macedonia. The service originated in Thessaloniki and entered the Greek private television market.

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A Greek national free-to-air entertainment channel with regional origins and a programming mix centered increasingly on imported television series and telenovelas.

• Makedonia TV national channelFree-to-air television network1991

  The brand’s principal offering is a Greek national private free-to-air television service. It broadcasts a scheduled entertainment lineup rather than a single specialized format, with programming historically spanning Greek-produced shows, imported series, telenovelas, factual entertainment and films. Its schedule is aimed at a general television audience in Greece.

• Foreign series and telenovelasAcquired television programming2018

  Since the programming change announced for 3 September 2018, foreign series and telenovelas have formed the channel’s defining programming focus. The documented catalogue includes drama, comedy, action, procedural, animated and serial formats from international markets, including titles such as Chicago Fire, Suits, The Blacklist, Sex and the City, The Bold and the Beautiful and several Latin American telenovelas.

• 2018Shift to an imported-programming scheduleStrategy

  Before September 2018, the channel’s documented output included Greek entertainment, lifestyle, magazine and sports programs alongside international acquisitions.

  What changed. From 3 September 2018, Makedonia TV changed its programming to consist only of foreign series and telenovelas.

  Aftermath. The change positioned the channel as a more focused acquired-entertainment service. The supplied sources do not provide audience, financial or corporate results for the change.

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1. Makedonia TV
2. Makedonia TV official website