“ERT, in the last five years, dared to do things that in the past – not so distant past – seemed unreal for public Radio and Television”. With this phrase o Konstantinos Zoulas wanted to summarize what happened during his five-year term as chairman of the Board of Directors. of ERT.

Speaking in the place where he spent most of his days in recent years, in the Radio Megaro and in a studio full of workers and journalists, Konstantinos Zoulas referred in every detail to the deeds of the outgoing administration, revealing even hilarious incidents that took place on public television during his days. Like the fact that due to the oldness of the technical equipment in 2019, the Prime Minister’s speech about the announcement of Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in PtD, which was supposed to be broadcast on a nationwide network from his own USB stick, almost did not play on time.

As he revealed, when he and the former managing director Giorgos Gabritsos took over the Administration, the initial bet was to immediately recover the multiplicity of ERT and for public television to convince the citizens to try it again, that is, to enter their daily zapping, as at that time 3 out of 10 citizens had completely abandoned it.

Konstantinos Zoulas referred extensively to the steps taken to obtain the ERTafter decades, entertainment with the production of fiction series, but also quality shows, such as for example “Music Box”.

He also talked about the leaps made at the technological level. “ERT even in 2019 played all its programs through videotapes. Today, it has not only been upgraded, but in many cases it is far ahead of the private channels” he underlined.

From the account of his work, references to ERTFLIX, ERTNEWS, the informational and sports site, ERT radios, Music Ensembles, and the Ertecho digital platform could not be missing.

As far as ERT’s digital platform is concerned, the ERTFLIXremembered how this great project started during the corona virus period, exclusively by ERT people with the hybrid TV, which at that time was visited daily by about 3,000 citizens per day, while today ERTFLIX receives more than half a million daily visits.

Regarding ERTNEWS, public television’s information and insistence on impartiality and pluralism, he assured that “in the last five years, ERT has not received any pressure or suggestions from Megaros Maximos. Something that, as he said, has already been noticed not only by citizens, but is even confirmed by international surveys (REUTERS) that rank ERT’s 24-hour news channel first in the citizens’ trust index, among all its television and radio channels our country”.

Konstantinos Zoulas completed the assessment of his work, stressing that he closes this five-year cycle “not only with a completely clear conscience, but also proud of what we have all achieved together”. And he added “Katerina Kaskanioti knows this well and Yannis Papadopoulos will understand it soon. ERT starts this season with conditions that make even private channels jealous and we could not imagine such a time in 2019. Both in terms of financial strength and the timely preparation of the program of all its channels. I honestly believe that the year we are going through at ERT will, in every respect, capitalize on what happened in the last five years”.

Of course, he did not fail to thank all the employees of ERT for their support and help, invoking and admonishing his late father that “above positions and responsibilities, the only thing left in life are human relationships”.