Panos Papadopoulos

Director Antonis Antypas has died at the age of 83.

The news was shared in a heartfelt post by the composer and his wife of 40 years, Eleni Karaindrou.

Telecommunications company Forthnet, whose creditors have entered into exclusive negotiations with BC Partners for the concession of its shares and debts, announced on Thursday that it had reversed the trend of previous years in which it registered a drop in in broadband subscriptions to post growth of 0.2 percent in 2019 to 550,967, while its pay-TV (Nova) subscribers in Greece and Cyprus fell

Listed telecommunications provider Forthnet on Tuesday reported a 5.6 percent decline in triple-play subscribers in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2017, and a 2.7 percent drop in the number of subscribers in Greece and Cyprus for its satellite pay-TV platform Nova.

Listed telecom service provider Forthnet is preparing to expand access to its Nova satellite platform by penetrating the cell phone market. Having restructured its debts, the company is now looking ahead, considering offering a quad play experience, by adding mobile services to its fixed-line, internet and pay-TV Nova3Play package.

Athens-listed Forthnet's chief executive Panos Papadopoulos explained on Monday why the imminent imposition of a special tax on pay TV in Greece will be "extremely harmful" to Greek pay-TV platforms, saying "it would create extremely burdensome conditions of unfair competition in favor of foreign companies that cannot be taxed in Greece."