Greece's public broadcaster back on television in Greece, but no longer as ERT.

Greece's public broadcaster is back on the air but not as ERT, whose international ERT channel feed of ERT World (DStv 432) still remains dark on MultiChoice's DStv platform after the sudden and shocking closure of the broadcaster a month ago due to Greece's austerity measures.

Greek Public Television is now displaying its logo on television screens in Greece, awaiting the launch of the new ERT which will be called NERIT, the Greek newspaper Ekathimerini reports.

Greek Public Television as an interim television service will show films and documentaries as well as a news ticker until the launch of NERIT - which stands for New Greek Radio, Internet and Television.

Legislation for NERIT will be debated after a bill or its creation was approved by a parliamentary committee late on Tuesday.

50 public broadcasters across Europe demand that Greece's shut-down public broadcaster ERT be reopened.

Fifty public broadcasters across Europe are jointly demanding that the Greek government reverse its shocking decision to shut down Greece's public broadcaster ERT which led on Tuesday night at midnight this week to ERT World, ERT's global TV channel to suddenly disappear from MultiChoice's DStv pay-TV platform as it did in countries around the world.

In a joint statement serving as an open letter and a remarkable show of solidarity and support, 50 public broadcasters across Europe are rallying behind ERT and blasting the Greek government's sudden closure of ERT.

"We, as directors general of Europe's public broadcasters express our profound dismay at the action taken by the Greek government on Tuesday 11 June in shutting down ERT with immediate effect."

"This undemocratic and unprofessional action of the Greek government undermines the existence of public service media in Greece and its independence from the government," says the statement underwritten by Europe's biggest public broadcasters ranging from France Television to the BBC who all form part of the European Broadcasting Union.

"We strongly urge the Greek prime minister to immediately reverse this decision, allowing ERT to go back on the air in Greece."