One year after Antonis Sroiter took over as presenter of Alpha News and the bulletin was moved to the new time slot at 19:00 its overall progress has been satisfactory indeed. According to the AGB ratings, during the period from 1 April 2009 to 28 February 2010, Alpha News attracted an average 12.1 per cent of viewers aged 15 to 44 Mondays to Fridays. This represents a 39.1-per cent increase over the 8.7 per cent achieved during the same period the pervious year. Alpha News achieved a total audience share of 12 per cent during the same period and timeslot, vs. 8.4 per cent in the same period the previous year, an increase of 42.9 per cent.
The channel has also renewed its contract with Antonis Sroiter, securing him as presenter of Alpha News for another two years. “I am very satisfied with the renewal of my contract with Alpha,” Antonis Sroiter says. “Also, I’m happy that I will continue my creative collaboration with the management of the channel and with Vassilis Papadrossos, the News and Current Affairs Director, who have both supported me from the first.”
Vassilis Papadrossos comments: “I am delighted that we will continue our collaboration with Antonis Sroiter, who demonstrates his journalistic skills and his talent as a news anchorman on a daily basis.”
10 March 2010 - Alpha Media Group, Greece