Editing Alter Channel (section)

==History==
*1994 (March) – The station was launched as '''Channel 5'''.
*In a transitional period when it was co-owned by Altec and Kouris Media Group it was named ''Alter 5''.
*2000 – On 29 October of this year<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-02-23|title=Alter's Profile|url=http://www.alter.gr/profile/profile.html|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223201801/http://www.alter.gr/profile/profile.html|archive-date=2001-02-23}}</ref> it rebranded its name as '''Alter Channel'''.
*2002 (September) – Alter moves the news programming from 6&nbsp;pm Balkan-Nile ([[UTC+02:00]]) to an hour and twenty minutes later to compete with other channels such as ANT1 news.
*2005 – On April 20, Alter overhauled its lineup and organised its schedule into blocks: morning, noon, afternoon and night. The morning block featured news and current affairs, as well as programming for children. The noon block had current affairs and entertainment shows. During the evening Alter broadcast serials and the main nightly newscast. At night, programming consisted mainly of entertainment and talk shows.
*2005 – Alter launches '''Alter Globe''', serving [[North America]] (24 Aug.) on [[Dish Network]], and [[Australia]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]] (December) on UBI World TV.
*2007 – Alter Globe was removed from the [[Dish Network]] platform in the US on August 31, 2007, and debuted on the rival platform [[DirecTV]] on September 26, 2007.
*2008 – Alter Globe launches in [[New Zealand]] via UBI World TV.
*2010 – Alter Globe is added to [[Cablevision]] in the US then removed a short while later due to insufficient growth.
*2011 (November) – Alter headquarters was occupied by its workers, who were striking in response to not having been paid in over a year.
*2011 (December) – The channel stopped broadcasting.
*2012 (April) – Plans to reopen the channel began, with finance believed to be by Israeli, French and Turkish investors.