new breakfast television programme was introduced, which included live reports and a more informative style of news programme. The primetime TV schedule was also updated, with the introduction of new programmes: Rájátszás ("Play-off"); Vonalban ("By the phone"); Civil kaszinó ("Civil Casino"); Lapzárta ("Deadline"), in which the anchor and the guests talk about the articles published in the main Hungarian daily newspapers; Paletta ("Palette"), a programme about public issues; and Panaszkönyv ("Complaints book"), which focuses on consumer protection. Hír TV also airs investigative reports, political discussion programmes, talk shows and morning programmes. In addition, Hír TV broadcasts BBC programmes such as Click, Reporters and Talking Movies with Hungarian translation. 2015: A year of change Some newspaper sources began to report in 2014 that the longterm positive relationship between the channel's owner, Lajos Simicska, and prime minister Viktor Orbán had deteriorated. In February 2015, Simicska declared in an interview with the social-democratic newspaper Népszava (meaning "The People's Voice") that "there is a total media war" in progress. Following this statement, he received resignations from the editors-in-chief, and their assistants, of Magyar Nemzet, Hír TV, Lánchíd Rádió and MNO; Simicska subsequently launched a verbal tirade against his former employees, as well as the prime minister. Meanwhile, the state broadcaster MTVA decided to establish a news channel, M1, which up to this point had been incorporated into the generalist channel of MTVA. Some of Hír TV's anchors went to work for the new MTVA news channel. In response to this event, in September 2015, the pro-government newspaper Magyar Idők (meaning "The Hungarian Times") was established by journalists previously employed by Simicska's outlets. At the same time, the Hír TV channel completely changed both its logo and its programmes. The station became immediately threatened by the government, with cable companies being pressured to drop the channel. At least one minor operator did drop the channel, after receiving a bribe by the government in exchange for doing so. However, its ratings did increase during this period, at a point where the ratings were three times higher by 2018. 2018: merger with Echo TV After the relations between Simicska and Orbán deteriorated, and Orbán's landslide re-election in the 2018 parliamentary election, Simicska was forced to close most of its media outlets, owing to serious financial difficulties. Magyar Nemzet published its last edition in April, and Lánchíd Rádió stopped broadcasting its daily programmes shortly thereafter. Although Simicska maintained