Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two

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services in

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, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows: *Cosmote TV via OTT –

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*Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite television service Cosmote TV Satellite broadcasts on Ku band from

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9B at 9.0°E featuring DVB-S2 -8PSK/MPEG-4 technology. In June 2012 OTE TV had 76,345 subscribers. In July 2017, after more than five years of operation, it was announced that the package has reached 510,000 subscribers. By the end of March 2021 Cosmote TV had 578.000 subscribers making it the market leader in TV services. The OTT platform can be used on Windows and Linux operating systems (via web browser), Android & iOS mobile devices,

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boxes, LG, Samsung & Sony TVs. Cosmote also provides an

powered box with a dedicated Cosmote TV shortcut.

History

In 1999, it was announced that television station

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was considering a co-operation with ERT and Greek Telecommunications giant OTE to launch a digital platform. Despite such plans being approved by the management boards of the said companies in February 2000, they were abandoned in September of the same year, as soon as OTE, which had launched a package of channels through Hotbird, left the project. Alpha TV and ERT would separately proceed with the launch of platforms Alpha Digital and ERT Digital; they ended up shutting down due to financial difficulties and limited subscriber base. The said package would continue transmitting, featuring international themed channels, which were gradually replaced with Greek local ones. In 2009, OTE launched the service as Conn-x-TV and was initially available within Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa, Patras & Heraklion. Eventually it rolled out to more cities. In October 2011, ''Conn-x TV'' was re-branded as ''OTE TV via Conn-x''. At the same time, OTE launched their long-anticipated satellite service known as ''OTE TV via Satellite''. Both services operate under the ''OTE TV'' brand and contain the same logo. In March 2012, OTE TV had 63,497 subscribers. OTE decided to reorganise the tv unit and a new commercial directorate was created aiming to commercially push the tv service to OTE and non OTE broadband customers by enhancing the quality of the content offered, creating new tv packs with OTE branded channel and focusing on a new hybrid service using satellite for linear transmission and broadband for on demand content. By the end of June 2012, reports say that the subscribers of OTE TV, both satellite and IP customers, had reached a total of 76,345. In November 2013, following a management restructuring OTE TV reached 230,000 subscribers, most of them using the satellite service. In August 2014, the number of OTE TV subscribers surpassed 300,000 customers. By the end of June 2015, OTE TV had 377,548 subscribers, while in June 2016 the platform had 458,920 subscribers (21.6% rise). In January 2016, OTE TV announced the creation of OTE History, Greece's first local documentary channel, exclusively focused on Greek history, culture, and civilization. In August 2016 the OTE TV platform surpassed Nova Greece's subscribers reaching 462,000 customers. In November 2016 ''OTE TV'' changed its name to ''Cosmote TV'' and its respective branded channels as Cosmote Cinema, Cosmote Sports, and Cosmote History. Moreover, as of November 2016, Cosmote TV has agreements with three of the six major studios,

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and

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. In January 2017 Cosmote TV reached 500,000 subscribers. In July 2017 it was referred that Cosmote TV had reached 510,000 subscribers. In 2017, Cosmote TV did not renew its co-operation with Discovery, Inc. as discussions between the two parties have not led to a mutually acceptable agreement. The take down of these channels was a successful move as there was no impact on customer figures and customer satisfaction. Therefore, the following seven channels:

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and

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have been replaced by BBC Earth,

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, Fine Living,

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, Nautical Channel,

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, Viasat Explore and

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Channel list

Greek National FTA

* Vouli Tileorasi * ERT1 * ERT2 * ERT3 *ERT News *

ANT1 Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a free-to-air television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is pronounced the same as ''Antenna'' (Αντένν ...

* Star Channel *

Skai TV Skai TV is a Greek free-to-air television network based in Piraeus, operating under Skai Group. It has been broadcasting since 2006 and is available via digital terrestrial transmission, as well as subscription-based services such as Nova and ...

Makedonia TV Makedonia TV (Greek: Μακεδονία TV) is a Greek private national free-to-air television channel broadcasting from Marousi, Athens and earlier from Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia in Greece. It was founded in 1991 by a group of journ ...

* Mega Channel *

Open TV Open TV, formerly Epsilontv, is a Greek free-to-air television station, based in Paiania, East Attica. History It belonged to Radio-television S.A. which was sold from Communist Party of Greece to the Cypriot offshore company A-Orizon Media ...

Greek Regional FTA

* Attica TV * Action 24 * One Channel * Kontra Channel * Naftemporiki * 4E TV * TV 100 *Vergina TV Central Macedonia * ENA Channel * CreteTV *New Television Crete *Star Central Greece

Greek Fast Channels

*Mega News

Cinema & Series

* Cosmote Cinema (3 channels) * Cosmote Series * Cosmote Series Marathon * Village Cinema * TCM Movies * FX Life * FX

Sports

* Cosmote Sport Highlights * Cosmote Sport (9 channels) * Cosmote Sport 4K * Cosmote Sport AEK Super League Pass * Cosmote Sport Olympiacos Super League Pass * Cosmote Sport Panathinaikos Super League Pass * Novasports News * Novasports Prime * Novasports Start *

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(6 channels) * Novasports Premier League * Novasports Extra (4 channels) *Nautical Channel *Motorvision Plus * Ginx TV

Documentary

*Cosmote History *

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* BBC Earth * Viasat History *

* Viasat Explore *

*Museum TV

Lifestyle

* E! * Luxe.tv * FashionTV *My Zen TV

Kids

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* Disney Jr. *

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* Duck TV * Smile TV * Nickelodeon Greece

Music

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* MAD Viral *Panik TV *

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* MTV Live * MTV Hits *

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* Mezzo TV * Stingray CMusic * Stingray iConcerts

News

* ERT World *

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DW-TV DW-TV () is a German multilingual TV news network of Deutsche Welle. Focussing on news and informational programming, it first started broadcasting 1 April 1992. DW broadcasts on satellite and is uplinked from Berlin. DW's English broadcast ...

France 24 France 24 ( in French) is a French state-owned publicly funded international news television network based in Paris. Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, are aimed at the overseas market. Based in the Paris suburb ...

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; , ) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered in Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar. The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which pro ...

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* Asharq News * Bloomberg TV Europe *

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* Euronews Greek * Euronews English

Adult

* Blue Hustler (with no extra cost for full pack subscribers) * Sirina TV (with extra cost) * Dorcel TV (with extra cost) * Hustler TV (with extra cost) * Vixen (with extra cost)

References

External links

* {{Television in Greece Entertainment companies of Greece 2008 establishments in Greece Television networks in Greece Companies based in Athens Mass media companies established in 2008 Mass media companies of Greece