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Cosmote TV
Company typePrivate (subsidiary of OTE)
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedSeptember 2008
Headquarters,
Area served
Greece
ProductsIPTV, Direct-broadcast satellite
OwnerOTE
ParentOTE
WebsiteOfficial Site

Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows:

  • Cosmote TV via Broadband - IPTV service
  • Cosmote TV via Satellite - satellite television service

Cosmote TV Satellite broadcasts on Ku band from Eutelsat's Eurobird 9A at 9.0°E featuring DVB-S2 -8PSK/MPEG-4 technology. In June 2012 OTE TV had 76,345 subscribers.

History

In 2009, Greek Telecommunications giant OTE launched an IPTV service called Conn-x-TV. It was initially available in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Larisa & Iraklion, it is available in most of Greece.

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. By the end of June 2012, reports say that the subscribers of OTE TV, both satellite and ip customers, had reached the number of 76,345. On November 2013, OTE TV reached 230.000 subscribers, most of them under the satellite service. On August 2014, the number of OTE TV subscribers surpassed the 300.000.

In the end of June 2015 OTE TV had 377.548 subscribers, while in June 2016 the platform had 458.920 subscribers (21,6% rise).[1]

In August 2016 the OTE TV platform surpassed Nova Greece subscribers number, by reaching 462,000.[2]

In November 2016 OTE TV was re-branded as Cosmote TV

Programming

Cosmote TV via Broadband includes SD channels and access to Video On Demand content, branded as Cosmote Cinema On Demand (previously known as Film Express) with movies and Cosmote TV Club (previously known as Film Club) which includes TV series with whole seasons, movies, music videos, documentaries, cartoons and travel guides.

Cosmote TV via Satellite includes HD version of several channels, available to subscribers with no extra cost.

Cosmote TV provides four types of subscription. The first, called Family Pack, includes all the channels, except from Cosmote Sport (1 HD, 2 HD, 3 HD, 4HD, 5HD, 6HD, 7HD, 8HD, Highlights HD), Cosmote Cinema (1 HD, 2 HD, 4 HD), Village Cinema HD and Blue Hustler.

The second, called Cinema Pack, includes all the channels of the Family Pack plus the channels Cosmote Cinema (1 HD, 2, 3, 4 HD)and Village Cinema HD.

The third, called Sports Pack, includes all the channels of the Family Pack plus the channels Cosmote Sport (1 HD, 2 HD, 3 HD, 4HD, 5HD, 6HD, 7HD, 8HD, Highlights HD).

Finally, for those who want all the available channels, there is the Full Pack.

Last but not least, Cosmote TV offers an Adult Pack at extra cost which includes Penthouse HD1, Hustler HD and Sirina HD and Private TV.

Channel list

Greek National and Regional Channels

101 - Vouli Tileorasi
102 - ERT1
103 - ERT2
104 - ERT3
105 - ERT HD
106 - MEGA
107 - ANT1
108 - ALPHA
109 - STAR
110 - Skai TV
111 - Epsilon TV
112 - Euronews Greek
151 - OTE History
650 - Makedonia TV
652 - Kontra Channel
653 - Extra Channel
654 - SBC
655 - TV100
656 - Κρήτη TV
657 - Star Κεντρικής Ελλάδας
658 - 4E TV
659 - Ήπειρος TV1
660 - ΔΙΚΤΥΟ ΤV
661 - Δέλτα TV
662 - Blue Sky
663 - APT
664 - AB Channel
665 - Channel 9
666 - Best TV
667 - Corfu Channel
668 - Aιγαίο TV
669 - TV Kosmos
670 - TRT
671 - Alert TV

Cinema & Series

201 - Cosmote Cinema 1 HD
202 - Cosmote Cinema 2 HD
203 - Cosmote Cinema 3
204 - Cosmote Cinema 4 HD
205 - Village Cinema HD
207 - Sundance Channel HD
208 - FOXlife HD
209 - FOX HD
210 - E! HD
222 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand HD
223 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 1
224 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 2
225 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 3

Sports

301 - Cosmote Sport Highlights HD
302 - Cosmote Sport 1 HD
303 - Cosmote Sport 2 HD
304 - Cosmote Sport 3 HD
305 - Cosmote Sport 4 HD
306 - Cosmote Sport 5 HD
307 - Cosmote Sport 6 HD
308 - Cosmote Sport 7 HD
309 - Cosmote Sport 8 HD
310 - Eurosport 1 HD
311 - Eurosport 2
312 - Edge Sport HD
313 - Motorvision TV HD

Documentary

401 - Nat Geo HD
402 - National Geographic Channel
403 - Discovery Showcase HD
404 - Discovery Channel
405 - Discovery Science HD
406 - Nat Geo Wild HD
407 - Animal Planet HD
408 - Viasat History
409 - Travel Channel HD
410 - IDX

Lifestyle

451 - TLC
452 - Luxe TV HD
453 - Fashion TV
454 - World Fashion
455 - Body In Balance

Kids

501 - Disney Channel
502 - Disney XD
503 - Disney Junior
504 - Nickelodeon HD
506 - Baby TV
507 - Smile TV

Music

601 - MAD
602 - MAD Hits
603 - MTV Europe
604 - MTV Live HD
605 - VH1
606 - MEZZO
607 - C Music TV
608 - iConcerts HD

News

702 - BBC World News
704 - Deutsche Welle
705 - France 24 English
706 - France 24 France
707 - Al Jazeera English
709 - Russia Today
710 - Bloomberg TV Europe
711 - CNBC

Adult

781 - Blue Hustler (with no extra cost)
782 - Sirina TV HD (available in Adult Pack - with extra cost)
783 - Penthouse HD1 (available in Adult Pack - with extra cost)
784 - Hustler TV HD (available in Adult Pack - with extra cost)
785 - Private TV (available in Adult Pack - with extra cost)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Θηλιά στη συνδρομητική τηλεόραση η κυβερνητική φορολόγηση". digitaltvinfo. 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Η φορολογία "φρέναρε" την αγορά συνδρομητικής τηλεόρασης". Cnn Greece. 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)