Cosmote TV

Cosmote TV

Type	Private (subsidiary of OTE)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	September 2008
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Area served	Greece
Products	IPTV, Direct-broadcast satellite
Owner	OTE
Parent	OTE
Website	Official 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

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)

References

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

External links

Official Site (Greek)

Cable, satellite, and other speciality television providers in Europe

Cable	Alma TV Anvia ASTA-NET AS Starman ASK CATV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Mtel (Bulgaria) Cabovisão (Portugal) Caiway (Netherlands) Canal Digital (Norway) Casema Com Hem (Sweden) dna Welho (Finland) EVision (Ireland) ELTA-KABEL (Bosnia and Herzegovina) ER-Telecom Get GO (Malta) INEA (Poland) IPKO Kabel Deutschland (Germany) Kabel Noord KATV1 (Azerbaijan) Kazakhtelecom (Kazakhstan) Kujtesa Lattelecom Madritel Magnet Networks Magyar Telekom MC Cable Melita Cable MEO (Portugal) MISS.NET (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Movistar+ (Spain) MTIS (Belarus) M&H Company Naxoo (Switzerland) North-West Telecom NOS (Portugal) Numericable-SFR (France) SFR (Belgium) ONO (Spain) Orange TV (France) Petrus (Poland) PostTV Luxembourg Primacom Promax(Poland) Radijus Vektor RCS & RDS (Romania) Rostelecom (Russia) R (Spain) Sappa TV Sat Film (Poland) SATRO (Slovakia) SEEMORE Serbia Broadband (Serbia) Southern Telecom Splius(Lithuania) Stofa(Demnark) STV AS Swisscom Tango TV(Luxembourg) Telecable (Spain) Telekabel (Macedonia) Tele Columbus(Germany) Tele2 Telemach (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia) Telenet (Belgium) Teledünya (Turkey) Telset (Estonia) Terrakom TOYA (Poland) Turksat Kablo TV (Turkey) Unitymedia (Germany) Uralsvyazinform UPC Cablecom UPC Magyarország (Hungary) UPC Polska (Poland) UPC Romania (Romania) VECTRA Virgin TV (UK) Virgin Media Ireland Vodafone Ireland Vodafone TV VolgaTelecom Volia (Ukraine) VOO WightFibre YouSee (Denmark) Ziggo (Netherlands)

Satellite	AB Sat (France) AKTA TV (Romania) Antik Sat Austriasat Bulsatcom Canal Digital (Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland) CanalDigitaal (Netherlands and Flanders) Canalsat (France) Caspio HD CS Link Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) Digi TV Digit-Alb Digiturk (Turkey) Dolce (Romania) D-SMART (Turkey) Euro1080 Filbox Focus Sat (Romania) fransat Freesat (UK) Freesat from Sky (UK) Free Sat (Romania) GlobeCast World TV HD+ MagtiCom (Georgia) Movistar+ (Spain) Mtel (Bulgaria) MEO (Portugal) NC+ (Poland) NOS (Portugal) NOVA Cyprus NOVA Greece NTV Plus (Russia) Orbita Telecom Otau TV (Kazakhstan) Cosmote TV (Greece) Real Digital Saorsat Sky UK (UK) Sky Deutschland (Germany) Sky Ireland (Ireland) Sky Italia (Italy) Skylink TéléSAT Numérique(Belgium) Tivù Sat (Italy) TNTSAT TotalTV Tricolor TV (Russia) Tring Digital TV TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (Flanders) UPC Direct Viasat (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) Viasat Ukraine Vip SAT TV Vivacom Xtra TV(Ukraine) ZeonBud

IPTV	A1 Telekom Austria Alice Home TV Altibox Amis Beeline Bouygues Telecom BT TV(UK) Bulsatcom(Bulgaria) Canal Digital CytaVision(Cyprus) DartyBox(France) Fastweb(Italy) Free(France) Freewire(UK) HOME.TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) iNES(Romania) Infostrada TV(Italy) KPN(Netherlands) Magnet Networks(Ireland) Moja TV(Bosnia and Herzegovina) Moldtelecom Movistar+(Spain) Mtel (Bulgaria) Mts TV (Serbia) MEO (Portugal) Neuf Cegetel NOS (Portugal) On Telecoms(Greece) Open IPTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Optimus Clix(Portugal) Orange TV(France) OTE TV Plusnet Portugal Telecom PrimeTel(Cyprus) Proximus TV(Belgium) Sappa TV Scarlet(Belgium) SFR(France) ShqipTV Síminn(Iceland) Smart Telecom(Ireland) Super TV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sure TV T-2(Slovenia) TalkTalk TV (UK) TDC (Denmark) Telenor (Norway) Telfort (Netherlands) Telia Digital-tv TeliaSonera Teo LT TIMvision Tivibu YouView (UK) Vivacom (Bulgaria) Vodafone Greece Vodafone Portugal XS4ALL (Netherlands)

Terrestrial	Antena PLUS(Serbia) Boom TV (Macedonia) Boxer TV Access (Sweden) Boxer TV A/S (Denmark) Boxer TV Ireland Easy TV (Ireland) evotv (Croatia) Freeview (UK) KPN Digitenne (Netherlands) Mediaset Premium (Italy) PlusTV (Finland) PTDT (Portugal) RiksTV (Norway) Saorview (Ireland) TNT (France) Zala TV (Belarus)

Defunct	Boom TV (Romania) CableTel(Bulgaria) Romtelecom Numericable UPC Nederland UPC Ireland

Television in Greece

Public	ERT1 ERT2 ERT3 ERT HD Vouli Tileorasi

Private	Alpha ANT1 ART E Channel Makedonia TV Mega Skai Star

HD Channels	Alpha HD ANT1 HD E Channel HD Makedonia TV HD Skai HD Star HD

Other	4E BBC World News Deutsche Welle MAD Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Plus RIK Sat TV5Monde Europe

Premium channels	Animal Planet BabyTV Bloomberg Television Blue Hustler Boomerang Cartoon Network C Music TV CNN International Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery Travel & Living Discovery World Disney Channel Disney Junior Disney XD E! Eurosport Eurosport 2 Extreme Sports Channel FashionTV FOX FOX Life History Investigation Discovery MAD Greekz Mezzo TV Motors TV National Geographic National Geographic HD Nat Geo Wild Nat Geo Wild HD Nova Cinema Nova Life Nova Sports Cosmote Cinema Cosmote Sport Science SundanceTV TLC The Player Channel Travel Channel VH1 World Fashion Channel

DVB-T providers	Digea

DVB-S providers	NOVA Greece Cosmote TV

IPTV providers	Cosmote TV Vodafone TV CytaVision

Satellite channels broadcasting from Greece	4E Alpha Sat ANT1 Europe ANT1 Pacific ANT1 Satellite ERT World Mega Cosmos Star International Skai International

Defunct channels	902 Alter Cine+ Dimosia Tileorasi Info+ MTV Plus NERIT Patra TV Prisma+ Sport+ Tele Time Tempo TV TV 0-6 MTV

Lists	Television series Television awards

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Cosmote TV

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Programming

Channel list

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