Super Sport (Greece)

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Super Sport

Type	Premium television service
Country	Greece
Availability	National via satellite
Owner	Multichoice Hellas
Launch date	1994
Website	www.supersport.gr

Supersport is a premium television service available in Greece, that broadcasts blockbuster movies and hit series. It is the only 24/7 Sports service in Greece and it launched in 1994. It is owned by Multichoice Hellas, who own and operate Nova a DTH satellite service and Filmnet a premium movie service.

Supersport covers most major national and international sports, such as Greek first division soccer and basketball, soccer from the top leagues in Europe and around the world (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina & USA), Euro league basketball, NBA games, exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and FA Cup and extensive Euro and World Cup qualifiers. Supersport also broadcasts other sports such as Auto racing (Cart, F1, World Rally championship), volleyball, bowling, billiards, table tennis, X-Games, Six Nations Rugby, saling, martial arts tournaments and more. Supersport also features extensive Tennis coverage including Live coverage of all 4 Grand Slams as well as the Tennis Masters Series.

Supersport is available terrestrially and via satellite on Nova. Supersport 1 broadcasts over the air together with Jetix (children's channel) [they share the same frequency, Jetix during they day, SS at night] and Filmnet. A decoder is required in order to receive the services as well as a monthly fee. Repeaters have been set up across the country that enable more than 77% of the population to receive these services. The multiplex channels (Supersport 2-6) are available only through Nova.

1 Original Programs
2 Live Sports
3 Channels and content
4 External link

[edit] Original Programs

Basket Time- Basketball news, scores and highlights from Greece and abroad

Champions Zone- News and reports from the world of sports

Οpoios Αntexei- Call-in show where viewers express there thoughts and opinions

Super Goal- Scores and highlights from Greek and international soccer

Supersport Drive- All the news from the world of motorsports, including analyses, interviews and test-drives of all the newest models

Tathe Efi- One on one interview with personalities from the world of politics, culture, the arts and sport

Time of the Champions-Sports news and highlights

[edit] Live Sports

Soccer

Greek Super League (A' Ethniki)
Premier League
Italian Serie A
Portuguese Super league
La Liga
German Bundesliga
MLS

Basketball

A' Ethniki basketball
Euro league basketball
NBA basketball

Other

PGA Golf
NFL football

[edit] Channels and content

Supersport operates six multiplex channels:

Supersport1: Great sports action including soccer, basketball, volleyball and motorsports	Supersport2: More sports! more soccer, more basketball, more other sports	Supersport3: Basketball channel (Greek league, Euro league, NBA), also includes soccer and racing	Supersport4: Special events channel (Tennis, rugby, golf, handball, horseracing, boxing, NFL and more)
Supersport5: News, scores and highlights all the time	Supersport6: Betting information