ANT1 Gold

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**ANT1 Gold**

Type	Satellite
Country	Greece
Availability	International
Founded	by Minos Kiriakou
Owner	ANT1 Group
Launch date	2002
Website gold.antenna.gr

ANT1 Gold is a spin-off satellite channel from ANT1 Group, who own the popular Greek network ANT1. It launched in 2002 on Nova, Greece's DBS provider. It features all the top-rated programs that have aired on ANT1 over the years including comedies, dramas, gameshows and more. ANT1 Gold runs on a 12hr schedule, airing daily from 8am to 8pm.

ANT1 Gold is also available to international audiences, currently available in North America on Dish Network. Subsequent launches may include Australia as well at a later date.

On 6th September 2007, ANT1 Gold stopped broadcasting on the Nova digital platform. An onscreen message simply stated "ANT1 Gold is being suspended due to the expiration of the agreement between ANTENNA and Multichoice Hellas". From 7th September 2007, ANT1 Gold no longer appears in the channel list for Nova suscribers.

[edit] Programs

The line-up of programs includes classic episodes of the following shows:

Big Brother, Successors: Mission Arena, The Wall (Greek version of popular reality series)
Erotas (popular soap opera) - recent episodes - began in early to mid 2007
Fame Story (reality series, similar to American Idol, though not related since its own version premiered on Mega Channel, ANT1's rival)
Kalimera Zoi (popular soap opera)
Oi kalyteros echoun psychi (comedy)
Oi Kollitoi (game show, Greek version of an American one made by Columbia Tri-Star) - broadcasted at 02:00 GMT between September and October 2007
Lampsi (popular soap opera)
Mama Mia (comedy)
Oi men kai oi den (comedy)
Proinos Kafes (popular entertainment program) - weekday mornings nearly following the ANT1 schedule
Thisavrofilakio (gameshow)
O trocho tis tychos (Greek version of Wheel of Fortune)