ERT World (Canada)
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ERT World Canada (OTN2) | |
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Launched | November 2001 |
Owned by | Odyssey Television Network |
Country | Canada |
Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
Formerly called | ERT SAT |
Sister channel(s) | Odyssey |
Website | Official Site |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Bell ExpressVu | Channel 714 |
Cable | |
Aurora Cable | Channel 723 |
Vidéotron | Channel 256 |
Rogers Cable | Channel 614 |
ERT World Canada is a Canadian category 2 Greek language digital cable specialty channel and is owned by Odyssey Television Network. It broadcasts programming from ERT World and local Canadian content produced by Odyssey TV. It launched in November 2001 on Rogers Cable.
Programming airing on ERT World Canada includes educational programs, children's shows, TV series, Greek soccer, news, talk shows and more. ERT World is the International network of ERT, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. The channel is also referred to as OTN2.
[edit] History
Since its inception up until 2003, Odyssey II, as it was known then, featured programming from one of Greece's top private networks - MEGA Channel. In the summer of 2003, a dispute arose between Odyssey Television Network and the North American distributors of MEGA Channel and the programming was subsequently pulled. A short while later, OTN2 began airing programming from ERT Sat (now ERT World) which continues to the present day and has also resulted in the channel being renamed ERT World.