MEGA Cosmos (Canada)

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MEGA Cosmos

Launched	October 12, 2007
Owned by	Ethnic Channels Group
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu	Channel 712
Cable
Rogers Cable	Channel 575

MEGA Cosmos is a Canadian category 2 Greek language digital cable specialty channel and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group. It broadcasts programming from MEGA Cosmos, a television channel in Greece, and local Canadian content.

MEGA Cosmos is the international network of Mega Channel, the #1 television network in Greece. MEGA features top-rated series including comedies and dramas, entertainment programs that include gameshows & reality series, talkshows, news and sports. It also airs Horizons, a program dedicated to the Greek diaspora living abroad and Stous 31 Dromous, a new Greek series that is set in New York City, a first for Greek television.

[edit] Local content

Per CRTC requirements, Ethnic Channels Group MEGA Cosmos will feature some Canadian content. To help fulfill this requirement ECG has signed a deal with online broadcaster Your Greek News to air their weekly program on the channel.

In addition, local Greek radio personality Elias Koutinas hosts a weekly call-in show, Omogeniako Varometro, that features discussions on the issues affecting Greek Canadians. It airs Saturday & Sunday evenings.