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, HbbTV
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. In July 2017, after more than 5 years of operation, it was announced that the (now) Cosmote TV package has reached 510,000 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 January 2016, OTE TV announced the creation of OTE History, Greece's first local documentary channel, exclusively focused to Greek history, culture, and civilization. The channel broadcasts documentaries licensed by Greece's most acclaimed documentary producers and global distribution companies as well as its own original productions. OTE Group's CEO Michael Tsamaz said in a press conference held for the presentation of the channel prior to launch: "OTE HISTORY is an important project for OTE, an organization closely tied to the modern Greek history, with special cultural role and responsibility. With documentaries and high-quality shows with high aesthetic standards on the history, the culture, the people and the traditions of our country, this channel can be a new spot of entertainment and education for viewers. OTE HISTORY was created with a lot of effort, vision and respect for the content and its audience. It is our legacy to future generations".^[2]

In August 2016 the OTE TV platform surpassed Nova Greece subscribers number, by reaching 462,000.^[3]

In November 2016 OTE TV was re-branded as COSMOTE TV and its respective branded channels as COSMOTE Cinema, COSMOTE Sports, and COSMOTE History. Moreover, as of November 2016, COSMOTE TV has agreements with three of the six major studios, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures.

In January 2017 COSMOTE TV reaches 500,000 subscribers.

In July 2017 it was referred that COSMOTE TV had reached 510,000 subscribers.^[4]

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

Cinema & Series

201 - Cosmote Cinema 1 HD
202 - Cosmote Cinema 2 HD
203 - Cosmote Cinema 3
204 - Cosmote Cinema 4 HD
205 - Village Cinema HD
207 - Sundance Channel HD
208 - FOXlife HD
209 - FOX HD
210 - E! HD
222 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 1HD
223 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 2
224 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 3
225 - Cosmote Cinema on Demand 4

Sports

301 - Cosmote Sport Highlights HD
302 - Cosmote Sport 1 HD
303 - Cosmote Sport 2 HD
304 - Cosmote Sport 3 HD
305 - Cosmote Sport 4 HD
306 - Cosmote Sport 5 HD
307 - Cosmote Sport 6 HD
308 - Cosmote Sport 7 HD
309 - Cosmote Sport 8 HD
310 - Eurosport 1 HD
311 - Eurosport 2
312 - Edge Sport HD
313 - Motorvision TV HD
314 - FOX Sports HD coming soon

Documentary

401 - Nat Geo HD
402 - National Geographic Channel
403 - Discovery Showcase HD
404 - Discovery Channel
405 - Discovery Science HD
406 - Nat Geo Wild HD
407 - Animal Planet HD
408 - Viasat History
409 - History Channel HD coming soon
410 - Travel Channel HD
411 - IDX HD
412 - RT Documentary coming soon
413 - RT Documentary HD coming soon

Lifestyle

451 - TLC
452 - Luxe TV HD
453 - Fashion TV
454 - World Fashion
455 - Body In Balance
456 - Arte coming soon
457 - TV5MONDE coming soon
458 - Fashion One coming soon

Kids

501 - Disney Channel
502 - Disney XD
503 - Disney Junior
504 - nickelodeon HD
505 - Boomerang HD coming soon
506 - Baby TV
507 - Smile TV

Music

601 - MAD
602 - MAD Hits
603 - MAD Greekz coming soon
604 - MTV Europe
605 - MTV Live HD
606 - MTV Hits coming soon
607 - VH1 Classic coming soon
608 - VH1
609 - MEZZO
610 - C Music TV
611 - Stigray iConcerts
612 - Rise TV coming soon

News

701 - CNNi coming soon
702 - BBC World News
704 - Deutsche Welle
705 - France 24 English
706 - France 24 France
707 - Al Jazeera English
708 - Al Jazeera coming soon
709 - Russia Today
710 - RT HD coming soon
711 - Bloomberg TV Europe
712 - CNBC
713 - Euronews English
714 - CGTN coming soon
715 - NHK World coming soon
716 - I24 News English coming soon
717 - I24 News French coming soon
718 - Arirang World coming soon
719 - Jeem TV coming soon
720 - Euronews Italian coming soon
721 - Euronews Russian coming soon
722 - Euronews Hungarian coming soon

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)
786 - Pink-O TV coming soon
787 - Dorcel TV coming soon
788 - Redlight HD coming soon

References

↑ "Θηλιά στη συνδρομητική τηλεόραση η κυβερνητική φορολόγηση". digitaltvinfo. 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "OTE HISTORY: The first documentary channel for Greece". Cosmote. 20 Ιανουαρίου 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)
↑ "Η ΕΡΤ στήριγμα της κεντρικής διαχείρισης". Cnn Greece. 10 Ιουλίου 2017. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Official Site (in Greek)

Cable, satellite, and other speciality television providers in Europe
Cable	Alma TV Anvia ASTA-NET AS Starman ASK CATV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Nowo (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) Mtel (Bulgaria) 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 (Germany) 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 Austria UPC Magyarország (Hungary) UPC Polska (Poland) UPC Romania UPC Switzerland VECTRA Virgin TV (UK) Virgin Media Ireland Vodafone Ireland Vodafone Spain 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 Cosmote TV (Greece) 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+ (Germany) MagtiCom (Georgia) Movistar+ (Spain) Mtel (Bulgaria) MEO (Portugal) NC+ (Poland) NOS (Portugal) NOVA Cyprus NOVA Greece NTV Plus (Russia) Orbita Telecom Otau TV (Kazakhstan) Real Digital Saorsat Sky UK Sky Deutschland (Germany) Sky 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 Altibox Amis Beeline Bouygues Telecom BT TV (UK) Bulsatcom (Bulgaria) Canal Digital Cosmote TV (Greece) 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) Open IPTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Optimus Clix (Portugal) Orange TV (France) 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) Telekom Entertain (Germany) Telenor (Norway) Telfort (Netherlands) Telia Digital-tv TeliaSonera Teo LT TIMvision Tivibu YouView (UK) Vivacom (Bulgaria) Vodafone Greece Vodafone Italy Vodafone Portugal XS4ALL (Netherlands)
Terrestrial	Antena PLUS (Serbia) Boxer TV Access (Sweden) Boxer TV A/S (Denmark) Digea (Greece) Easy TV (Ireland) evotv (Croatia) Freeview (UK) KPN Digitenne (Netherlands) Mediaset Premium (Italy) PlusTV (Finland) PTDT (Portugal) RiksTV (Norway) Saorview (Ireland) TNT (France) Vip TV (Macedonia) Zala TV (Belarus)
Defunct	Alice Home TV Boom TV (Romania) CableTel (Bulgaria) On Telecoms (Greece) Romtelecom Numericable UPC Nederland TDC (Denmark)

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* C Music TV CNN International Cosmote Cinema Cosmote Sport 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 Science SundanceTV TLC The Player Channel Travel Channel VH1 Village Cinema 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 MTV Music MTV Plus NERIT Patra TV Prisma+ Sport+ Tele Time Tempo TV TV 0-6
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