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Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a popular television station in Greece. It is pronounced "Antenna", because the Greek word for 1 is éna. The first broadcast began in the late-1980s. Programs like Wheel of Fortune (Greek Version), and Oi Men Kai Oi Den were among being the top 10 shows in the nation or state of Greece. Cartoons are offered in the morning. Most of them are shown in the Greek language. Today they are offered only on Weekend mornings. Studio me Thea replaced Saturday morning (8 to 11am Balkans-Nile Valley Time, a time zone not to confuse with other names with the same GMT+2 time zone like Balkans, Finland, Mozambique Time zones, etc.) cartoons for Fall, Winter and Spring. Antenna also has a radio. On satellite which owns NovaSat, Antenna can be seen only on NovaSat. It was originally diffused to Odyssey Television Network (OTN) in Canadian satellite and digital systems. It is one of the stations that does not have local affiliates that also broadcasts ANT1.
Programs that were shown on ANT1 were CBS Evening News from America. NBC News in Greece is shown on NBC Europe, see also NBC, and not on any other channels. ANT1 Satellite News was also shown until the late 1990s.
A 30-second commercial which is shown only on ANT1, and sometimes Star Channel shows all the guide to Greece's beaches, and sunny beaches.
Its station is located in an Athens suburb of Maroussi. Its main Athens signals is on Mount Hymettus. Others are scattered across Greece and Cyprus. The rest are on digital networks.
The ANT1 logo is colored with gold with ANT flattened 20 degrees to the right and the #1 is bolded at size 2. At the left edges of the #1, two lines starting from A to 1. The line at the top is short and the line at the bottom is almost long. The logo is placed at the top-left on ANT1.
Its present slogan from late-2003 is: Vlépo/Blépo ANT1 which means I'm watching ANT1 in English.
ANT1 obtains viewing statistics from Metronanalysis.
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Programming
- Kalimera Ellada, morning show with news, entertainment and more, every morning at 7AM Bkn.-Nile or GMT+2, 6PM Cen. Eu, Cen. Afr Time. 9AM Eastern-Andes (Eastern) or GMT-5 in New York. The star of the show is George Papadakis
- Kalimera Zoi and Lampsis are the programs made by Nikos Foskolis and have made over 3000 episodes for its soap opera "Lampsis"
- Proinos Kafes a show lasted for nearly a decade, featured entertainment, music and more, featured Eleni Menegaki.
- Ta Nea tou ANT1, news from around Greece and the world in Greek at 2PM, 6PM (update), 8PM, and midnight in Balkan-Nile Valley Time. 1PM, 5PM, 7PM, and 11PM in Central Europe-Central Africa Time.
See also: List of programs broadcasted by ANT1
Schedule
See: ANT1 TV schedule
History
1986 or 1987 Construction of Antenna TV station begun. Construction continued until Antenna began operations of satellite. Signals were being put all over the country.
1987 or 1988 Antenna began operation of broadcasting in Greece.
early to mid 1990s Antenna began launching ANT1 in Cyprus, ANT1 Satellite for North American viewers, and ANT1 Pacific in Australia. The broadcasting hour was short and was broadcasted 8 hours live (7:00 PM EAST to 3:00 AM EAST), and reruns from 9 AM EAST to 5 PM EAST until 1999. HRT from the Croatian Information Centre was also broadcasted on the same channel.
1992 Kalimera Ellada (Good Morning Greece) was launched as the first morning show in Greece.
1992 or 1993 Lampsis and Kalimera Zoi passes the 1000th episode milestone.
mid-1990s Antenna and Skai (Sky) now Alpha-TV were the number one channels as indicated in some commercials The ANT1 slogan (ANT1 noúmero éna) was used until 1999 after their ratings were #1 in Hellenic speaking television. Some programs throughout the 1990s were being number one.
late-1990s antenna.gr hit the worldwide web, some prefer antenna.com.gr.
late-1990s Channels like Alpha, and Mega surpassed Mega Viewers, which made ANT1 fall from #1 to #2 and #3.
late-1990s ANT1 satellite welcomes on channel 604 on Dish Network in America (USA), see DISH Network and Echostar for more.
late-1990s and 2000 Channels like Alpha, and Mega surpassed Antenna viewers and later Alter and Tempo, which made ANT1 fall from #1 to #2, #3 and #4 most watched channel in Greece. Their slogan, ANT1, Noumero Ena (ANT1, #1) is no longer in use. ANT1 Ola Gia Sena (ANT1, all for you) was the next slogan. The slogan for ANT1 Satellite and Pacific, is Einai Oikogeneia, Einai Oikogeneia, A family is a family.
late-1990s Lampsis and Kalimera Zoi passes the 2000th episode milestone.
1997-1999 Originally at 8:30, extended by an hour to 7:30 PM (Balkan-Nile Time).
September 1999 ANT1 Satellite and Pacific extended programming to 16 hours of broadcasting and also adds live news coverage.
late-2000 ANT1 Satellite and Pacific begins to broadcast all-day and removed HRT to cable for satellite viewers.
2001 ANT1 cuts the news by half-an-hour which means the news is now on from 7:30 to 8 PM(Balkan-Nile Time).
2001 ANT1 buys NovaSat and contracted with the state/country of Bulgaria in broadcasting rules.
2001 or 2002 Lampsis and Kalimera Zoi passes the 3000th episode milestone.
2002 ANT1 Profits began to fall It started from the $15 (American) range to $1.50 in the following weeks.
2002 ANT1 in North America moved to channel 605 on Dish Network. Also, ANT1 first broadcast digital, aka satellite channel ANT1 Gold. It was called ANT1"Gold" because these shows were the most popular at the time, being #1 for most of the time. Cartoons are probably not shown on this channel.
2002 Ratings for Ta Nea Tou ANT1 peaks at around 200,000, while Alter and Star reaches 250,000
September 2002: ANT1 changes its slogan to kainourgios kosmos (different world in English) while more shows were coming.
2003 Low profit means ANT1 profits listed as ANTV on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was no longer seen on ANT1 satellite.
See also
- ANT1 Cyprus
- ANT1 Satellite
- ANT1 Pacific
- List of ANT1 newscasters
- List of Greek television channels
- ANT1 Radio
- television
External links
ANT1's website (http://www.antenna.gr/) (Mostly in Greek)