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Greece Pay-TV Pirate Network Dismantled by Police

Police in Greece have dismantled a pirate network which provided illegal pay TV services in Greece. The operation followed a thorough investigation by the Patras Security Sub-Directorate. The Hellenic Police have made ten arrests, including the ring leader, deputy leader,...

Cosmote TV Secures Exclusive Champions League Rights until 2021

OTE-owned Greek pay-TV service Cosmote TV, has secured exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football, until 2021. All Champions League and Europa League matches will air exclusively on Cosmote Sports channels, as it has done for...

OTE Telecom Reports 2.3% Drop in Third Quarter 2017 Profit

The country's biggest telecoms operator OTE posted a 2.3% drop in third-quarter core profit on Thursday, hit by what it described as challenging conditions in its international operations. The former national monopoly, now 40% owned and managed by Germany's Deutsche...

Quad-Play Telecom Services are Beginning to Take Off in Greece

Quad-play telecommunication services are becoming increasingly popular in Greece. It is a marketing term combining the triple play service of broadband Internet access, television and telephone with wireless service provisions. These provisions are offering wireless access on the go to...

Greek Pay-TV Suffers Losses Due to Taxes and Piracy

The Greek pay-TV market has suffered a rare loss in subscriber numbers, with 15,000 fewer customers at the end of the first half of 2017, compared with those of the previous six months. According to Kathimerini news daily, this is...

Telecoms Operator OTE Q2 Core Profit Rises

Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE posted a 1% rise in second quarter core profit on Thursday, helped by an increase at its domestic mobile business for the first quarter in five years. OTE, the former national monopoly now 40%-owned and...

Viewers Tired of Greek TV Programs

Panagiota Fotou is so fed up with bad news on Greek free television that she’s willing to pay for programs that help her forget about her country’s economic woes, as she stated at Bloomberg report. “People are tired of crisis-related...