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ERT World is FINALLY Here!! :tup: The on-screen logo has been changed to ERT World, the website hasn't been changed yet though. Now where is my localized schedule ERT, that is all I am waiting for so hurry up! Time to change the name again Ziaka :D :gr:

Takis,Join the club, not very many people are happy about things here in Canada, but blaim the stupid CRTC for that. If things were more open here like in the U.S, we would have access to the same channels but instead we get crappy CDN versions that have to have a certain percentage of Canadian content. There is another company that is looking to launch 2 new channels, no word on what they may be and it won't be until sometime next year at the earliest, since we are now headed into the holiday season so nothing will get done now. Send me a PM if you like and I will give you more info on who to contact at this company to get more information. The more people that contact them the better, so they know there is interest. My advice would be go FTA, not black market but real FTA. Mega, Alter & ERT Sat are all available FTA (C-Band). The reason I mention these is because they are on 2 different satelites but they are close to one another. Could pick them up with one dish, while Antenna is on yet another satellite but it would require a second dish. :gr:

Give it a rest already- its a friggin name who cares?!It is a Canadian channel that is owned and run by Odyssey Televsion Network, so Ziaka has it correct IMO. Also, if he felt strongly about changing it he probably already would have, so that should give you a hint on whether it will change or not. Is this Maniatakos in diguise? :gr:

All good things to those who wait :D I second that cyberfish! I think we have reached our ANT1 limit, you can only take so much crap and then its too much. Also, I don't see what other channels they have that could launch here, then again maybe I should just zip it in case there are other ones :LOL: Interesting about Globecast Ziaka, I would have only thought DirecTV. Why would they go to Globecast, DirecTV is the more mainstream provider, Globecast only sells international services. Although with Globecast owning the rights to ERT Sat, that would be an interesting twist, if they move ERT Sat over there too. How many would stay with Dishnet then, I wonder? Oh well, time will reveal all, its just I like to know now, I can't take the suspense :D Maybe someone should contact DirecTV and Globecast and see what they have to say?

Ha, ha I would like to know what happened as well. I wonder what they presented since the channel is still ERT Sat not ERT World. What a joke, so much for October, its November and still no changes. Great work ERT, keep it up :D I know others (see HELLAS-KYPROS-ENWSIS) don't like us complaining about ERT Sat but you can't help it because these guys are pathetic. I don't care about the name change nor the programming changes, all I want is the LOCALIZED SCHEDULE- ARE YOU LISTENING ERT?!? How hard is that, give me the schedule in North American time not Greek time. I live here not in Greece. Once that change occurs, which I doubt it ever will, then you won't hear another word from me about ERT Sat or whatever the heck its called. Incidentally, I see the lines were busy today, tried calling but all I got was a busy signal. I guessed alot of people are pissed about the mishap yesterday during the soccer. They probably turned off the phones, so many people were calling. Thankfully I was still able to watch the game, just the sound got screwed up. I see others lost the video not the sound- that sucks big time! I wonder if DKSat could find out what the heck is going on at ERT headquarters?

The 15th has come and gone and still no changes at ERT SAT- surprise, surprise!! Typical last minute Greek stuff, who knows if the changes will actually ever happen?! I contacted ERT and still have not received a reply. What is it with these Greek channels, what the hell is the point of putting out an email address if you aren't going to bother replying to people?? Oh well, I will enjoy what is there, maybe someday the schedule will be localized just like the other Greek services.

Has this report been published in the newspaper yet or is the guy still investigating?? Ta Nea is available here in Toronto at the library, so I may go see if I can find the article. So does this mean Globecast has the distribution rights for North America or have they not been awarded yet? Here I was hoping Globecast would get them so they could move the channel to IA5 so we could get it FTA (Ku Band). Is ERT in on this too, I guess they must be - Bastards! :angry: I suggest everyone in the US who wants ERT SAT call Dishnet and complain and threaten to cancel your subscription. If enough people do this maybe they will make the channel available a la carte again. Call ERT as well and tell them this is unacceptable to have to pay $40 bucks in order to get the Public broadcaster. Crooked p*****thes, fidi na sas faei! May they all go bankrupt!! Anyone know who is in charge of ERT Sat, I think I would like to send them an email.

So any news on the rights issue for ERT SAT?? September is gone and October is half gone, why do they take so long to make a decision?? Typical Greeks, if we convert it to Greek time, we should know who has the rights by next spring. :D :gr:

I agree Epsilon, I see today that TV5 here in Canada is showing the France - Italy Euro qualifier LIVE! and also Telelatino has picked up the game from 'Setanta' so why can't ERT or Antenna pick up the qualifiers as well in Greek?? I guess the answer is they are too cheap and don't want to spend the money. :tdown:

Thanks DKSat, I am aware of this but isn't that C-Band, which means you need a really big dish or am I mistaken?? I hope Globecast gets the rights and moves the channel from 806 to IA5 which is KU-Band.

Crappy news <_< :tdown: How come Australians get ERT SAT free and we here in North America have to pay??? Supposedly they get the same feed we get, i.e. LIVE SPORTS. This is a jip off, it better become FTA here as well, some has some explaining to do, why the discrepency?!

HELLAS HELLAS HELLAS!!!!!!!!! :tup: What an awesome game, bring on the Spaniards! Yankees See Yeah Later!!! :D Great work Paidia, bravo palikaria! Now I think Rehagal and his sad sack of bums should take note- these are true champions, they have heart and believe in themselves and look where it has gotten them- to the top of the mountain! One more match and they will be world Champs :tup: Those bunch of losers got lucky once and won the Euro, big deal where are they now.?! Our Ethniki basket won the Euro too and now they are in the final of the World Championships. Same players from the Euro win just like the soccer team but VERY DIFFERENT performances. These guys show up when it counts, the soccer bums don't! Maybe because they aren't as good as everyone thinks they are just because they won the Euro. Canada won the Gold Cup several years ago (Equivalent to the Euro) and what have they done since- not much just like Rehagal's boys. Sorry to go off topic but had to make that point, we will see what those 'other' guys will do tomorrow. As for the REAL champs GO GREECE GO!!!! ME TO KALO TIN KURIAKH PAIDIA- BRING HOME THE CUP!!! :gr:

Well it appears that ERT World is 'on' again, at least according to this article from Satleo. I guess we will find out in October just what the heck this channel will be called?! :la:

My friend, in this world you don't get anything for free.. if you find something let me know :D kisskiss, the bottom line is its all about $$, they don't give a rats a$$ about the omogenia, look at how long they took to finally address peoples complaints about the service. Only now are they starting to make some changes to the programming. The other thing is the distribution rights are sold off to some company so they then have the right to charge people for the channel, since they paid to get the rights. For US and Australia, sports programming may also play a role since they have to pay for the rights to show the games and that comes from us (the subscribers). I don't mind paying if its a quality service but it should be less expensive than the other channels since its the public broadcaster. RAI from Italy and RTP from portugal don't charge as much as ERT does. Also they are available FTA. If ERT wanted to they could ensure that the subscription cost is low, but again they don't care. IT'S A PUBLIC CHANNEL NOT A PRIVATE SERVICE, SO PROFIT SHOULD COME SECOND NOT FIRST!! Bottom line, just be glad we get the channel at all and that they have put some soccer on their for us to watch or else we would be ponying up for Setanta at $20 bucks per game. :gr:

It seems that ERT cannot make up its mind what to call ERT SAT?? They announced a while back that they name would be changed to ERT World as part of ongoing changes they are making to the international service. But, checking out their website today it appears that ERT World is out and ERT SAT is back in as the name for the international channel. ;) There is a new logo there and no mention of ERT World anymore so it appears that the name will stay the same. Anyone know what is going on over at ERT or maybe they don't know themselves?? :blink: Here is the new web link: http://tvradio.ert.gr/profile/worldnew.asp

Anyone know if the tournament will be televised in North America?? Probably not here in Canada but what about the U.S.? Will ERT Sat be showing the games of our Ethniki?? Good Luck Boys! GO HELLAS GO!!! :tup: :gr:

I agree with the author of this article, ERT Sat should be FTA Everywhere. It is a Public channel and thus should remain free. Why is it we here in North America have to pay while the rest of the world doesn't?? Is it assumed everyone here are millionaires and can afford to pay so they try and fleece us at 15 bucks a pop? So does Globecast still have the rights for North America, anyone know what's going on with that? If they do then why don't they put ERT Sat on IA5 or is ERT not allowing them to do this so everyone is forced to pay?! My suggestion to the ERT guy about improving the channel is to get the rights to the national team (at least the qualifying games for petes sack). I would take that over any other sports programming (except for my PAO games :D).

Sucks to be us Kolossos :tdown: ERT World is FTA almost everywhere in the friggin' world except here in N. America, can anyone explain to me why?? Does it have to do with who has the distribution rights (which by the way I am still waiting for word on this :D ). I guess those who have the rights want to make money so only way is to charge people, if however that turns out to be Globecast I hope they do make it available on IA5. :gr:

Its now April, I still see ERT Sat on the screen, I thought it is supposed to be called ERT World as of April '06?? Also, interesting article posted below, good to see that the regionalized schedules are indeed coming - in the fall, but they are still coming. I take back my earlier critisism, I should have known that it would happen but in typical Greek fashion not until the last moment! :D Great news also about ERT trying to get the rights to the CL and the much hoped for games of our Ethniki :tup: I hope they are successful and that it won't result in them jacking up the price of the channel in order to help pay for these games. Looks like ERT is going to become my favourite channel, even more so then before! Great changes, keep it up ERT! Its about time they finally acknowledged the Omogenia. :gr:

Unbelievable!! <_< How friggin' hard is it to create a seperate schedule for each area?? Mega does it , Antenna does it so why the hell can't ERT do it as well?? What's with the name change, I like ERT Sat better. :tdown: If you go to ERT Sat it takes you the old site where its called ERT Sat but the schedule is current.