OTE Cinema

OTE Cinema
Launched	5 November 2012
Owned by	OTE
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	Greece
Language	Greek
Sister channel(s)	OTE Sport Village Cinema Village Cinema HD
Availability
Satellite
OTE TV	OTE Cinema 1HD: Channel 201 OTE Cinema 2: Channel 202 OTE Cinema 3: Channel 203 OTE Cinema 4HD: Channel 204
IPTV
OTE TV	OTE Cinema 1: Channel 201 OTE Cinema 2: Channel 202 OTE Cinema 3: Channel 203 OTE Cinema 4: Channel 204

OTE Cinema is a premium television service available in Greece that broadcasts blockbuster movies and hit series. It launched on 5 November 2012. It is owned by OTE, who own and operate OTE TV a DTH satellite service and OTE Sport—a sports channel. OTE Cinema is a 24/7 service and it features hit series from UK and blockbusters movies from Greece and abroad. Also, it features shows with showbiz news, making of, deleted scenes and back stage. Recently, OTE Cinema have output deals with Disney, Sony Pictures and BBC.

Channels and content

OTE Cinema operates four multiplex channels:

• OTE Cinema 1: The premiere's channel, features blockbusters, premieres, family, action and adventure movies.
• OTE Cinema 2: It features comedy, romance, horror movies. It also features favourite selections from great movies that stood out due to the actors, directors, awards or box office, and as well as thematic evenings with special cinema tributes.
• OTE Cinema 3: It features Greek movies from 1960 to today.
• OTE Cinema 4: It features hit series.

Special Events

OTE Cinema 1 and OTE Cinema 2 features special events such as BAFTA and European Film Awards.

Hit Series

OTE Cinema 4 features all of the following series.

Current

• Aquarius
• Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
• Downton Abbey
• Extant
• Fargo
• Fortitude
• Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
• Heartbeat
• Heroes Reborn
• Hemlock Grove
• House of Cards
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Luther
• Mozart in the Jungle
• Mr. Robot
• Orange Is the New Black
• Orphan Black
• Ripper Street
• Satisfaction
• South of Hell
• The Affair (TV series)
• The Hollow Crown
• The Last Kingdom
• The Musketeers
• The Odd Couple
• Top of the Lake
• Sherlock

Former

• Atlantis
• Chasing Life
• Childhood's End
• DCI Banks
• Defiance
• Dominion
• From the Earth to the Moon
• Good Cop
• Heroes
• Mapp and Lucia
• Oliver Twist
• Rock & Chips
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Texas Rising
• War & Peace
• Zen

Original programming

• Dia Tayta a legal comedy-drama by Lakis Lazopoulos, co-production with the terrestrial channel Alpha TV. It premiered on 4 November 2013 on OTE Cinema 2 and on 11 February 2014 on Alpha TV.

External links

• Site of OTE TV