Antenna Group better known as ANT1 Group is a media company in Greece and is currently the largest Greek media company in the world. It was established in 1988 by Minos Kyriakou, the president and founder of Antenna Group. Today Mr. Kyriakou heads up a media empire who's operations include broadcasting, publishing, Internet services, telecommunications and a record label. At the corner stone of the company is ANT1 TV, one of the largest and most successful private television networks in Greece. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Athens (disambiguation). ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... “Publisher” redirects here. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a popular television station in Greece. ...

ANT1 Group has also expanded its operations abroad, launching international feeds of ANT1 TV for Greek audiences abroad. It now operates stations serving North America, Europe, Australia/Asia and a regional feed of ANT1 for Cyprus- ANT1 Cyprus. ANT-1 TV Cyprus (pronounced Antenna) is a free to air terrestrial TV channel established in 1993. ...

History

ANT1 Group got its start in 1988 when it launched ANT1 97.2 FM, a radio station in Athens. The popularity of this service led it to launch sister station ANT1 97.5 FM in Thessaloniki the later the same year. The following year Antenna Group expanded operations launching ANT1 Television, one of Greece's first private networks and one of the highest rated for many years.

In 1993, ANT1 Group expanded yet again, this time internationally launching ANT1 Satellite and ANT1 Pacific. ANT1 Satellite was the first Greek network to broadcast to audiences in North America while ANT1 Pacific brought the 'best of' ANT1 TV to Australia and the pacific rim.

In subsequent years ANT1 Group has expanded its business beyond the broadcasting world, including launching Antenna Intenet (provides free internet access, music downloading and long-distance calling), Audiotex (telecommunications company), Daphne Communications S.A. (publishing company), Niki Publishing (printing company), Heaven Music (recording label) and ANTEL (wireless transmission).

Operations

Broadcasting

TV

• ANT1
• ANT1 Cyprus
• ANT1 Gold
• ANT1 Europe
• ANT1 Pacific
• ANT1 Satellite
• Blue (music video channel for North America)
• Macedonia TV
• Nova Television (TV channel in Bulgaria)

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• ANT1 97.2 FM (radio station in Athens)
• ANT1 97.5 FM (radio station in Thessaloniki)
• ANT1 FM Cyprus
• Ryhthmos FM (radio station in Athens)
• Banana 104 FM (radio station in Thessaloniki)
• Radio Express (radio station in Bulgaria)

Telecommunications

• Antenna Internet (Internet service, music downloading)
• ANTEL (wireless transmission of data)
• Audiotex (mobile phone service)

Publishing

• Daphne Communications S.A (publishing company)
• Niki Publishing (printing company)

Music

• Heaven Music (record label)
• Antenna Open School (TV/Radio broadcasting)
• Fame Studio (school of music production, phonetic arts & lyrics, only one of its kind in Greece)

Other

• ANT1 Visa (credit card business in collaboration with Emporiki Bank)
• Mediterranean (business journal)

See also

• ANT1
• List of programs broadcast by ANT1

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External link

• Official Site (Greek) (English)