Availability
ANT1 Satellite broadcasts to North America and is available in the United States via satellite on Dish Network, via cable on Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon Fios, RCN Cable and Time Warner Cable. It is also available in the Bahamas via Cable Bahamas. Surprisingly, however, ANT1 is not available through Cox Communications, the third-largest cable television provider in the United States. Previously, to receive the ANT1 Satellite broadcast through Dish Network, a separate satellite dish with a single-low-noise block downconverter was required to pick up the signal from EchoStar III at 61.5° west, or EchoStar V at 148° west. These were DISH's primary eastern arc international satellites. Nowadays, this setup is no longer required, and ANT1 Satellite can be received from Anik F3 at 118.75° west. ANT1 Satellite is available through the Greek Elite package, the Antenna Satellite package, and the MEGA package.
ANT1 Satellite also broadcasts in Canada via an agreement with local Greek language broadcaster Odyssey Television Network. The full ANT1 Satellite programming lineup airs on Odyssey TV. The channel is also broadcast to Canadian audiences via satellite through Bell Satellite TV, with an almost identical setup as DISH Network. As with DISH, a separate dish to receive an international satellite is no longer required. ANT1 Satellite can be received through the standard Canadian Nimiq satellites. These similarities are mostly due to both DISH and Bell being so closely affiliated with EchoStar. However, it is difficult to view a properly-proportioned image on a high-definition television, being that the channel is broadcast in 576i PAL picture format with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
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