The move has more to do with Antenna forcing all the non-Antenna stations on Dish hard to subscribe to. Unless you subscribed to any of the Antenna packages, you could not get any of the other Greek channels (Mega Cosmos, Alter Globe, ERT-Sat), even though you could get those channel on al-a-carte basis before. Apparently this is a result of the new deal Antenna and Dish signed earlier this year. Mega Cosmos did the obvious thing, leaving Dish when their contract expired on November 30th.
There are a lot of dissatisfied Greek-Americans as a result of this. Mega Cosmos has by far the most entertaining programming compared to Antenna channels. This move probably will not make many of the those viewers switch to DirecTV, but it is reported that DirecTV will expand their Greek language offerings. Alter Globe will be the next one leaving Dish once their contract expires. The are supplied by the same company that distributes Mega Cosmos inthe US. With few months DirecTV will also be offering Alpha International and Star TV from Greece.
There are a lot of dissatisfied Greek-Americans as a result of this. Mega Cosmos has by far the most entertaining programming compared to Antenna channels. This move probably will not make many of the those viewers switch to DirecTV, but it is reported that DirecTV will expand their Greek language offerings. Alter Globe will be the next one leaving Dish once their contract expires. The are supplied by the same company that distributes Mega Cosmos inthe US. With few months DirecTV will also be offering Alpha International and Star TV from Greece.
