Greek television - Mega Cosmos

Alexander Arnakis wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:35:12 -0600, Jonathan Roberts
> <gremln007.RemoveThis@diynics.com> wrote:
>> Since the group has been quiet, I thought I would post something
>> semi-OT. We recently signed up for Mega Cosmos on DirecTV (in the US)
>> and we love it! Is anyone else watching this channel? Are there any
>> other good channels available through the Internet or other means?
>>
> Yes. ERT-SAT is available for free on the Internet at
> http://ert.ntua.gr/tv.ram (as you may know, ERT is the main
> government-run TV channel).
>

Thank you! I will definitely check this out.
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Alexander Arnakis wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:35:12 -0600, Jonathan Roberts
> <gremln007 RemoveThis @diynics.com> wrote:
>> Since the group has been quiet, I thought I would post something
>> semi-OT. We recently signed up for Mega Cosmos on DirecTV (in the US)
>> and we love it! Is anyone else watching this channel? Are there any
>> other good channels available through the Internet or other means?
>>
> Yes. ERT-SAT is available for free on the Internet at
> http://ert.ntua.gr/tv.ram (as you may know, ERT is the main
> government-run TV channel).
>

Alexander,

I just wanted to drop a quick line to say thanks again for this link!
My "soon to be grandfather in law" was so happy to see his familiar TV
channel/shows where he is staying.

Happy Easter,

Jonathan
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On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:39:49 -0500, Jonathan Roberts
<gremln007.RemoveThis@diynics.com> wrote:
>
>Alexander,
>
>I just wanted to drop a quick line to say thanks again for this link!
>My "soon to be grandfather in law" was so happy to see his familiar TV
>channel/shows where he is staying.
>
>Happy Easter,
>
You're welcome. I just want to add that at times (particularly when
soccer games are being broadcast), the server reaches its capacity and
you'll get an error message. This is a limitation of the "unicast"
method. The NTUA (National Technical University of Athens, which acts
as the conduit for ERT) has recently started "multicast" transmissions
to ease this problem, but I haven't yet been able to configure my
software to take advantage of this.
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Alexander Arnakis wrote:
> You're welcome. I just want to add that at times (particularly when
> soccer games are being broadcast), the server reaches its capacity and
> you'll get an error message. This is a limitation of the "unicast"
> method. The NTUA (National Technical University of Athens, which acts
> as the conduit for ERT) has recently started "multicast" transmissions
> to ease this problem, but I haven't yet been able to configure my
> software to take advantage of this.
>

Thanks again -- it worked like a champ for the past 2 weeks or so. The
grandparents are here for another month, so I have found some other
things that they like. Mostly Greek radio & TV (as we have discussed in
this group), but a few others that I will post as time permits.

Jonathan
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