Ta Nea tou ANT1

=Greece=

TA NEA TOY ANT1 (literally ANT1's News) is a famous news television programme in Greece aired by ANT1 since 1992 and is currently hosted by Nikos Evagelatos.

It has previously been hosted by Terrence Quick, Dimitris Stamou and Elli Stai (2001-2006).

TA NEA TOY ANT1 broadcasts its main evening news show at 20:00 (local time) and this runs for one hour. During 2000 through to 2001, the show started at 19:30 and ran for one and a half hour. Before 1997, it was broadcast for 30 minutes.

The main evening news on ANT1 has been number one in the Greek television ratings several times. The program is in direct competition for viewers with other private television stations such as Mega Channel, Alter and Alpha TV who all also broadcast their main evening news shows at 20:00.

TA NEA TOY ANT1 also broadcasts an afternoon edition of the program which airs at 13:00 (local time) and runs for one hour. There is a second shorter edition at 17:45 (local time) which lasts for approximately 15 minutes and also features the news in sign language. After the main evening edition of the program, there is one more late night edition which has a variable start time which can range between 00:00 and 02:30 (local time) depending on what programs precede it and this show runs for approximately 15 minutes also.

Cyprus

In Cyprus, TA NEA TOY ANT1 KYΠPOY (ANT1 Cyprus' News) has different reporters and begins every night at 20:30 (local time) with a length of about 30 minutes. It is the only news telecast that runs for thirty minutes.

Local Time

Local time in Greece and Cyprus is:

GMT +2 - (Eastern European Time) - from the last Sunday in October through to the last Sunday in March.

GMT +3 - (Eastern European Summer Time) - from the last Sunday in March through to the last Sunday in October.

ee also

*List of ANT1 newscasters
*List of programs broadcasted by ANT1