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The Greek Research Network (GRnet) provides for its members (Universities, Technological Education Institutes (TEI), Research Institutes, etc) and their end-users the “Digital TV” service. The service broadcasts digital,terrestrial (DVB-T) and internet channels.
The individual services offered, are:
- Broadcasting of MPEG-2 streams over multicast. The target group consists of the end-users of institutions which have multicast enabled networks. This service aims to promote the multicast technology to the institutes connected to GRnet, as well as, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
- Unicast broadcast of MPEG-4 streams. The target group consists of the end-users of institutions whowatch the channels from networks that are not multicast enabled (eg their home). This service aims to promote the GRNET Federation Authentication & Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) based on Shibboleth to the GRNET members.
The broadcasted channels are the following:
ERT digital: Prisma+, Cine+.
ERTworld which is broadcasted by National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
Τhe Hellenic Parliament’s channels.
The GRnet’s Internet channels.
Other national and international Internet channels.
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