TA NEA TOY ANT1 is a famous news television programme in Greece aired by ANT1 since 1992 and is currently hosted by Giannis Papadopoulos as well as the rest of the ANT1 News Team. It has previously been hosted by Terrence Quick, Dimitris Stamou, Elli Stai and more recently Nikos Evagelatos. TA NEA TOY ANT1 broadcasts its main evening news show at 20:00 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 and Alter who also broadcast their main evening news shows at 20:00. Alpha TV moved their main evening news from 20:00 to 19:00 in 2009 so no longer compete to be number one in this time slot. TA NEA TOY ANT1 also broadcasts an afternoon edition of the program which airs at 13:00 and runs for approximately 25 minutes. There is a second shorter edition at 18:00 which lasts for approximately 10 minutes and also features the news in sign language. The midnight edition of the news lasts for approximately 10 minutes.
