TV Nova (Czech Republic)

TV Nova is a commercial television station in the Czech Republic. It began broadcasting in February 1994 as the first privately held nationwide Czech TV station.[1] Its first CEO was Vladimír Železný. It quickly achieved the largest market share in the country and remained in this position until the early 2010s.[2]

For other uses, see TV Nova (disambiguation).
TV Nova
CountryCzech Republic
Programming
Language(s)Czech
Picture format16:9/4:3 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Timeshift serviceNova +1 HD
(2017–2022)
Ownership
OwnerTV Nova s. r. o. (CME, owned by PPF Group)
Sister channelsNova Cinema
Nova Action
Nova Fun
Nova Gold
Nova Lady
Nova Sport 1
Nova Sport 2
Nova Sport 3
Nova Sport 4
Nova International
History
Launched4 February 1994 (1994-02-04)
Links
WebsiteOfficial website
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T/T2MUX 23 (FTA)
MUX 24 (FTA)
Streaming media
Nova.czWatch live
(Czech only)
VOYOWatch live
(Czech only)
Façade of the former TV Nova building.
Building of TV Nova at Barrandov quarter of Prague

History

During the 1990s, Nova produced a number of comedy shows, featuring actors like Jiří Lábus and Oldřich Kaiser. The channel also created its own quiz show.

The channel attracted some notoriety for its late-night nude weather reports ("Počasíčko"),[3] in which a female (and later male) presenter would appear naked to present the weather. The presenter would then put on clothes appropriate to the weather being forecast.

Disputes between broadcasting license holder CET 21 and financial supplier CME resulted in an international arbitration (CME/Lauder v. Czech Republic) which ended with the Czech Republic forced to pay CME compensation of 353 million USD (approx. 10 billion CZK).[4]

Vladimír Železný sold CET 21 to the financial group PPF of Petr Kellner, and now TV Nova is owned by CME. The current CEOs are Klára Brachtlová and Jan Vlček.[5]

Nova HD

Since October 2008, TV Nova is broadcast in high definition quality via satellite, cable, and also a test airing via DVB-T is in progress. Currently the signal is broadcast in 1920×1080i with a bitrate of 18Mbit/s.

Sister channels
name of a channel year of start former name(s) theme of a channel main colour(s)
TV Nova 1994 family program red
Nova Cinema 2007 films purple
Nova Sport 1 2008 Nova Sport (2008-2015) sports black

red
Nova Action 2012 TV Fanda (2012-2017) men yellow
Nova Fun 2012 TV Smíchov (2012-2017)
Nova 2 (2017-2021)		 young generation violet
Nova Gold 2013 TV Telka (2013-2017) archive channel yellow
Nova Sport 2 2015 sports black

blue
Nova International 2016 slovak version of TV Nova red
Nova Sport 3 2021 sports black

yellow
Nova Sport 4 2021 sports black

blue
Nova Lady 2021 women red

Programming
Main article: List of original shows by TV Nova

Czech series
  • Ulice
  • Kriminálka Anděl Mondays 20:00–21:00[6]
  • Soukromé pasti ("Private Traps")
  • Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 ("Doctor's office in rose garden 2")
  • Pojišťovna štěstí ("Insurance company of luck")
  • Comeback
  • Nováci Every day from September 1995 to April 1996; sometimes reprised
  • Draculův švagr Horror series, which ran short time in 1996
  • Robinsonův ostrov Reality series, Czech version of Survivor

Past

Periodical shows
Title Format Timeslot
112 (based on "COPS")documentary, crimeTuesdays 22:05–22:30
Televizní noviny, Sportovní noviny, Počasí ("TV News, Sports News and Weather")TV newsevery day 19:30–20:00
Sunday–Friday 17:00–17:30
Snídaně ("Breakfast")Breakfast TVweekdays 5:55–9:00
Víkendová Snídaně ("Weekend Breakfast")Breakfast Weekend TVweekend 07.55–10.00
Na vlastní oči ("With Your Own Eyes")documentaryWednesdays 22:15–22:55
Střepiny ("Fractions")documentarySundays 21:15–21:45
Víkend ("Weekend")InfotainmentTuesdays 21:00–21:35
Eso ("Ace")musicnot running
Rady ptáka Loskutáka ("Hints of the Bird Gracula")home improvementSundays 18:00–18:55
Občanské judo ("Citizen's Judo")documentarySundays 18:55–19:30
Babicovy dobroty ("Babica's Goodies")cooking showSaturdays 18:00–18:35
Koření ("Spice")InfotainmentSaturdays 18:35–19:30
Mr. GStalk showSundays 21:40–22:10

Title Tipy ptáka Loskutáka (Tips of the bird Gracula) is the teleshopping part of Rady ptáka Loskutáka. Law regulation compel different names.

Logos
  • First logo TV Nova from 1994 to 1996
    First logo TV Nova from 1994 to 1996
  • Second logo TV Nova from 1996 to 2004
    Second logo TV Nova from 1996 to 2004
  • Third logo TV Nova from 2004 to 2017
    Third logo TV Nova from 2004 to 2017

CME Content Academy

In 2022, TV Nova and Markíza launched the CME Content Academy, in cooperation with the Brno Television Institute. The scholarship program is funded by Central European Media Enterprises, to which both TV Nova and Markíza belong. The academy's two-year course is a professional training course designed to provide participants with a grounding across various film-making disciplines.[7]

The training is based around the production schedules of TV Nova, PRO TV, POP TV, bTV, RTL and Markíza and takes place in Brno, Prague, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Bucharest, Sofia and Bratislava.

See also

References
  1. Angelika W. Wyka (2010). "Media Privatization and the Spread of Foreign Ownership in East Central Europe" (PDF). NOVA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. Plesl, Jaroslav (31 January 2012). "Železný postavil tiskárnu na peníze, které ho zničily. Nova má zlatá léta za sebou". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. "Czech TV row goes to court". BBC News. 9 March 2001. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  4. "Arbitration Awards". Central European Media Enterprises. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006.
  5. "Management".
  6. "Kriminálka Anděl ("CSI: Anděl")". TV Nova. March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  7. "CME Content Academy". CME Content Academy. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
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