TV Nova (Czech Republic)

{{Infobox television channel

| name = TV Nova

| logo = TV Nova logo 2024.jpg

| logo_size = 250px

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1994|2|4|df=y}}

| language = Czech

| picture_format = 16:9/4:3 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)

| owner = TV Nova s. r. o. (CME, owned by PPF Group)

| country = Czech Republic

| sister_channels = Nova Cinema
Nova Action
Nova Fun
Nova Gold
Nova Lady
Nova Sport 1
Nova Sport 2
Nova Sport 3
Nova Sport 4
Nova Sport 5
Nova Sport 6
Nova International

| timeshift_service = Nova +1 HD
(2017–2022)

| website = [http://tv.nova.cz/ Official website]

| terr_serv_1 = DVB-T/T2

| terr_chan_1 = MUX 23 (FTA)
MUX 24 (FTA)

| online_serv_1 = Nova.cz

| online_chan_1 = [https://tv.nova.cz/sledujte-zive/1-nova Watch live]
{{small|(Czech only)}}

| online_serv_2 = VOYO

| online_chan_2 = [https://voyo.nova.cz/tv-zive/1-nova Watch live]
{{small|(Czech only)}}

}}

Image:Praha, Národní třída, Nova.jpg

File:Tv-nova-building.jpg

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.{{cite journal|author=Angelika W. Wyka|title=Media Privatization and the Spread of Foreign Ownership in East Central Europe|journal=NOVA|date=2010|url=http://pl.ejo.ch/wp-content/uploads/Media%20Privatization%20and%20the%20Spread%20of%20Foreign%20Ownership.pdf|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110161857/http://pl.ejo.ch/wp-content/uploads/Media%20Privatization%20and%20the%20Spread%20of%20Foreign%20Ownership.pdf|archive-date=10 November 2014|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Plesl |first1=Jaroslav |title=Železný postavil tiskárnu na peníze, které ho zničily. Nova má zlatá léta za sebou |url=https://byznys.hn.cz/c1-54567970-zelezny-postavil-tiskarnu-na-penize-ktere-ho-znicily-nova-ma-zlata-leta-za-sebou |website=Hospodářské noviny |access-date=29 December 2022 |language=cs |date=31 January 2012}}

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"),{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1211517.stm|title=Czech TV row goes to court|date=9 March 2001|access-date=25 July 2008 |work=BBC News}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.cetv-net.com/arbitration.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427104239/http://www.cetv-net.com/arbitration.asp| archive-date=27 April 2006|title=Arbitration Awards|publisher=Central European Media Enterprises}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.novagroup.cz/kdo-jsme/management#|title=Management}}

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 18 Mbit/s.

Sister channels

class="wikitable"

!name of a channel

!year of start

!former name(s)

!theme of a channel

!colspan="3" |main colour(s)

TV Nova

|1994

|generalist program, mainly channel

|blue

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#0e1667"|

Nova Cinema

|2007

|films

|blue

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#0000ff"|

Nova Sport 1

|2008

|Nova Sport (2008-2015)

|sports

|black
blue

| bgcolor="#111717"|

| bgcolor="#0080ff"|

Nova Action

|2012

|TV Fanda (2012-2017)

|men

|yellow

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#facd13"|

Nova Fun

|2012

|TV Smíchov (2012-2017)
Nova 2 (2017-2021)

|young generation

|violet

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#6032f3"|

Nova Gold

|2013

|TV Telka (2013-2017)

|archive channel

|yellow

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#997226"|

Nova Sport 2

|2015

|sports

|black
blue

| bgcolor="#111717"|

| bgcolor="#2dbad4"|

Nova International

|2016

|slovak version of TV Nova

|blue

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#0e1667" |

Nova Sport 3

| rowspan="2"|2021

| rowspan="2"|sports

| rowspan="2"|black
green

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#111717"|

| bgcolor="#00ff00"|

Nova Sport 4

| bgcolor="#00ad83"|

Nova Lady

|2021

|women

|red

| colspan="2" bgcolor="#f15647"|

Nova Sport 5

| rowspan="2"|2024

| rowspan="2"|sports

|black
red

| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#111717"|

| bgcolor="#d42239"|

Nova Sport 6

|black
pink

| bgcolor="#ff1493"|

Programming and schedule

=Programming=

==Czech series==

Ulice
Kriminálka Anděl Mondays 20:00–21:00

{{cite web

|url=http://kriminalka.nova.cz/

|title=Kriminálka Anděl ("CSI: Anděl")

|date=March 2010

|access-date=18 March 2010

|work=TV Nova}}

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==

Chcete být milionářem? (2000–2005, 2016–2017) Game show, Czech version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
DO-RE-MI (1998–2004)

==Periodical shows==

Title ! Format ! Timeslot
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112 (based on "COPS")	documentary, crime	Tuesdays 22:05–22:30
Televizní noviny, Sportovní noviny, Počasí ("TV News, Sports News and Weather")	TV news	every day 19:30–20:00 Sunday–Friday 17:00–17:30
Snídaně ("Breakfast")	Breakfast TV	weekdays 5:55–9:00
Víkendová Snídaně ("Weekend Breakfast")	Breakfast Weekend TV	weekend 07.55–10.00
Na vlastní oči ("With Your Own Eyes")	documentary	Wednesdays 22:15–22:55
Za pět minut dvanáct ("Five Minutes to Twelve")	talk show	Sundays 11:55–13:20
Střepiny ("Fractions")	documentary	Sundays 21:15–21:45
Víkend ("Weekend")	Infotainment	Tuesdays 21:00–21:35
Eso ("Ace")	music	not running
Rady ptáka Loskutáka ("Hints of the Bird Gracula")	home improvement	Sundays 18:00–18:55
Občanské judo ("Citizen's Judo")	documentary	Sundays 18:55–19:30
Babicovy dobroty ("Babica's Goodies")	cooking show	Saturdays 18:00–18:35
Koření ("Spice")	Infotainment	Saturdays 18:35–19:30
Mr. GS	talk show	Sundays 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.

=Schedule=

== Daily schedule (autumn 2023) ==

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!Day/time ->

!17:30

!18:25

!19:30

!20:20

!21:30

!22:35

Monday

| rowspan="5" |Na Lovu

| rowspan="5" |Ulice

| rowspan="7" |Televizní noviny

| Kriminálka anděl

| Specialisté

| Víkend

Tuesday

|Jedna rodina

|Comeback

| rowspan="3" | Kriminálka las vegas

Wednesday

|Masterchef česko

|Souboj na talíři

Thursday

|Zlatá labuť

|Ztracená rodina

Friday

|Co ste hasiči

|Comeback

|Agent bez minulosti

Saturday

|colspan="2" |Muži v černém

|Táta v nesnázích

|colspan="2" |Central intelligence

Sunday

|colspan="2" |Svěrák vratné lahve

|colspan="2" |Police modrava

|Střepiny

Logos

File:Nova logo 1994.png|First logo TV Nova from 1994 to 1996

File:Nova 1996.png|Second logo TV Nova from 1996 to 2004

File:TV Nova 2004 2.png|Third logo TV Nova from 2004 to 2017

File:TV_Nova_logo_2017.png|Fourth logo TV Nova from 2017 to 2024

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.{{Cite web |title=CME Content Academy |url=https://www.cmecontentacademy.com/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=CME Content Academy |language=en-GB}}

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.