Façade of the former TV Nova building.
TV Nova is a Czech commercial television station. It began broadcasting in 1994 as the first privately held nation-wide Czech TV station. Its first CEO was Vladimír Železný. It quickly achieved the largest market share and, as of January 2010[update], still remains number one.
It gained minor notoriety for attracting massive audiences to its late-night nude weather reports ("Počasíčko"),[1] in which an attractive woman (later a man as well) would appear, naked, to present the weather. A kind of reverse striptease would ensue, with the presenter putting on clothes appropriate to the weather.
Disputes between broadcasting license holder CET 21 and financial supplier CME resulted in an international arbitration known as CME/Lauder v. Czech Republic where Czech Republic was forced to pay CME compensation of 353 million USD (approx. 10 billion CZK).[2]
Vladimír Železný sold CET 21 to the financial group PPF of Petr Kellner and today, TV Nova is owned by CME. Current CEO is Petr Dvořák from PPF group.
Nova HD [edit]
Since October 2008, TV Nova is also 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.
Programming [edit]
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Czech series [edit]
- Ulice
- Kriminálka Anděl Mondays 20:00–21:00[3]
- Soukromé pasti ("Private Traps")
- Ordinace v růžové zahradě ("Doctor's office in rose garden")
- Pojišťovna štěstí ("Insurance company of happiness")
- Comeback
- Nováci Every day from September 1995 to April 1996; sometimes reprised
- Draculův švagr Horror series, which ran short time in 1996
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Timeslot |
| 112 (based on "COPS") |
documentary, crime |
Tuesdays 22:05–22:30 |
| Televizní noviny, Sportovní noviny, Počasí ("TV Newspaper, Sport Newspaper and Weather") |
TV news |
every day 19:30–20:00
Sunday–Friday 17:00–17:30 |
| Snídaně s Novou ("Breakfast with Nova") |
Breakfast TV |
weekdays 5:59–9:00 |
| Na vlastní oči ("On own eyes") |
documentary |
Wednesdays 22:15–22:55 |
| Střepiny ("Fractions") |
documentary |
Sundays 21:15–21:45 |
| Víkend ("Weekend") |
Infotainment |
Mondays 21:00–21:35 |
| Eso ("Ace") |
music |
not running |
| Rady ptáka Loskutáka ("Hints of bird Gracula") |
home improvement |
Sundays 18:00–18:55 |
| Občanské judo ("Civilian judo") |
documentary |
Sundays 18:55–19:30 |
| Babicovy dobroty ("Babica's good meals") |
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 (Hints of bird Gracula) is the teleshopping part of Rady ptáka Loskutáka. Law regulation compel different names.
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