TV Nova is a commercial

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in the

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. It began broadcasting in February 1994 as the first privately held nationwide Czech TV station. Its first CEO was Vladimír Železný. It quickly achieved the largest market share in the country, and remains in that position .

History

During the 1990s, Nova produced a number of comedy shows, featuring actors like

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and Oldřich Kaiser. The channel also created its own quiz show. The channel attracted some notoriety for its late-night nude weather reports ("Počasíčko"), 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

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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). Vladimír Železný sold CET 21 to the financial group PPF of

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, and today TV Nova is owned by CME. The current CEOs are Klára Brachtlová and Jan Vlček.

Nova HD

Since October 2008, TV Nova is broadcast in

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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

Programming

Czech series

* ''

Ulice ''Ulice'' is a Czech soap opera produced by Nova. It is aired five times a week. In Czech ''ulice'' means 'street'. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nykl, Liška and Maléř families and many other people that liv ...

'' * ''Kriminálka Anděl'' Mondays 20:00–21:00 * ''Soukromé pasti'' ("Private Traps") * '' Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2'' ("Doctor's office in rose garden 2") * ''Pojišťovna štěstí'' ("Insurance company of luck") * ''

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'' * '' Nováci'' Every day from September 1995 to April 1996; sometimes reprised * '' Draculův švagr'' Horror series, which ran short time in 1996 * ''

Robinsonův ostrov ''Robinsonův ostrov'' was a Czech reality television program debuting in 2017. In 2016, TV Nova bought the broadcast rights to air their own version of '' Expedition Robinson''. The name alludes to both '' Robinson Crusoe'' and '' The Swiss ...

'' Reality series, Czech version of

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Past

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(1998–2004)

Periodical shows

Title ''Tipy ptáka Loskutáka'' (Tips of the bird Gracula) is the

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part of ''Rady ptáka Loskutáka''. Law regulation compel different names.

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

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. The training is based around the production schedules of TV Nova and Markíza and takes place in Brno,

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and

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References

External links

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Official Site
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TN.cz
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