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

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was

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. It quickly achieved the largest

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in the country and remained in this position until the early 2010s.

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 CET 21 and financial supplier CME resulted in an international

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('' CME/Lauder v. Czech Republic'') which ended with the Czech Republic forced to pay CME compensation of 353 million

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(approx. 10 billion

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

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, and now 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 high definition quality via satellite, cable, and also a test airing via

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is in progress. Currently the signal is broadcast in 1920×1080i with a

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of 18 Mbit/s.

Sister channels

Programming and schedule

Programming

Czech series

* '' Ulice'' * ''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") * '' 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

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Past

* '' Chcete být milionářem?'' (2000–2005, 2016–2017) Game show, Czech version of

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* ''DO-RE-MI'' (1998–2004)

Periodical shows

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Schedule

Daily schedule (autumn 2023)

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

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launched the CME Content Academy, in cooperation with the Brno Television Institute. The scholarship program is funded by

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, 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, PRO TV, POP TV, bTV, RTL and Markíza and takes place in

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and

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References

External links

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Official Site
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TN.cz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tv Nova 1994 establishments in the Czech Republic Central European Media Enterprises

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Czech-language television stations * Television networks in the Czech Republic