Nova (Bulgarian TV channel)
Bulgarian television station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nova, stylized as NOVA[1] and previously marketed as NTV or Nova Television, is a Bulgarian free-to-air television network launched on 16 July 1994 ( 28 years ago ).[2] Nova TV, alongside the channels Kino Nova, Nova News, Nova Sport, DIEMA, Diema Family and Diema Sport are part of Nova Broadcasting Group and owned by United Group.
Country | Bulgaria |
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Broadcast area | Bulgaria |
Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bulgarian |
Picture format | 16:9 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV version) |
Ownership | |
Owner | United Group |
Parent | Nova Broadcasting Group |
Sister channels |
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History | |
Launched | 16 July 1994 (1994-07-16) |
Links | |
Website | nova |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
MUX2 | Channel 3 |
On 31 July 2008, Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group bought Nova TV from Antenna Group for €620 million. The deal was completed on 16 October 2008. Nova Television received a television license to broadcast as a terrestrial network on 18 July 2003, thus becoming the third free-to-air television station in Bulgaria, after Channel 1 and bTV, and the second private national media.
On 22 March 2019, Advance Media Group bought Nova TV from Modern Times Group for €185 million.[3] On 24 December 2020, it was announced that United Group would buy Nova Broadcasting Group;[4] the acquisition was completed on 22 January 2021.[5]