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Nova TV is a Croatian free-to-air television network launched on 28 May 2000. It was the first commercial television network with national concession in the country. From 2004 until 2018 it was fully owned by the Central European Media Enterprises. In 2018, Direct Media purchased Nova TV and Doma TV.
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| Type | Free-to-air television network |
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| Country | Croatia |
| Availability | National |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Owner | United Group |
| Parent | United Media |
Launch date | 28 May 2000 |
Picture format | 1080p (HDTV) |
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Official website | www |
Nova TV is, along with HRT and RTL, one of the three Croatian television channels that air the largest amount of original programming in Croatia. The channel has its own everyday news programming, as well as various scripted television series. A smaller quantity of original reality and game show series is also aired by the channel. The channel also airs acquired foreign programming, both television series (mostly English or Turkish) and movies.
Currently, Nova TV's programming schedule usually consists of children's programming (mostly acquired animated series) airing in the morning, followed by re-runs of original and acquired television series during the day. The prime time is generally reserved for news and other original programming.
Dnevnik Nove TV is the main news program of Nova TV. It is broadcast daily at 19:00 UTC. As of 2008[update], and it was the second most popular news program in Croatia, closing in on Dnevnik HRT, its main competitor.[1] Dnevnik Nove TV overtook Dnevnik HRT in 2010, becoming the most watched news programme in Croatia. Since its launch in 2005, the style of the broadcast has changed little.
A minor incident occurred in 2015, when Milorad Pupovac, a vice-president of Independent Democratic Serb Party, was forced out of the programme for his speech on the removal of Cyrillic tables in Vukovar by an amendment of the City Statute, due to "being in 2015". Both sides, Serbian and Croatian, apparently condemned the incident, some likening it with the forced takeaway of the right to free speech. However, Nova TV soon issued a response in which they said that:
Nova TV's news anchor sought to focus the guest on the issue for which he was invited to the show. Given the fact that our guest continuously kept digressing off the topic, the host had to end the conversation at certain moment because [...] it was a live interview, within a show which also deals with other topics [...]. Just like many times before, Mr. Pupovac will continue being relevant and respected guest in our studios.[2]
The station also became notable for showing one of the first Croatian sitcoms called Naša mala klinika, which started to air in November 2004,[3] and in early June 2005 the channel started airing another locally produced sitcom called Bumerang.
In 2003, Nova TV premiered the first Croatia iteration of American Idol titled Story Supernova Music Talents,[4] which was then followed by the Croatian version of Pop Idol called Hrvatski idol in 2004.[5]
Supertalent, the Croatian entry in the Got Talent franchise, is a part of Nova TV's staple programming, airing since September 2009. It is one of Nova TV's longest-running original series, set to enter its eleventh season in Fall 2024.[6] Nova TV rebooted Ples sa zvijezdama, which previously aired 8 seasons on HRT 1.[7] A reboot of Survivor, which previously aired a season on HRT 2 in 2005 and another one on RTL in 2012, premiered on Nova TV in March 2022.[8]
| † | Currently airing series |
| # | Series no longer in production |
| ‡ | Upcoming season or series announced |
| ⁂ | Status of series unknown |
| Name | Based on | Host(s) | No. of seasons | Premiere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story Supernova Music Talents#[b] | Idol |
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1 | 2003 |
| Hrvatski Idol#[b] |
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2 | 24 April 2004 | |
| Farma#[c] | The Farm |
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7 | 9 March 2008 |
| Supertalent† | Got Talent | 11 | 25 September 2009 | |
| MasterChef Croatia† | MasterChef | – | 7 | 21 March 2011 |
| Tvoje lice zvuči poznato⁂ | Your Face Sounds Familiar |
Former
Current
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8 | 5 October 2014 |
| Ženim sina?# | unknown |
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5 | 23 April 2018 |
| Ples sa zvijezdama⁂[d] | Dancing with the Stars |
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3 | 17 March 2019 |
| Ljepotice i genijalci# | Beauty and the Geek |
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1 | 18 March 2019 |
| Survivor Croatia‡[e] | Survivor |
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3 | 14 March 2022 |
| Riba na torti⁂ | Hal a tortán |
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1 | 13 November 2023 |
As the first Croatian commercial television network, Nova TV made the Croatian TV viewers familiar with reality shows when first airing the American shows such as Survivor and Temptation Island. Nova TV was also the first television network to show The Jerry Springer Show in Croatia, which ran until 2022. In 2005, the channel also introduced popular American TV series such as Lost (2004–2010) and Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) as well as reality show The Apprentice (2004–2017) to the Croatian audience. Nova TV is also known for broadcasting newer blockbusters first released in the 1990s and the 2000s as well as some less popular television or cinema movies that are quite hard to find anywhere else in Croatia.
Nova TV is also notable for live broadcasts of various sporting events such as alpine skiing and Mirko Filipović's fights. For many years, they have also been broadcasting FA Premier League matches, as well as some of the English cup matches. However, they stopped showing English football following the end of the 2006–07 season, with the Premier League now available in Croatia through RTL Televizija. In 2009, Nova TV bought the rights to show the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesdays until 2012. Their Champions League coverage consists of one live broadcast and the highlights of all the remaining matches of the night, but not the final, which is broadcast by HRT. In 2018, Nova TV bought all Croatia national football team fixtures live until 2028.
The channel aired UEFA, UEFA Nations League and UEFA European Qualifiers road to Euro and World Cup.
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Nova TV is known for acquiring numerous Turkish drama series, which have been popular on the channel since 2010s.
| Original title | Croatian title | Original premiere | Nova TV premiere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayat Şarkısı | Djevojka sa sela | February 9, 2016 | June 4, 2018 |
| Çocuk | Dijete | September 9, 2019 | July 1, 2020 |
| Benim Adım Melek | Melek | September 25, 2019 | July 5, 2021 |
| Alev Alev | U plamenu | November 5, 2020 | July 5, 2021 |
| Zemheri | Ljubavna oluja | January 15, 2020 | August 23, 2021 |
| Sadakatsiz | Nevjera | October 7, 2020 | January 3, 2022 |
| Kardeşlerim | Snaga obitelji | February 20, 2021 | May 16, 2022 |
| Iyilik | Izdaja | April 29, 2022 | January 2, 2023 |
| Yalı Çapkını | Zlatni kavez | September 23, 2022 | May 29, 2023 |
| Yüz Yillik Mucize | Sto godina čuda | March 23, 2023 | August 21, 2023 |
| Masumlar Apartmanı | Duhovi prošlosti | September 15, 2020 | October 9, 2023 |
| Veda Mektubu | Oproštajno pismo | February 27, 2023 | January 1, 2024 |
| Yürek Çıkmazı | Ulica sjećanja | November 1, 2022 | January 1, 2024 |
| Yabani | Divlje srce | September 12, 2023 | June 4, 2024 |
Nova TV features Croatian dubs of various popular animated series for children, which mostly air in the mornings. In the late 2000s, it was the first channel to air Croatian dubs of popular series such as Dora the Explorer, Bratz, Peppa Pig and Winx Club. Nova TV's children programming also airs on Mini TV, a specialized channel launched on 1 October 2008.[9]
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| Y/M | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Annual average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14%[10] | 14.5%[11] | 16.6%[12] | 15.7%[12] | 15.7%[12] | 17.3%[12] | 15.5%[13] | 15.1%[14] | 17.6%[15] | 18.3%[16] | 18.4%[17] | 17.5%[18] | 16.3% |
| 2024 | 15.1%[19] | 16.4%[20] | 18.7%[12] | 18.7%[12] | 16.3%[12] | 14.1%[12] | Upcoming period | 17% | |||||
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