# TV Nova (Czech Republic)

TV Nova is a commercial television station in the Czech Republic. 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 remained in this position until the early 2010s.

## History

During the 1990s, Nova produced a number of comedy shows, featuring actors like Jiří Lábus 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 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 Petr Kellner, 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 DVB-T is in progress. Currently the signal is broadcast in 1920×1080i with a bitrate of 18 Mbit/s.

## Sister channels

| name of a channel | year of start | former name(s) | theme of a channel | main colour(s) |
| TV Nova | 1994 | | generalist program, mainly channel | blue |
| Nova Cinema | 2007 | | films | blue |
| Nova Sport 1 | 2008 | Nova Sport (2008-2015) | sports | black blue |
| Nova Action | 2012 | TV Fanda (2012-2017) | men | yellow |
| Nova Fun | 2012 | TV Smíchov (2012-2017) Nova 2 (2017-2021) | young generation | violet |
| Nova Gold | 2013 | TV Telka (2013-2017) | archive channel | yellow |
| Nova Sport 2 | 2015 | | sports | black blue |
| Nova International | 2016 | | slovak version of TV Nova | blue |
| Nova Sport 3 | 2021 | | sports | black green |
| Nova Sport 4 | 2021 | | sports | black green |
| Nova Lady | 2021 | | women | red |
| Nova Sport 5 | 2024 | | sports | black red |
| Nova Sport 6 | 2024 | | sports | black pink |

## 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 Survivor

#### Past

* Chcete být milionářem? (2000–2005, 2016–2017) Game show, Czech version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
* DO-RE-MI (1998–2004)

#### Periodical shows

| Title | Format | Timeslot |
| 112 (based on "COPS") | documentary, crime | Tuesdays 22:05–22:30 |
| Televizní noviny, Sportovní noviny, Počasí ("TV News, Sports News and Weather") | TV news | every day 19:30–20:00 Sunday–Friday 17:00–17:30 |
| Snídaně ("Breakfast") | Breakfast TV | weekdays 5:55–9:00 |
| Víkendová Snídaně ("Weekend Breakfast") | Breakfast Weekend TV | weekend 07.55–10.00 |
| Na vlastní oči ("With Your Own Eyes") | documentary | Wednesdays 22:15–22:55 |
| Za pět minut dvanáct ("Five Minutes to Twelve") | talk show | Sundays 11:55–13:20 |
| Střepiny ("Fractions") | documentary | Sundays 21:15–21:45 |
| Víkend ("Weekend") | Infotainment | Tuesdays 21:00–21:35 |
| Eso ("Ace") | music | not running |
| Rady ptáka Loskutáka ("Hints of the Bird Gracula") | home improvement | Sundays 18:00–18:55 |
| Občanské judo ("Citizen's Judo") | documentary | Sundays 18:55–19:30 |
| Babicovy dobroty ("Babica's Goodies") | 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 (Tips of the bird Gracula) is the teleshopping part of Rady ptáka Loskutáka. Law regulation compel different names.

### Schedule
#### Daily schedule (autumn 2023)

| Day/time -> | 17:30 | 18:25 | 19:30 | 20:20 | 21:30 | 22:35 |
| Monday | Na Lovu | Ulice | Televizní noviny | Kriminálka anděl | Specialisté | Víkend |
| Tuesday | Na Lovu | Ulice | Televizní noviny | Jedna rodina | Comeback | Kriminálka las vegas |
| Wednesday | Na Lovu | Ulice | Televizní noviny | Masterchef česko | Souboj na talíři | Kriminálka las vegas |
| Thursday | Na Lovu | Ulice | Televizní noviny | Zlatá labuť | Ztracená rodina | Kriminálka las vegas |
| Friday | Na Lovu | Ulice | Televizní noviny | Co ste hasiči | Comeback | Agent bez minulosti |
| Saturday | Muži v černém | Muži v černém | Televizní noviny | Táta v nesnázích | Central intelligence | Central intelligence |
| Sunday | Svěrák vratné lahve | Svěrák vratné lahve | Televizní noviny | Police modrava | Police modrava | Střepiny |

## Logos

* First logo TV Nova from 1994 to 1996
* Second logo TV Nova from 1996 to 2004
* Third logo TV Nova from 2004 to 2017
* Fourth logo TV Nova from 2017 to 2024

## 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, PRO TV, POP TV, bTV, RTL and Markíza and takes place in Brno, Prague, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Bucharest, Sofia and Bratislava.