Nova TV (Croatia)

:For the Czech channel (formerly a sister channel of Nova TV Croatia), see TV Nova. For other TV channels with this name, see Nova TV.
Nova TV is the most popular TV channel in Croatia by viewership. Since 2018, it is owned by United Group, a Serbia-based European media and telecom conglomerate; before then it was owned by CME (a subsidiary of PPF Group). Nova TV has a secondary TV channel, Doma TV, and an international version, Nova World, besides other channels. Its main competitors are RTL Televizija and HRT, the Croatian public broadcaster.
In 2021, United Group acquired TV broadcasters in Bulgaria and Greece that are also named Nova.
==2000–2003==
Nova TV was launched in 2000 as the first Croatian national commercial TV channel.
==2003–2004==
==2004–2007==
===2004–2005===
In 2004, Nova TV introduced the famous N-in-an-@ symbol that was in use until 2019. This variant was discontinued in 2005.
===2005–2007===
==2007–2019==
From 2007 to 2019 the Nova wordmark appeared at the lower right of the N-in-an-@ symbol, though the symbol was usually used on its own. Until January 6, 2009, Nova TV had a normal ident with less graphics and Nova logo swiveling to the center of the screen with a synthesised ding. From January 6, 2009 to March 25, 2019, they had an updated ident with more graphics (ribbons flying into an invisible ball and Nova logo drawing itself in on it) and more intense music with a powerful string ensemble.
After Nova TV was acquired by United Group in 2018, three TV channels in neighbouring Balkan countries (Pink BH in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Pink M in Montenegro and Top TV in Serbia) were renamed to Nova BH, Nova M and Nova S, respectively, in 2018–2019. Initially they all used a similar logo as the 2007 logo of Nova TV, and were unaffected by the rebranding of the Croatian parent channel in March 2019 (but Nova S updated its logo on February 28, 2020; the rest would not follow suit until October 9, 2021).
==2019–present==
After twelve years, on March 25, 2019 at 5:18 CET, the logo was changed, with the letter N from the 2007 logo now being placed fully enclosed in a circle. A new graphics package for the channel was created by Red Bee Media, which builds on the well-known circular shape of the logo and involves rotating red arcs.
Even though Nova S in Serbia was launched on the same day, its logo was the 2007 style, but was updated to match the Croatian parent on February 28, 2020. However, Nova BH and Nova M continued to use the 2007-style logos until October 9, 2021. National indicators of the logos of non-Croatian offshoots were all removed from the channels' names on January 1, 2023, essentially making their logos merely recolors of the Croatian Nova's 2019 logo.
*Forum.hr (Croatian)
*Nova TV (Croatian)
* Red Bee Media
==External links==
Category:Television channels in Croatia
Category:Croatia
Category:Nova TV (Croatia)
Category:United Group