Nova (Bulgaria)

Nova TV or 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. Nova TV, alongside the channels Kino Nova, Nova Sport, DIEMA, Diema Family and Diema Sport are part of Nova Broadcasting Group and owned by Advance Media Group.

NOVA
Launched16 July 1994 (1994-07-16)
NetworkNova Broadcasting Group
Owned byAdvance Media Group
Picture format16:9 576i SDTV
Audience share22.08% (April 2017 (2017-04), Nielsen Admosphere)
SloganTogether we're №1
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian
Broadcast areaBulgaria
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Sister channel(s)Kino Nova, Nova Sport, Diema, Diema Family, Diema Sport
Websitenova.bg
Availability
Terrestrial
Channel 3
Satellite
A1 BulgariaChannel 3
BulsatcomChannel 4
Cable
A1 BulgariaChannel 3
NET1Channel 3
IPTV
A1 BulgariaChannel 3
BulsatcomChannel 4
VivacomChannel 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.[2]

Programming

Nova airs Endemol productions: Big Brother (see Big Brother Bulgaria), Star Academy (see Star Academy Bulgaria), Deal or No Deal, 1 vs. 50, as well as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? under the name Стани богат (Become Rich). Popular American TV series such as House, Lost, CSI and CSI: Miami, Leverage, Castle, Cold Case, Without a Trace, Sex and the City, Nip/Tuck, The Dead Zone, Star Trek: Enterprise, Prison Break, Ugly Betty, Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles are also part of Nova Television's programme.

Nova also aired "Gospodari na Efira", a Bulgarian licensed version of "Striscia la notizia", the most viewed TV program in Italy, but the show's producers at "Global vision" decided to move it to another big TV network in Bulgaria - bTV. Later in spring 2013 due to major scandal involving bTV Media Group and Global Vision, "Gospodari na efira" returned to Nova. "Complete Madness" was also part of Nova TV's programme schedule, but since it is produced by "Global vision", the show has also been moved to bTV. Nova TV aired two dance reality shows in two consecutive years - "VIP Dance" (Fall 2009) and the charity dance competition "Bailando: Scene of Dreams" in Fall 2010. The outrageous "The Moment of Truth" - BG edition was part of Nova TV's 2009 Fall program schedule as well.

Nova TV's Fall 2011 projects include the hit talent show "X Factor" which starts in September. SevenOne International's show formats - "Beat Your Host" (hosts will be Ivan and Andrey) and "Rent a Host" (hosted by Niki Kuntchev) will air this fall on "Nova", too. Apart from the reality formats, Nova TV will also broadcast its brand new BG series - "Floor Property" ("Etajna sobstvenost") and the document series "Lost in Bulgaria". "Station Nova" will remain the channel's longest running show (in terms of broadcasting hours) - every Sunday from 9:00am until 5.45pm. Fans of the Bulgarian version of "I Love My Country" will also have the opportunity to watch their favorite game show on Fridays.

Nova also has a children's block on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 to 10:00 EET. On December 10, 2006 the Sunday block started to show two Warner Bros. cartoon series from 9:00 to 10:00 in The Warner Block (the name is not translated to Bulgarian at the start of the block, but in ads it is known as "Часът на Уорнър", or The Warner Hour). The first two shows to air in it are Tom & Jerry Kids and Superman: The Animated Series (the latter is broadcast for the first time in Bulgaria). In the late 1990s the channel showed the first season of Spider-Man (later to be taken over by bTV) and cartoon series like My Little Pony. Other cartoons include Pokémon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Winx Club, Bob the Builder, Justice League, Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, X-Men: Evolution, Firehouse Tales and Voltron: The Third Dimension (although the original series aired on Kanal 1), Beast Wars (which aired years earlier on Kanal 1 with different dub), The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet and Transformers Animated (only the third season). Currently the animated series that are being run are The Woody Woodpecker Show, The Little Mermaid, The Penguins of Madagascar and Gormiti.

On 12 September 2011, Nova changed its broadcast graphics design, logo and renamed its newscast from "Kalendar" to "Nova's News". Until 6 September Nova showed all its content in 4:3, except some movies which were shown in Letterbox, now it is all shown in 16:9.

Programmes
  • Big Brother - reality show:
    • Big Brother 1 (2004-2005)
    • Big Brother 2 (2005)
    • Vip Brother 1 (2006)
    • Big Brother 3 (2006)
    • Vip Brother 2 (2007)
    • Big Brother 4 (2008)
    • Vip Brother 3 (2009)
    • Big Brother Family (2010)
    • Vip Brother 4 (2012)
    • Big Brother All Stars 1 (2012)
    • Vip Brother 5 (2013)
    • Big Brother All Stars 2 (2013)
    • Vip Brother 6 (2014)
    • Big Brother All Stars 3 (2014)
    • Big Brother 5 (2015)
    • Vip Brother 7 (2015)
    • Big Brother All Stars 4 (2015)
    • Vip Brother 8 (2016)
    • Vip Brother 9 (2017)
    • Big Brother All Stars 5 (2017)
    • Vip Brother 10 (2018)
    • Big Brother All Stars 6 (2018)
  • X Factor Bulgaria - music show (2011-present)
  • Your Face Sounds Familiar - franchise show (2013-present)
  • Na Kafe - talk show (2000-2005, 2009- present)
  • Peesh ili luzhesh - Bulgarian version of I Can See Your Voice (2016)

Series
  • Hotel Bulgaria (Хотел България) (2004) - 250 episodes.
  • Morska sol (Морска сол) (in English Sea salt) (2004-2005) - 35 episodes.
  • Zabranena Lyubov (Забранена любов) (in English Forbidden Love) (2008-2011) - 299 episodes.
  • Etazhna sobstvenost (Етажна собственост) (in English Condominium) (2011-2013) - 48 episodes comedy about the life in a block of flats and the neighbors.
  • Otplata (Отплата) (in English Return) (2012) - 12 episodes
  • Zheneni s deca v Bulgaria (Женени с деца в България) (in English Married... with Children in Bulgaria) - remake of the original Married... with Children (2012) - 16 episodes.
  • Otkradnat zhivot (Откраднат живот) (in English Stolen life) (2016-Present)
  • Nie, nashite i vashite (Ние, нашите и вашите) (in English We, our and your) (2017) - 24 episodes
  • Politsaite ot kraya na grada (Полицаите от края на града) (in English Policemen from the end of the city) (2018) - 25 episodes
  • Dyavolskoto gurlo (Дяволското гърло) (in English The Devil's Throat) (2019) - 12 episodes
  • Gospodin X i moreto (Господин X и морето) (in English Mr. X and the sea) (2019) - 12 episodes
  • Putyat na chestta (Пътят на честта) (in English The road of honor) (2019) - 52 episodes
  • All Inclusive (2020) - episodes
  • Yagodova luna (Ягодова луна) (in English Strawberry moon) (2020) - episodes

Logos

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References
  1. From June 2016 the names of the channels of Nova Broadcasting Group are written in the following way
  2. Bulgaria's Advance Media Group gets nod to buy Nova Broadcasting Group
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