Nova Television

: "For the Croatian television network, see Nova TV. For the Czech television network, see TV Nova."

Nova Television (also known as Nova televiziya ("Нова телевизия", literally "New Television"), Nova TV or simply Nova) is a Bulgarian commercial television network launched in 1994. Since 2000, it was entirely owned by the Greek company ANT1 Group. On 31 July 2008 Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group bought Nova TV from Greece’s Antenna Group for €620 million.The television network received a national television license on 18 July 2003, thus becoming the third national television in Bulgaria, after Kanal 1 and bTV, and the second private national media.

Nova Television 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", ' and ', "Cold Case", "Without a Trace", "Close to Home", "Sex and the City", "Nip/Tuck", "The Dead Zone", ', "Prison Break", "Ugly Betty", "Heroes" and ' are also part of Nova Television's programme.

Nova Television 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 and Jerry Kids" and ' (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", "Histeria!", "Teen Titans", ', and ' (although the original series aired on Channel 1) and ' (which aired years earlier on Channel 1 with different dub). Currently the animated series that are being run are "The Flintstones", "Extreme Ghostbusters", "Justice League" and "Ed, Edd n Eddy".

Programmes

Telenovelas 2007

*Amor en Custodia
*Cobras y Lagartos
*Sin Vergüenza
*Sos Mi Vida
*Se Dice Amor
*America
*Montecristo

Other serie

Damages;The Tudors;Dirty Sexy Money;Dirt;Rescue me;Cashmere Mafia;Law & Order: CILaw & Order: SVU

New series

Gossip Girl;Chuck;Pushing Daisies;Moonlight;Забранена любов(Forbidden Love)

External links

* [http://www.ntv.bg/en/ Official site]