Nova Cinema

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**Nova Cinema**

Type	Premium television service
Country	Greece
Availability	National via satellite
Owner	Forthnet
Launch date	1994
Website www.novacinema.gr

Nova Cinema is a premium television service available in Greece that broadcasts blockbuster movies and hit series. It is the only 24/7 Movie service in Greece and it launched in 1994. It is owned by Forthnet, who own and operate Nova a DTH satellite service and Nova Sports - a sports channel.

Nova Cinema features hit movies from Greece and abroad, including Hollywood blockbusters. It also airs hit TV series from the US such as CSI and The Shield. It is one of only 3 premium movie services in the world that have output deals with all major Hollywood studios. It boasts a new premier everyday, many films get their debut in Greece on Nova Cinema. Also broadcast are all the biggest movie and TV events such as the Academy Awards, The Golden Globes and SAG Awards.

Nova Cinema is available terrestrially and via satellite on Nova. Nova Cinema 1 is broadcast over the air together with Nova Sports 1 and Jetix (children's channel), a decoder is required in order to receive the service as well as a monthly fee. Repeaters have been set up across the country that enable more than 77% of the population to receive these services.

Nova satellite subscribers have access to all three Nova Cinema channels if they subscribe to either the Cinema + Value pack or the Full pack offered by the company.

[edit] FilmNet

The old FilmNet logo

From 1994 until 1st June 2008, Nova Cinema was known as Filmnet.

Filmnet is one of the oldest names in European Pay-TV history: Originally, a service was launched in 1985 targeting Benelux and Scandinavia. All Filmnet channels minus the one in Greece were later rebranded as Canal +. Of course, the arrival of the Nova Cinema brand means the end for the Filmet.