Nova Sports
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| Type | Premium television service |
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| Country |  Greece |
| Availability | National via satellite |
| Owner | Forthnet |
| Launch date | 1994 |
| Website www.novasports.gr |
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Nova Sports is a premium television service available in Greece. It is the only 24/7 Sports service in Greece and it launched in 1994. It is owned by Forthnet, who own and operate Nova a DTH satellite service and Nova Cinema a premium movie service.
Nova Sports covers most major national and international sports, such as Greek first division soccer and basketball, soccer from the top leagues in Europe and around the world (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Argentina & USA), Euro league basketball, NBA games, exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and FA Cup and extensive Euro and World Cup qualifiers. Supersport also broadcasts other sports such as Auto racing (Cart, F1, World Rally championship), volleyball, bowling, billiards, table tennis, X-Games, Six Nations Rugby, saling, martial arts tournaments, WWE programms such as WWE Raw and more. Supersport also features extensive Tennis coverage including Live coverage of all 4 Grand Slams as well as the Tennis Masters Series.
Nova Sports is available terrestrially and via satellite on Nova. Nova Sports 1 broadcasts over the air together with Jetix (children's channel) [they share the same frequency, Jetix during they day, Nova Sports 1 at night] and Nova Cinema 1. A decoder is required in order to receive the services 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. The multiplex channels (Nova Sports 2-7) are available only through Nova.
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[edit] SuperSport
From 1994 until 1st June 2008, Nova Sports was known as SuperSport.
The SuperSport brand is still available to viewers in South Africa as the name is used there by DStv who are a satellite televison provider owned by MultiChoice South Africa
[edit] Original Programs
- Basket Time- Basketball news, scores and highlights from Greece and abroad
- Champions Zone- News and reports from the world of sports
- Οpoios Αntexei- Call-in show where viewers express there thoughts and opinions
- Super Goal- Scores and highlights from Greek and international soccer
- Supersport Drive- All the news from the world of motorsports, including analyses, interviews and test-drives of all the newest models
- Tathe Efi- One on one interview with personalities from the world of politics, culture, the arts and sport
- Time of the Champions-Sports news and highlights
[edit] Sports
Soccer
- Greek Super League (A' Ethniki)
- Premier League
- Italian Serie A
- Portuguese Super league
- La Liga
- German Bundesliga
- MLS
Basketball
- A' Ethniki basketball
- Euro league basketball
- NBA basketball
Other
- PGA Golf
- NFL football
- WWE Raw
[edit] Channels and content
Nova Sports operates seven multiplex channels:
 NovaSports1: Live matches from Greek Super League, UEFA Champions League and various European leagues; Also airs EuroLeague basketball, sports programs and talkshows |
 NovaSports2: Features wall to wall soccer action from UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, F.A. Cup as well as matches from various leagues across Europe |
 NovaSports3: Basketball channel (Greek league, Euro league, NBA), also includes soccer, volleyball, auto racing & extreme sports |
 NovaSports4: Special events channel (Tennis, rugby, golf, handball, horseracing, boxing, cricket and more) |
 NovaSports5:News, scores and highlights all the time. (Channel not available on Nova Cyprus) |
 NovaSports6: Betting information |
 NovaSports7: Specific channel dedicated to showing all matches of early rounds of UEFA Champions League & EuroLeague basketball |
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Greek)
- Official Site (English)
