TV Nova

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For the Croatian television network, see Nova TV. For the Bulgarian television network, see Nova Television.

TV Nova is a Czech TV station, founded by Vladimír Železný. It began broadcasting in 1994 as the first privately held nation-wide Czech TV station. It quickly achieved the largest market share and to this date (mid-2007) still remains number one. However, TV Prima gained better position on the market recently, lowering the TV NOVA's influence.

It gained minor notoriety for attracting massive audiences to its late-night nude weather reports ("Počasíčko"), in which an attractive woman (later a man as well) would appear, naked, to present the weather. A kind of reverse striptease would ensue, with the presenter putting on clothes appropriate to the weather.

Disputes between broadcasting license holder CET 21 and financial supplier CME resulted in an international arbitration where Czech Republic was forced to pay CME compensation of 353 million USD (approx. 10 billion CZK) [1].

Vladimír Železný sold CET 21 to the financial group PPF of Petr Kellner and today, TV Nova is owned by CME.