Nova (Bulgarian TV channel)

Nova

Country	Bulgaria
Broadcast area	Bulgaria
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Programming
Language(s)	Bulgarian
Picture format	16:9 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV version)
Ownership
Owner	United Group
Parent	Nova Broadcasting Group
Sister channels	Kino Nova Nova News Nova Sport Diema Diema Family Diema Sport Diema Sport 2 Diema Sport 3 The Voice Magic TV
History
Launched	16 July 1994 (1994-07-16)
Links
Website	nova.bg
Availability
Terrestrial
MUX2	Channel 3

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.^[2] Nova TV, alongside the channels Kino Nova, Nova News, Nova Sport, DIEMA, Diema Family and Diema Sport are part of Nova Broadcasting Group and owned by United Group.

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 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.

On 22 March 2019, Advance Media Group bought Nova TV from Modern Times Group for €185 million.^[3] On 24 December 2020, it was announced that United Group would buy Nova Broadcasting Group;^[4] the acquisition was completed on 22 January 2021.^[5]