Nova Sport
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Nova Sport is a Czech
premium sports television
channel. Launched in March 2002 under the name Galaxie Sport and re-branded in September 2008 by TV Nova, Nova Sport broadcasts sporting events and sport-related programming in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
Nova Sport owns rights to broadcasting licenses for major sport leagues and events including the Kontinental Hockey League
(KHL), National Hockey League
(NHL), Premier League football, FA Cup
, the National Basketball Association
(NBA), ATP Masters Series
(tennis), Major League Baseball
(MLB), Le Mans Series
, IndyCar Series
(autosport) and PGA European Tour
(golf). In addition, Nova Sport has broadcasting rights to Formula 1 programming as part of a TV Nova contract. Nova Sport also produces various weekly sports shows and magazines, as well as locally produced daily sports news programs in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
In 2009, Nova Sport gained a major brand, MOTO GP, which starts on Nova Sport in April 2009.
Nova Sport appeals mainly to the male demographic aged 20–49 with sporting programs and events helping it achieve a weekly viewership of up to 563,000 during the fourth quarter of 2008.
The combined Czech and Slovak Republic markets represent approximately 6 million households, out of which cable connection is being used by approximately 1.8 million households. Currently, Nova Sport has carriage agreements with all of the largest cable distributors in the Czech and Slovak Republic, reaching almost 1.6 million subscribers.
The General Director of Nova Sport is Petr Dvořák.
The channel is available through satellite, cable and IPTV
.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
premium sports television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
channel. Launched in March 2002 under the name Galaxie Sport and re-branded in September 2008 by TV Nova, Nova Sport broadcasts sporting events and sport-related programming in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
Nova Sport owns rights to broadcasting licenses for major sport leagues and events including the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
(KHL), National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL), Premier League football, FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
, the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
(NBA), ATP Masters Series
ATP Masters Series
The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...
(tennis), Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
(MLB), Le Mans Series
Le Mans Series
The Le Mans Series is a European sports car racing endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The series was originally named the Le Mans Endurance Series, but changed its name prior to the 2006 season...
, IndyCar Series
IndyCar Series
The IZOD IndyCar Series is the premier level of American open wheel racing. The current championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART known as the Indy Racing League . Citing CART's increasing reliance on expensive machinery and...
(autosport) and PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
(golf). In addition, Nova Sport has broadcasting rights to Formula 1 programming as part of a TV Nova contract. Nova Sport also produces various weekly sports shows and magazines, as well as locally produced daily sports news programs in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
In 2009, Nova Sport gained a major brand, MOTO GP, which starts on Nova Sport in April 2009.
Nova Sport appeals mainly to the male demographic aged 20–49 with sporting programs and events helping it achieve a weekly viewership of up to 563,000 during the fourth quarter of 2008.
The combined Czech and Slovak Republic markets represent approximately 6 million households, out of which cable connection is being used by approximately 1.8 million households. Currently, Nova Sport has carriage agreements with all of the largest cable distributors in the Czech and Slovak Republic, reaching almost 1.6 million subscribers.
The General Director of Nova Sport is Petr Dvořák.
The channel is available through satellite, cable and IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
.