Nova TV is the most popular TV channel in Croatia by viewership. Since 2018, it is owned by United Group, a Serbia-based European media and telecom conglomerate; before then it was owned by CME (a subsidiary of PPF Group). Nova TV has a secondary TV channel, Doma TV, and an international version, Nova World, besides other channels. Its main competitors are RTL Televizija and HRT, the Croatian public broadcaster.
In 2021, United Group acquired TV broadcasters in Bulgaria and Greece that are also named Nova.
2000–2004[]
2000, 2001, 2003, early 2004[]
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Launched:
2000
Nova TV was launched in 2000 as the first Croatian national commercial TV channel.
2002[]
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Unknown
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2003
2004–2007[]
2004–2005[]
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2004
In 2004, Nova TV introduced the famous N-in-an-@ symbol that was in use until 2019. This variant was discontinued in 2005.
2005–2007[]
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2007–2019[]
Designer:
Arne Tympe Creative Studio
Typography:
FF TradeMarker (logo), ITC Conduit Bold (promos and commercial idents, 2007-2013 (Conduit officially ended being used on January 7, 2009, but it was reintroduced on December 6, 2009 and served as a "REKLAME" wordmark for commercial idents (excluding the January 2009 package, except for the versions with sponsors) until September 2, 2013 at 02:35 UTC)), ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi/ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Condensed (2009-2019, commercial idents, warnings and promos)
Launched:
January 7, 2007
From January 7, 2007 to March 25, 2019, the Nova wordmark appeared at the lower right of the N-in-an-@ symbol, though the symbol was usually used on its own. Until January 7, 2009, Nova TV had a normal ident with less graphics and Nova logo swiveling to the center of the screen with a synthesised ding. From January 7, 2009 to March 25, 2019, they had an updated ident with more graphics (ribbons flying into an invisible ball and Nova logo drawing itself in on it) and more intense music with a powerful string ensemble. The holidays ident was introduced on December 6, 2009 and had jingling and tubular bells with choir and harp in background and was used three months since then, from early December to early March. Nova TV had even updated their winter cycle that day. Before 2009, they used holidays idents only monthly, from early December to January 7 every year, because their winter cycle was shorter then. Nova TV had six different ident packages used from 2009 to 2019. The first package was introduced on January 7, 2009 and contained five idents (Paint Jump, Fireworks, Dancing, Fire, Beach). The second package was introduced on December 6, 2009, and contained three idents (Santa, Christmas Tree, Woods). The third package was introduced in March 2010 and also contained three idents (Woman on a Building, Confetti, Football). The fourth package was introduced on April 14, 2012 and contained five idents (Skateboard, Hug, Water Jump, Paper Plane, Umbrella). Football ident was updated with a better logo usage that year. The first four packages were in 4:3 format until the early morning of September 2, 2013, when Nova TV decided to go to 16:9 format that day. The fifth package was introduced in September 2016 and contained three idents (Water Splash, Ballet, Lamp Balloons). The sixth and final package was introduced between 2017 and 2018 and contained four idents (Skyscraper Jump, Red Smoke, Orange Smoke, Underwater Golf).
After Nova TV was acquired by United Group in 2018, three TV channels in neighboring Balkan countries (Pink BH in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Pink M in Montenegro and Top TV in Serbia) were renamed to Nova BH, Nova M and Nova S, respectively, in 2018–2019. Initially, they all used a similar logo as the 2007 logo of Nova TV, and were unaffected by the rebranding of the Croatian parent channel in March 2019 (but Nova S updated its logo on February 28, 2020; the rest would not follow suit until October 9, 2021).
2019–present[]
Designer:
Red Bee Media
Typography:
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Launched:
March 25, 2019
After twelve years, on March 25, 2019 at 5:18 CET, the logo was changed, with the letter N from the 2007 logo now being placed fully enclosed in a circle. A new graphics package for the channel was created by Red Bee Media, which builds on the well-known circular shape of the logo and involves rotating red arcs.
Even though Nova S in Serbia was launched on the same day, its logo was the 2007 style, but was updated to match the Croatian parent on February 28, 2020. However, Nova BH and Nova M continued to use the 2007-style logos until October 9, 2021. National indicators of the logos of non-Croatian offshoots were all removed from the channels' names on January 1, 2023, essentially making their logos merely recolors of the Croatian Nova's 2019 logo.
