Nova Sports

Type	Premium television service
Country	Greece
Availability	National via satellite
Owner	Forthnet
Launch date	1994
Official website	http://www.novasports.gr/

Nova Sports is a premium television service available in Greece. It is the only 24/7 Sports service in 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 first division soccer and basketball, soccer from the top leagues in Europe and around the world (England, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Argentina & USA), Euroleague basketball, American College basketball, exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and English League Cup and extensive Euro and World Cup qualifiers. Nova Sports also broadcasts other sports such as Auto racing (Cart, World Rally Championship), volleyball, bowling, billiards, table tennis, Sailing, X-Games, Six Nations Rugby, martial arts tournaments, WWE programms such as WWE Raw and more. Nova Sports 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.

Contents 1 SuperSport 2 Original Programs 3 Sports 4 Channels and content 5 External links

[edit] SuperSport

From 1994 until 1 June 2008, Nova Sports was known as Supersport (TV channel).

The Supersport brand is still available to viewers in South Africa as the name is used there by DStv who are a satellite television provider owned by MultiChoice South Africa

[edit] Original Programs

• Basket Time- Basketball news, scores and highlights from and abroad

• Champions Zone- News and reports from the world of sports

• Οpoios Αntexei- Call-in show where viewers express their thoughts and opinions

• Super Goal- Scores and highlights from 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

• Super League
• UEFA Champions League
• Premier League
• La Liga
• Serie A
• Fußball-Bundesliga
• Ligue 1
• Russian Premier League
• English League Cup
• Copa del Rey
• German Football-Federation Cup
• Coupe de France
• Major League Soccer
• Primera División Argentina
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• Swedish League
• Norwegian League

Basketball

• League
• Euroleague
• College basketball

Volleyball

• League
• League (Women)

Water Polo

• League

Other

• PGA Grand Slam of Golf
• National Football League
• Six Nations Championship
• WWE
• WWE Raw
• Auto racing
• X-Games
• Mixed martial arts
• 4 Grand Slams
• Tennis Masters Series

[edit] Channels and content

Nova Sports operates seven multiplex channels:

• NovaSports1: Live matches from 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 (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)
• NovaSports Highlights TV: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
• Official Site (English)