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Launched | 1994 |
Owned by | Forthnet |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) 1080i (HDTV) |
Country | Greece |
Language | Greek |
Formerly called | SuperSport (1994–2008) |
Sister channel(s) |
Nova Cinema Nova Life |
Website | www.novasports.gr |
Availability
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Satellite | |
NOVA Greece |
Nova Sports 24HD: Channel 112 NovaSports 1HD: Channel 300 NovaSports 2HD: Channel 301 NovaSports 3HD: Channel 304 NovaSports 4HD: Channel 305 NovaSports 5HD: Channel 308 |
NOVA Cyprus |
NovaSports 1: Channel 201 NovaSports 2: Channel 202 NovaSports 3: Channel 203 NovaSports 4: Channel 204 NovaSports 6: Channel 206 NovaSports 7: Channel 207 |
Nova Sports is a premium Sports service in Greece and is owned by Forthnet Group, a subsidiary of Greek Telecommunications company Forthnet. It launched in 1994 as Supersport and at the time was the first ever premium sports service in Greece. It is available exclusively on Nova, a DTH satellite service. Nova Sports is available terrestrially and via satellite only on Nova.
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, Euroleague basketball, American College basketball, exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and English League Cup and extensive Euro and World Cup qualifiers. Nova Sports also broadcasts other sports such as Auto racing, 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 1 broadcasts over the air together with Disney XD (children's channel) [they share the same frequency, Disney XD during the 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.