Launched 1994 Country Greece Formerly called SuperSport (1994–2008) | Owned by Forthnet Language Greek | |
Picture format 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
1080i (HDTV) | ||
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.
Contents
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.
SuperSport
From 1994 until 1 June 2008, Nova Sports was known as SuperSport.
The SuperSport brand is still prevalent in South Africa as the name is used there by DStv which is a satellite television provider owned by MultiChoice South Africa, the previous owners of Greece's SuperSport as well.
Some events shown on Nova Sports are still taken directly from SuperSport (South Africa) broadcast feeds, complete with SuperSport logos and on-screen promotions. These normally include Golf and Rugby Union matches, and occasionally result in the second audio feed, which usually broadcasts English alongside Greek, broadcasting commentary in Afrikaans.
Channels and content
Nova Sports operates six multiplex channels: