Prva Srpska Televizija
Encyclopedia
Prva or Prva Srpska Televizija or 1Prva is a Serbia
n commercial television network
.
Launched in December 2006, the network is owned by Greek Antenna Group since December 2009. From its inception until December 2009, the network was majority owned by global media conglomerate News Corporation
. From its foundation until September 2010, the network was named Fox televizija. During its time under News Corp, it also closely co-operated with News Corp owned networks in neighboring countries such as bTV in Bulgaria
and Fox Turkey
, sharing production capabilities on specific projects and making use of their experiences.
Fox televizija's CEO for the initial 3 plus years was Dan Bates. In March 2010, three months after Antenna Group took over the ownership from News Corp, the CEO duties were handed to Dejan Jocić.
since Serbian laws don't allow foreign-based subjects to own 50% percent or more of a television network with a nationwide broadcasting license. At that time the other 51% stake was spread among Dragan Karanović (21%), ITV2066 d.o.o. (company owned by Branko Salić, 15%), and Istočna TV d.o.o. (company owned by Zoran Popović and Branislav Bukvić, 15%). In 2008, there was a lot of buzz in the media about Fox televizija being sold to CME
group, but nothing came of it.
In late 2009, following an earlier sighting of Greek billionaire and Antenna Group owner Minos Kyriakou
in Belgrade
, the sale of News Corp's 49% stake in Fox televizija to Greek media company Antenna Group for an undisclosed amount was announced with the change of ownership officially taking effect on the first day of 2010. The brand Fox continued to be used. Though the amount of Greek purchase remained undisclosed it was widely speculated in Serbian media that it was $1 plus the takover of all of Fox televizija's debts.
Antenna Group controls the 49% stake in Fox televizija through a Cyprus-based entity called Warraner Ltd. As for the other 51% stake, it was also taken over by Antenna Group, however that was done through Serbian-based entity called Nova Broadcasting d.o.o. that's owned by another one of Antenna's subsidiaries in Cyprus - Antenna Stream TV Ltd.
format, which gives the people a higher standard of Image known as Widescreen, while the shows that aren't Prva's like TV shows in Turkish, Spanish and some in English are broadcast in 4:3 due the original format. Commercials in Prva are also broadcast in 4:3.
(23.5%), B92
(9.3%), and RTS2 (6.8%).
Over the calendar year 2008, Fox televizija still held the fifth place among the national broadcasters, however its market share increased to 6.4%.
For the overall viewership during 2009 calendar year, Fox's share further increased to 7.8%, which meant that it overtook RTS2 and improved to fourth place in the list, still behind RTS1 (26.0%), Pink (23.8%), and B92 (8.0%), but ahead of RTS2 (5.8%). For a while, Fox was even ahead of B92 in third place, but B92 managed to pull ahaed in the end due to Veliki brat
broadcasts during the last annual quarter.
According to its calendar year 2007 annual financial report submitted to Serbian Economic Register Agency, the company had 80 employees and it posted a loss of RSD
494,513,000 (approximately €
6.2 million at the time with the approximate exchange rate of €1=RSD80).
In the 2008 annual report, the company reported 40 employees and a loss of RSD441,330,000 (approximately €4.9 million at the time with the approximate exchange rate of €1=RSD90).
financial-services firm to ascertain the value and strategic options of its three Eastern European stations after being approached by multiple suitors.
By early September, the activity reportedly intensified with various Serbian press outlets reporting that German RTL Group and Bermuda
-based Ronald Lauder
-managed CME
were the most interested parties in buying the three Fox stations based in Serbia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.
However, by late October, both parties pulled out of the deal. CME left reportedly due to global financial crisis, while RTL decided to pursue other course of action as far as entering the Serbian television market is concerned, with their interest turning to buying TV Avala
.
In September 2010, Fox televizija changed its name to Prva srpska televizija.
organized by Serbian Broadcasting Agency in April 2006. In doing so, they beat out stiff competition from German RTL Group
that also wanted to start a Serbian operation. News Corp named Dan Bates, an experienced television executive to be the CEO of its upstart Serbian operation.
Some three months later on September 6, 2006, an entity named Fox televizija started broadcasting a test signal consisting only of the superimposed Fox logo. Three days later on September 9, 2006 at precisely 8pm, they played their first actual moving picture programme - a nature documentary that lasted some 45 minutes - before reverting back to the Fox logo test signal. The exact same setup (test signal most of the day with a single taped programme at 8pm) continued over the following ten days or so. Their primetime lineup was then somewhat expanded with a few Latin telenovelas, an occasional feature film, and a weekly ULEB Cup
basketball game featuring Serbian teams (the basketball broadcasts were their first in-house productions). During daytime hours, they played a test signal, old episodes of canceled Croatian talk-show Sanja, and music videos. On December 5, 2006, before the ULEB Cup match featuring Red Star Belgrade
vs PAOK
basketball teams, a riot broke out between two sets of fans in Pionir Hall and the footage shot by Fox televizija was shown across the world.
On December 22, 2006, Fox televizija aired its first news programme featuring live reports from Belgrade's Republic Square during the decorative tree lighting ceremonies. Then on December 31 at 7pm, Fox televizija finally launched officially with a live-to-air broadcast called Fox stiže as part of their newscast Fox Danas hosted that day by Zoran Baranac and Jovana Jakić. Amongst other things, the programme featured News Corp's chairman Rupert Murdoch
wishing the citizens of Serbia happy new year 2007 and an unsuccessful attempt to link up with Fox News' studio in Baghdad
via satellite.
During its initial period of official broadcasting, Fox telvizija's entertainment programming mostly relied on old and inexpensive American sitcoms, dramas, and soaps such as The Bold and the Beautiful
, ALF
, Hollywood Safari, Police Academy
, with One Tree Hill
, Cold Case, and The Amazing Race
being the only possible exceptions to the 'cheap & old' rule. As far as locally produced content, in addition to the evening newscast Fox Danas at 7pm and the nightly one Fox Fokus at 10pm, Fox's news division covered the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21, 2007 with a one-off programme Ubedi pobedi hosted by news division head Tanja Vidojević.
During April 2007, in co-operation with Adrenalin production, the network started its most ambitious project up to that point with an hour-long entertainment talk-show
hosted by actor Marko Živić airing nightly on weekdays at 10:30pm. Pretty much simultaneously, a daytime lifestyle talk-show Katarina hosted by former model Katarina Rebrača began to air daily at 10am as well as the morning 7am programme called Fox i prijatelji.
), and Ludi kamen (dating game show that continues to this day). Another new show was Ne daj se, Nina
, made in co-operation with Croatian RTL Televizija
.
The network also started flexing its muscle in sports arena obtaining the rights for Spanish football Primera División
, and later in October 2007, the rights for Adriatic Basketball League.
November 2007 saw the premiere of late night talk-show Oralno doba
hosted by Lane Gutović. On December 31, 2007, the first anniversary of official broadcasting, Fox Danas and Fox Fokus newscasts both got renamed Fox Vesti.
Then in spring 2008, in cooperation with its sister networks bTV and Fox Turkey, Fox televizija started airing the local version of the French reality show Fort Boyard
. Around the same time, daytime programme Posle kafe began airing weekdays at 11am hosted initially by Danka Novović, Olja Rakić, and Bojana Kesić who were soon joined by other hosts as well. In early summer 2008, morning programme Fox i prijatelji got canceled.
For the summer 2008, while its regular programmes were on hiatus, Fox televizija shifted lineup a bit and aired as Fox Non-Stop nightly from 9pm with a succession of movies and mini-series. During the same summer on July 21, 2008, the network got a scoop by first reporting the arrest of Radovan Karadžić
late in the night and interrupting its regularly scheduled programming to go live on air in breaking news format until early morning hours.
(local version of the global reality show that got shot during summer 2008) started airing. In late December, Fajront Republika, weekly entertainment talk-show premiered and right away established a devoted youth following that translated into strong ratings.
On February 14, 2009, the first season finale of Survivor Srbija aired live, bringing the network its biggest audience share ever. After the end of Survivor season, the network introduced a Japanese sports entertainment
show Ninja Warrior, which has managed to post strong ratings as well.
, off the air. Despite becoming fairly prominent over a short period (it premiered on April 24, 2007), the official statement released by Fox said the cancellation was "a temporary measure that came about through a desire to free up Fox televizija's fall schedule for more movies and series". However, some Serbian print outlets very much wondered why would a network that's struggling for viewership be taking its best rated programme off the air.
Quizzes, Talk, and Reality Shows:
Previously aired telenovelas by Fox Televizija
Previously aired international shows by Fox televizija
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n commercial television network
Television network
A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...
.
Launched in December 2006, the network is owned by Greek Antenna Group since December 2009. From its inception until December 2009, the network was majority owned by global media conglomerate News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
. From its foundation until September 2010, the network was named Fox televizija. During its time under News Corp, it also closely co-operated with News Corp owned networks in neighboring countries such as bTV in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Fox Turkey
Fox Turkey
-History:TGRT launched on April 22, 1993 that was owned by Huzur Radyo TV A.Ş belongs to İhlas Holding.The channel was bought by News Corporation with Ahmet Ertegün on July 26, 2006 and changed to its current name Fox on February 24, 2007....
, sharing production capabilities on specific projects and making use of their experiences.
Fox televizija's CEO for the initial 3 plus years was Dan Bates. In March 2010, three months after Antenna Group took over the ownership from News Corp, the CEO duties were handed to Dejan Jocić.
Ownership
A its inception, Fox televizija was 49% owned by News CorporationNews Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
since Serbian laws don't allow foreign-based subjects to own 50% percent or more of a television network with a nationwide broadcasting license. At that time the other 51% stake was spread among Dragan Karanović (21%), ITV2066 d.o.o. (company owned by Branko Salić, 15%), and Istočna TV d.o.o. (company owned by Zoran Popović and Branislav Bukvić, 15%). In 2008, there was a lot of buzz in the media about Fox televizija being sold to CME
Central European Media Enterprises
Central European Media Enterprises is a Bermuda-based vertically integrated company. Founded by Ronald Lauder, it owns broadcast, content and new media operations in Central and Eastern Europe...
group, but nothing came of it.
In late 2009, following an earlier sighting of Greek billionaire and Antenna Group owner Minos Kyriakou
Minos Kyriakou
Minos X. Kyriakou is a Greek billionaire shipping magnate and businessman. He is the Chairman of Euroholdings Capital & Investment Corp...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, the sale of News Corp's 49% stake in Fox televizija to Greek media company Antenna Group for an undisclosed amount was announced with the change of ownership officially taking effect on the first day of 2010. The brand Fox continued to be used. Though the amount of Greek purchase remained undisclosed it was widely speculated in Serbian media that it was $1 plus the takover of all of Fox televizija's debts.
Antenna Group controls the 49% stake in Fox televizija through a Cyprus-based entity called Warraner Ltd. As for the other 51% stake, it was also taken over by Antenna Group, however that was done through Serbian-based entity called Nova Broadcasting d.o.o. that's owned by another one of Antenna's subsidiaries in Cyprus - Antenna Stream TV Ltd.
Format
Prva's own shows are broadcast in 16:916:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
format, which gives the people a higher standard of Image known as Widescreen, while the shows that aren't Prva's like TV shows in Turkish, Spanish and some in English are broadcast in 4:3 due the original format. Commercials in Prva are also broadcast in 4:3.
Ratings and finances
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research for the calendar year 2007, among the Serbian channels with national coverage, Fox televizija held fifth place in overall viewership (4.7% TV market share and 2.2 million average daily viewers tuning in for at least one minute) behind RTS1 (26.5%), PinkRTV Pink
RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...
(23.5%), B92
B92
B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
(9.3%), and RTS2 (6.8%).
Over the calendar year 2008, Fox televizija still held the fifth place among the national broadcasters, however its market share increased to 6.4%.
For the overall viewership during 2009 calendar year, Fox's share further increased to 7.8%, which meant that it overtook RTS2 and improved to fourth place in the list, still behind RTS1 (26.0%), Pink (23.8%), and B92 (8.0%), but ahead of RTS2 (5.8%). For a while, Fox was even ahead of B92 in third place, but B92 managed to pull ahaed in the end due to Veliki brat
Veliki brat 2009
Veliki Brat 2009 is the third season of the hit television reality show Veliki brat, the Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin and Macedonian version of Big Brother. Macedonia joined the Veliki brat for the first time, setting the record number of participating countries in Veliki brat to 4...
broadcasts during the last annual quarter.
According to its calendar year 2007 annual financial report submitted to Serbian Economic Register Agency, the company had 80 employees and it posted a loss of RSD
Serbian dinar
The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...
494,513,000 (approximately €
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
6.2 million at the time with the approximate exchange rate of €1=RSD80).
In the 2008 annual report, the company reported 40 employees and a loss of RSD441,330,000 (approximately €4.9 million at the time with the approximate exchange rate of €1=RSD90).
Rumoured 2008 sale
In mid-July 2008 speculation appeared that News Corp was considering offers to sell all its Eastern European assets including Fox televizija. The company reportedly hired Lehman BrothersLehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
financial-services firm to ascertain the value and strategic options of its three Eastern European stations after being approached by multiple suitors.
By early September, the activity reportedly intensified with various Serbian press outlets reporting that German RTL Group and Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
-based Ronald Lauder
Ronald Lauder
Ronald Steven Lauder is a Jewish-American businessman, civic leader, philanthropist, and art collector. Forbes lists Lauder among the richest people of the world with an estimated net worth of $3.0 billion in 2007.-Life and career:...
-managed CME
Central European Media Enterprises
Central European Media Enterprises is a Bermuda-based vertically integrated company. Founded by Ronald Lauder, it owns broadcast, content and new media operations in Central and Eastern Europe...
were the most interested parties in buying the three Fox stations based in Serbia, Latvia, and Bulgaria.
However, by late October, both parties pulled out of the deal. CME left reportedly due to global financial crisis, while RTL decided to pursue other course of action as far as entering the Serbian television market is concerned, with their interest turning to buying TV Avala
TV Avala
TV Avala is a Serbian television network with national frequency. Registered as a limited liabilty company, the station was given a national TV frequency in Serbia in April 2006....
.
2009 layoffs
On August 20, 2009, ahead of its third full season on air, Fox televizija initiated massive cost-cutting measures. The move had the biggest effect on the network's news division where 60% of the employees (on-air personalities and technical staff) got laid off. On the same occasion, the network canceled the morning news program Fox 900 sekundi that had been on the air for less than a year. Fox televizija's spokesperson said the layoffs were initiated due to the "financial consequences of the economic crisis". In total, around sixty Fox televizija's full-time employees, including the news division head Tanja Vidojević, got laid off as well as tens of contractors as part of cost-cutting measures throughout News Corp.'s assets worldwide during spring and summer 2009 following heavy losses reported by News Corp. at the beginning of the year.In September 2010, Fox televizija changed its name to Prva srpska televizija.
History
News Corp was one of the five commercial groups that won the national broadcasting license in Serbia at a public tenderTender offer
Tender offer is a corporate finance term denoting a type of takeover bid. The tender offer is a public, open offer or invitation by a prospective acquirer to all stockholders of a publicly traded corporation to tender their stock for sale at a specified price during a specified time, subject to...
organized by Serbian Broadcasting Agency in April 2006. In doing so, they beat out stiff competition from German RTL Group
RTL Group
RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. It has 45 television and 32 radio stations in 11 countries...
that also wanted to start a Serbian operation. News Corp named Dan Bates, an experienced television executive to be the CEO of its upstart Serbian operation.
Some three months later on September 6, 2006, an entity named Fox televizija started broadcasting a test signal consisting only of the superimposed Fox logo. Three days later on September 9, 2006 at precisely 8pm, they played their first actual moving picture programme - a nature documentary that lasted some 45 minutes - before reverting back to the Fox logo test signal. The exact same setup (test signal most of the day with a single taped programme at 8pm) continued over the following ten days or so. Their primetime lineup was then somewhat expanded with a few Latin telenovelas, an occasional feature film, and a weekly ULEB Cup
ULEB Cup
Eurocup Basketball is the second-tier level transnational professional basketball competition in Europe. The Eurocup is the level that is one tier below the Turkish Airlines Euroleague level...
basketball game featuring Serbian teams (the basketball broadcasts were their first in-house productions). During daytime hours, they played a test signal, old episodes of canceled Croatian talk-show Sanja, and music videos. On December 5, 2006, before the ULEB Cup match featuring Red Star Belgrade
KK Crvena zvezda
Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society ....
vs PAOK
PAOK BC
P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki B.C. is the professional basketball department of the Greek multi-sports club P.A.O.K., originally founded in 1926 and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The club has established a firm reputation in Greek sports, especially for its success in European leagues...
basketball teams, a riot broke out between two sets of fans in Pionir Hall and the footage shot by Fox televizija was shown across the world.
On December 22, 2006, Fox televizija aired its first news programme featuring live reports from Belgrade's Republic Square during the decorative tree lighting ceremonies. Then on December 31 at 7pm, Fox televizija finally launched officially with a live-to-air broadcast called Fox stiže as part of their newscast Fox Danas hosted that day by Zoran Baranac and Jovana Jakić. Amongst other things, the programme featured News Corp's chairman Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....
wishing the citizens of Serbia happy new year 2007 and an unsuccessful attempt to link up with Fox News' studio in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
via satellite.
During its initial period of official broadcasting, Fox telvizija's entertainment programming mostly relied on old and inexpensive American sitcoms, dramas, and soaps such as The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
, ALF
ALF (TV series)
ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...
, Hollywood Safari, Police Academy
Police Academy: The Series
Police Academy: The Series is a syndicated 1997 television series spin-off from the Police Academy series of films. Michael Winslow was the only actor from the Police Academy films to have a recurring role on the show, although several of the film's cast made occasional guest appearances. The...
, with One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
, Cold Case, and The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series)
The Amazing Race is an American reality game show in which teams of two or four race around the world against other teams, with the first-place team winning $1,000,000. As the original version of the Amazing Race franchise, the CBS program has been running since 2001 and is airing its nineteenth...
being the only possible exceptions to the 'cheap & old' rule. As far as locally produced content, in addition to the evening newscast Fox Danas at 7pm and the nightly one Fox Fokus at 10pm, Fox's news division covered the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21, 2007 with a one-off programme Ubedi pobedi hosted by news division head Tanja Vidojević.
During April 2007, in co-operation with Adrenalin production, the network started its most ambitious project up to that point with an hour-long entertainment talk-show
Marko Živic Show
Marko Živić Show was a Serbian late-night talk show that aired nightly on Fox televizija for a just over 4 months during 2007.-Background:...
hosted by actor Marko Živić airing nightly on weekdays at 10:30pm. Pretty much simultaneously, a daytime lifestyle talk-show Katarina hosted by former model Katarina Rebrača began to air daily at 10am as well as the morning 7am programme called Fox i prijatelji.
2007-08 season
For the new season, its first one in earnest, Fox televizija renewed the lineup with a locally produced franchised quiz-show Da li ste pametniji od đaka petaka?. It also passed on Marko Živić Show and Katarina, meaning that both shows ended after just couple of months on the air. Other new programmes were WWE Wrestling with local commentators (eventually got moved to a late night slot after viewer complaints), U tuđoj koži in which local celebrities swap lives for a day (got canceled after only a couple of episodes due to extremely low ratings only to eventually resurface on competing RTV PinkRTV Pink
RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...
), and Ludi kamen (dating game show that continues to this day). Another new show was Ne daj se, Nina
Ne daj se, Nina
Ne daj se, Nina is a Croatian and Serbian television series, and a re-made version of Colombian television series Yo soy Betty, la fea. The show began in 2007, and had its premiere on October 30, 2007 in Serbia, on Fox televizija...
, made in co-operation with Croatian RTL Televizija
RTL Televizija
RTL Televizija is a Croatian commercial broadcaster with national availability that has been broadcasting since April 30, 2004.RTL Televizija is 74% owned by the RTL Group....
.
The network also started flexing its muscle in sports arena obtaining the rights for Spanish football Primera División
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
, and later in October 2007, the rights for Adriatic Basketball League.
November 2007 saw the premiere of late night talk-show Oralno doba
Oralno doba
Oralno doba was a Serbian talk/cabaret show airing nightly on Fox televizija from mid November 2007 until early June 2008. It was hosted by Lane Gutović....
hosted by Lane Gutović. On December 31, 2007, the first anniversary of official broadcasting, Fox Danas and Fox Fokus newscasts both got renamed Fox Vesti.
Then in spring 2008, in cooperation with its sister networks bTV and Fox Turkey, Fox televizija started airing the local version of the French reality show Fort Boyard
Fort Boyard (TV series)
For the fortress see Fort Boyard Fort Boyard is a French game show created by Jacques Antoine that was first broadcast in 1990 and is popular to this day...
. Around the same time, daytime programme Posle kafe began airing weekdays at 11am hosted initially by Danka Novović, Olja Rakić, and Bojana Kesić who were soon joined by other hosts as well. In early summer 2008, morning programme Fox i prijatelji got canceled.
For the summer 2008, while its regular programmes were on hiatus, Fox televizija shifted lineup a bit and aired as Fox Non-Stop nightly from 9pm with a succession of movies and mini-series. During the same summer on July 21, 2008, the network got a scoop by first reporting the arrest of Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžic
Radovan Karadžić is a former Bosnian Serb politician. He is detained in the United Nations Detention Unit of Scheveningen, accused of war crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats during the Siege of Sarajevo, as well as ordering the Srebrenica massacre.Educated as a...
late in the night and interrupting its regularly scheduled programming to go live on air in breaking news format until early morning hours.
2008-09 season
Starting its second full season on September 22, 2008, Fox televizija introduced a variety of changes, the most noticeable being a new visual identity similar to other News Corp stations around Europe. Also on the same day, Fox Vesti evening newscast at 7pm got moved to 6pm and extended from 30 minutes to a full hour while the 7pm slot got taken over by hit American drama Lost that thus premiered on the network. Also Fox Vesti at 10pm got moved an hour later to 11pm. In the morning, news programme Fox 900 sekundi premiered at 7am as replacement for Fox i prijatelji. About a month later Survivor SrbijaSurvivor Srbija
Survivor Srbija: Panama is a Serbian version of the Survivor television series, created and broadcast by Fox televizija. In addition to Serbia, the show was broadcast in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Alternativna televizija, Macedonia on A1 televizija and Montenegro on TV In.Featuring 22 contestants ,...
(local version of the global reality show that got shot during summer 2008) started airing. In late December, Fajront Republika, weekly entertainment talk-show premiered and right away established a devoted youth following that translated into strong ratings.
On February 14, 2009, the first season finale of Survivor Srbija aired live, bringing the network its biggest audience share ever. After the end of Survivor season, the network introduced a Japanese sports entertainment
Sports entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience...
show Ninja Warrior, which has managed to post strong ratings as well.
Criticism & controversy
Fox televizija created a minor controversy in early September 2007 when it decided to take its late-night programme, the Marko Živić ShowMarko Živic Show
Marko Živić Show was a Serbian late-night talk show that aired nightly on Fox televizija for a just over 4 months during 2007.-Background:...
, off the air. Despite becoming fairly prominent over a short period (it premiered on April 24, 2007), the official statement released by Fox said the cancellation was "a temporary measure that came about through a desire to free up Fox televizija's fall schedule for more movies and series". However, some Serbian print outlets very much wondered why would a network that's struggling for viewership be taking its best rated programme off the air.
Entertainment
| Original name | Serbian translation | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora Aurora (Telenovela) Aurora is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.Telemundo aired this serial from November 1, 2010 to May 20, 2011... |
Aurora |  |
| El secreto de Puente Viejo | Tajna Starog Mosta |  |
| The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth... |
Vampirski dnevnici | |
| Žene sa Dedinja | Žene sa Dedinja |  |
| Pevaj, brate! | Pevaj, brate! | |
| Aşk-ı memnu Ask-i Memnu (TV series) Aşk-ı Memnu is a Turkish romantic drama television series produced by Ay Yapım Productions and originally broadcasting by Kanal D between 2008 and 2010... |
Zabranjeno voće |  |
| Yaprak dökümü Yaprak Dökümü (TV series) Yaprak Dökümü is a Turkish award-winning television series based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising 175 episodes overall... |
Kad lišće pada | |
| Bandini Bandini (TV series) Imagine TV's most longest running show Bandini was an Indian soap opera that aired every Monday to Friday at 10:30pm prime times slot for the past years. It was produced by the Indian soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It is also Imagine TV's top, most watched and awarded show presently... |
Bandini |  |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries worldwide.... |
Kobra |
Quizzes, Talk, and Reality Shows:
- Survivor SrbijaSurvivor SrbijaSurvivor Srbija: Panama is a Serbian version of the Survivor television series, created and broadcast by Fox televizija. In addition to Serbia, the show was broadcast in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Alternativna televizija, Macedonia on A1 televizija and Montenegro on TV In.Featuring 22 contestants ,...
(Serbian version of SurvivorSurvivor (TV series)Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
) Season 4, Spring 2012: Upcoming Season - Fajront RepublikaFajront RepublikaFajront Republika is a Serbian talk show / sketch show that airs weekly on Prva Srpska Televizija since December 21, 2008....
- - Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem - Season 3, September 2011: Current Season
- Radna akcija (Serbian version of Extreme Makeover: Home EditionExtreme Makeover: Home EditionExtreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
) - Season 2, September 2011: Current season - Moje novo JA (Serbian version of Extreme MakeoverExtreme MakeoverExtreme Makeover is a television program from ABC in which individuals volunteered to receive an extensive makeover in Hollywood. The show was created by television producer Howard Schultz. It first aired as a television special. It began airing in 2002 on Thursday nights at 8pm. A total of 55...
) - Season 1, September 2011: Current season - Dođi na večeru (Serbian version of Come Dine With MeCome Dine With MeCome Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
) - Season 2, September 2011: Current season - Galileo (local version of Prosieben science magazine) - Season 2, September 2011: Current season
- Želite li da postanete milioner?Želite li da postanete milioner?Želite li da postanete milioner? is a Serbian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Ivan Zeljković. The main goal of the game is to win 5 million Serbian dinars by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly...
(Serbian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
) - Ja volim Srbiju (Serbian version of I Love My CountryI Love My CountryI Love My Country is a Dutch TV program, first aired in the Netherlands on March 8, 2008. The show is created by the Dutch John de Mol and is sold in at least 10 countries worldwide....
) - X Faktor Srbija (Serbian version of The X FactorThe X Factor (TV series)The X Factor is a television talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. It is a singing competition, now held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from...
) - Season 1, 2012: Upcoming Season - Srpski Top ModelSrpski Top ModelSrpski Top Model is a serbian reality documentary based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model and is aired on Prva. The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of competitions to determine who will win title of the new Serbian Top Model as well as a modelling contract with a serbian...
(Serbian version of Top Model series) - Season 2, Spring 2012: Upcoming Season - Paklena kuhinja (Serbian version of Kitchen NightmaresKitchen NightmaresKitchen Nightmares is an American reality television series broadcast on the Fox network, in which Chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. It is based on the British show Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The show is produced by ITV Studios...
) - Season 2, September 2011: Current season - Domaćine oženi se (Serbian version of Farmer Wants a WifeFarmer Wants a WifeFarmer Wants a Wife is a reality television series developed by Fremantle Media. The first edition premièred in United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. However, the original format of the programme is likely to date back to the TV programme Bauer sucht Bäuerin, which was broadcast in 1983 on SRG SSR idée...
) Season 2, September 2011: Current season - LotoLotoLoto are a Portuguese band from Alcobaça. The band consists of Ricardo, JT and Pedrosa, and they produce electro-pop-rock-dance music.Their debut was in October 2002 with the EP Swinging on a Star....
(Serbian version of Lotto) - Wipeout (2009 Australian game show)
- Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)
News
- Vesti (daily news bulletin, weekdays at 13:15, and every day 19:00)
- Dosije (Thursday at 22:00) Season 4, October 2011: Current season
- Stav Srbije (Sundays at 13:00) Season 1, October 2011: Current season
- Piramida (Wednesdays at 22:15) Season 5, October 2011: Current season
Lifestyle
- Exkluziv - Season 2, September 2011: Current season
- Exploziv - Season 2, September 2011: Current season
- Žene - Season 2, September 2011: Current season
Previously aired telenovelas:
| Original name | Serbian translation | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Alguien te mira Alguien Te Mira (2010) Alguien Te Mira is a Spanish-language telenovela to be produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo... |
Neko te posmatra | |
| El fantasma de Elena El Fantasma de Elena El Fantasma de Elena is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo.The first season comprised 117 episodes transmitted in the USA from 20 July 2010 to 7 January 2011... |
Elenin duh | |
| Niños ricos, pobres padres Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres is a Colombian telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo. It debuted on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, taking over the second half of El Rostro de Analía until Friday, July 17, when it completely replaced it in the 9–10 pm... |
Cena sreće |  |
| Perro amor Perro Amor Perro Amor is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo that originally ran in the United States from January to July 2010.... |
Opasne igre | |
Previously aired telenovelas by Fox Televizija
Previously aired international shows:
| Original name | Serbian translation | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Gümüş Gümüs "Gümüş" , a Turkish melodrama originally broadcast in Turkey by Kanal D from 2005 to 2007. The sudser became a pop-culture phenomenon when it aired across the Arab world as "Noor" last year... |
Gumuš | |
| V.I.P. V.I.P. (TV series) V.I.P. is an American action/comedy-drama series starring Pamela Anderson. Created by J. F... |
V.I.P. | |
| Verliebt in Berlin Verliebt in Berlin Verliebt in Berlin is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final episode broadcast on October 12, 2007... |
Sve za ljubav | |
| One Tree Hill One Tree Hill (TV series) One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster... |
Tri hil | |
| Charmed Charmed Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M... |
Čari | |
| Cold case | Zločini iz prošlosti | |
| Binbir Gece Binbir Gece Binbir Gece is a Turkish television series produced by TMC Film that was originally aired by Kanal D between 2006-2009... |
Hiljadu i jedna noć | |
Previously aired international shows by Fox televizija