Nova, also known as Nova Telecommunications & Media S.M.S.A., is a privately owned company headquartered in Greece. Founded in 1995, it operates with approximately 2,480 employees and, as a tier 1 media tech buyer, reported $958.1M in revenue as of 2024. As an integrated telecommunications and media provider, its main product is telecoms. Following its acquisition by United Group and subsequent merger with Wind Hellas in early 2023, the company is positioned as the second-largest provider of fixed-line and pay-TV services in the Greek market. Nova is credited with introducing pay-TV to Greece, having previously operated as Forthnet/Nova. The company is currently involved in spearheading the national transition to 10-Gigabit fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and 5G/6G mobile connectivity.

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Founded

1995

Headcount

2,868

Headquarters

Greece

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Nova, an affiliate program for the RAlord ransomware group, issued a formal public apology on June 2, 2026, and banned one of its affiliates for mistakenly attacking Eriell Group, an Uzbekistan-based oilfield services company with a corporate office in Moscow. This incident, reported on June 22, revealed internal rules and consequences governing the ransomware ecosystem. Earlier, on June 19, the ransomware group Nova conducted an attack on Nhà Thành Phố, a company operating in Vietnam, with the data breach discovered on June 21. Previously, on June 14, Nova also executed a ransomware attack against Bandung, an Indonesian company, with that data breach discovered the same day.

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Nova offers 7 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Nova's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services, telecoms, consumer electronics and broadcast television and radio.
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Nova's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split Nova's revenue into 7 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services. For full access to Nova's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Examples of Nova's suppliers include IMG, Vistance Networks and BeIN Media Group.

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Nova currently holds 31 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including golf, basketball, combat sports, soccer | association football, motorsports and table tennis.

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