{{short description|Turkish public television channel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{About|the Turkish television channel|the British TV channel of the same name|Now (British TV channel)|other pages|Now (disambiguation){{!}}Now}} {{Infobox television channel | name = Now | logo = NOW TV (Turkey) wordmark-red.svg | owner = [[The Walt Disney Company]] | parent = [[The Walt Disney Company EMEA]] ([[Disney Entertainment]]) | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2007|2|24|df=dmy}} | picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br>(downscaled to [[576i]] for the SD feed) | sister_channels = {{ubl| * [[BabyTV]] * [[Disney Junior (European, Middle Eastern and African TV channel)|Disney Junior]] * [[FX (international)|FX]] * [[National Geographic (American TV channel)|National Geographic]] * [[Nat Geo Wild]] }} | country = Turkey | language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | replaced = [[TGRT]] | former_names = Fox (2007–2024) | website = {{URL|www.nowtv.com.tr}} | terr_serv_1 = [[Analog television|Analogue]] | terr_chan_1 = VHF 7 (Istanbul) }}
'''Now''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Turkish [[free-to-air]] television channel owned by [[The Walt Disney Company EMEA]]. Since July 2012, the channel broadcasts in [[16:9]] ([[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]).
==History== The channel was originally TGRT (acronym in {{langx|tr|Türkiye Gazetesi Radyo Televizyonu|lit=Turkey Newspaper Radio Television}}) and began broadcasting on 23 April 1993, under [[İhlas Holding]]. Between 2001 and 2004, '''TGRT''' was owned by [[Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey|Tasarruf Mevduatı Sigorta Fonu]] before being sold again to [[İhlas Holding]].
On 23 July 2006, [[News Corporation]] acquired TGRT from [[İhlas Holding]], and was formed by Ahmet Ertegün. The channel was later relaunched as '''Fox''' on 24 February 2007.
David Parker Reid was the General Manager of Fox Turkey between 2006 and 2009. David Parker Reid, Hakan Etus, Koray Altinsoy, Doğan Şentürk played crucial role as the most senior executives about the establishment of the Fox channel in Turkey. After David Parker Reid's leave, Pietro Vicari served as General Manager from 2009 to 2014. On 26 November 2014, Adam Theiler was appointed as the General Manager of Fox TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medyaradar.com/fox-tvnin-yeni-genel-mudurunu-medyaradar-acikliyor-medyaradar-ozel-haberi-132158|title=Fox Tv'nin yeni genel müdürünü Medyaradar açıklıyor! (Medyaradar/Özel)|date=26 November 2014 |access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref>
[[File:FOX wordmark-red_2.svg|thumb|upright|Third Fox logo from 2019 to 2024]] On 12 February 2024, the channel rebranded to Now as a part of Disney's planned phaseout of Fox brand following the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition]] of [[21st Century Fox]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FISCAL YEAR 2020 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT |url=https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2021/01/2020-Annual-Report.pdf |website=The Walt Disney Company |access-date=October 2, 2021 |page=79}}</ref> Unlike other Fox-branded channels, the Turkish counterpart did not rebrand to [[Star Channel (international)|Star Channel]] due to there being already a channel called [[Star TV (Turkish TV channel)|Star TV]] in Turkey and the Turkish version of [[FX (Turkey)|FX]] already existing in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-24 |title=FOX Simdi NOW Oluyor|url=https://www.fox.com.tr/Simdi-Degisim-Zamani/haber/3829/FOX-Simdi-NOW-Oluyor |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.fox.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref>
==Programs broadcast by Now == {{Main|List of programs broadcast by Now}}
=== Weekly series === {{update section|date=April 2026}} It is a list of television programs that have been broadcast on Now before or are currently being broadcast.
* 2023: ''[[Ruhun Duymaz]]'' (Love Undercover) (Ended) * 2023: ''[[Yaz Şarkısı]]'' (Melody Love) (Ended) * 2023: ''Kısmet'' (The Fate) (Ended) * 2023: ''[[Yabani]]'' (Wild) (Tuesday at 20:00)<ref name="TurkBinge">{{cite news|title=Yabani Series Schedule Guide, Trailer and Season 1 Preview and All Details |url=https://episodeairdate.com/tv-show/ruhun-duymaz/|website=[[TurkBinge]]|date=August 29, 2023|access-date=August 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829125036/https://turkbinge.com/tvshows/yabani// |archive-date=August 29, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2023: ''[[Bambaşka Biri]]'' (Someone Else) (Mondays at 20:00)<ref name="TurkBinge Team">{{cite news |date=August 24, 2023 |title=Bambaşka Biri Daily Web Series Chapter Release |website=[[TurkBinge]] |url=https://episodeairdate.com/tv-show/bambaska-biri/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824163243/https://turkbinge.com/tvshows/bambaska-biri-series/ |archive-date=August 24, 2023}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://nowtv.com.tr/ Official website]
{{Disney Channel}} {{Television in Turkey}}
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