Hrvatska radiotelevizija, or Croatian Radiotelevision, is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. HRT is divided into three joint companies – Croatian Radio, Croatian Television and Music Production, which includes three orchestras and a choir.
The Hrvatska nogometna liga, abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. It was previously called Prva Hrvatska nogometna liga, but a league structure reorganization from 2022–23 led to name changes for the three top league levels.
Nova TV is a Croatian free-to-air television network launched on 28 May 2000. It was the first commercial television network with national concession in the country and from 2004 until 2018 it was fully owned by the Central European Media Enterprises. In 2018, Direct Media purchased Nova TV and Doma TV.
Latinica is a Croatian television talk show launched on November 11, 1993, which was broadcast on Mondays at 20:10 CET on HRT 1. Hosted by Denis Latin, it discussed current events with guest experts and also contained five outside reports showing the actual cases connected with current discussion. Its title, besides being derived from the host Latin's surname, literally means "Latin alphabet" in Croatian.
Ivo Gregurević was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Throughout over a quarter of a century, Gregurević played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known and most lauded character actors.
Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 29 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. The Croatian participant broadcaster in the contest is Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), which has selected its entrant at the Dora festival since 1993, excluding from 2012 to 2018. Croatia's best result in the contest is a second-place finish in 2024.
Enis Bešlagić is a Bosnian actor. In the 2000s, he starred in several films such as Fuse (2003), Summer in the Golden Valley (2003), Ivko's Feast (2005), Ram za sliku moje domovine (2005) and All for Free (2006). He starred in the sitcom Naša mala klinika from 2004 until 2007. Bešlagić and Bosnian actor Milan Pavlović portrayed the comedy duo Mujo and Haso in the 2004 skit-comedy film Mujo & Haso Superstars.
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Romanca" written by Miran Hadži Veljković. The song was performed by the band Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final Dora 2008 to select the Croatian entry for the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia. A total of twenty-four entries competed in the national final which consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. In the semi-final on 22 February 2008, six entries qualified to compete in the final on 23 February 2008 alongside ten pre-qualified songs. In the final, "Romanca" performed by Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote.
Barbara Radulović is a Croatian TV host. She is perhaps best known as a participant in the Nova TV talent show Story Supernova Talents in 2003. After that appearance, Radulović soon had a chance to host the HRT music show Video-kiosk. In 2010, she was working as a host on the Croatian Music Channel, which started on November 5, 2007.
HRT 1 is a Croatian television channel, operated by public broadcaster Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT). It is a generalist channel, whose diverse programming lineup includes documentaries, history, school, mosaics, news, sitcoms, movies, talk shows, and game-shows.
Nikolina Ristović is a Croatian television presenter and actress.
Dubravko Merlić is a Croatian journalist, television producer and author, known for his work as an actor, editor and anchor on the Croatian Radiotelevision and Nova TV. He is a winner of the 2007 Rose d'Or award for The Pyramid, a competitive talk show created by Castor Multimedia, a TV production company of which Merlić is currently the CEO.
Rene Bitorajac is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in several Croatian and Bosnian films since the 1980s. Most notably, he starred in the 2001 Academy Award-winning Bosnian film No Man's Land. He is also known for starring in popular Croatian television sitcoms Bitange i princeze (2005–2010) and Naša mala klinika (2004–2007).
Toni Jeričević is a businessman turned actor and TV host who appeared in American and Croatian theatre plays, commercials and national television productions. He is best known as the TV host of the prime time reality sports TV show My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad which was originally produced by Mark Burnett for the U.S. broadcasting network NBC and later franchised to the Croatian broadcasting television station Nova TV. He lived in China and worked for The Walt Disney Company. He currently works in the real estate industry.
Ante Čedo Martinić was a Croatian actor.
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Mižerja" written by Goran Topolovac. The song was performed by the group Klapa s Mora, which was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) on 11 February 2013 to represent Croatia at the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. Their song "Mižerja" was presented to the public on 27 February 2013 during a live streamed press conference.
Davor Dretar, also known as Drele is a Croatian singer, radio presenter and television presenter. He is also a founding member of musical group "Dreletronic".
HRT 3 is a Croatian free-to-air television channel from Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, that was launched on 13 September 2012.
Barbara Kolar is a Croatian actress, television presenter at the Croatian Radiotelevision and the radio presenter at Antena Zagreb. She is the most famous for hosting the Ples sa zvijezdama and Zvijezde pjevaju shows. She hosts Antena Zagreb's Jutarnji Show. She starred in the HRT series Bitange i princeze, Stipe u gostima and Naša mala klinika, and is the host of the quiz show Upitnik ("Questionnaire").
Josip Zovko was a Croatian actor and director. A native of the Berinovac, Lokvičići municipality in the Imotska Krajina he was best known for playing Joze in the television series Naši i vaši. He was also acclaimed for his roles in the films Sorry for Kung Fu and Wish I Were a Shark.
