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The Croatian First Football League (Croatian: Prva hrvatska nogometna liga, pronounced [pr̂ːvaː xř̩ʋaːtskaː nôɡomeːtnaː lǐːɡa]), also known as Prva HNL or 1. HNL) or for sponsorship reasons the MAXtv Prva Liga, is the top Croatian football league competition, established in 1992. The winners qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Dinamo Zagreb are the current champions, having won their tenth consecutive title in the 2014–15 season, and are the most successful club with 17 titles overall, followed by Hajduk Split with six titles.
Since 2003, the league has been named after its main sponsor, giving it the following names (Logos see below):
The league was formed in 1991, following the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League, and is operated by the Croatian Football Federation. Since its formation, the league went through many changes in its system and number of participating clubs. In the first three seasons two points were awarded for a win, from 1994–95 season this was changed to three points. Each season starts in late July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month hiatus between December and February. Currently, there are 10 teams participating in the league.
Prva (Serbian pronunciation: [pr̩̂ːʋaː]) or Prva Srpska Televizija (Serbian Cyrillic: Прва српска телевизија, in English: First Serbian Television) is a Serbian commercial television network with national coverage.
Launched on 31 December 2006 at 7pm as Fox televizija, the network has since December 2009 been owned by the Greek media company Antenna Group.
From its inception until December 2009, it was majority owned by the global media conglomerate News Corporation, which attached its Fox brand to the operation, naming Dan Bates as the CEO. During its time under News Corporation, Fox televizija closely co-operated with News Corporation 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. Though quickly establishing itself on the Serbian television market and improving its viewership stake year after year, Fox televizija was a money-losing operation, posting an annual loss both in 2007 and 2008. By August 2009, major restructuring was initiated at the network with 60% of its news division staff being laid off in preparation for the network sale that occurred several months later.
Rising from the darkside
Arriving from beyond
The lord of death approaches
To end all human lives
The pleasure of the torment
Will bring him back to Earth
The time has come for closure
The final hour calls
But there's a way out of the misery
You can join the massacre
Once you're in you're never out
A soldier of the dead forevermore
[CHORUS]
There's eternity for sale