MARKETING TRENDS 2026: AI, SHORT VIDEOS AND VODCASTS

5. 1. 2026 What trends will affect marketing, advertising and communications this year? Here is an overview.

THE MOST WATCHED SHOW ON NOVA.CZ IS LOVE ISLAND

2. 1. 2026 On the Nova.cz website, they accounted for more than a third of all reality show views last year. Of these, Love Island is the most watched, followed by Bachelor.

MEDIA 2025: THE EMERGENCE OF ONEPLAY, THE FIGHT FOR THE CZECH AND THE CZECH ONLY AND THE FEARS OF AI

2. 1. 2026 Uncertainty about the impact of artificial intelligence, potential regulatory changes, changing user behaviour and a volatile and spillover advertising market are increasing pressures on the survival of media companies.

OVERVIEW OF EVENTS IN MARKETING IN 2025

31. 12. 2025 AI has become an integral part of marketing this year, but brands are also relying on other innovations.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ON TV NOVA, TV PRIMA AND ČT1 MARKED BY SPECIAL PROGRAMS

31. 12. 2025 The largest domestic television stations have prepared special editions of their entertainment programs for the evening of the last day of 2025.

CHRISTMAS 2025 BROADCAST FOR ČT, THE MOST WATCHED PROGRAMME WAS THE FAIRY TALE ZÁHADA STRAŠIDELNÉHO ZÁMKU

30. 12. 2025 The most watched TV group during this year's Christmas holidays was again Czech Television. The new fairy tale The Mystery of the Haunted Castle attracted the most viewers.

ATTENTION ABOVE ALL: THE SUCCESS OF ADVERTISING DEPENDS ON CONTENT QUALITY AND A TRUSTWORTHY ENVIRONMENT

28. 12. 2025 Advertising that is not seen does not sell. Yes, it sounds banal. Yet a new, large-scale study by Newsworks, conducted in collaboration with Lumen Research and marketing expert Peter Field, once again shows that the attention paid to advertising is becoming the decisive measure of campaign effectiveness. It also demonstrates that ads placed in high-attention media, such as news brand sites and television, are more visible, more memorable, and deliver key business effects, including profit.

CHRISTMAS SEASON: SHOPPING BEHAVIOUR IS INFLUENCED BY EMOTIONS, SAVINGS AND TIMING

27. 12. 2025 While the Christmas season has come to an end, let’s reflect on the key insights that may inspire marketers for next year’s holiday period. The Christmas season is no longer counted merely in weeks, but in long months. It begins quietly as early as October, gathers momentum with the first gift lists and peaks just before Christmas Eve, only to transform immediately afterwards into post-Christmas sales. Throughout this entire period, a story unfolds with joyful anticipation, efforts to save money and small impulses that ultimately determine what ends up in the shopping basket. Customers are not looking for the perfect gift, but for the feeling that they can manage the festive season in the best possible way. The Holiday Season 2025 report provides a detailed map of this season, from key moments and the categories that gain the upper hand during the period, to the media channels that determine a brand’s success.

THE HISTORY OF KOFOLA’S CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS: IT JUST WOULDN’T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THOSE “BIG CURVED TEETH”

25. 12. 2025 “I don’t have to — I can already see it!” With that line comes the annual certainty that Christmas is just around the corner. Kofola’s Christmas campaigns work because of their remarkable consistency: since 2003, Czech television audiences have embraced the same simple story — one that never really changes, and yet never grows old. It is built not on the product itself, but on emotion, tradition, and a playful sense of humour that feels deeply familiar to Czech viewers. The television advert, returning year after year with only the slightest variations, has gradually become a cultural symbol that audiences would not dream of doing without and look forward to every Christmas season.

A TASTE OF THE WORLD’S CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING

24. 12. 2025 All over the world, Christmas is spent baking, singing carols, using the Gift-o-mat, as well as building a library or going to visit loved ones.

CZECH CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING ENCOURAGES PEACE AND PRESENCE

23. 12. 2025 Czech Christmas campaigns ride the holiday wave, celebrating moments together, being in the present and holiday peace.

FOOTBALL CHANCE LEAGUE VIEWERSHIP ON ONEPLAY IS HIGHER AGAIN THIS YEAR

23. 12. 2025 The Chance League's viewership grew significantly in the fall, with attendance among the highest ever.

SCREENVOICE TOP 10 CZECH CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGNS OF 2025

22. 12. 2025 Many Czechs enjoy Christmas advertising, as last year’s survey by ResSolution Group showed. Although most people feel that Christmas campaigns start too early — something that was especially noticeable this year — this tends to bother older consumers more than younger ones. Younger audiences already regard October or November as an appropriate time for Christmas campaigns to begin. Which Christmas ads can we see on Czech screens this year, and which of them have turned out best?

THE PRIMA GROUP HAS RETURNED THE LICENCES FOR THE PRIMA PORT PROGRAMME

22. 12. 2025 The Prima Group finally decided not to launch the defective Prima Case channel or the film and entertainment channel Prima Port.

THE WORLD OF FURNITURE COMES TO LIFE: FAVI UNVEILS AN ADVERTISING SPOT CREATED WITH THE HELP OF AI

22. 12. 2025 FAVI, the largest online furniture search engine, has launched a new television campaign that, according to the company, takes the brand's communication to a more emotional and visually captivating level. The campaign was developed by FAVI's marketing team, which created the commercial using artificial intelligence.

TV JANUARY: PREMIERES ON CZECH TV, THE END OF THE SERIES ZOO, THE RETURN OF THE SERIES VYPRÁVĚJ AND CHALUPÁŘI

22. 12. 2025 January will bring only a few premiere shows to TV screens. On the contrary, some more archival titles will return.

HOW CAN ADVERTISING RECAPTURE ITS APPEAL AND DRIVE BUSINESS RESULTS? BESIDES CREATIVITY, THE KEY FACTORS ARE EMOTION, DISTINCTIVENESS, AND CONSISTENCY

19. 12. 2025 New research by System1 and Effie Worldwide shows that advertising is losing effectiveness. However, the study also reveals how effectiveness can be increased again. While outstanding creative is one of the essential prerequisites, it is not enough on its own. Advertising needs to return to three simple yet often neglected principles: emotion, distinctiveness and consistency, according to a webinar entitled The Creative Dividend.

THE HISTORY OF JOHN LEWIS CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING: FROM PRINTED CATALOGUES TO POLISHED STORIES THAT MOVE CONSUMERS TO TEARS

18. 12. 2025 John Lewis Christmas ads long ago crossed the boundaries of ordinary marketing and became part of the Christmas ritual. Every year, viewers wait for them with anticipation, evaluate them, and compare them with one another. John Lewis’s strength lies in its ability to tell deeply human stories and capture the magic of Christmas. How have the brand’s Christmas campaigns evolved over time, and what changes have taken place in John Lewis’s marketing strategy?