NOVA BRINGS BACK REALITY SHOW BIG BROTHER IN AUTUMN

20. 6. 2023 After eighteen years, the reality show Big Brother will return to TV Nova. The network has announced the start of casting and preparations for the “new generation of the show”. The reality show Big Brother will return to Czech and Slovak TV screens this autumn. Nova and Markíza TV are preparing it for the autumn… Continue reading NOVA BRINGS BACK REALITY SHOW BIG BROTHER IN AUTUMN



PRIMA REVEALS NEWS FOR THE AUTUMN, WILL PRESENT THE SERIES ELIŠKA AND DAMIÁN

20. 6. 2023 The own romantic-historical series with fantasy elements is the first ever in the Prima Group’s offer. It will be launched in autumn under the title Eliška a Damián. Prima Television will launch a new romantic series Eliska and Damián in the autumn to mark its 30th anniversary on Tuesday 20 June 2023. The main roles… Continue reading PRIMA REVEALS NEWS FOR THE AUTUMN, WILL PRESENT THE SERIES ELIŠKA AND DAMIÁN



TV PRIMA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS

20. 6. 2023 Exactly thirty years ago, on 20 June 1993, viewers in Prague and Central Bohemia could tune in to the first commercial television under the name FTV Premiéra. Since then, the Prima Group has grown to ten channels offering programmes for the whole family and its portfolio also includes websites, radio and print media. For the… Continue reading TV PRIMA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS



VOYO CHANGES THE DAY FOR PLACING PREMIERE OF ORDINACE SERIES

19. 6. 2023 New episodes of the series Ordinace will air on Voyo on Mondays. The series continues on the pay video platform. Starting Monday, June 26, Voyo is changing the series premiere day. Instead of Thursdays, new episodes will be shown on Mondays. This applies not only to summer broadcasts, but also to the period after the… Continue reading VOYO CHANGES THE DAY FOR PLACING PREMIERE OF ORDINACE SERIES



PRIMA IS FILMING SEVERAL NEW SERIES

17. 6. 2023 The Prima group has announced the filming of new comedy series Chataři ze Švihova (directed by M. Suchánek) and Zalez do spacáku (directed by J. Haluza). The new comedy series Chataři ze Švihova is directed by Michal Suchánek. The popular actor, director and, in this case, scriptwriter, is betting on the Czechs popularity in cottaging.… Continue reading PRIMA IS FILMING SEVERAL NEW SERIES



DIGIMEDIA 2023: COMPLETE PRESENTATION FROM THE CONFERENCE

16. 6. 2023 Three sessions, 22 speakers, nine presentations. This was the 18th edition of the DIGIMEDIA 2023 conference, which took place this Wednesday in the Congress Hall of the Czech Television in Prague, Kavčí Hory. A complete overview of what was said at the conference was brought to you by televizniweb.cz BLOCK I – TELEVISION The first… Continue reading DIGIMEDIA 2023: COMPLETE PRESENTATION FROM THE CONFERENCE



TV PRIMA HAS BOOKED A PLACE IN DVB-T2 FOR THREE MORE STATIONS

15. 6. 2023 Prima TV has booked positions for three more channels in the DVB-T2 Multiplex 22, including one in high definition. This was revealed at the Digimedia conference by Miloš Mastník, Director General of CRA. “We will announce the details in due course,” added Marek Singer, Prima’s general director, declined to specify the focus of the planned… Continue reading TV PRIMA HAS BOOKED A PLACE IN DVB-T2 FOR THREE MORE STATIONS



PRIMA+ OVER SCHEDULE. VOYO IS NOT CONSIDERING A VERSION WITH ADVERTISING

15. 6. 2023 Both the Prima and Nova TV groups have praised the development of their video-on-demand services. They agree that they are achieving better results than they had planned before their launch. The video platform prima+, launched this year, is developing better than the Prima group expected. This was revealed in the words of Josef Benes, director… Continue reading PRIMA+ OVER SCHEDULE. VOYO IS NOT CONSIDERING A VERSION WITH ADVERTISING



FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE LIVING A GOLDEN AGE, THEY DON’T NEED BILLIONS MORE, SAY BOSSES OF TV NOVA AND TV PRIMA

14. 6. 2023 General Director of TV Nova Daniel Grunt and General Director of FTV Prima Marek Singer in an interview for Hospodářské noviny about levies to the cinema support fund, but also about SVOD services. Marek Singer, the long-serving director of TV Prima, has known Daniel Grunt, the head of TV Nova, personally for 15 years. Both… Continue reading FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE LIVING A GOLDEN AGE, THEY DON’T NEED BILLIONS MORE, SAY BOSSES OF TV NOVA AND TV PRIMA



TV NOVA NEWS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN WITH THE CLAIM “WE LIVE WITH YOU”

14. 6. 2023 For the ad spot, Televizní noviny uses real footage that editorial crews have shot in their work in the recent past, The faces of the newscast are also involved. Televizni noviny (TV Nova), the country’s most-watched news programme, has launched a campaign to promote its new “Living with You” campaign. “We thought about how to… Continue reading TV NOVA NEWS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN WITH THE CLAIM “WE LIVE WITH YOU”



TV NOVA TO UPGRADE AVOD SERVICE

14. 6. 2023 The Czech national commercial broadcaster TV Nova is working on a new version of its AVOD service nova.cz that will be delivered via HbbTV. Speaking exclusively to Broadband TV News, TV Nova’s CEO Daniel Grunt added that addressable TV is also in its mid-term plans and that by the end of 2024 it will have… Continue reading TV NOVA TO UPGRADE AVOD SERVICE



AMENDMENT TO CZECH TELEVISION FINANCING WILL CAUSE IMBALANCES IN THE MARKET, ACCORDING TO NOVA AND PRIMA

13. 6. 2023 The main commercial players state that the increased TV fee together with the extension of its payment to include all users of ČT services instead of only those having a TV set would bring imbalance in the market. An increase in funding for Czech Television (ČT) through an increase in the television licence fee and… Continue reading AMENDMENT TO CZECH TELEVISION FINANCING WILL CAUSE IMBALANCES IN THE MARKET, ACCORDING TO NOVA AND PRIMA



PRIMA NEWS DIRECTOR ŠVEHLÁK, ŠTRUNC LEAVES

8. 6. 2023 Pavel Štrunc is leaving the management of Prima Group and CNN Prima News after less than three years. Martin Švehlák is the new director. Martin Švehlák will become the director of news and journalism of the Prima Group from 13th June. He joins Prima from Bulgarian company bTV Media Group, where he has been CEO… Continue reading PRIMA NEWS DIRECTOR ŠVEHLÁK, ŠTRUNC LEAVES



PODCAST: “I KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT.” SAYS THE FATHER OF TV HITS MICHAL REITLER

6. 6. 2023 It’s easy to miss his name in the headlines. But without him, viewers would miss out on the best TV projects of the last decade-plus. TV producer Michal Reitler, who is also behind the TV series Ulice, Most!, Iveta, Cases of the 1st Department and others, visited the Blesk.cz studio. Michal Reitler, a native of… Continue reading PODCAST: “I KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT.” SAYS THE FATHER OF TV HITS MICHAL REITLER



TV IN CZECH REPUBLIC IN MAY: ČT LEADS, NOVA, LIST AND ATMEDIA GREW

5. 6. 2023 Czech Television’s stations continued to record a market share of over 30% this May and achieved the highest market share in the universal group over 15 years of age. Czech Television stations also had the highest share of the TV market in May. Cumulatively, they reached 30.47% in the all-day broadcasting in the over-15 age… Continue reading TV IN CZECH REPUBLIC IN MAY: ČT LEADS, NOVA, LIST AND ATMEDIA GREW



NEXTV SERIES EUROPE CONFERENCE: NETFLIX AND YOUTUBE’S MARKET SHARES ARE DECLINING DUE TO NEW OTT SERVICES IN EUROPE

4. 6. 2023 In mid-May, a series of international conferences Nextv Ad Europe and Nextv Series Europe were held in Prague, organized by Dataxis, with the Association of Commercial Televisions (AKTV) as a partner. The first day of the Nextv Ad Europe event focused on the latest developments in TV advertising, while the second and third days of… Continue reading NEXTV SERIES EUROPE CONFERENCE: NETFLIX AND YOUTUBE’S MARKET SHARES ARE DECLINING DUE TO NEW OTT SERVICES IN EUROPE



ESG INITIATIVE CME CARES WILL BE LED BY SOŇA SCHWARZOVÁ AND HANA DE GOEIJ

31. 5. 2023 ESG, an initiative of the media company CME, which operates TV Nova and the Voyo video platform in the Czech Republic, will be led by Soňa Schwarzová and Hana de Goeij starting June under the brand CME CARES. Soňa Schwarzová will be CME Chief People and Sustainability Officer and Hana de Goeij will be CME… Continue reading ESG INITIATIVE CME CARES WILL BE LED BY SOŇA SCHWARZOVÁ AND HANA DE GOEIJ



PPF: CME TELEVISION GROUP INCREASED PROFITS LAST YEAR

31. 5. 2023 PPF Group’s television business generated higher profits in 2022 than in the previous year, according to financial results. The net profit of the CME Media Enterprises TV group, which operates in six Central and Eastern European countries and includes the domestic TV Nova, increased to EUR 136 million (approx. CZK 3.3 billion) in 2022, up… Continue reading PPF: CME TELEVISION GROUP INCREASED PROFITS LAST YEAR