CZECH PRIMA DEVELOPS PROGRAMMING STRATEGY

6. 10. 2023 | 1 min read The video content of the Czech Republic’s Prima Group will be newly covered by the programme department headed by Alex Ruzek.

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION PARTNERING WITH FORUM MEDIA’S EFFIE STAGE

5. 10. 2023 | 5 min read This year’s Forum Media conference, the largest domestic professional event focused on media, marketing and communication, will take place on 9 November 2023 at O2 Universum in Prague. This unique event bringing inspiration, information and interaction is organised by Marketing & Media in collaboration with the AKA and APRA associations. The Association of Commercial Television has partnered with the Effie Stage this year, featuring four speakers from AKTV’s member companies.

TV NOVA TO INCREASE ADVERTISING PRICES BY 18 PERCENT FOR 2024

5. 10. 2023 | 6 min read In its business policy for 2024, Nova TV Group is counting on an average increase of 18 percent in the price of advertising space.

MEDIA CLUB LAUNCHES CTV PROGRAMMATIC VIDEO ADVERTISING

4. 10. 2023 | 2 min read The Czech Republic’s Media Club has launched a new programmatic buying of video advertising on TVs connected to the internet.

NOVA GROUP HAS ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO BROADCAST FORMULA 1

2. 10. 2023 | 2 min read From 2024, Formula 1 coverage will move from AMC channels to Nova Sport channels.

TV NOVA PODCAST KUBA S NOVOU: TV DRAWS LOTS FOR CINDERELLA AND OTHER FAIRY TALES EVERY YEAR

28. 9. 2023 | 1 min read Kuba S Novou podcast is coming up with another sequel. This time, we look into buying shows.

THE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE MONEY FOR ČT IS SHOCKING AND UNACCEPTABLE WITHOUT DISCUSSION

26. 9. 2023 | 12 min read The proposed major media amendment to provide more funding for ČT (Czech Television) and ČRO (Czech Radio) cannot be adopted without a discussion on the role of the public service. the discussion should have been held at the beginning of the preparation of the new legislation, says president of AKTV, Klára Brachtlová.

COMMERCIAL RADIO COMPANIES: THE DRAFT AMENDMENT POSES A THREAT TO THE DUAL MEDIA SYSTEM

25. 9. 2023 | 3 min read Commercial radio networks organised in the Association of Private Broadcasters (APSV) reject the draft of a major media amendment and consider it a threat to the dual media system.

STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING ASSOCIATIONS ON THE PROPOSED “MAJOR MEDIA AMENDMENT”

20. 9. 2023 | 2 min read Czech publishers represented in professional associations SPIR (Association for Internet Development) and UV (Union of Publishers) demand an expert discussion on the financing of public media and their role alongside commercial media. They criticise the fact that the introduction of the amendment to the acts on Czech Television, Czech Radio, and radio and television fees (the so-called major amendment on public service media) was not preceded by any professional discussion with the media sector and that the proposal skews the balance between commercial and public service news publishers.

COMMERCIAL TV COMPANIES DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF MAJOR MEDIA AMENDMENT

19. 9. 2023 | 3 min read The commercial television groups Nova, Prima and Óčko show their displeasure with not being invited to discuss the proposal to increase the fees for ČT (Czech Television).

THE TV BATTLE WILL BE TOUGH AGAIN. PRIMA WILL EXPAND ITS PORTFOLIO

28. 8. 2023 | 12 min read Prima group CEO, Marek Singer, expects a fierce autumn battle between the top three TV networks. He also confirms that Prima is interested in expanding its portfolio.

OTT VIEWING TAKES OFF IN CZECH REPUBLIC

25. 8. 2023 | 1 min read The viewing of video content on the internet is growing by around a third each year in the Czech Republic.

CZECH TOP SHOWS OF THE SUMMER: POLICIE MODRAVA, SPECIALISTÉ, MÍSTO ZLOČINU

24. 8. 2023 | 1 min read The top show of this year's summer holiday broadcast was a rerun of the series Policie Modrava (Modrava Police). The most-watched non-legislative trio also included the series Specialisté (Specialists) and Místo Činu (Crime Scene).

MEDIA CLUB LAUNCHES AUTOMATIC HBBTV AD BUYING

15. 8. 2023 | 2 min read The Czech sales agency Media Club has with its technological partner KINET developed a new advertising platform which allows clients to quickly and automatically purchase the Switch-In advertising format on HbbTV.

NOVA’S SALES EXCEEDED SEVEN BILLION LAST YEAR, PROFIT OVER A BILLION

15. 8. 2023 | 2 min read Television group Nova increased its revenues to more than seven billion crowns in 2022. TV advertising brings in the strongest revenues, with Voya subscriptions growing the fastest.

PRIMA GROUP PULLED IN REVENUES OF FOUR BILLION LAST YEAR

14. 8. 2023 | 2 min read The Prima Group generated revenues of nearly CZK 4 billion last year, with profits exceeding half a billion.

THE AUTUMN PROGRAMME OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION FULL OF NEWS

12. 8. 2023 | 3 min read The summer has entered its second half and last week the commercial TV stations associated in the Association of Commercial Television presented a number of new programmes for the autumn. What can the audience look forward to? TV Nova will be introducing several new programmes in the autumn The autumn programming schedule of TV Nova will be enriched by a new series of Crime Angel, the series Dad in Trouble or the reality docu-reality Lost Family. The anticipated reality show BigBrother will be broadcast on the Voyo video platform and on one of the group's thematic stations.

THE MEDIA IS A SPEEDBOAT. OPPORTUNITY AHEAD IS HUGE, SAYS THE DEPUTY CEO OF CME

10. 8. 2023 | 8 min read Is media a field in decline? Few will refute that as forcefully as Dušan Švalek. The man who already largely runs the operations of CME, the multinational group that operates the Czech Republic's most-watched commercial television and has huge plans for the Voyo video library.