VOYO WANTS ONE MILLION USERS, PLANS DOZENS OF NEW PROJECTS

22. 4. 2023 | 2 min read The viewership of the Nova Voyo streaming service is growing. It attracts viewers' attention mainly with new original series. At the end of February, the service already had half a million active and paying users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. But the goal of the managers is higher, Voyo wants up to a million subscribers.

FARM ŽIVINA ENTERS THE TV WORLD

20. 4. 2023 | 2 min read Farm Živina has launched its first TV campaign, in which it has bet on sponsor messages.

DIDIER STOESSEL: VOYO DOES NOT CANNIBALIZE TV NOVA, VIEWERSHIP IS GROWING

20. 4. 2023 | 3 min read Total time spent with content on the Nova Group's channels, which includes SVOD service Voyo, is increasing, says Didier Stoessel.

AKTV A MEDIA PARTNER OF THE NEXTV AD EUROPE AND NEXTV SERIES EUROPE CONFERENCES

20. 4. 2023 | 3 min read The Nextv conference series moves to the heart of Europe in May. The conferences will be hosted by Dataxis from 10 to 12 May in Prague, and the Association of Commercial Television has become a media partner. Both events will feature experts from AKTV member companies as speakers, such as Daniel Grunt, CEO of TV Nova, and Josef Beneš, Director of VOD services at FTV Prima.

SPIR: INTERNET IS “UNDOUBTEDLY” THE FIRST, INVESTMENTS GREW BY 18% LAST YEAR

17. 4. 2023 | 4 min read Investment in online advertising in the Czech Republic grew by 18% year-on-year in 2020 to reach CZK 57 billion. According to the professional association SPIR, online is the strongest media type on the Czech market.

MOST PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF RESTRICTING MEDIA THAT SPREAD MISINFORMATION

17. 4. 2023 | 3 min read The majority of Czech citizens are in favor of restricting media that deliberately spread misinformation, according to research by CEDMO Trends at Charles University.

EASTER TV NIGHTS WERE DOMINATED BY SOAP OPERAS. ALL BEATEN BY THE SPECIALISTS

11. 4. 2023 | 2 min read Kukačky 2, Zákony vlka, Odznak Vysočina and Specialisté. These are the titles of four series that dominated the holiday TV evenings. As far as the full-screen stations are concerned, the winner in this category is TV Nova. On the other hand, CT's newcomer Volha fell significantly in the ratings.

AKTV CELEBRATES SIX YEARS, JAN VLČEK IS SUCCEEDED BY KLARA BRACHTLOVÁ ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AS PRESIDENT

5. 4. 2023 | 4 min read The trade association bringing together the most prominent commercial broadcasters is celebrating six years of existence. Following the organizational changes of one of its members, TV Nova, Jan Vlček was replaced by Klára Brachtlová, Chief External Affairs of the media group CME, in the board of directors and as president. The change is effective as of 30 March 2023.

THE CRISIS DOESN’T HURT US. PEOPLE WATCH VOYO MORE OFTEN THAN NETFLIX, SAYS THE CEO OF NOVA

5. 4. 2023 | 6 min read In a crisis, people typically cut back on non-essentials like entertainment. But Nova TV, which resurrected the fading streaming video platform Voyo last year, is not complaining about declining interest. Voyo has already half a million users, and despite the crisis, their numbers continue to grow. "Now in the spring season, Voyo consumption is approaching fourteen hours per week on one account, which is two hours per day. It shows that when people cut back on leisure activities, they have more time to fill," says Daniel Grunt, who has been running the country's largest commercial broadcaster since the beginning of this year.

ČT MAINTAINED ITS SHARE ABOVE 30% IN MARCH, NOVA STRENGTHENED

4. 4. 2023 | 3 min read Czech Television continued to record a share above 30 percent in March this year. The deployment of the series Odznak Vysočina or the show Superlov helped to boost Nova's prime time channel.

THE POPULAR HELLSPY SERVER HAS FINALLY COME TO AN END

3. 4. 2023 | 3 min read The Hellspy Internet platform, which was one of the most popular czech data sharing servers, ceased its operation over the past weekend. It happened on the first day of April, just as planned. I&Q Group, as the operator of the service, will now refund people with subscriptions gradually.

PRIMA+ REACHES A DIFFERENT TARGET GROUP THAN TV, SAY SERVICE CREATORS

3. 4. 2023 | 7 min read Within a year and a quarter, Prima TV developed its own video library, prima+. Its editorial system will gradually be used by all TV web projects. Support for LG televisions and catalogue expansion are planned.

SPRING HOLIDAYS IN THE PROGRAMME OFFER OF AKTV MEMBERS

31. 3. 2023 | 6 min read Easter in the Czech Republic is not just about Easter eggs or "pomlázka". These spring holidays are also a great opportunity to spend time together with the family, watching a favourite TV show or film too. What can you look forward to in easter TV programm? Easter on Nova for the whole family. During Easter TV Nova will offer premiere episodes of popular series and many fairy tales for children. The Easter holidays and traditions will also be the focus of Snídaně s Novou throughout the week, where viewers will learn how to knit traditional "pomlázka" or dye eggs. Voyo will offer a wide range of programmes for the whole family.

CZECH PAY-TV STILL LAGGING BEHIND SLOVAKIA

23. 3. 2023 | 2 min read There are a third fewer viewers with pay-TV in the Czech Republic than in neighbouring Slovakia.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WATCHING PAY VIDEO AND SMART TV IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS GROWING

22. 3. 2023 | 3 min read New data from the Czech Statistical Office (CSÚ) for 2022 confirms the rapid growth of pay-per-view videos and the proliferation of smart TVs in Czech households.

PRIMA GROUP JOINS THE ASSOCIATION OF ONLINE PUBLISHERS

20. 3. 2023 | 3 min read The Association of Online Publishers is expanding with four new members. In March, the Prima Group, Investigace.cz, ABC Media and Inregion.cz joined the industry organisation. The number of members of the association has thus risen to twenty-five.

PRIMA: SKIPPING COMMERCIALS WAS A BIG DRAMA, BUT THE EMOTIONS HAVE SUBSIDED

20. 3. 2023 | 15 min read For three quarters of a year now there has been a ban on skipping ads in the back view of IPTV operators in the broadcasts of Prima group TV stations. What the measure has brought and what the next steps will be, representatives of the Prima group explain.

DANIEL GRUNT, HEAD OF TV NOVA: “IT IS NOT REALISTIC TO CREATE CZECHFLIX. IT’S NOT REALISTIC TO CREATE A CZECH TV”

19. 3. 2023 | 1 min read Listen to the interview (in czech) with Daniel Grunt not only about Voyo.