PRIMA IN AUTUMN: “ELIŠKA A DAMIÁN”, “POD HLADINOU” OR “PARTIČKA NOVÁ KREV”

3. 8. 2023 PRIMA TV WILL RELY MAINLY ON NEW SERIES AND NEW EPISODES OF ITS ENTERTAINMENT AND JOURNALISTIC PROGRAMMES IN THE AUTUMN. THE AUTUMN PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE WAS PRESENTED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY. This autumn’s main new Prima TV programme is the historical-romantic series Eliška a Damián. The new detective series Pod hladinou and Einstein 2… Continue reading PRIMA IN AUTUMN: “ELIŠKA A DAMIÁN”, “POD HLADINOU” OR “PARTIČKA NOVÁ KREV”



VOYO HAS OVER 570 THOUSAND PAYING USERS

3. 8. 2023 The Voyo app has over 570 thousand subscribers on the Czech and Slovak market. This was announced by CEO Daniel Grunt at the press conference for the autumn programme of TV Nova. From January to the end of June, the app gained 100 thousand new paying users, the TV Nova director added. In autumn, Voyo… Continue reading VOYO HAS OVER 570 THOUSAND PAYING USERS



NOVA IN AUTUMN: SERIES “KRIMINÁLKA ANDĚL”, “TÁTA V NESNÁZÍCH”, AND “BIG BROTHER” ON VOYO

2. 8. 2023 TV NOVA WILL START THIS AUTUMN WITH SEVERAL NEW ITEMS IN ITS PROGRAMME AS PRESENTED AT WEDNESDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE. TV Nova will introduce several new programmes in the autumn broadcast. The autumn programming scheme was presented at Wednesday’s press conference. A new season of Kriminálka Anděl, the series Táta v nesnázích and the reality docu-series… Continue reading NOVA IN AUTUMN: SERIES “KRIMINÁLKA ANDĚL”, “TÁTA V NESNÁZÍCH”, AND “BIG BROTHER” ON VOYO



PPF ENTERS VIAPLAY, THE VOYO SERVICE MODEL

30. 7. 2023 PPF, the owner of TV Nova and Voyo, has taken advantage of the situation in the scandinavian media group Viaplay and acquired a 6.3% stake in it. Investment group PPF, owner of domestic TV Nova, has bought a 6.3% stake in Scandinavian media company Viaplay, according to an announcement on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. This… Continue reading PPF ENTERS VIAPLAY, THE VOYO SERVICE MODEL



PRIMA+ HAS OVER 85 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AFTER FIVE MONTHS

27. 7. 2023 Prima Television is satisfied with the results of the prima+ app, which it launched at the beginning of February. The paid access to the video service is used by 85,000 people. When the project was launched, it announced that it would like to have 100,000 paying users within a year. “Overall, even with the non-paid… Continue reading PRIMA+ HAS OVER 85 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AFTER FIVE MONTHS



PRIMA: WE ARE NOT PLANNING NEW CHANNELS. WHAT ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN MULTIPLEX 22?

26. 7. 2023 The vacant programming positions in the nationwide terrestrial TV multiplex 22 blocked for the Prima Group don’t mean that the media house is planning new TV stations, Prima’s CEO Marek Singer said in an interview with Marketing a Media magazine. No two or three new linear TV channels are being prepared by the Prima group… Continue reading PRIMA: WE ARE NOT PLANNING NEW CHANNELS. WHAT ABOUT THE POSITIONS IN MULTIPLEX 22?



CME IS PREPARING ITS OWN FAST TV CHANNEL, FOR EXAMPLE WITH ROMANTIC SHOWS

24. 7. 2023 Voyo subscribers spend two hours a day watching content, and the service has over 700,000 users in all markets. PPF Financial Group said in its annual report. “If you look at the TV business a decade ago, its technological expertise was close to zero. Today, TV is a digital business, and this is reflected in… Continue reading CME IS PREPARING ITS OWN FAST TV CHANNEL, FOR EXAMPLE WITH ROMANTIC SHOWS



TV ÓČKO INCREASED REVENUES LAST YEAR, MADE A SMALL LOSS

24. 7. 2023 The Óčko group of music TV stations increased revenues last year, but made a small loss due to a decline in viewership. The operator of the music TV group Óčko generated revenues of CZK 141 million last year. This was up 8% year-on-year. It ended the year with a small loss of CZK 1.5m. CZK.… Continue reading TV ÓČKO INCREASED REVENUES LAST YEAR, MADE A SMALL LOSS



SPORT AND SOCIAL ISSUES: TV ADVERTISING IN GERMANY TAKES A MORE SERIOUS TURN

24. 7. 2023 Not only discipline and organization, but also a specific humor, a love of sport and, above all, an intrinsic need to solve social problems. All of this is reflected in the German ads.



NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION ARE LICENSED FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS

20. 7. 2023 The Radio and Television Broadcasting Council has granted TV Nova licences for two of its programmes in digital terrestrial broadcasting for another 12 years. The Radio and Television Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has granted digital terrestrial broadcasting licences to TV Nova for its Nova Cinema and Nova Action channels. The licences are valid for another twelve… Continue reading NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION ARE LICENSED FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS



JAN ČADEK TAKES OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ONLINE SEGMENT OF THE PRIMA GROUP

20. 7. 2023 Prima Group is changing the management of its online segment. After the departure of Igor Kalas, it will be managed by Media Club’s commercial director of radio Jan Čadek. His deputy is Hung Nguyen. Prima Group is changing the management structure of its online segment following the departure of Igor Kalas. As of 1 August,… Continue reading JAN ČADEK TAKES OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ONLINE SEGMENT OF THE PRIMA GROUP



THE TIME OF SEEING A COMPLETELY NEW NEWS STORY ON THE EVENING NEWS IS COMING TO AN END, SAYS THE HEAD OF NEWS AT NOVA

18. 7. 2023 Nova’s newsroom recently came up with the We Live With You (Žijeme s vámi) campaign. Is this campaign the culmination of several years of changes in journalism? Or is the commercial TV channel planning further changes? This is what Kamil Houska, director of News at Nova television, revealed in an interview. Does the We Live… Continue reading THE TIME OF SEEING A COMPLETELY NEW NEWS STORY ON THE EVENING NEWS IS COMING TO AN END, SAYS THE HEAD OF NEWS AT NOVA



CZECH COMMERCIAL STATIONS GREW IN THE LAST HALF-YEAR, THE HIGHEST SHARE FOR CZECH TELEVISION

13. 7. 2023 In the first half of this year, Czech Television stations had the highest share of all-day viewership in the over-15 age target group. However, compared to the same period last year, commercial TV stations improved mainly. Czech Television stations recorded a cumulative share of 30,10 % in the total daily audience target group over the… Continue reading CZECH COMMERCIAL STATIONS GREW IN THE LAST HALF-YEAR, THE HIGHEST SHARE FOR CZECH TELEVISION



NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE

11. 7. 2023 Media group Nova plans to continue broadcasting its thematic channels Nova Cinema and Nova Action via free terrestrial DVB-T2 in the coming years. This is according to the application sent to the media regulator. In the case of Nova, this is an extension of the existing authorisations. Nova Cinema’s terrestrial broadcasting licence expires on 5… Continue reading NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE



TV BETS ON ITS SERIES IN STARTING SUMMER SCHEMES

3. 7. 2023 The biggest domestic TV stations are basing their summer programming schedules on reruns of their original series. Starting Monday, July 3, the biggest TV stations are switching to summer programming schedules. Some of the spring regulars have already run out in recent weeks, while others were still airing last week. A look at the evening… Continue reading TV BETS ON ITS SERIES IN STARTING SUMMER SCHEMES



NOVA GIVES RISE TO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS OVER PIRATED CONTENT

29. 6. 2023 The TV group has been giving rise to actions over illegal distribution of content via various repositories almost continuously. The damage caused by the illegal distribution of content amounts to hundreds of millions of crowns. Nova TV Group is taking domestic repositories to court over the illegal distribution of content. It is waging a long-term… Continue reading NOVA GIVES RISE TO ADDITIONAL ACTIONS OVER PIRATED CONTENT



ATMEDIA: CZECHS ARE FANS OF DOCUMENTARY CHANNELS

28. 6. 2023 Czechs aged 15-69 spend watching four percent of the total time on documentaries. Czech TV viewers have a choice of around 20 documentary channels, most of which are offered by pay-TV operators. These include Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic and Viasat Nature. However, only six of the twenty documentary stations are involved… Continue reading ATMEDIA: CZECHS ARE FANS OF DOCUMENTARY CHANNELS



CME TO ESTABLISH BRUSSELS NEWS BUREAU

28. 6. 2023 Central European Media Enterprises (CME) will open a new bureau based in Brussels on July 1. It will be jointly staffed with experienced reporters from its leading commercial TV stations in Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic (the Czech correspondent will jointly cover both Czech Republic & Slovakia). Team members from RTL Hrvatska and Pop… Continue reading CME TO ESTABLISH BRUSSELS NEWS BUREAU