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.

THREE OF THE FOUR VOD SERVICES WILL INTRODUCE ADVERTISING BY NEXT YEAR AT THE LATEST

31. 3. 2023 | 2 min read Advertising will become a standard part of most paid streaming services by 2025, according to the latest NPAW 2023 State of Streaming Advertising and Analytics study, which analysed data from 250 streaming service operators around the world.

VOD CATALOGUES: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

28. 3. 2023 | 2 min read Almost a third (32%) of all works, specifically films and TV seasons, found in VOD catalogues are of European origin.

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.

MORE THAN A QUARTER OF STREAMING SERVICES ARE SHARED

22. 3. 2023 | 2 min read 12% of direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming services in the United States are being paid for by someone outside of the immediate household.

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.

TV DRIVES THE MOST ATTENTION

5. 3. 2023 | 2 min read What is attention these days and why is it important for TV advertisers? These questions are answered by a compilation of facts gathered from research conducted globally by The Global TV Group.

HOT TAKES: WHY IS AD-SUPPORTED TV HOT AGAIN?

15. 2. 2023 | 11 min read Remember when the conventional wisdom was that the future of television was ad-free, that subscription alone would suffice and that The People just wanted to binge. That was so 2021. The last two years have seen a rapid rise in ad-supported TV. Everything from the FASTs to ad-supported versions of all nine major SVOD services. Consumers don’t seem to mind it either, which is the real surprise. In fact, many seem to prefer it.

PRIMA+ RUNS ON ITS OWN PLATFORM, IT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 600,000 USERS, BUT IT CAN HANDLE EVEN MORE

13. 2. 2023 | 6 min read The video service launched on Wednesday last week, the “first impression” came out last Friday and now it's time for a few questions about the implementation and other plans. In addition, the streaming service is the first one to come up with a so-called hybrid subscription offer combining a certain amount of advertising and a cheaper subscription. With this tariff, the Prima group is here earlier than the multinational streaming services, and it additionally begins literally at zero!

TV BECOMES INCREASINGLY RELEVANT AS GEN Z VIEWERS MATURE

8. 2. 2023 | 3 min read Age demographic differences in the TV market are nothing new but a study from Horowitz Research, tracking the media lifestyles of Gen Z, has uncovered notable differences in a single group, that is the media lifestyles of 18-24 year-old Gen Zers compared with younger counterparts.

PRIMA+ CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED, PRESENTED BY THE PLUSÁK FAMILY

25. 1. 2023 | 2 min read The Prima Group has launched the advertising campaign for its new streaming service Prima+.

NEW VOD SERVICE FOR CZECH REPUBLIC

6. 1. 2023 | 1 min read The Czech Republic’s FTV Prima has confirmed that it is preparing to launch a new VOD service.

PETS WIN FOR BRANDS IN 2022’S MOST LIKEABLE TV ADS

4. 1. 2023 | 2 min read Among the many insights included in iSpot’s upcoming 2022 TV advertising report is a look at the most likeable ads of the year.

CZECH MEDIA 2022: VOD BOOM, COST PRESSURE AND LEGISLATIVE FIGHT

30. 12. 2022 | 4 min read No sooner had the media market shaken off the covid downturn than the effects of economic development and rising costs began to show. Several print media outlets closed down, while VOD services developed as expected. 2022 brought that to the media as well.

MEDIA IN CR AT CHRISTMAS: MAINLY TV, THEN READING BOOKS AND VIDEOS

22. 12. 2022 | 4 min read Watching TV is by far the most popular Christmas media activity among Czechs. Czech fairy tales and czech films are the most frequently watched, with the most popular title being the fairy tale Three Nuts for Cinderella.

MOST SUBSCRIBERS WOULDN’T LEAVE THE SVOD BECAUSE OF THE ADVERTISING

23. 11. 2022 | 3 min read 56% of users of paid VOD services would not stop using them even if they newly included advertising, research by Atmedia has shown.