CME LAUNCHES A PLATFORM FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CONTENT

18. 5. 2026 During the Cannes Film Festival, the CMEmedia group unveiled a new centre dedicated to the creation of socially responsible content.

PRIVATE MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT BILL REGARDING CZECH TELEVISION AND CZECH RADIO

15. 5. 2026 Private media outlets are criticising the draft Public Service Media Act. They object to online advertising and the lack of regulatory safeguards.

TV PRIMA IS SET TO AIR A CZECH VERSION OF THE DATING REALITY SHOW ARE YOU THE ONE?, WHICH IS BEING FILMED IN THAILAND

15. 5. 2026 The FTV Prima Group is set to expand its range of reality shows with the international dating format Are You The One?. The Czech version of the programme is being produced for Prima TV and the prima+ platform, and is currently being filmed in Thailand.

PRIMA TV TO TAKE ‘POLDA’ AND ‘POLABÍ’ OFF THE AIR DURING THE ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

15. 5. 2026 Prima TV is adjusting its evening schedule to accommodate the ice hockey world championship. Films will be replaced by the series Polda and Polabí.

BRANDZ RANKINGS: GOOGLE OVERTAKES APPLE, AI DRIVES BRAND VALUES TO RECORD LEVELS

14. 5. 2026 The value of the world’s biggest brands has risen significantly this year thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence. Google has become the new number one in the Kantar BrandZ Top 100 global ranking; technology firms have dominated the top spots, and Chinese brands are also gaining significant ground. AI services such as ChatGPT and Claude have also seen record growth.

THE NETFLIX EFFECT: HOW FILMS AND TV SERIES ARE CHANGING BUSINESS, TOURISM AND POP CULTURE

13. 5. 2026 Ten years ago, Netflix expanded its services from 60 to over 190 countries worldwide in a single day. Even then, the company declared its ambition to bring “wonderful stories from around the world to the whole world”. According to the company’s management, however, its global presence has always been based primarily on strong links with local communities and markets.

THE END OF THE ‘LIVING ROOM ALTAR’. HOW GEN Z HAS DISRUPTED TRADITIONAL TV VIEWING

13. 5. 2026 For the baby boomer generation, the television remains the focal point of the home and a digital ‘altar’ around which furniture is arranged and daily life organised. For Generation Z, however, the role of this device has changed dramatically. It is no longer a “window to the world”, but often merely the largest and, paradoxically, the least-used screen in the home. This is not, however, a mere change in taste, but a complete shift in approach to content consumption.

CONSUMERS DON’T HATE AI ADS – THEY HATE BAD ADS

13. 5. 2026 There’s a story I keep reading in the trades, and I want to analyze it because I don’t think it’s fully accurate. It’s the story about how consumers hate AI-generated ads.

CANNES LIONS: A RECORD NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES JOINED THE JURY

12. 5. 2026 Cannes Lions has announced the jury for this year’s festival. The jury will select world-class creative work, which will then be judged, awarded and celebrated during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 22 to 26 June 2026.

NAKED ATTRACTION ATTRACTED 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS; ÓČKO IS PREPARING A NEW SERIES

12. 5. 2026 According to Óčko, the first Czech-Slovak version of the dating show Naked Attraction attracted more than 1.3 million viewers and exceeded 105 million views on social media.

PRIMA’S NEW ADVERTISING FORMAT, PAUSE AD, PROMISES 100% VISIBILITY

11. 5. 2026 The advert is only displayed to the viewer when they actively interact with the remote control and pause the content they are watching.

WHY NETFLIX, DISNEY AND GOOGLE TV ARE ADOPTING THE VERTICAL VIDEO FORMAT

7. 5. 2026 Technological evolution often brings with it a number of paradoxes. Streaming services, which originally assumed that viewers would watch digital entertainment primarily on a large screen, are now beginning to experiment with mobile formats, including within the CTV landscape.

TN LIVE HAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWS PER WEEK AND IS SET TO EXPAND ITS DISTRIBUTION

6. 5. 2026 After five years on the market, TV Nova Group’s TN Live has evolved into a 24/7 news and lifestyle channel. It aims to drive further growth through more intensive content production and distribution on social media and its own platforms.

CZECH TELEVISION RETAINED THEIR LEAD IN APRIL, WHILE NOVA LEADS IN PRIME TIME AND AMONG YOUNGER VIEWERS

6. 5. 2026 The rankings in the television market remain unchanged. In April, Czech Television once again topped the ratings among viewers aged 15 and over, whilst Nova retained first place among younger viewer groups and during prime time.

NEM DUBROVNIK REVEALS 2026 AGENDA

5. 5. 2026 NEM Dubrovnik has unveiled the full agenda for its 2026 edition, which will bring together more than 300 companies, over 200 buyers and more than 150 exhibitors.

ESG ADS ATTRACT LESS ATTENTION, BUT BOOST INTEREST IN THE TOPIC

5. 5. 2026 Although ESG adverts are, on average, less effective at capturing attention than standard campaigns, they can significantly boost interest in the topic being communicated, according to new research by Ipsos. The data also confirms growing consumer scepticism towards sustainability claims and a shift in how people define ‘green’ products.

STREAMING DOMINATES THE SUBSCRIPTION MARKET, WITH GROWING INTEREST IN CHEAPER PACKAGES THAT INCLUDE ADS

5. 5. 2026 New data shows not only a growing number of subscriptions per user, but also a shift in behaviour, with people increasingly accepting adverts in exchange for a lower price. The importance of service bundling, led by HBO Max, is also on the rise, notes Erika Luzsicza of Axocom.

CNN PRIMA NEWS IS CLOSE TO REACHING THE 3% SHARE MARK AFTER SIX YEARS

5. 5. 2026 CNN Prima News’s share of the television market is increasing year on year and is approaching the three per cent mark this year.