PRIMA APPOINTS JAN WYKRYTOWICZ TO HEAD OF VOD SERVICES

10. 3. 2026 | 2 min read Prima appoints director for VOD and non-advertising revenue, Jan Wykrytowicz joins the company.

ONEPLAY REPORTS NEARLY THREE BILLION VIEWS FOR THE YEAR AND OVERTAKES NETFLIX

10. 3. 2026 | 3 min read One year after its launch, Oneplay has recorded nearly three billion video views and 1.6 billion hours watched. According to the Nova group, it became the largest streaming platform on the Czech market during its first year.

PRIMA GROUP OWNER SIMPLIFIES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

9. 3. 2026 | 2 min read The Prima Group is simplifying its ownership structure, with Prima Media Club Group disappearing from it. It has a minority stake in FTV Prima and a larger stake in Media Club.

MARKETING REQUIRES PATIENCE. QUARTERLY CHASING OF BRAND KPIS IS DESTROYING

9. 3. 2026 | 3 min read Building a brand requires patience and consistency; frequent changes in strategy set the brand back several years, according to the Marketing Longevity Expert Summit, which took place at the Czech Online Expo conference.

MEDIA CLUB SELLS REALITY ASIA EXPRESS AS A PREMIUM PROGRAMME

6. 3. 2026 | 2 min read The Media Club sales agency has included the reality show Asia Express in its premium sales. This is the first format this year that Media Club is marketing in this way.

TV ADVERTISING IN A TIME OF WAR

5. 3. 2026 | 3 min read iSpot data reveals that cable news networks saw less ad time but more reach as the war with Iran kicked off.

A LOVE STORY THAT CONTINUES: PRIMA LOVE HAS BEEN SPREADING LOVE ON SCREENS FOR FIFTEEN YEARS

5. 3. 2026 | 4 min read For fifteen years, Prima LOVE has been bringing stories full of love, relationships and emotions to the screen. The popular channel for women will celebrate its birthday on International Women's Day and, on this occasion, will offer new series and another edition of the popular DERMACOL LOVE DAY event.

NOVA GROUP ALSO ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP, WILL SHARE BROADCASTS WITH ČESKÁ TELEVIZE

4. 3. 2026 | 5 min read Czech Television took advantage of the sublicensing option and sold part of the broadcasting rights to the 2026 World Cup to the Nova group in the new World Cup format with 104 matches.

BASIC CABLE MIGHT NOT BE AS DEAD AS IT SEEMS

4. 3. 2026 | 4 min read TV companies are increasingly using their broadcast networks as primary promotional platforms to push viewership on their co-owned streaming services.

OUT-OF-HOME VIEWING REACHED SEVEN PERCENT IN FEBRUARY

4. 3. 2026 | 2 min read Total television viewership in February increased by ten per cent year-on-year. The inclusion of out-of-home viewership measurements contributed significantly to this increase. As a result, daily viewership is higher by an average of 17 minutes.

AN INSIDE VIEW ON DVB’S ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING WORK

4. 3. 2026 | 4 min read I’ve spent more than 30 years working in broadcast and digital media, says John Bartlett from BCi Digital, long enough to see technologies come, go, and then come back with better acronyms. Along the way, I’ve been lucky enough to work on some genuinely impressive industry-shaping projects, including the launch of Sky’s AdSmart service, and to contribute to standards work across the UK and Europe. These days, when I’m not running BCi Digital, I chair DVB’s Technical Module working group for addressable advertising (TM-TA). It keeps me busy, and occasionally entertained. What is It? So, what do we mean by addressable advertising? In simple terms, it’s the ability to show different ads to different households watching the same programme, based on agreed criteria, while preserving the broadcaster viewing experience. Doing this is relatively straightforward in IP streaming services, but it becomes significantly more complex when you try to add addressable advertising to traditional broadcast television services, with all their legacy workflows, regulatory constraints, and expectations of seamless viewing.

LET’S DITCH THE ACRONYMS: A NEW LANGUAGE FOR TOTAL TV

3. 3. 2026 | 5 min read There are two types of TV advertising: mass and addressable. That’s it. Let’s ditch the unhelpful acronyms and adopt this straightforward framework.

MARKETING MUST ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS. NOT JUST CONVERT THOSE WHO ARE READY

3. 3. 2026 | 4 min read Marketing is not just about optimising performance, but about systematically working on long-term brand growth by acquiring new customers and building mental and physical accessibility. Steffen Saemann and Štefan Sarvaš agreed on this at the Czech Online Expo conference.

HBBTV ASSOCIATION FORMALLY INTEGRATES DRM INTO CORE SPECIFICATION

3. 3. 2026 | 3 min read HbbTV 2.0.5 is a major update in the specification for interactive TV services.

STUDY: ADVERTISERS BOOSTING SPENDING ON CONNECTED TV, NEW STUDY FINDS

2. 3. 2026 | 3 min read Premion, Advertiser Perceptions respondents see best results when linear TV and CTV are coordinated.

AKA LAUNCHES THE 24TH EDITION OF DIRECT IMPACT CZECH COMPETITION

28. 2. 2026 | 3 min read The Association of Communication Agencies launches the Direct Impact Czech competition, acting as its sole organiser for the first time.

ALZA INVESTS THE MOST IN ADVERTISING AMONG CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RETAILERS

27. 2. 2026 | 1 min read Alza.cz leads the ranking of advertising investments among consumer electronics retailers.

BITPLAY STREAMING SERVICE SHUT DOWN AFTER POLICE AND AKTV INTERVENTION

26. 2. 2026 | 2 min read The Association of Commercial Television Stations announced the successful shutdown of the pirate platform Bitplay, which illegally offered premium sports channels and series. The shutdown was based on a criminal complaint and subsequent investigation by the Czech Police, which identified the operator.