THE FIGHT FOR TV CONTENT. WHAT DO OPERATORS VALUE CUSTOMERS FOR?

27. 6. 2024 Long gone are the days when pay-TV was enough to offer customers a few dozen channels to choose from according to their preferences. Operators are trying to please future and existing customers with exclusivity. The journey of exclusive content seems to be a matter of the last few months in particular, but it goes back… Continue reading THE FIGHT FOR TV CONTENT. WHAT DO OPERATORS VALUE CUSTOMERS FOR?

WHY ARE GLOBAL PAY-TV PLAYERS ENTERING THE FREE-TO-AIR MARKET?

26. 6. 2024 Michaela Suráková from Atmedia summarizes the reasons that lead multinational pay-TV operators to enter the free-to-air TV distribution market. Free-to-air TV stations, which have so far been the domain of mainly local TV groups on the Czech market, have recently come into the crosshairs of multinational groups such as AMC Networks or Warner Bros. Discovery.… Continue reading WHY ARE GLOBAL PAY-TV PLAYERS ENTERING THE FREE-TO-AIR MARKET?

HOLIDAYS ON TV NOVA: SEE WHAT SHOWS WILL BE BROADCAST IN SUMMER

22. 6. 2024 What will happen to the series in the summer? Why are Ulice and Jedna rodina missing from the schedule? And when will they return to the screen again? These are the questions that have been piling up in the nova.cz editorial office. Here are the answers. Summer calls for a rest and the actors of… Continue reading HOLIDAYS ON TV NOVA: SEE WHAT SHOWS WILL BE BROADCAST IN SUMMER

CANNES BRONZE GOES TO ČAP, MCCANN AND HERO & OUTLAW

21. 6. 2024 The Czech campaign “National Day without Haste”, prepared for the Czech Association of Insurance Companies by McCann and Hero & Outlaw, was the top winner at Cannes Lions. For the third time in a row, the campaigns of the Czech Association of Insurance Companies (ČAP), under which the agencies McCann Prague and Hero & Outlaw… Continue reading CANNES BRONZE GOES TO ČAP, MCCANN AND HERO & OUTLAW

ALL ADS DON’T HAVE TO BE THE SAME, THAT’S THE CONCLUSION OF THE CANNES LIONS FESTIVAL

21. 6. 2024 The last day of the Festival of Creativity shone a light on the problems of the industry, how to fix them, but also on the success of Barbie. The last day of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity started on an optimistic note, giving the audience in the Lumière Hall a reminder of the phenomenally… Continue reading ALL ADS DON’T HAVE TO BE THE SAME, THAT’S THE CONCLUSION OF THE CANNES LIONS FESTIVAL

REPOSITORIES UNDER FIRE. NOVA AND PRIMA CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGALLY SHARED CONTENT

20. 6. 2024 Private TV stations have achieved groundbreaking preliminary rulings. Major operators have had to cut off access to several file-sharing repositories. Customers of several operators, including Vodafone, T-Mobile, and O2, are experiencing problems loading the Datoid, eDisk, and SledujteTo internet storage sites. Under standard conditions, these sites are unavailable for most clients, but this is not… Continue reading REPOSITORIES UNDER FIRE. NOVA AND PRIMA CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGALLY SHARED CONTENT

PRIMA IN THE SUMMER: A LITTLE CRIMINAL ANTHOLOGY FROM THE BIG CITY, WHO ASKS?, POLDA OR MOVIES

20. 6. 2024 Prima TV will base its summer broadcasts on reruns of series, Czech and foreign films or the premiere of Who Asks?. Re-runs of the TV series Polda, the long-running series A Little Criminal Antholgy from the Big City, Czech films, as well as the premiere of the competition game Who Asks? form the backbone of… Continue reading PRIMA IN THE SUMMER: A LITTLE CRIMINAL ANTHOLOGY FROM THE BIG CITY, WHO ASKS?, POLDA OR MOVIES

THEY’RE FINALLY HERE! GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR MEASURING EMISSIONS IN ADVERTISING PUBLISHED AT CANNES LIONS

18. 6. 2024 We’ve waited a long time for any standards to measure carbon emissions from advertising and media, but they’re finally here. Now marketers can work with reliable metrics and give owners carbon data instead of assumptions. Progress in measuring greenhouse gas emissions in the advertising value chain is due primarily to the Global Alliance for Responsible… Continue reading THEY’RE FINALLY HERE! GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR MEASURING EMISSIONS IN ADVERTISING PUBLISHED AT CANNES LIONS

MULTIPLATFORM TV & AUDIO COMPANIES UNITE AROUND FIVE PRIORITIES AS KEYS TO SUCCESS IN TOMORROW’S MEDIA LANDSCAPE

17. 6. 2024 New Industry Charter outlines the collective ambition and joint commitments of multiplatform TV & audio businesses worldwide. egta, the international trade body for multiplatform TV and audio businesses, proudly announces the launch of its Industry Charter, marking a significant milestone in its 50-year history. Unanimously adopted by over 180 companies across more than 40 markets,… Continue reading MULTIPLATFORM TV & AUDIO COMPANIES UNITE AROUND FIVE PRIORITIES AS KEYS TO SUCCESS IN TOMORROW’S MEDIA LANDSCAPE

COMMERCIAL MEDIA HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE BIG MEDIA AMENDMENT

17. 6. 2024 Representatives of the private media sector do not like the new form of the draft media amendment. They see the wording of the accompanying Memorandum, which is supposed to describe more precisely the tasks of public service media, as essential.

THE INEFFICIENCY OF SELLING LINEAR AND STREAMING TV SEPARATELY

15. 6. 2024 In the ever-evolving landscape of television, the traditional boundaries between linear and streaming TV are becoming increasingly blurred. Yet, the industry continues to treat them as distinct entities, selling ad inventory separately for each platform. Some brands and agencies even lump streaming in with digital video and buy them that way. This approach is not… Continue reading THE INEFFICIENCY OF SELLING LINEAR AND STREAMING TV SEPARATELY

FOOTBALL EURO BEGINS, A FEAST OF FOOTBALL AND PARTNERSHIP ACTIVATIONS

14. 6. 2024 All month long, the media space will now belong to football. The partners of the championship or the national team want to take advantage of the attention that the individual matches will gain. The European Football Championship starts on Friday 14 June. The whole month will be dedicated to football, footballers and their fans. And,… Continue reading FOOTBALL EURO BEGINS, A FEAST OF FOOTBALL AND PARTNERSHIP ACTIVATIONS

PREDICTIONS BY HOROSCOPE ON TN.CZ: AI MODERATOR GETS THE FLOOR

13. 6. 2024 TV Nova’s newsroom continues to test the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It is currently working on several projects, most recently using an AI-created presenter for daily horoscope videos on TN.cz. You can see what the stars have in store for you daily on TN.cz. The horoscope videos now use artificial intelligence tools, with an AI… Continue reading PREDICTIONS BY HOROSCOPE ON TN.CZ: AI MODERATOR GETS THE FLOOR

CASTING FOR NAKED ATTRACTION ATTRACTED MOSTLY SINGLE MEN. THE CREATORS ARE NOW LOOKING FOR WOMEN

13. 6. 2024 The news about the upcoming Czech and Slovak version of the reality show Naked Attraction immediately caused a big fuss and stormy reactions. And not only that… The influx of applications from men… To date, around 1,200 male and female applicants have applied via the form on the nakedattraction.cz website. “The largest group is made… Continue reading CASTING FOR NAKED ATTRACTION ATTRACTED MOSTLY SINGLE MEN. THE CREATORS ARE NOW LOOKING FOR WOMEN

APPLE IS THE FIRST BRAND WORTH OVER A TRILLION DOLLARS

12. 6. 2024 The Kantar BrandZ ranking of the world’s most valuable brands has been dominated for the third time by Apple, which has reached a historic milestone with a value of over a trillion dollars. It is followed by technology brands Google, Microsoft and Amazon. The importance of technology was shown in the newly released Kantar BrandZ… Continue reading APPLE IS THE FIRST BRAND WORTH OVER A TRILLION DOLLARS

A QUARTER OF SCANDINAVIA COMMITS TV PIRACY

8. 6. 2024 Optimistic reports of ever-increasing numbers of new subscribers in the country are likely to be greatly distorted, believes Erika Luszicsa of Axocom. Television piracy does not avoid richer, or let’s say more developed, countries. Swedish company Mediavision has come up with a surprising survey. It brings rather unflattering data that a quarter of the respondents… Continue reading A QUARTER OF SCANDINAVIA COMMITS TV PIRACY

DIGIMEDIA ON THE FUNDING OF ČT AND ČRO OR TERESTRICE AND PAY TV

7. 6. 2024 This year’s Digimedia conference will focus on public service media funding, terrestrial broadcasting and pay TV, and digital networks for commercial radio. Not only for TV or radio receivers, but also for internet connections, there should be a new TV and radio fee. At least if Parliament approves the government’s amendment to the law on… Continue reading DIGIMEDIA ON THE FUNDING OF ČT AND ČRO OR TERESTRICE AND PAY TV

FORUM MEDIA 2024: INTRODUCING THE FIRST ELEVEN INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

6. 6. 2024 Artificial intelligence as an aid to communication, research and the fight against disinformation – these are the main topics of this year’s annual MAM conference. The deadline for the largest domestic industry conference for marketing, communications and media professionals is still five months away, but we can already look forward to great presentations by the… Continue reading FORUM MEDIA 2024: INTRODUCING THE FIRST ELEVEN INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS