NOVA FOLLOWS IN PRIMA’S FOOTSTEPS. SKIPPING ADS WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE ON ITS CHANNELS EITHER

28. 5. 2026 From autumn onwards, it will no longer be possible to skip ad breaks on Nova Group channels. TV Nova is including this requirement in its new terms and conditions with operators who offer catch-up services on their pay-TV platforms. This has been confirmed to Lupě by the broadcaster and also by some of the operators who have already received the contractual documentation. “The change is due to take effect on 16 November 2026. Negotiations with operators are ongoing,” wrote Zuzana Křížková, TV Nova’s corporate communications manager, to the editorial team.

FIRST DATA: OUT-OF-HOME VIEWING INCREASED THE RATING OF TOP OLYMPIC BROADCASTS BY 13%

25. 2. 2026 Extended ATO measurement provided the first hard data on how watching broadcasts "outside the home" can increase the overall television rating of a major sporting event. Broadcasts from the 2026 Winter Olympics showed that outside-the-home viewing increases the reach of the most-watched sports broadcasts by up to 13 per cent.

DURING THE FIRST OLYMPIC WEEKEND, VIEWERS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN BIATHLON, SNOWBOARDING AND SPEED SKATING

9. 2. 2026 Sunday's mixed biathlon relay race became the most watched biathlon broadcast in the history of Czech Television. The station announced this based on data from official electronic audience measurement provided by the Association of Television Organisations.

TV MARKET HAS EXTENDED DATA ON OUT-OF-HOME VIEWING

2. 2. 2026 Since the beginning of February, the Czech television market has officially had new data on television viewership. The data has been expanded to include out-of-home viewing. It will now be delivered at around 9:30 a.m.

TV MEASUREMENT OUTSIDE THE HOME IS BEFORE THE START, IT CAN INCREASE THE RATING EVEN BY 10%

21. 11. 2025 From February 2026, data on TV viewing outside the home will be integrated into TV viewing and video content measurement. This could increase overall TV viewing by up to 10% in some target groups.

IPTV POPULARITY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC FOR WATCHING VIDEO CONTENT CONTINUES TO GROW

6. 11. 2025 The Internet is increasingly consolidating its position as the main source of video content viewing in Czech households, while traditional TV broadcasting via DVB-T2 antennas is losing its relevance. This is the current result of a survey conducted by the mobile association APMS.

ATO: STICKING TO THE PLAN. OUT-OF-HOME MEASUREMENT WILL START IN JANUARY 2026

22. 9. 2025 The ReDAM project, which aims to bring out-of-home TV and video audience measurement to the Czech market, is progressing according to plan. According to ATO’s Managing Director, Michal Jordan, the official launch is still scheduled for January 2026.

DELAYED TV VIEWING IS HIGHER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC THAN IN EUROPE

4. 6. 2025 Data shows that the percentage of delayed TV viewing in the Czech Republic is higher than the European average.

OUT-OF-HOME MEASUREMENT HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN TV VIEWING AND GRP IN POLAND

30. 5. 2025 The specific impact of introducing out-of-home TV audience measurement is described by Wojciech Kowalczyk in an interview with Atmedia expert talks, based on the Polish experience.

CLOSING THE GAPS IN TV RATINGS: NEW TECHNOLOGY TRACKS VIEWERSHIP OUTSIDE THE HOME

24. 4. 2025 The viewership of TV stations will be measured outside the home in the coming years. The technology that will make this possible is tailor-made for the Czech TV market.

TV MEASUREMENT IS EXPANDING. WE WANTED OUR OWN PANEL, SAYS ATO

22. 4. 2025 The measurement of TV viewership will be extended to include viewership in second homes and public places. This is a significant step that takes the TV measurement project to a new level.

PLAY IT AGAIN. HOW THE CZECHS LIKE TO WATCH BACKWARDS

7. 4. 2025 Evidence of the growing popularity of IPTV and TV apps is seen in the data on delayed viewing. For some shows, back-running from the archive can add hundreds of thousands of viewers.

RESSOLUTION HAS A SOLUTION FOR MEDIA MEASUREMENT ALSO OUTSIDE THE HOME

25. 3. 2025 ResSolution Group had a mobile media measurement solution tested. It can be used for in-home and out-of-home metering. It did so in connection with an ATO tender for out-of-home viewership measurement.

CZECHS WATCH TV FOR AN AVERAGE OF 3.5 HOURS A DAY

21. 11. 2024 The average time spent in front of the TV (ATS) in the Czech Republic is stable at 3.5 hours per day. This is shown by data from the electronic measurement of viewership for January-October this year for the target group of viewers over 15 years of age.

ATO IT WILL EVALUATE BIDS TO MEASURE TV VIEWERSHIP OUTSIDE THE HOME

14. 10. 2024 The Association of Television Organisations, which is commissioning the TV viewing measurement project, intends to extend it to include out-of-home locations. It will evaluate bids from research agencies during the autumn.

THE BIG SCREEN HAS AN UNDENIABLE CHARM FOR VIEWERS

14. 4. 2024 The figures are clear. Television is still the undefeated queen of home entertainment. It is the familiar big screen we all grew up with. Modern technology may be exciting, but it has not dethroned television. Why? Television offers advantages that other media cannot provide. According to ATO-Nielsen data, Czech TV viewers spend an average of 3.5 hours a day in front of the screen and 93% of households watch TV programmes at least sometimes.

PRIMA REMAINED FIRST IN 15+ IN OCTOBER, CZECH TV GREW WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS

7. 11. 2023 The Prima TV group maintained its highest viewership in the broader over-15 audience group in all-day viewing in October.

A QUARTER OF CZECH HOUSEHOLDS REGULARLY USE HBBTV

1. 11. 2023 The HbbTV environment is spreading into the awareness of the Czech TV population. As data from ATO-Nielsen's continuous research shows, one quarter of Czech TV households are familiar with the red button.