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.

THE BEGINNING OF 2026 IS A TURNING POINT FOR PAY TV

7. 1. 2026 | 5 min read While viewers in the Czech Republic have mainly noticed the end of MTV music channels or Paramount Network stations, there have been significantly more changes in the world of pay TV. Even Nickelodeon, the children's TV channel, has seen a new version.

STUDY: 33% OF US INTERNET HOUSEHOLDS SUBSCRIBE TO A DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SPORTS STREAMING SERVICE

26. 7. 2025 | 3 min read D2C sports service viewers are the heaviest spenders on streaming video services shelling out an average of $111 per month on all streaming subscriptions according to Parks Associates.

STUDY: 61% OF WEEKLY TV VIEWING TAKES PLACE ON STREAMING SERVICES

4. 6. 2025 | 2 min read More U.S. viewers now say they use FAST services to watch live content (40%) than cable and satellite, according to Horowitz Research

IPTV AND CABLE HAVE OVERTAKEN TERRESTRIALS IN TV SIGNAL RECEPTION

10. 2. 2025 | 3 min read Receiving a TV signal via the internet or cable has become the strongest way to receive a signal in the Czech Republic. It has also overtaken the previously leading terrestrial reception by several percentage points. The data is presented by the ATO's Continuous Research.

STUDY USA: PARKS ASSOCIATES: 46% OF US INTERNET HOUSEHOLDS ARE CORD CUTTERS; 12% CORD NEVERS

8. 2. 2025 | 2 min read Parks Associates’ latest research from its Video Services Consumer Insights Dashboard reports 56 million (46%) US internet households are Cord Cutters, which illustrates the dominance of streaming video services. Additionally, 12% of US internet households are Cord Nevers, who have never subscribed to any sort of traditional pay-TV.

TV NOVA STAYS IN DVB-T2 FOR NOW, FOLLOWS TRENDS IN DISTRIBUTION

21. 11. 2024 | 8 min read Technical director of the media group Nova Josef Uher talks in the second part of an interview with MediaGuru.cz about trends in the development of television broadcasting and unfulfilled expectations with Ultra HD.

SATELLITE IS STRONGER IN VILLAGES, IPTV IN CITIES AND IN YOUNGER HOUSEHOLDS

16. 9. 2024 | 3 min read Continuous research tracking the evolution of domestic TV households over the long term shows that satellite reception is more popular in villages, while internet-connected TV is more popular in cities. However, terrestrial reception remains the strongest.

THE FAST PHENOMENON ALSO HAS A CHANCE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SAYS EXPERTTHE FAST PHENOMENON ALSO HAS A CHANCE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SAYS EXPERT

30. 4. 2024 | 15 min read Gavin Bridge expects that even smaller markets may be interesting for the expansion of free "streaming TV". After America, it is also gaining ground in the world.

STUDY: TV TOP PURCHASE INFLUENCER

8. 3. 2024 | 2 min read US local broadcast television industry trade body TVB has released the findings of the 2024 Purchase Funnel Study which seeks to identify the importance of media platforms in influencing consumers during the purchase decision process.

SURVEY RANKS TOP SPORTS AMONG TV VIEWERS

13. 10. 2023 | 2 min read The NFL tops the rankings; volleyball, WBA are at the bottom of the top 20, according to a Reviews.org survey.

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.

2022 NEW YEAR’S PREDICTIONS FOR GAMING, TV, ADVERTISING AND DIGITAL MEDIA

31. 12. 2021 | 5 min read As we near the end of 2021 it is time to look back at my predictions for 2021 and see how I did. In 2020 I gave myself a B (3.25 out of 4) and you can read my 2020 predictions and self evaluation here. You can read my self-grading for 2021 for each prediction here. This year I scored myself at 3.77 (out of 4), a strong A-.