CME IS SET TO INTEGRATE AI INTO FILM AND ANIMATION PRODUCTION. IT IS CONSIDERING REVIVING THE ‘BRATŘI V TRIKU’ BRAND

18. 6. 2026 | 3 min read The CME media group plans to use artificial intelligence to create original local video content in smaller markets. It also hopes that this will lead to the development of new genres and projects that would be financially unviable under traditional production methods.

CME CEO: TV BROADCASTERS IN CENTRAL EUROPE MUST GO DIGITAL, OR THEY WILL BE OVERRUN BY NETFLIX

10. 6. 2026 | 3 min read According to CME CEO Samuel Barnett, traditional media companies in Central and Eastern Europe have a unique opportunity to harness the power of local content and the distinct characteristics of individual markets. However, if they fail to rapidly develop their digital services, they risk becoming irrelevant in the face of global platforms.

ONEPLAY TO BE SPIN-OFF INTO CME SERVICES

10. 6. 2026 | 2 min read CME is spinning off Oneplay into a new company, CME Services, with the aim of centralising streaming.

CME, THE COMPANY BEHIND TV NOVA, INCREASED BOTH ITS REVENUE AND PROFIT LAST YEAR

1. 6. 2026 | 3 min read The CME media group, which operates television stations and streaming services in Central and Eastern Europe, including TV Nova in the Czech Republic, reported year-on-year growth in its financial results for 2025.

CME LAUNCHES A PLATFORM FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CONTENT

18. 5. 2026 | 2 min read During the Cannes Film Festival, the CMEmedia group unveiled a new centre dedicated to the creation of socially responsible content.

PPF IS BUILDING A MEDIA ECOSYSTEM. ONEPLAY IS OUTPACEING GLOBAL STREAMING PLATFORMS AND SETTING THE STANDARD FOR EXPANSION

29. 4. 2026 | 5 min read PPF Group is developing a strategy for interconnected media and telecommunications platforms. The Oneplay streaming service serves as a model for other markets in Central and Eastern Europe, explained Didier Stoessel, co-CEO of PPF Group, at the Shifts conference.

ONEPLAY TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO SLOVAKIA, ROMANIA, BULGARIA AND THE ADRIATIC REGION

9. 1. 2026 | 4 min read The popular streaming service, which merged the former IPTV platform O2 TV and the Voyo video library last spring, is heading beyond the borders of the Czech Republic. Within five years, Nova's owner wants to bring it to all the markets where it operates. The first will be added this year.

KLÁRA BRACHTLOVÁ REPRESENTS CME ON THE BOARD OF ACT

30. 10. 2025 | 1 min read Klára Brachtlová has won a position on the board of the Association of Commercial Television and Video-on-Demand Services (ACT).

THE CRIME GENRE HAS BEEN PULLING IN BROADCASTERS FOR A LONG TIME

25. 9. 2025 | 5 min read The announcement by media group Nova to rebrand the station Nova Gold to Nova Krimi is a significant step. Czechs have long been fascinated by crime formats, and true crime in particular.

JAKUB FOLAUF IS THE NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR OF THE NOVA GROUP

16. 7. 2025 | 2 min read The current marketing director of the Nova Group, Jakub Strýček, is moving to the parent company CME. He will be replaced by Jakub Folauf, who has been working at Nova since 2021.

PPF CEO STOESSEL: ONEPLAY IS 50 PERCENT AHEAD OF NETFLIX

8. 6. 2025 | 3 min read The PPF Group believes in a multi-platform future and the digital transformation of ProSieben, following the example of CME. Incoming co-CEO Didier Stoessel spoke about these plans in foreign media.

CME INCREASES OPERATING PROFIT, JIRÁSKOVÁ AND STOESSEL JOIN PPF MANAGEMENT

6. 5. 2025 | 1 min read The PPF Group has announced an increase in operating profit for media company CME in 2024 and the appointment of Jiří Šmejc's successor at the helm of the group.

THANKS TO DIGITAL, CME CHANGES ITS REVENUE STRUCTURE AND CONTINUES ITS TRANSFORMATION

2. 5. 2025 | 15 min read The media group CME, which includes the Czech TV Nova, is continuing its digital transformation, gradually changing the structure of its revenues. However, in the countries where it operates, it does not apply a purely centralised strategy, explains Klára Brachtlová, Deputy CEO of the CME group.

BARNETT IS THE NEW CEO OF CME, REPLACING STOESSEL

8. 4. 2025 | 2 min read Sam Barnett will replace Didier Stoessel, who remains PPF's chief investment officer, as head of CME's media group.

VOYO CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN, CONSIDERS DEPLOYMENT OF SPORTS PACKAGE

8. 8. 2024 | 3 min read Media group Nova expects its online video library Voyo to reach one million subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the first half of next year.

CME INCREASED PRODUCTION HOURS FOR TV AND VOYO BY A FIFTH LAST YEAR

24. 5. 2024 | 2 min read The production of new content for the linear channels of the CME television group, which includes TV Nova, as well as for the Voyo service, was reflected in a 20 percent increase in production hours last year.

VLADIMÍR MUŽÍK HEADS TO CME TO LEAD DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

28. 2. 2024 | 2 min read Vladimír Mužík will become the head of digital transformation in the area of news formats at media group CME, which operates in six markets including the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

JAN VLČEK WILL LEAVE THE LEADERSHIP OF CME AT THE END OF MARCH

28. 2. 2024 | 2 min read After 13 years, Jan Vlček will leave the CME Group and the Nova TV Group. He will leave the management of CME at the end of March.