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.

NOVA ESTABLISHES AN ETHICS PANEL FOR PROGRAMMES BASED ON REAL EVENTS

25. 5. 2026 Nova is establishing an Ethics Panel, an advisory body to the Chief Executive, focused on the ethical aspects of audiovisual productions inspired by real events.

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

9. 1. 2026 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.

ONEPLAY IS ALREADY AT THE LEVEL OF VOYO. THEY WON’T GET ANY MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE NEW YEAR

12. 12. 2025 Familiarity with the Oneplay brand, which was established in the spring, is already at the level of the former Voya. According to Nova CEO Daniel Grunt, awareness of the service has grown very quickly. But 2026 will be marked by further work with the brand, he says.

SEZNAM.CZ WILL EXPAND PAID CONTENT, NO AD-SUPPORTED TARIFF ON ONEPLAY YET

4. 11. 2025 At Tuesday's Czech Internet Forum conference, representatives of major Czech media discussed how to cope with the dominance of global players and how to find a sustainable business model.

IT WILL CHANGE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, SAY THE HEADS OF NOVÁ AND PRIMA. INCOME FROM STREAMING WILL BE HIGHER THAN FROM TELEVISION.

15. 10. 2025 In Germany, viewers already spend more time streaming than watching television. Czechia expects the same trend.

GRUNT: NOVA TO RAISE AD PRICES ONLY SLIGHTLY— ONEPLAY TO CATCH UP WITH TV BY 2030

18. 8. 2025 TV Nova’s CEO, Daniel Grunt, confirms that Nova will increase TV advertising prices next year. However, the increase will not be as significant as last year. At the same time, he estimates that streaming revenues could match those from TV advertising around 2030.

THE TRANSITION OF O2 CUSTOMERS TO ONEPLAY IS NEARING COMPLETION. WE WANT TO CREATE A NEW LOVE BRAND, SAYS NOVA CEO

23. 6. 2025 Nova TV completes a major transition of customers from O2 TV to its new platform, Oneplay. In an interview with e15, Nova CEO Daniel Grunt describes why Nova has given up the successful Voyo brand, how it is handling the technical difficulties that accompanied the launch of Oneplay, and explains where the new streaming giant plans to go next. “Globally, we are seeing a trend of a decline in pay TV in favour of streaming services,” says Grunt, explaining the end of O2 TV.

LIMITING REWINDING OF ADS IN REWATCH IS ALSO PLANNED BY NOVA

26. 2. 2025 Nova TV is planning to limit the possibilities for rewinding ads in the reverse view soon.

ONEPLAY TO LAUNCH AD-SUPPORTED SUBSCRIPTION MODEL IN 2026

26. 2. 2025 The launch of Oneplay will bring opportunities for advertisers. However, it won’t be from the start. The introduction of a hybrid subscription with ads is planned for 2026.

VOYO AND O2TV WILL END. ONEPLAY WILL COME INSTEAD

25. 2. 2025 O2TV and Voyo, both from PPF Group, are merging their services into one called Oneplay.

PODCAST PLAYERS: TV NOVA GRUNT: WE WOULD LIKE TO BUY STARDANCE! WE’LL MAKE VOYO TENS OF CROWNS MORE EXPENSIVE

16. 12. 2024 Czech users love Voyo - the online platform where Nova puts its premium content. However, the head of the Nova group, Daniel Grunt, who built this video library, told Players that in order to produce more quality series (there are plans for a new treatment of Studny), we will have to pay more.

MATEJ ŠEMŠEJ, TV NOVA: CORPORATE CULTURE BASED ON COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL

19. 11. 2024 Being empathetic towards viewers requires empathy within the company, says Matej Šemšej, HR Director at TV Nova.

DAN GRUNT: VOYO IS PROFITABLE, APPROACHING ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

5. 11. 2024 Video platform Voyo is on track to reach the million subscriber mark in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt.

CIF: CZECH MEDIA WILL NOT ENTRUST FULL CONTENT CREATION TO AI

5. 11. 2024 Artificial intelligence is a good servant but a bad master in the media, representatives of domestic media houses agreed at the Czech Internet Forum conference.

DANIEL GRUNT, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TV NOVA, ON THE NEW LOGO: WE ARE RETURNING TO OUR ROOTS

8. 8. 2024 TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt spoke in an exclusive interview about the new logo.

VOYO CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN, CONSIDERS DEPLOYMENT OF SPORTS PACKAGE

8. 8. 2024 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.

NOVA MODIFIES LOGO, RETURNS TO ORIGINAL GRAPHIC

8. 8. 2024 Nova TV is returning to its original graphics with a redesign of its logo. The new graphics will be deployed from Friday 9 August.