THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT OF PAY-TV IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WAHT CAN COME?

18. 4. 2024 Pay-TV operators are not in an easy situation. There are still a relatively large number of them on our market and the position of free-to-air broadcasting has been very strong for a long time. Although it seems that pay-TV offers have nowhere to go, there are several possible innovations to be launched. Pay-TV offers viewers dozens… Continue reading THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT OF PAY-TV IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WAHT CAN COME?



NOE, ÓČKO AND ÓČKO STAR HAVE EXPANDED THEIR ARCHIVE IN HBBTV

18. 4. 2024 TV stations using additional services based on the virtual red button have increased the freely available archive for one week. Instead of three days, the programmes of the free-to-air channels TV Noe, Óčko and Óčko Star are now available via HbbTV technology for one week. A richer TV archive is available through the TV programme,… Continue reading NOE, ÓČKO AND ÓČKO STAR HAVE EXPANDED THEIR ARCHIVE IN HBBTV



NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION ARE LICENSED FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS

20. 7. 2023 The Radio and Television Broadcasting Council has granted TV Nova licences for two of its programmes in digital terrestrial broadcasting for another 12 years. The Radio and Television Broadcasting Council (RRTV) has granted digital terrestrial broadcasting licences to TV Nova for its Nova Cinema and Nova Action channels. The licences are valid for another twelve… Continue reading NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION ARE LICENSED FOR ANOTHER 12 YEARS



NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE

11. 7. 2023 Media group Nova plans to continue broadcasting its thematic channels Nova Cinema and Nova Action via free terrestrial DVB-T2 in the coming years. This is according to the application sent to the media regulator. In the case of Nova, this is an extension of the existing authorisations. Nova Cinema’s terrestrial broadcasting licence expires on 5… Continue reading NOVA CINEMA AND NOVA ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO BROADCAST FREE OF CHARGE



TV PRIMA HAS BOOKED A PLACE IN DVB-T2 FOR THREE MORE STATIONS

15. 6. 2023 Prima TV has booked positions for three more channels in the DVB-T2 Multiplex 22, including one in high definition. This was revealed at the Digimedia conference by Miloš Mastník, Director General of CRA. “We will announce the details in due course,” added Marek Singer, Prima’s general director, declined to specify the focus of the planned… Continue reading TV PRIMA HAS BOOKED A PLACE IN DVB-T2 FOR THREE MORE STATIONS



INTERNET VIDEO VIEWING “SKYROCKETING” IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

22. 2. 2022 Internet video viewing “skyrocketing” in the czech republic according to the national transmission company CRa. CRa adds that it provides infrastructure for OTT services to customers such as the TV groups Prima and Nova and the Mafra publishing house. It is also developing the possibility of targeted content broadcasting within HbbTV. Commenting on the development,… Continue reading INTERNET VIDEO VIEWING “SKYROCKETING” IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC



ATO: ALMOST 7 MILLION CZECHS WATCH TV DAILY

20. 11. 2021 On the occasion of World Television Day, the ATO has published key TV viewing trends in the Czech Republic. The TV viewership curve over the last ten years shows an increase in the last two so-called covid years, when TV was the most sought after source of information and entertainment. The average Czech over the… Continue reading ATO: ALMOST 7 MILLION CZECHS WATCH TV DAILY



PRIMA PREPARING PAID VIDEO LIBRARY TO MAKE NEW SPACE FOR ADVERTISING

2. 11. 2021 Prima, the second largest commercial TV in the Czech Republic, prepares its paid on-line video library through which it will seek to address more viewers and offer more ad space to its advertisers. It is partly inspired by Netflix’s success. The number of its subscribers, including the Czech Republic, was growing during the pandemic. It… Continue reading PRIMA PREPARING PAID VIDEO LIBRARY TO MAKE NEW SPACE FOR ADVERTISING



PRIMA SHOW WILL START ON 25 OCTOBER, TARGETING ON YOUNGER WOMEN

5. 10. 2021 The Prima TV group will launch another new thematic channel. It introduced Prima Show at a press conference on Wednesday. Prima will launch its new thematic channel called Prima Show. It will focus on entertainment and reality show formats. It will run as part of the nationwide terrestrial multiplex DVB-T2 and the offering of operators… Continue reading PRIMA SHOW WILL START ON 25 OCTOBER, TARGETING ON YOUNGER WOMEN



IPTV VIEWERSHIP IS GROWING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. IT IS SECOND BEHIND TERRESTRIAL TV

22. 9. 2021 Five times more households receive a TV signal through the internet now than five years ago. This is one of the findings disclosed at the Digimedia conference on Wednesday. Today, five times more households receive a TV signal through IPTV than five years ago. Their share has grown from four to 22%. Terrestrial broadcasting remains the dominant… Continue reading IPTV VIEWERSHIP IS GROWING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. IT IS SECOND BEHIND TERRESTRIAL TV



RECORD TV RATING IN OCTOBER, TERRESTRIAL RECEPTION PREVAILS

22. 11. 2020 In terms of TV viewing, October 2020 has been the strongest of all months of October since the start of people meter measuring in 1997. The daily ATS in the 15+ target group accounted for 4 hours and 18 minutes this October, which is 35 minutes more compared to the average values for the same… Continue reading RECORD TV RATING IN OCTOBER, TERRESTRIAL RECEPTION PREVAILS