BITPLAY STREAMING SERVICE SHUT DOWN AFTER POLICE AND AKTV INTERVENTION

26. 2. 2026 | 2 min read The Association of Commercial Television Stations announced the successful shutdown of the pirate platform Bitplay, which illegally offered premium sports channels and series. The shutdown was based on a criminal complaint and subsequent investigation by the Czech Police, which identified the operator.

DIGITAL PIRACY IS TURNING INTO AN ORGANISED BUSINESS, WARNS EXPERT

6. 12. 2025 | 4 min read The grey area in its various forms has accompanied the distribution of digital content from the very beginning. A leading technology executive spoke to Broadband TV News about the long-standing problem that is "exploding".

CZECHS DO NOT PERCEIVE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AS A MAJOR THREAT

31. 8. 2025 | 3 min read The majority of Czechs perceive child sexual abuse and related content as the biggest threat on the internet, while copyright infringement or the sale of counterfeit goods are considered less harmful than people in other European countries.

TELEVISION STATIONS NOVA AND PRIMA DEAL A HEAVY BLOW TO ONLINE PIRATES

1. 5. 2025 | 5 min read The Czech online world has been rocked in recent days by the end of the Stream Cinema Community add-on. This service, operating in a legal gray area, offered free viewing of movies, TV series, and other video content.

EDISK AGREES WITH NOVA AND PRIMA, THE FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE PIRATES CONTINUES

11. 9. 2024 | 2 min read Following a recent settlement agreement with the operators of the Fastshare.cloud storage service, the Commercial Television Association has managed to reach an agreement with the operators of eDisk and Sledujteto.

A QUARTER OF SCANDINAVIA COMMITS TV PIRACY

8. 6. 2024 | 2 min read Optimistic reports of ever-increasing numbers of new subscribers in the country are likely to be greatly distorted, believes Erika Luszicsa of Axocom.

COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS PROPOSE MORE RESTRICTIONS ON SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING ON ČT

13. 5. 2024 | 15 min read Sponsorship of only longer programmes, limited number and length of sponsorship messages, limitations on product placement and advertising on ČT sport, and zero advertising online are some of the ideas of commercial broadcasters about changes in the placement of commercial messages on Česká televize (Czech Television, ČT).

THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CELEBRATES 7 YEARS, KLÁRA BRACHTLOVÁ REMAINS ITS PRESIDENT

25. 4. 2024 | 3 min read The Association of Commercial Television is celebrating its seventh anniversary this spring. Its main priorities remain the promotion of TV as an advertising media type, the fight against internet piracy and participation in legislative processes affecting the business of commercial broadcasters. Klára Brachtlová, Chief External Affairs of CME, the owner of TV Nova, remains its president for another year.

ONE THIRD OF STREAMERS STILL SHARING PASSWORDS

7. 2. 2024 | 4 min read Amid a crackdown on password sharing nearly half were very worried or somewhat worried that streaming services would crackdown on the practice, according to Horowitz.

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION HAS ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS IN THE ANTI-PIRACY FIGHT

1. 12. 2023 | 5 min read The High Court in Olomouc has upheld the preliminary ruling issued by the Regional Court in Brno on a petition by the Association of Commercial Television (AKTV), requiring the operators of the eDisk.cz and Sledujteto.cz repositories not to allow the uploading and downloading of copyright-protected works of Nova and Prima TV Groups. The court thus upheld AKTV’s argument that the repository operator had committed an unfair competition act referred to as “stowaway” or “free riding” (also known as “impermissible parasitism”). Similar decisions have been issued against other repositories in recent months.

HELLSPY IS DEFINITELY OUT. REFUND USERS

7. 3. 2023 | 3 min read Hellspy, an internet platform for data sharing on the internet, has decided to close its operations as of next month. This is in direct response to the amendment to the Copyright Act, which has been in force since the beginning of this year. The creators have informed users of the service in an email, saying that they will be refunding their subscription money.