NOTABLE STREAMING TREND: TIME SPENT ON INDIVIDUAL STREAMING SERVICES IS RISING AGAIN

16. 8. 2023 | 3 min read Increased competition had been reducing time spent on individual streaming services since 2021 according to NPAW.

NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF TV HOMES STREAM VIDEO ON SMART TVS

11. 8. 2023 | 3 min read New Hub survey on changes in smart TV usage also found that music streaming is one of the more popular applications

THE MEDIA IS A SPEEDBOAT. OPPORTUNITY AHEAD IS HUGE, SAYS THE DEPUTY CEO OF CME

10. 8. 2023 | 8 min read Is media a field in decline? Few will refute that as forcefully as Dušan Švalek. The man who already largely runs the operations of CME, the multinational group that operates the Czech Republic's most-watched commercial television and has huge plans for the Voyo video library.

PRIMA+ WILL ALSO OFFER SERIALS FROM CZECH TELEVISION, AMBULANCE OR MARIA THERESA, ANNOUNCES THE HEAD OF TV PRIMA

8. 8. 2023 | 1 min read The commercial television Prima has reached an agreement with the public Czech Television on the transfer of selected series from the Czech Television to its streaming platform prima+. "We have already negotiated a deal with Czech Television," says Prima Group CEO Marek Singer in an interview with Médiář. He also explains his experience with the video platform to date, recent personnel changes in Prima's management and his view on the amendment to the Audiovisual Act.

TV ‘AD INTOLERANT’ VIEWERS STILL IN THE MINORITY, STUDY FINDS

7. 8. 2023 | 2 min read As advertising-supported streaming platforms continue to see steady growth, so-called “ad intolerant” television viewers are still in the minority.

KIDS BOOST ‘NON-TRADITIONAL’ TV VIEWING 90% IN JUNE, SAYS NIELSEN

4. 8. 2023 | 2 min read So strong was children’s increased viewing last month that it drove overall TV viewing growth of 2.2%

REPORT UK / USA: KIDS AND TEENS DRIVE STREAMING DECISIONS AT HOME

2. 8. 2023 | 3 min read Kids content needs are the top reason why parents subscribe, stick with and drop streaming services, a new report from SuperAwesome finds.

LESS CHOICE AND MORE ADS: WHY TRADITIONAL TV IS MAKING A COMEBACK

1. 8. 2023 | 6 min read When streaming landed on our screens, it was hailed as television’s promised land. It offered content at our beck and call, drawn from libraries as deep as the internet itself. But as balance sheet economics has caught up to the multi-billion dollar spending sprees, content is vanishing and streaming itself is evolving.

AI AND THE AVOD VIEWING EXPERIENCE

25. 7. 2023 | 6 min read As AVOD models gain traction, the combination of automation and human intuition will ultimately help deliver the right balance for both viewers and advertisers

BRANDS TAKE THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES TO HOLLYWOOD — WITH MARKETING MIXES TO GO ALONG WITH THEM

25. 7. 2023 | 5 min read Barbiecore has reached fever pitch this summer. In anticipation of the upcoming Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig live-action film based on the Mattel doll that will be released July 21, dozens of brands have released limited-edition Barbie merchandise and many more are collaborating with the brand.

STUDY: CONSUMERS TURN TO CURATED HUBS TO FIND CONTENT IN CROWDED STREAMING LANDSCAPE

24. 7. 2023 | 3 min read Black streamers are especially engaged, with eight in ten (80%) reporting using Black content collections/hubs at least occasionally according to a new Horowitz study.

NIELSEN: STREAMING OFFERS 7X MORE LGBTQ+ INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING THAN LINEAR TV

7. 7. 2023 | 3 min read Marketers “continue to miss opportunities to build connections with gender diverse and LGBTQ+ audiences,” new Nielsen report finds

STUDY USA: STREAMING TV VIEWING VIA MOBILE CASTING RISES AS MEDIA PLAYERS, GAMING BOXES DECLINE

29. 6. 2023 | 2 min read Streaming TV viewing via mobile devices - through "casting" on TV sets - continues to grow, as the viewing of OTT content on older TV-based technology devices sinks, including streaming media players, legacy pay TV, and gaming boxes, partly due to the habits of 18-34 viewers, according to a new study by Aluma Insights.

STUDY USA: REPRESENTATION IS A DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING WHAT TO WATCH

21. 6. 2023 | 4 min read But some groups like Hispanics remain dramatically underrepresented in the top 50 TV shows, according to Samba TV.

FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE LIVING A GOLDEN AGE, THEY DON’T NEED BILLIONS MORE, SAY BOSSES OF TV NOVA AND TV PRIMA

14. 6. 2023 | 1 min read General Director of TV Nova Daniel Grunt and General Director of FTV Prima Marek Singer in an interview for Hospodářské noviny about levies to the cinema support fund, but also about SVOD services.

GWI STUDY: GLOBAL MEDIA LANDSCAPE

9. 6. 2023 | 2 min read GWI has unveiled its new report on global media consumption.

OMDIA RESEARCH: CEE FAST MARKET ON TRACK TO REACH $42M

5. 6. 2023 | 2 min read The Central and Eastern European market is on track to reach $42m in free ad-supported streaming tv (FAST) revenues by 2028 according to new research from Omdia.

DAVID BAUCKMANN: WHEN WILL TV PLANNERS HAVE A FREER HAND FOR ONLINE?

19. 5. 2023 | 4 min read TV planners are crying foul over the lack of TV ad impressions. Yet there are clouds of video ads on the Internet, and they are far from sold out. So what's the problem? There are certainly multiple reasons, but I'll just address the quality perspective here, writes David Bauckmann, CTO of Impression Media, in a commentary.