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

1. 12. 2023 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.

16TH NOC FILMOVÝCH NADĚJÍ (NIGHT OF FILM HOPES) HONOURED YOUNG FILMMAKERS

1. 12. 2023 TV Nova presented its sixteenth award to promising young filmmakers as part of the Night of Film Hopes festival. Students and pupils could submit their films in one of five categories. In total, a record 174 entries were submitted this year, which meant 157 films, or 28 hours of material, and 17 scripts were judged by an expert jury of creative producers and dramaturgs. "We are glad that the students, teachers and other film enthusiasts who were part of the festival this year are developing audiovisual creation through their hard work and that we were able to show their work to the general public," says Hynek Lorenc, executive producer of the project.

I USED TO RECORD COMMENTS TO SUPERSTAR SOMETIMES EVEN UNDER THE BLANKET, SAYS MAXIÁN

30. 11. 2023 The latest episode of the Kuba s Novou podcast (Kuba with Nova) is about dabing.

WINNERS OF HBBTV AWARDS 2023 ANNOUNCED

29. 11. 2023 The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, has unveiled the winners of the HbbTV Awards 2023, showcasing and celebrating excellence in the HbbTV community. The winners of the HbbTV Awards 2023: Best use of HbbTV for advertising-based solutions Media For Europe (MFE - Mediaset España): Server-Side Targeted Advertising for Linear TV (Spain) Jury quote: “A brilliant use case of the combination of the power of live broadcasting to massive audiences with the efficiency of digital targeted advertising.”

HBBTV HAS A FUTURE. ITS BENEFITS ARE APPRECIATED BY VIEWERS AND ADVERTISERS ALIKE

27. 11. 2023 More than 20 years have passed since the birth of HbbTV. This technology combining broadcast TV and internet services has opened up a new world for viewers and advertisers, one that continues to evolve and improve. The interactivity that hybrid broadcasting technology puts in the hands of people in front of TV screens has elevated the possibilities of TV advertising to a higher level.

NOVY TEAM BEAT PRIMA IN THE FIRST EVER KNOWLEDGE SHOW WELOVETV, DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE FROM THE INDUSTRY

22. 11. 2023 In the first-ever match between TV Nova and TV Prima teams, consisting of management, celebrities and media agency representatives (see photo), the team of the largest commercial TV station, led by the director of TV Nova, Daniel Grunt (far left, centre, Prima boss Marek Singer), won.

PRIMA REMAINED FIRST IN 15+ IN OCTOBER, CZECH TV GREW WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS

7. 11. 2023 The Prima TV group maintained its highest viewership in the broader over-15 audience group in all-day viewing in October.

BREAKFAST WITH NOVA AND PRIMA. TV CEOS ON CZECHFLIX AND LICENCE FEES

2. 11. 2023 Two CEOs of billion-dollar media houses at the same table: the head of Nova, Daniel Grunt (right), and his counterpart from Prima, Marek Singer, care about your entertainment and agree that we are living in the golden age of TV. Only this acronym no longer stands for television but for total video.

PRIVATE MEDIA AT ONE TABLE: THE MAJOR AMENDMENT WILL DAMAGE THE WHOLE MARKET

17. 10. 2023 Representatives of Czech private media gathered for the first time at a joint press conference. They are appealing to the Minister of Culture over the draft of a major Media Amendment.

STUDY CZ: NETFLIX IN CZECH VOYO’S SIGHTS

16. 10. 2023 TV Nova’s Voyo is now the second most popular streaming service in the Czech Republic after Netflix.

CZECHS LIKE CRIME SERIES AND GOOD STORIES, SAYS NOVA’S PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

9. 10. 2023 The best time managers are mothers, laughs Silvia Majeská, mother of triplets and Programming Director of Nova and Markíza TV groups. What do the Czech viewers look like and what are they interested in? And what will Voyo focus on?

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION PARTNERING WITH FORUM MEDIA’S EFFIE STAGE

5. 10. 2023 This year’s Forum Media conference, the largest domestic professional event focused on media, marketing and communication, will take place on 9 November 2023 at O2 Universum in Prague. This unique event bringing inspiration, information and interaction is organised by Marketing & Media in collaboration with the AKA and APRA associations. The Association of Commercial Television has partnered with the Effie Stage this year, featuring four speakers from AKTV’s member companies.

TV NOVA TO INCREASE ADVERTISING PRICES BY 18 PERCENT FOR 2024

5. 10. 2023 In its business policy for 2024, Nova TV Group is counting on an average increase of 18 percent in the price of advertising space.

NOVA GROUP HAS ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO BROADCAST FORMULA 1

2. 10. 2023 From 2024, Formula 1 coverage will move from AMC channels to Nova Sport channels.

TV NOVA PODCAST KUBA S NOVOU: TV DRAWS LOTS FOR CINDERELLA AND OTHER FAIRY TALES EVERY YEAR

28. 9. 2023 Kuba S Novou podcast is coming up with another sequel. This time, we look into buying shows.

COMMERCIAL TV COMPANIES DEMAND WITHDRAWAL OF MAJOR MEDIA AMENDMENT

19. 9. 2023 The commercial television groups Nova, Prima and Óčko show their displeasure with not being invited to discuss the proposal to increase the fees for ČT (Czech Television).

OTT VIEWING TAKES OFF IN CZECH REPUBLIC

25. 8. 2023 The viewing of video content on the internet is growing by around a third each year in the Czech Republic.

CZECH TOP SHOWS OF THE SUMMER: POLICIE MODRAVA, SPECIALISTÉ, MÍSTO ZLOČINU

24. 8. 2023 The top show of this year's summer holiday broadcast was a rerun of the series Policie Modrava (Modrava Police). The most-watched non-legislative trio also included the series Specialisté (Specialists) and Místo Činu (Crime Scene).