AKTV CONGRATULATES ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF TV BROADCASTING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

1. 5. 2023 | 2 min read The Association of Commercial Television, whose founding members are the Nova, Prima and Óčko television groups, joins the celebrations of the launch of television broadcasting in the Czech Republic. Television broadcasting in the Czech Republic was launched on 1st May 1953. To mark the occasion, AKTV is publishing a timeline with an overview of the most important milestones of television broadcasting.

NOVA HAS IMPROVED HBBTV RED BUTTON: QUIZ QUESTIONS GO DIRECTLY TO SHOWS

28. 4. 2023 | 2 min read Nova Group's HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) will receive a new, relatively ground-breaking feature arising from the very nature of the 'red button'. For many people, it will not only be interesting, but ultimately less intrusive.

CNN PRIMA NEWS WILL BROADCAST THE CORONATION FROM MONDAY, NOVA WILL DEVOTE THE WHOLE SATURDAY TO IT

27. 4. 2023 | 5 min read The coronation of the new British king Charles III. is approaching and the commercial TV stations in the Czech Republic are getting ready for it. CNN Prima News will offer special broadcasts from 1st May, sending a trio of reporters to London. Nova will also have its crew in the british capital, and is planning a special broadcast on Saturday 6th May right from the morning hours.

VOYO WANTS ONE MILLION USERS, PLANS DOZENS OF NEW PROJECTS

22. 4. 2023 | 2 min read The viewership of the Nova Voyo streaming service is growing. It attracts viewers' attention mainly with new original series. At the end of February, the service already had half a million active and paying users in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. But the goal of the managers is higher, Voyo wants up to a million subscribers.

DIDIER STOESSEL: VOYO DOES NOT CANNIBALIZE TV NOVA, VIEWERSHIP IS GROWING

20. 4. 2023 | 3 min read Total time spent with content on the Nova Group's channels, which includes SVOD service Voyo, is increasing, says Didier Stoessel.

AKTV A MEDIA PARTNER OF THE NEXTV AD EUROPE AND NEXTV SERIES EUROPE CONFERENCES

20. 4. 2023 | 3 min read The Nextv conference series moves to the heart of Europe in May. The conferences will be hosted by Dataxis from 10 to 12 May in Prague, and the Association of Commercial Television has become a media partner. Both events will feature experts from AKTV member companies as speakers, such as Daniel Grunt, CEO of TV Nova, and Josef Beneš, Director of VOD services at FTV Prima.

MOST PEOPLE ARE IN FAVOR OF RESTRICTING MEDIA THAT SPREAD MISINFORMATION

17. 4. 2023 | 3 min read The majority of Czech citizens are in favor of restricting media that deliberately spread misinformation, according to research by CEDMO Trends at Charles University.

NOVA AND PRIMA HAD THE HIGHEST SHARES OF GRP IN THE FIRST QUARTER

11. 4. 2023 | 2 min read Hosehold share of the TV advertising market by GRP received were unchanged in the first quarter of 2023.

EASTER TV NIGHTS WERE DOMINATED BY SOAP OPERAS. ALL BEATEN BY THE SPECIALISTS

11. 4. 2023 | 2 min read Kukačky 2, Zákony vlka, Odznak Vysočina and Specialisté. These are the titles of four series that dominated the holiday TV evenings. As far as the full-screen stations are concerned, the winner in this category is TV Nova. On the other hand, CT's newcomer Volha fell significantly in the ratings.

AKTV CELEBRATES SIX YEARS, JAN VLČEK IS SUCCEEDED BY KLARA BRACHTLOVÁ ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AS PRESIDENT

5. 4. 2023 | 4 min read The trade association bringing together the most prominent commercial broadcasters is celebrating six years of existence. Following the organizational changes of one of its members, TV Nova, Jan Vlček was replaced by Klára Brachtlová, Chief External Affairs of the media group CME, in the board of directors and as president. The change is effective as of 30 March 2023.

THE CRISIS DOESN’T HURT US. PEOPLE WATCH VOYO MORE OFTEN THAN NETFLIX, SAYS THE CEO OF NOVA

5. 4. 2023 | 6 min read In a crisis, people typically cut back on non-essentials like entertainment. But Nova TV, which resurrected the fading streaming video platform Voyo last year, is not complaining about declining interest. Voyo has already half a million users, and despite the crisis, their numbers continue to grow. "Now in the spring season, Voyo consumption is approaching fourteen hours per week on one account, which is two hours per day. It shows that when people cut back on leisure activities, they have more time to fill," says Daniel Grunt, who has been running the country's largest commercial broadcaster since the beginning of this year.

ČT MAINTAINED ITS SHARE ABOVE 30% IN MARCH, NOVA STRENGTHENED

4. 4. 2023 | 3 min read Czech Television continued to record a share above 30 percent in March this year. The deployment of the series Odznak Vysočina or the show Superlov helped to boost Nova's prime time channel.

SPRING HOLIDAYS IN THE PROGRAMME OFFER OF AKTV MEMBERS

31. 3. 2023 | 6 min read Easter in the Czech Republic is not just about Easter eggs or "pomlázka". These spring holidays are also a great opportunity to spend time together with the family, watching a favourite TV show or film too. What can you look forward to in easter TV programm? Easter on Nova for the whole family. During Easter TV Nova will offer premiere episodes of popular series and many fairy tales for children. The Easter holidays and traditions will also be the focus of Snídaně s Novou throughout the week, where viewers will learn how to knit traditional "pomlázka" or dye eggs. Voyo will offer a wide range of programmes for the whole family.

DANIEL GRUNT, HEAD OF TV NOVA: “IT IS NOT REALISTIC TO CREATE CZECHFLIX. IT’S NOT REALISTIC TO CREATE A CZECH TV”

19. 3. 2023 | 1 min read Listen to the interview (in czech) with Daniel Grunt not only about Voyo.

THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW CZECH PRESIDENT PETER PAVEL REACHED OVER THREE MILLION TV VIEWERS

10. 3. 2023 | 2 min read More than three million viewers over the age of 15 tuned in for at least three minutes on Thursday for the inauguration of the new president of the Czech Republic.

VIEWERSHIP REMAINS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ČT STRONGEST, NOVA AND PRIMA ARE STRENGTHENING

6. 3. 2023 | 2 min read Czech Television's stations remained the strongest TV group in terms of audience share in the universal audience group over 15 years old in February. Their share in full-day broadcasting was 31.3%. They also had the highest share in this audience group in prime time. This is shown by the official ATO-Nielsen Admosphere audience measurement data.

HALF A MILLION PEOPLE PAY FOR VOYO. AND THEY DON’T WATCH ONLY ORDINACE ANYMORE, SAYS NOVA’S BOSS

2. 3. 2023 | 10 min read In the last month alone, two more video libraries have been launched in the Czech Republic. Eight services are already competing over paying customers that will watch movies and TV series on their platform each month. Voyo, operated by Nova TV, has just reached 500,000 subscribers for the Czech Republic and Slovakia combined, and is estimated to be catching up with Netflix.

VOYO HAS HALF A MILLION CUSTOMERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA

22. 2. 2023 | 3 min read The pay-TV service Voyo has half a million subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Nova group has announced.