STREAMERS DOING A BETTER JOB OF WINNING BACK DEPARTED VIEWERS

23. 3. 2025 New data from Antenna shows that streaming services are winning back customers who formerly canceled at a higher rate.

HUB: CONSUMERS STRUGGLE TO DIFFERENTIATE STREAMING SERVICES

19. 3. 2025 Consumers are struggling to find competitive advantages between subscription streaming video services, according to new data from Hub Entertainment Research. Despite strong awareness of many places to watch TV and movies, there has been a decline in viewer confidence in SVOD platforms clarifying what makes their service distinct from one another.

TV VIEWERS’ EXPECTATIONS HAVE INCREASED. THEY NOW EXPECT A TOP-TIER EXPERIENCE

17. 3. 2025 Dramedy Productions has completed the construction of another film studio and plans to further expand its Dramedy Studios. It primarily targets the television production segment, explains co-owner Filip Bobiňski.

ONEPLAY IS STARTING. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND IS IT BETTER TO CANCEL VOYO OR O2 TV?

10. 3. 2025 From Monday 10 March, a new service called Oneplay is launching, merging O2 TV and Voyo. We summarise what it will mean for subscribers to these services.

STREAMING SERVICES ARE CHANGING: VOYO IS OUT, ONEPLAY IS IN. AMAZON AND MAX ADJUST PRICES

26. 2. 2025 The merger of Voyo and O2 TV is a big change on the Czech market, which will also affect the price. After last year's price increase for Netflix, Max, SkyShowtime and Disney+, this year the payment terms are also changing for Amazon Prime Video. Max, on the other hand, is adjusting its tariff for long-term customers. It is therefore increasingly important for users to actively manage their subscriptions, which can save them thousands of crowns a year. The Diary's overview can help with platform selection. Oneplay The largest Czech streaming platform Voyo is closing together with another giant, O2 TV. However, a joint project called Oneplay will be created. The new product will be available in the Czech Republic from March 10 and will offer four subscription options. The basic one called Komfort costs CZK 199 per month and will offer over two thousand movies and 55 TV channels. Viewing is limited to one device.

PRIMA PLUS WILL PRESENT THE SERIES THE CASE OF THE DANCER, ABOUT PEOPLE AND HORSES OR THE NIGHT OPERATOR

26. 2. 2025 Video platform prima+ has unveiled its programming plans for this year on the occasion of its second birthday.

VOYO AND O2TV WILL END. ONEPLAY WILL COME INSTEAD

25. 2. 2025 O2TV and Voyo, both from PPF Group, are merging their services into one called Oneplay.

CHANGES IN VOD: MAX INNOVATES, CNN PLANS RETURN TO STREAMING

20. 2. 2025 Early 2025 saw more visual innovations in streaming services, but some more significant changes have also taken place. Here's an overview of them.

PRIMA+ INCLUDES REALITY WITH STARHOUSE INFLUENCERS, WILL BE ON PRIMA

20. 2. 2025 Watchers use the app to decide who is the most "real", thereby influencing the course of the game and the fate of individual participants.

LINEAR TV STILL OUTPERFORMS STREAMING AND OTT IN EUROPE

16. 2. 2025 Despite the growth in digital video content viewership, linear TV is holding on as the main source for watching video content on the European continent.

TV ADVERTISING FACTS: VIEWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT LIVE TV ADVERTISING, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY HUB ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH

15. 2. 2025 Two-thirds of viewers find advertising on live TV more acceptable than in on-demand programmes. In VOD, viewers are receptive to advertising if it saves them money on their subscription.

KANTAR SAYS AD TIERS RESHAPING STREAMING MARKET

13. 2. 2025 Data and analytics company Kantar says there’s a growing consumer preference for ad-supported streaming.

WHAT STREAMING SERVICES RULE THE CZECH REPUBLIC? AT THE END OF 2024, NETFLIX CLEARLY LED

6. 2. 2025 Software service JustWatch has released a report on the shares of streaming services in the last quarter of 2024, based on the approach of its Czech users, i.e. how they click on JustWatch offers and how they mark titles as "viewed."

MAJORITY OF CONSUMERS PREFER TO WATCH TV WITH ADS IF IT’S CHEAPER, NEW REPORT REVEALS

2. 2. 2025 Hub Research finds that two-thirds of viewers deem ads during live events more tolerable than ads during on-demand content.

STUDY UK: AD-SUPPORTED STREAMING SERVICES IN UK MORE POPULAR THAN EVER

30. 1. 2025 Substantially more people in the UK are choosing ad-supported streaming services, Kantar figures show, with the percentage increasing from 10% a year ago to 31% percent today.

STUDY USA: STREAMING 2024: FEWER CORE APPS IN U.S. HOMES

28. 1. 2025 Recent research on streaming TV reveals general consistency, but not growth, in the amount of streaming apps viewers regularly tune into -- 3.9 average apps per U.S. home in third-quarter 2024, according to TVision.

VODAFONE TV WILL OFFER PRIMA+ AS A GIFT INSTEAD OF VOYO

27. 1. 2025 For customers who have had access to Voyo, Vodafone TV will offer the competing service prima+ for three months.

STREAMING AND OTT SERVICES LOCALIZE CONTENT INTO ENGLISH THANKS TO AI

23. 1. 2025 It seems the opportunity to enter new markets with a foreign service has never been easier. The magic called AI can even handle localization into Czech. But it comes with some pitfalls.