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

26. 2. 2025 | 11 min read 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 | 3 min read 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 | 4 min read 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 | 4 min read 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 | 2 min read 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 | 3 min read 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 | 4 min read 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 | 2 min read 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 | 2 min read 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 | 3 min read 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 | 3 min read 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 | 2 min read 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 | 1 min read 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 | 4 min read 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.

VOYO IN SLOVAKIA IS GOING UP BY 2 EUROS, INCREASE IS EXPECTED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AS WELL

20. 1. 2025 | 2 min read The basic subscription to Voyo will increase by two euros per month in Slovakia. The price of Voyo subscriptions is also expected to increase in the Czech Republic.

STUDY USA: STREAMING VIEWERS MORE ACCEPTING OF TV ADS

12. 1. 2025 | 4 min read Annual survey finds two-thirds of viewers find advertising more tolerable than in on-demand programming.

MEDIA 2024: NEW TV STATIONS, THE FIGHT OVER FEES AND THE DEMISE OF THE FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPERS

31. 12. 2024 | 18 min read New TV stations and the continued development of video-on-demand, changes in Jaromír Soukup's media companies, the demise of the first print dailies, the debate on the shape of media legislation and the development of DAB+. These are some of the main media events in 2024.

EUROPEAN VIDEO SUBSCRIPTIONS ENTERING ‘STABLE MARKET PHASE’

30. 11. 2024 | 2 min read The European video subscription market is heading for a period of fewer growth opportunities, according to consultancy Oliver Wyman.