VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME

23. 6. 2022 Daniel Grunt returned to CME a year ago as head of digital activities. His task was to secure one million subscribers for Voyo within five years. How’s it going? There was no escaping that campaign. In the spring, Nova TV paid for billboards in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to promote its Voyo paid internet… Continue reading VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME



VOYO NOT PLANNING TO JOIN A PRICE WAR OR INTRODUCE ADS

3. 6. 2022 Paid video service Voyo will not participate in a price war with foreign VOD services, neither does it plan to introduce ads. It was announced at the Digimedia conference. Voyo will not join the price war with foreign video services entering the Czech market this year. Daniel Grunt, Head of Digital of Nova and CME, said… Continue reading VOYO NOT PLANNING TO JOIN A PRICE WAR OR INTRODUCE ADS



CZECHS WANT BOTH TV AND STREAMING SERVICES

2. 6. 2022 Linear broadcasting is still the most desired platform, agreed experts at the seventeenth annual Digimedia conference. The growing popularity of time-shifted viewing and streaming services, which still have great potential in the local market, was also confirmed. At the beginning, Tereza Šimečková, Director at Nielsen Admosphere, looked back at the two Covid years and used… Continue reading CZECHS WANT BOTH TV AND STREAMING SERVICES



NEW SVOD DATA: NETFLIX, HBO MAX AND VOYO ARE USED THE MOST

1. 6. 2022 The number of SVOD users in the Czech Republic is growing. The top three services on the local market are Netflix, HBO Max and Voyo. According to the fresh data from Atmedia Index, SVOD services are used by 40% of the Czech internet population aged 15-69, up 12 percentage points year-on-year. The data were presented… Continue reading NEW SVOD DATA: NETFLIX, HBO MAX AND VOYO ARE USED THE MOST



NOVA EXPANDS SOCIAL NETWORKS TO HBBTV, LAUNCHES SOCIAL TV

11. 5. 2022 Nova Group is launching Social TV, a hybrid broadcasting (HbbTV) app that extends its red button services. Nova Group launches Social TV app as part of hybrid broadcasting (HbbTV), extending its red button services. Viewers can launch the new feature with internet-connected smart TVs using the red button. The Social TV app allows the collection… Continue reading NOVA EXPANDS SOCIAL NETWORKS TO HBBTV, LAUNCHES SOCIAL TV



NOVA WILL DEPLOY THE SHOW LEGO MASTERS TO PRIME-TIME FROM JUNE

9. 5. 2022 The TV format, which was directly co-created by the Lego brand, will be aired by Nova in primetime on Sundays in June. Starting Sunday, June 5, Nova TV will begin broadcasting a new competition show directly linked to the Lego brand. It is called Lego Masters and will occupy the airtime from 20:20 on Sunday… Continue reading NOVA WILL DEPLOY THE SHOW LEGO MASTERS TO PRIME-TIME FROM JUNE



VOYO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE BIG THREE. WE ARE ALREADY NUMBER TWO IN THE MARKET, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT

27. 4. 2022 Nova TV has already succeeded in beating HBO Max in the number of subscribers to its video service Voyo. It is the second strongest streaming service in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. However, Disney+ entering the local market on 14 June may shuffle the ranking. According to Daniel Grunt, Chief Digital Officer in CME, which… Continue reading VOYO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE BIG THREE. WE ARE ALREADY NUMBER TWO IN THE MARKET, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT



NOVA PREPARING A DAILY SOAP ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE FOR VOYO

26. 4. 2022 Nova TV is filming a daily soap opera for its Voyo video portal about a group of young people living in a large apartment in Prague. It is based on the German format Berlin – Tag & Nacht that has been produced by RTL since 2011.  “The daily series will provide a realistic view of a group of young people living… Continue reading NOVA PREPARING A DAILY SOAP ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE FOR VOYO



VOYO DOES NOT TARGET YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL ABOUT FAMILIES, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT

20. 4. 2022 Nova TV’s Voyo video service experienced an exceptionally successful year. At the beginning of 2021, it announced an ambitious plan to attract a million customers within five years. At that time, Nova only had about 60 thousand customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It surpassed its annual goal in the autumn and now the number… Continue reading VOYO DOES NOT TARGET YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL ABOUT FAMILIES, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT



THE NOVA GROUP HAS LAUNCHED TN LIVE AND NOVA LADY STATION IN THE HBBTV ENVIRONMENT

25. 3. 2022 Nova Group has come up with the launch of TN Live under the red button (in the HbbTV environment) in connection with the war in Ukraine. Viewers will now also find Nova Lady there. This station is on the Nova Group’s offer from autumn 2021. TV Nova said it sees HbbTV as an ever-evolving technology… Continue reading THE NOVA GROUP HAS LAUNCHED TN LIVE AND NOVA LADY STATION IN THE HBBTV ENVIRONMENT



ABOUT A TENTH OF CZECHS WATCH TV SERIES PREVIEWS ON THE WEB

15. 2. 2022 The option to watch TV series previews on online platforms has been used by 9 % of the Czech internet population over 15 years old, according to research by Nielsen Admosphere. The opportunity to watch TV series previews on internet platforms was used by 9 % of the Czech internet population over 15 years old.… Continue reading ABOUT A TENTH OF CZECHS WATCH TV SERIES PREVIEWS ON THE WEB



VOYO HAS ALREADY OVERTAKEN HBO AND IS CATCHING UP WITH NETFLIX. WE ARE INVESTING AND GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, SAYS NOVA’S DIGITAL BRAIN

11. 2. 2022 The fairy tale of Cinderella who turns into a princess may have its reflection in the business world. The grimy beauty could be called Voyo. Nova TV established its video library in 2012 but forgot about it for many years. And now? It is the epicentre of digital transformation of the Czech commercial number one. Last… Continue reading VOYO HAS ALREADY OVERTAKEN HBO AND IS CATCHING UP WITH NETFLIX. WE ARE INVESTING AND GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, SAYS NOVA’S DIGITAL BRAIN



GRUNT: VOYO EXCEEDED THOUSANDS OF 350 SUBSCRIBERS

30. 1. 2022 The number of Voyo video subscribers was to exceed 350,000. Another milestone is reaching 500,000 subscribers. The number of Voyo subscribers should have exceeded number of 350,000. This was stated on the social network LinkedIn by Daniel Grunt, the director of new media TV Nova and CME. This is the first officially published number of… Continue reading GRUNT: VOYO EXCEEDED THOUSANDS OF 350 SUBSCRIBERS



IN THE SPRING, NOVA WILL INCLUDE THREE NEW PREMIERE SERIES AND THE REALITY SHOW

28. 1. 2022 TV group Nova will include three more premiere series in the spring broadcast, as well as new episodes of the reality show Your Face Has a Known Voice. The Nova television group will also include the new original series Chlap, Šéfka in its spring broadcast and will also present the new parts of the series… Continue reading IN THE SPRING, NOVA WILL INCLUDE THREE NEW PREMIERE SERIES AND THE REALITY SHOW



TV NOVA TO LAUNCH A NEW STATION SOON

11. 1. 2022 The family of TV channels of the Nova group will expand to include another programme, which will be focused on sports again. CME’s CEO, Didier Stoessel, confirmed that in an interview for Forbes. Nova Sport 5 is going to be launched “soon”, he said. “Sport will play a bigger and bigger role. What it has… Continue reading TV NOVA TO LAUNCH A NEW STATION SOON



MEDIA 2021: VIDEO AND AUDIO ON DEMAND, DIGITALISATION AND PAYWALL

30. 12. 2021 Ongoing efforts to impose a charge on online content, boosting the offering of content on demand or new thematic TV and radio stations. Here is the recapitulation of events in the media market in 2021. Ongoing efforts to impose a charge on online content, boosting the offering of content on demand, new thematic TV and… Continue reading MEDIA 2021: VIDEO AND AUDIO ON DEMAND, DIGITALISATION AND PAYWALL



SURVIVOR WILL START ON TV NOVA ON 11 JANUARY, ON VOYO THE DAY BEFORE

28. 12. 2021 TV Nova will launch the Czech-and-Slovak version of the Survivor reality show on Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 8 pm. The day before, on 10 January, the first episode will be shown on Voyo. The competition will feature celebrities. TV Nova will launch the Czech-and-Slovak version of Survivor on Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 8… Continue reading SURVIVOR WILL START ON TV NOVA ON 11 JANUARY, ON VOYO THE DAY BEFORE



PRIMA PREPARING PAID VIDEO LIBRARY TO MAKE NEW SPACE FOR ADVERTISING

2. 11. 2021 Prima, the second largest commercial TV in the Czech Republic, prepares its paid on-line video library through which it will seek to address more viewers and offer more ad space to its advertisers. It is partly inspired by Netflix’s success. The number of its subscribers, including the Czech Republic, was growing during the pandemic. It… Continue reading PRIMA PREPARING PAID VIDEO LIBRARY TO MAKE NEW SPACE FOR ADVERTISING