VOYO HAS ADDED USER PROFILES

15. 12. 2023 Voyo – the TV Novas online video library finally offers the possibility to create user profiles since Thursday 14th December. A notification to create one pops up when the app is launched. The ability to create user profiles has been one of the core features of online video libraries, but it has been missing on… Continue reading VOYO HAS ADDED USER PROFILES



MEDIAR.CZ: ŠTĚPÁN WOLDE – ÓČKO HAS CHANGED FROM MUSIC TELEVISION TO SOCIAL MEDIA

13. 12. 2023 Štěpán Wolde, the longest-serving CEO of TV Óčko, has been in the position for 12 years (Petr Dvořák has been at the helm of CT for the same length of time). Video once killed radio stars, but the 21-year-old Óčko – like other established TV stations – has not only resisted today’s streaming video platforms,… Continue reading MEDIAR.CZ: ŠTĚPÁN WOLDE – ÓČKO HAS CHANGED FROM MUSIC TELEVISION TO SOCIAL MEDIA



TV VIEWERSHIP IN NOVEMBER: ČT NARROWLY RETURNED TO THE TOP IN NOVEMBER, NOVA IMPROVED THE MOST

5. 12. 2023 Czech Television’s stations returned to the position of the TV group with the highest share of viewership in the audience group over 15 years of age by a narrow margin. This is according to the official ATO-Nielsen measurement data for November 2023. The aggregate share of CT stations reached 28.48% throughout the day. However, compared… Continue reading TV VIEWERSHIP IN NOVEMBER: ČT NARROWLY RETURNED TO THE TOP IN NOVEMBER, NOVA IMPROVED THE MOST



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



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



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. Jan Maxián is an actor and musician. He has been in dabing for over 30 years and has been the station voice of the main TV Nova station for several years. What is it like to dub legendary characters like… Continue reading I USED TO RECORD COMMENTS TO SUPERSTAR SOMETIMES EVEN UNDER THE BLANKET, SAYS MAXIÁN



LET’S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED, IT’S A STRANGE TIME, SAYS PRIMA GROUP’S CCO, VLADIMÍR POŘÍZEK

30. 11. 2023 Despite the global crises and mixed expectations, the advertising market grew moderately in 2023 in all media types, says Vladimir Pořízek, Prima group’s CCO. He also talks about how the warm autumn weather has affected the number of viewers in front of their screens or why tv stations have to increase the price of advertising.… Continue reading LET’S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED, IT’S A STRANGE TIME, SAYS PRIMA GROUP’S CCO, VLADIMÍR POŘÍZEK



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… Continue reading WINNERS OF HBBTV AWARDS 2023 ANNOUNCED



ONE-FIFTH OF CZECH SVOD LOGINS INVOLVE SHARED ACCESS

29. 11. 2023 At least one SVOD service is accessed multiple times a month by 43% of Czechs aged 15-69. This, according to the latest Atmedia Index results, covering Q2 and 3 this year, amounts to 2.8 million people. Meanwhile, a regular survey conducted by Atmedia, which represents TV channels, consistently shows that Czech viewers commonly use multiple… Continue reading ONE-FIFTH OF CZECH SVOD LOGINS INVOLVE SHARED ACCESS



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. Yesterday’s WeLoveTV event took place as part of World… Continue reading NOVY TEAM BEAT PRIMA IN THE FIRST EVER KNOWLEDGE SHOW WELOVETV, DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE FROM THE INDUSTRY



INCREASED TV FEES? I WOULD BUILD A NEW ČT1 WITH THAT MONEY, SAYS MAREK SINGER, PRIMA’S CEO

21. 11. 2023 It is an incredible sum of between CZK 1.5 and 2 billion a year, says the CEO of Prima Group, Marek Singer, about the new revenues for Česká televize (Czech Television) in the form of increased licence fees. And do shows like Stardance fulfil the public service role? We present an excerpt from an interview… Continue reading INCREASED TV FEES? I WOULD BUILD A NEW ČT1 WITH THAT MONEY, SAYS MAREK SINGER, PRIMA’S CEO



RECORD OTT VIEWING IN CZECH REPUBLIC

8. 11. 2023 The Czech national transmission company CRA saw record-breaking data transfer for watching OTT services at the end of last month. In a statement, it says that on October 30, at around 20:40, the figure reached 1,216 Gbps. In comparison, the record for its network in 2016 was 30 Gbps. According to CRA measurements, viewing of content… Continue reading RECORD OTT VIEWING IN CZECH REPUBLIC



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. The Prima TV group achieved an aggregate share of 28.89% in October and remained the strongest group in the wider 15+ audience group in all-day viewing. It improved by 0.79 percentage points year-on-year. Czech Television and… Continue reading PRIMA REMAINED FIRST IN 15+ IN OCTOBER, CZECH TV GREW WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS



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. This meeting was… Continue reading BREAKFAST WITH NOVA AND PRIMA. TV CEOS ON CZECHFLIX AND LICENCE FEES



A QUARTER OF CZECH HOUSEHOLDS REGULARLY USE HBBTV

1. 11. 2023 The HbbTV environment is spreading into the awareness of the Czech TV population. As data from ATO-Nielsen’s continuous research shows, one quarter of Czech TV households are familiar with the red button. In its regular issue of the week, atmedia showed a trend of increasing number of red button users. Source: atmedia.cz



CZECH VOD PRIMA+ EXPANDS STREAMING OFFER

24. 10. 2023 The Czech broadcaster Prima has added content from the public broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT) to its steaming service prima+. Initially, it has acquired the rights to show 11 series and four film titles. According to Marek Singer, CEO of the Prima Group, “Our strategic goal is to offer viewers a diverse range of content, so… Continue reading CZECH VOD PRIMA+ EXPANDS STREAMING OFFER



INTENSIVE USERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE MUCH LESS BOTHERED BY ADVERTISING, THEY EVEN FIND IT ENTERTAINING

23. 10. 2023 Kantar has found that frequent social media users are much more positive about online advertising than the general population. The general views of social media users on advertising mirror those of the majority population in the UK, according to Kantar’s findings, with almost two-thirds of Facebook users (65%) finding online advertising “increasingly intrusive”. This proportion… Continue reading INTENSIVE USERS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE MUCH LESS BOTHERED BY ADVERTISING, THEY EVEN FIND IT ENTERTAINING



INCREASE IN FEES FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO US, SAYS DIRECTOR OF PRIMA

20. 10. 2023 The amendment to the media law is a hot topic not only in radio but also in private television. How hard is it to make TV series today under the pressure of Netflix production? And how does the TV viewer actually behave today? Radio Prostor asked the most knowledgeable person. Marketa Rachmanová was joined by… Continue reading INCREASE IN FEES FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO US, SAYS DIRECTOR OF PRIMA