NOVA HAS EXPANDED THE SOCIAL TV APP IN HBBTV TO INCLUDE TIKTOK

13. 7. 2022 Nova Group is expanding the capabilities of the red button and coming up with a new feature in the SocialTV app environment. The latter was introduced to users in May in connection with the integration with the social network Instagram. Now the app is being upgraded with another social network – TikTok. Viewers who have… Continue reading NOVA HAS EXPANDED THE SOCIAL TV APP IN HBBTV TO INCLUDE TIKTOK

HBBTV AWARDS 2022 OPEN FOR ENTRIES

7. 7. 2022 The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to invite entries for this year’s HbbTV Awards. The contest takes place as part of the 10th HbbTV Symposium and Awards on November… Continue reading HBBTV AWARDS 2022 OPEN FOR ENTRIES

TOP SHOWS OF THE 1ST HALF OF THE YEAR: DEVADESÁTKY AND OTHER NEW SERIES

7. 7. 2022 TV stations’ original series, miniseries as well as TV movie premieres entertained viewers most in front of their screens in the first half of 2022. The most watched programmes in the first half of this year were mainly new series on Czech Television. The Devadesátky series had the highest viewership ever, with more than 2… Continue reading TOP SHOWS OF THE 1ST HALF OF THE YEAR: DEVADESÁTKY AND OTHER NEW SERIES

HOW TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FILM

6. 7. 2022 The workshop on eco-friendly filming was led by Michaela Rýgrová (Association of Producers in Audiovisual, Greenfilming.cz) and Hana de Goeij, Head of Sustainable Filming & Content, TV Nova. The seminar took place within the workshops of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Hana de Goeij from TV Nova shared her experience with sustainable film production… Continue reading HOW TO MAKE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FILM

TELEVISION STATIONS ARE PUTTING AN END TO SPRING PROGRAMME, FROM MONDAY THEY ARE INTRODUCING THEIR SUMMER SCHEME

29. 6. 2022 Mainly reruns of their original series, supplemented by movies, comedies and foreign series, will be offered by the biggest domestic TV stations in the summer. Starting Monday, July 4, the largest domestic TV stations will switch completely to summer programme schedules. Some of the shows that were a fixture of the spring schedule were still catching… Continue reading TELEVISION STATIONS ARE PUTTING AN END TO SPRING PROGRAMME, FROM MONDAY THEY ARE INTRODUCING THEIR SUMMER SCHEME

NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE WINS THE ATO TV AND VIDEO MEASUREMENT TENDER AGAIN

28. 6. 2022 Nielsen Admosphere will continue to be the implementer of cross-platform TV and video content viewership measurement for the next five years. The contract with ATO was signed on Tuesday. The Nielsen Admosphere research agency will continue to measure TV viewership and video content for the Association of Television Organizations (ATO) in 2023-2027. The two companies… Continue reading NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE WINS THE ATO TV AND VIDEO MEASUREMENT TENDER AGAIN

CONSUMERS WANT HUMOUR FROM BRANDS, BRANDS OFTEN FEAR IT

27. 6. 2022 Up to 72% of consumers would choose a brand with a sense of humour over its competitors. However, most advertisers are afraid of being funny. People appreciate a sense of humour, even in brand marketing communications. Funny brands are preferred by 91% of consumers and 72% prefer them over their dry competitors. However, even so,… Continue reading CONSUMERS WANT HUMOUR FROM BRANDS, BRANDS OFTEN FEAR IT

ESTIMATE: 60% OF CUSTOMERS PAY FOR STREAMING, TREND HITS CINEMAS

24. 6. 2022 According to Axocom data, 60 percent of the 1.3 million total viewers are paying for streaming video content. Streaming platforms in the Czech Republic have 1.3 million viewers. However, the number of users paying for content on a regular basis is significantly lower, at roughly 60%, or 800,000 people. The rest take advantage of various… Continue reading ESTIMATE: 60% OF CUSTOMERS PAY FOR STREAMING, TREND HITS CINEMAS

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

MEDIA INVESTMENTS WERE HIGHER IN MAY, BUT GROWTH SLOWED DOWN

20. 6. 2022 Year-on-year growth in advertising investment in media continued in May, but was lower than in the previous month. The monitored volume of advertising investment in media reached a 7% year-on-year increase in May this year. This also marks the fifth month this year that the advertising market has improved, according to Ad Intel data from… Continue reading MEDIA INVESTMENTS WERE HIGHER IN MAY, BUT GROWTH SLOWED DOWN

WHY DO CZECHS WATCH MORE TV? LAST YEAR IT WAS FOUR HOURS A DAY

15. 6. 2022 Even the massive rise of social media and streaming services has not deterred Czech viewers from watching classic linear TV channels. What's more, their viewership is continuously growing to last year's record of four hours a day.

A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF CZECHS WATCH SERIES ON THE INTERNET IN CZECH

13. 6. 2022 Up to 75% of the Czech online population prefers to watch series in Czech on the internet, while only 16% prefer to watch them with Czech subtitles, according to new data from Nielsen Admosphere’s Video on the Internet study. Three quarters of internet users still prefer to watch series in Czech or Slovak (including dubbed… Continue reading A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF CZECHS WATCH SERIES ON THE INTERNET IN CZECH

PRE ENTERS TV FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A CAMPAIGN

9. 6. 2022 In its first ever TV campaign, Pražská energetika is betting on a fairy tale story. For the first time in its history, Pražská energetika (PRE) is launching a campaign on television. It relies on a fairytale story about the friendship of a curious boy, Přemek, and his friend, Eli the fox, who appear to him… Continue reading PRE ENTERS TV FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A CAMPAIGN

PRIMA IS FILMING A NEW CENTRAL SERIES DOBRÉ ZPRÁVY FROM THE TV ENVIRONMENT

7. 6. 2022 Prima TV has started filming its new central series, this time situating it in a TV broadcasting environment. Television Prima has started filming its new long-running series Dobré zprávy (Good News), which is set in a TV news environment. It is being filmed in Malesice studios in Prague. The main roles will be played by… Continue reading PRIMA IS FILMING A NEW CENTRAL SERIES DOBRÉ ZPRÁVY FROM THE TV ENVIRONMENT

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

THE WORLD BEHIND THE RED BUTTON: WE CAN HARDLY IMAGINE TELEVISION WITHOUT HBBTV TODAY

1. 6. 2022 HbbTV has come a long way since its launch in 2011 and has rightfully become one of the most dynamically evolving global TV technologies of today.

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