CAN BRANDS GROW EVEN IN TIMES OF INFLATION?
11. 8. 2022 The Czech republic is experiencing its highest inflation since 1993. People’s wallets are getting emptier and brands are in an extremely difficult situation for the umpteenth time in the last twenty years. Companies are naturally trying to cut as much of the ever-shrinking market as possible – with the vast majority focusing mainly on bargain… Continue reading CAN BRANDS GROW EVEN IN TIMES OF INFLATION?
THE SHARE OF CZECH PEOPLE WATCHING SVOD WILL RISE TO 42% NEXT YEAR
10. 8. 2022 The market for paid VOD services in the Czech Republic is expected to grow next year, declares research of Atmedia company. The share of Czechs using at least one video-on-demand service will increase to 42 percent next year, up two percentage points from this year. Users of these services have access to 1.5 services on… Continue reading THE SHARE OF CZECH PEOPLE WATCHING SVOD WILL RISE TO 42% NEXT YEAR
„YOU CAN EITHER MAKE PEOPLE CRY AND LAUGH, OR YOU CAN’T SUCCEED IN THE TV BUSINESS,“ SAYS CME CHIEF DIDIER STOESSEL
10. 8. 2022 CME Media Group CEO Didier Stoessel is one of the most influential figures in the domestic media business. The former investment banker with experience at HSBC and Merril Lynch is the top executive chosen by the PPF Group two years ago to bring the newly acquired CME Media Group back to the limelight. And Stoessel… Continue reading „YOU CAN EITHER MAKE PEOPLE CRY AND LAUGH, OR YOU CAN’T SUCCEED IN THE TV BUSINESS,“ SAYS CME CHIEF DIDIER STOESSEL
THE REVOLUTION NAMED TELEVISION: THE HISTORY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MEDIUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY
5. 8. 2022 Let’s go back to the first half of the 20th century and explore an adventure called a television. A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PICTURE The first ideas of a television combined two phenomena of their time – radio, that is, the transmission and reception of signals over longer distances, and cinematography, that is, moving pictures. However, it… Continue reading THE REVOLUTION NAMED TELEVISION: THE HISTORY OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MEDIUM OF THE 20TH CENTURY
CZECHS LIKE TO WATCH TV, RADIO AND VOD SERVICES IN SUMMER
4. 8. 2022 Data from Nielsen Atmosphere research shows how media consumption in summer evolves compared to the rest of the year. We listen to the radio more often in the summer, while go to the cinema and watch TV content less. More than four-fifths of respondents (83%) consume media at least occasionally during the summer months (June… Continue reading CZECHS LIKE TO WATCH TV, RADIO AND VOD SERVICES IN SUMMER
PRIMA IS PREPARING AN ANSWER TO NETFLIX AND VOYO. THE NEW STREAMING SERVICE WILL BE BOTH SUBSCRIPTION AND AD-FREE
4. 8. 2022 Prima is preparing an answer to Netflix and Voyo. New streaming service will be subscription and ad-free. Prima will launch a new online video library in November, with which has big ambitions to compete with the biggest ones on the Czech market, the director of the TV group Marek Singer revealed in an interview with Mediář… Continue reading PRIMA IS PREPARING AN ANSWER TO NETFLIX AND VOYO. THE NEW STREAMING SERVICE WILL BE BOTH SUBSCRIPTION AND AD-FREE
40 % OF CZECHS USE PAID VOD SERVICES. BUT NOT EVERYONE PAYS FOR THEM
3. 8. 2022 40 % of Czechs aged 15 to 69 use at least one paid service to watch TV shows, series and movies. They have access to multiple services but do not always pay for all the platforms they use, for example because they use shared access from their friends. The data comes from the Altmedia Index… Continue reading 40 % OF CZECHS USE PAID VOD SERVICES. BUT NOT EVERYONE PAYS FOR THEM
TV PRIMA PRESENTED AUTUMN PROGRAM: PÁLAVA, BITTER WORLD, GOOD NEWS, ZOO OR NEW SHOWS
2. 8. 2022 NEW SERIES: PÁLAVA, GOOD WORLD, BITTER WORLD OR NEW REALITY SHOWS “MY MAN CAN DO IT”, “DAY LIKE A DREAM” AND PREMIERE EPISODES OF THE CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAS TALENT. THESE SHOWS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR’S AUTUMN BROADCAST OF TV PRIMA. Three new prime time series, an entertainment show, a wedding reality show, a relationship talk show and… Continue reading TV PRIMA PRESENTED AUTUMN PROGRAM: PÁLAVA, BITTER WORLD, GOOD NEWS, ZOO OR NEW SHOWS
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PURPOSELY RUNNING AWAY FROM THE NEWS, BUT THEY’LL BE BACK IN THE FALL
1. 8. 2022 More positive topics or tips on how to cope with the rising cost of living. That, too, is a recipe for responding to people’s frustration with the overabundance of negative events, according to TV Nova news director Kamil Houska. Television news coverage in recent years has been marked primarily by events related to the coronavirus… Continue reading PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PURPOSELY RUNNING AWAY FROM THE NEWS, BUT THEY’LL BE BACK IN THE FALL
VOYO HAS ADDED THE CHILDREN’S SERIES COCOMELON TO ITS LINE-UP
27. 7. 2022 Voyo presents the children’s series CoComelon in both Czech and English versions. The children’s series Cocomelon has been newly added to the Voyo platform. It is available in the Czech language, but can also be watched in the original English version. The series features fun stories with songs that help children learn about different everyday… Continue reading VOYO HAS ADDED THE CHILDREN’S SERIES COCOMELON TO ITS LINE-UP
THE NUMBER OF TV GRP SLIGHTLY INCREASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
25. 7. 2022 Czech domestic TV stations delivered just under one percent more TV advertising GRPs in the first half of the year than in the same period last year. Based on Nielsen Admosphere monitoring data, the cumulative number of TV advertising GRPs delivered by TV stations in the first half of this year was slightly higher than… Continue reading THE NUMBER OF TV GRP SLIGHTLY INCREASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
VOYO WILL HAVE ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS WITHIN FIVE YEARS, BELIEVES TV NOVA’S CEO VLČEK
25. 7. 2022 PPF-led TV Nova, the most powerful TV station in the Czech Republic, has vigorously switched to paid services, pumping hundreds of millions into Voyo. According to Nova’s CEO, Jan Vlček, income from advertising will be key in future. Nova assumes that within several years, Czech households will subscribe to an average of three Netflix-type… Continue reading VOYO WILL HAVE ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS WITHIN FIVE YEARS, BELIEVES TV NOVA’S CEO VLČEK
NOVA WANTS VIEWERS TO ACTIVELY USE HBBTV. IT WILL OFFER MORE VIDEO AND VOTING
25. 7. 2022 Czech viewers have become quite used to the fact that the red button on the remote control brings up additional functions to the broadcast. In the last year, TV Nova has also paid more attention to this area. TV Nova invests in the development of HbbTV. Through connected smart TV technology, it offers bonus content,… Continue reading NOVA WANTS VIEWERS TO ACTIVELY USE HBBTV. IT WILL OFFER MORE VIDEO AND VOTING
PEOPLE METERS CELEBRATE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. THEY ARE STILL AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR BROADCASTERS AND MARKETERS.
13. 7. 2022 This year marks 25 years since the launch of the first project of electronic tv audience measurement in the Czech republic. How has the practice in this area changed over more than two decades? And how could the near future look like considering it will undoutedly be affected primarily by the phenomenon of cross-platform measurement?
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
