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

HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS 2022: CALL FOR SPEAKERS

1. 6. 2022 The HbbTV Association, which co-hosts the in-person event Symposium HbbTV with the Czech Association of Commercial Television (AKTV), is inviting industry executives and experts to address the top-level audience as speakers in the conference programme.

THE NEW TV PRIMA DOCU-REALITY SHOW WILL FOCUS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF CZECH COTTAGES AND CHALETS

27. 5. 2022 Prima Television together with Media One agency is preparing to broadcast a new reality show about housing called Cottages of Dreams.  The new reality show is inspired by the show Norwegian Dream Homes. These days Prima has opened casting for interested parties, applications are open until mid-June. The new show will appear on screens in 2023.… Continue reading THE NEW TV PRIMA DOCU-REALITY SHOW WILL FOCUS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF CZECH COTTAGES AND CHALETS

MONITORING: ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA ARE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS YEAR

19. 5. 2022 Monitored media advertising investments grew by almost a quarter year-on-year in April. Then for the first four months of 2022 they were up 15 percent, Nielsen Admosphere monitoring shows. Total monitored advertising investments in the media for the first four months of this year are up 15 percent year-on-year, according to AdIntel’s monitoring by Nielsen Admosphere.… Continue reading MONITORING: ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA ARE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS YEAR

NOVA AND MARKÍZA OPEN CME CONTENT ACADEMY PROGRAMME

17. 5. 2022 TV Nova and TV Markíza are opening a two-year study programme to prepare candidates to work with the CME TV group. TV Nova and Markíza are launching a two-year CME Content Academy scholarship programme together with the Television Institute to prepare them for working for TV and ensure long-term collaboration on TV Nova and Markíza… Continue reading NOVA AND MARKÍZA OPEN CME CONTENT ACADEMY PROGRAMME

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS AND BRINGS A LOT OF NEWS

12. 5. 2022 This spring marks the fifth anniversary of the Association of Commercial Television whose founding members are the Nova, Prima and Óčko TV groups. During its existence, AKTV has been actively involved in the TV industry and legislative processes and has become a respected stakeholder. To support its marketing activities, it has launched a B2B brand and… Continue reading ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS AND BRINGS A LOT OF NEWS

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

GROWTH BROUGHT PRIMA TO THE TOP IN PRIME-TIME

5. 5. 2022 Czech TV’s stations remained the strongest domestic TV group in April in the over-15 general audience. Prima improved the most year-on-year, mainly thanks to its thematic channels. Czech TV’s stations again exceeded the 30% share threshold (30.39%) in the broader 15+ group in April this year, becoming the strongest TV group in this audience group.… Continue reading GROWTH BROUGHT PRIMA TO THE TOP IN PRIME-TIME

WILLINGNESS TO PAY EXTRA FOR A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BRAND IS GROWING

4. 5. 2022 After declining during the pandemic, willingness to pay extra for a socially responsible brand is on the rise again. For 44 % of Czechs, social responsibility is important when shopping. Up to 57 % are willing to pay extra for an environmentally friendly product or a product where a portion of sales goes to a… Continue reading WILLINGNESS TO PAY EXTRA FOR A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BRAND IS GROWING