DAN GRUNT: VOYO IS PROFITABLE, APPROACHING ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

5. 11. 2024 Video platform Voyo is on track to reach the million subscriber mark in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt. Speaking at the CIF 2024 conference on Tuesday, TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt confirmed that video platform Voyo is very likely to reach its stated goal of reaching the one… Continue reading DAN GRUNT: VOYO IS PROFITABLE, APPROACHING ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS

CIF: CZECH MEDIA WILL NOT ENTRUST FULL CONTENT CREATION TO AI

5. 11. 2024 Artificial intelligence is a good servant but a bad master in the media, representatives of domestic media houses agreed at the Czech Internet Forum conference. Domestic media companies use artificial intelligence (AI) for auxiliary processes, but they rule out the full replacement of human work with generative AI tools. They see compliance with internal rules… Continue reading CIF: CZECH MEDIA WILL NOT ENTRUST FULL CONTENT CREATION TO AI

DANIEL GRUNT, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TV NOVA, ON THE NEW LOGO: WE ARE RETURNING TO OUR ROOTS

8. 8. 2024 TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt spoke in an exclusive interview about the new logo. The report is available here. Read also more about TV Nova’s news in the autumn season. Source: tv.nova.cz

VOYO CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN, CONSIDERS DEPLOYMENT OF SPORTS PACKAGE

8. 8. 2024 Media group Nova expects its online video library Voyo to reach one million subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the first half of next year. Media group Nova expects to reach the milestone of one million subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with its Voyo online video library by the end of… Continue reading VOYO CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN, CONSIDERS DEPLOYMENT OF SPORTS PACKAGE

NOVA MODIFIES LOGO, RETURNS TO ORIGINAL GRAPHIC

8. 8. 2024 Nova TV is returning to its original graphics with a redesign of its logo. The new graphics will be deployed from Friday 9 August. Nova TV is modifying its logo and deploying new identities. “The focus is still on our TV viewers. We are deploying new TV idents and graphics from tomorrow. With the current… Continue reading NOVA MODIFIES LOGO, RETURNS TO ORIGINAL GRAPHIC

TV NOVA INCREASED ITS REVENUES AND PROFIT LAST YEAR, WHICH REACHED CZK 1.15 BILLION. CZK

24. 7. 2024 TV Nova continues its growth trend and managed to improve its revenue and profit in 2023. TV Nova, the operator of the Nova Group’ s TV stations and the Voyo video portal, increased its revenues and net profit last year. The company’s annual report for 2023 shows that revenues amounted to CZK 7.8bn and increased… Continue reading TV NOVA INCREASED ITS REVENUES AND PROFIT LAST YEAR, WHICH REACHED CZK 1.15 BILLION. CZK

DANIEL GRUNT: WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED DEFINITELY OVER A BILLION CROWNS IN VOYO.CZ PREMIUM CONTENT

19. 7. 2024 After about two decades of a career in Czech media, Daniel Grunt took one of the most powerful positions on the market last January – at the head of TV Nova. His long-term focus on the online segment, which has become one of the strategic areas of the commercial station’s development, played into his hands.… Continue reading DANIEL GRUNT: WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED DEFINITELY OVER A BILLION CROWNS IN VOYO.CZ PREMIUM CONTENT

VOYO IS GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, REPORTING AN OPERATING PROFIT, SAYS NOVA CEO DANIEL GRUNT

19. 4. 2024 Daniel Grunt, who has been CEO of the Nova Group since January last year, has been given a difficult management assignment by the parent PPF Group. He is to transform the most-watched domestic broadcaster so that it can capitalise on the growing interest in online video while not cannibalising traditional broadcasting. Grunt’s task is to… Continue reading VOYO IS GROWING FASTER THAN EXPECTED, REPORTING AN OPERATING PROFIT, SAYS NOVA CEO DANIEL GRUNT

ONLY 180K SUBSCRIBERS LEFT TO TAKE VOYO TO A MILLION. NOVA IS PREPARING 512 HOURS OF ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS.

5. 4. 2024 Nova TV’s Voyo streaming service is close to reaching the million subscribers on the Czech and Slovak markets. According to the station’s CEO Daniel Grunt at Thursday’s press conference, Voyo had 820,000 subscribers in these markets as of yesterday. Voyo still expects to have one million subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the… Continue reading ONLY 180K SUBSCRIBERS LEFT TO TAKE VOYO TO A MILLION. NOVA IS PREPARING 512 HOURS OF ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS.

CME’S VOYO PASSES 1 MILLION PAYING SUBSCRIBERS

26. 2. 2024 Voyo has surpassed 1 million paying subscribers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia, making it the leading local SVOD provider in most of CME Group’s markets. The announcement comes just three years after the acquisition of CME by PPF Group and represents a nearly seven-fold increase since 2020. When PPF acquired CME in autumn… Continue reading CME’S VOYO PASSES 1 MILLION PAYING SUBSCRIBERS

NOVY SERIES WILL GO INTO INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION. EXTRACTORS WILL BE PRESENTED AT BERLINALE

18. 2. 2024 The six-part spy thriller Extractors, produced by Nova TV for its Voyo streaming service, will go into international distribution. It will be shown at the Berlinale, as well as in London and other countries. The series, based on a theme by journalist Jaroslav Kmenta, became the most successful original show on Voyo last year. It… Continue reading NOVY SERIES WILL GO INTO INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION. EXTRACTORS WILL BE PRESENTED AT BERLINALE

ŠÁRKA ŠVECOVÁ IS THE NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TV NOVA

14. 2. 2024 Financial director Šárka Švecová is the new managing director of the TV Nova television group, replacing Klára Brachtlova. The CFO of TV Nova Šárka Švecová has become the new CEO of TV Nova. She replaced Klára Brachtlova as managing director. It follows from the entry in the Commercial Register. TV Nova has three managing directors.… Continue reading ŠÁRKA ŠVECOVÁ IS THE NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TV NOVA

DANIEL GRUNT: THE DEMAND FOR ADVERTISING ON NOVA DID NOT DECREASE AFTER THE PRICE INCREASE, QUITE THE OPPOSITE

6. 2. 2024 Advertising in linear broadcasting will continue to account for more than half of the Nova Group’s revenue in 2030, says TV Nova CEO Daniel Grunt in an interview published in the current issue of MAM 06/2024. He is in his first year at the helm of the Nova Group, which is now celebrating 30 years… Continue reading DANIEL GRUNT: THE DEMAND FOR ADVERTISING ON NOVA DID NOT DECREASE AFTER THE PRICE INCREASE, QUITE THE OPPOSITE

NOVA GETS NEW LOGO AND VISUAL IDENTITY, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT

29. 1. 2024 In an interview for the Kuba s Novou podcast, Daniel Grunt, CEO of the Nova Group, talks about his experience, challenges as CEO and visions for the future. He also gave an overview of what news viewers can expect for the 30th anniversary of Nova TV. The most notable change will be the new logos… Continue reading NOVA GETS NEW LOGO AND VISUAL IDENTITY, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT

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

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

FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE LIVING A GOLDEN AGE, THEY DON’T NEED BILLIONS MORE, SAY BOSSES OF TV NOVA AND TV PRIMA

14. 6. 2023 General Director of TV Nova Daniel Grunt and General Director of FTV Prima Marek Singer in an interview for Hospodářské noviny about levies to the cinema support fund, but also about SVOD services. Marek Singer, the long-serving director of TV Prima, has known Daniel Grunt, the head of TV Nova, personally for 15 years. Both… Continue reading FILM PRODUCTIONS ARE LIVING A GOLDEN AGE, THEY DON’T NEED BILLIONS MORE, SAY BOSSES OF TV NOVA AND TV PRIMA

TV NOVA TO UPGRADE AVOD SERVICE

14. 6. 2023 The Czech national commercial broadcaster TV Nova is working on a new version of its AVOD service nova.cz that will be delivered via HbbTV. Speaking exclusively to Broadband TV News, TV Nova’s CEO Daniel Grunt added that addressable TV is also in its mid-term plans and that by the end of 2024 it will have… Continue reading TV NOVA TO UPGRADE AVOD SERVICE