THE 10TH HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS WILL TAKE PLACE IN PRAGUE

11. 2. 2022 The 10th HbbTV Symposium and Awards will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 9 and 10, 2022. This was announced today by 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. The… Continue reading THE 10TH HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS WILL TAKE PLACE IN PRAGUE

NUMBER OF VIEWS AND TIME SPENT WATCHING ONLINE VIDEO INCREASED LAST YEAR

24. 1. 2022 The number of video views on the Czech Internet and the time spent watching online video increased last year. The strongest providers according to these indicators are Seznam and FTV Prima. The number of video views on the Czech Internet and time spent watching online videos increased last year. This is shown by the data… Continue reading NUMBER OF VIEWS AND TIME SPENT WATCHING ONLINE VIDEO INCREASED LAST YEAR

PRIMA, ČT AND NIELSEN LAUNCH COMBINED MEASUREMENT OF TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING

17. 1. 2022 Prima Group and Nielsen Admosphere have launched a combined measurement of TV and online video advertising. Aggregate data on Prima TV viewership not only on TV screens but also on other platforms on which Prima delivers content is available in Adwind Kite software. Since the beginning of the year, the Prima media group, in cooperation… Continue reading PRIMA, ČT AND NIELSEN LAUNCH COMBINED MEASUREMENT OF TV AND ONLINE VIDEO ADVERTISING

HBBTV DRIVES TRANSITION TO NEXT-GENERATION BROADCAST AND OTT SERVICES

3. 12. 2021 Paris, December 3, 2021 – HbbTV has now reached the status of a mature standard endorsed by broadcasters, platform operators and manufacturers to deliver next-generation broadcast and OTT services, but closer cooperation between industry players is necessary to facilitate more complete deployment of the specifications in the market. This was the conclusion of the 9th HbbTV Symposium… Continue reading HBBTV DRIVES TRANSITION TO NEXT-GENERATION BROADCAST AND OTT SERVICES

PRIMA INNOVATED ITS APPLICATION IN HBBTV AND INTRODUCED A NEW FORMAT

22. 9. 2021 The iPrima application available in Prima’s HbbTV has a new design. The group has also launched a new advertising format in HbbTV. The flag ship of Prima’s HbbTV, the iPrima application, has a new version of link site. Nearly 500 thousand viewers visit iPrima in HbbTV per month according to Prima. The most watched programmes include series (Slunečná)… Continue reading PRIMA INNOVATED ITS APPLICATION IN HBBTV AND INTRODUCED A NEW FORMAT

NOVA DEVELOPS ITS HBBTV, INTRODUCING A BREAKING NEWS BAR

21. 9. 2021 TV Nova launched a new breaking news functionality thanks to which viewers watching linear TV can click through to more information. In line with its digital strategy, TV Nova is working on the development of HbbTV (the red button). Last week, it introduced a new breaking news functionality in linear broadcasting. It is a bar… Continue reading NOVA DEVELOPS ITS HBBTV, INTRODUCING A BREAKING NEWS BAR

NOVA: HBBTV CAMPAIGN BROUGHT TO SAZKA AN EXTRA MILLION VIEWERS

8. 9. 2021 A new HbbTV campaign targeting Max Reach has brought Sazka almost a million more viewers within 48 hours, the Nova TV group has announced. TV Nova has launched a new kind of campaign in collaboration with client Sazka via a red button (HbbTV) and its Max Reach targeting. This type of advertising for HbbTV builds… Continue reading NOVA: HBBTV CAMPAIGN BROUGHT TO SAZKA AN EXTRA MILLION VIEWERS

BIDS TO ATO’S TENDER SENT BY NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE AND KANTAR

9. 8. 2021 The Association of Television Organisations (ATO) is planning to move TV and video viewing measurement to a higher level. New developments in 2023-2027 should include cross-media measurement. Two research agencies sent their bids to the tender. In July, Kantar Media a Nielsen Admosphere sent their proposals to participate in the tender invited by the Association of Television… Continue reading BIDS TO ATO’S TENDER SENT BY NIELSEN ADMOSPHERE AND KANTAR

THE VOYO VIDEO PORTAL TO BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE RED BUTTON WITH THE FIRST 4K CONTENT LIKELY TO BE OFFERED NEXT YEAR

6. 8. 2021 The Nova media group will make its Voyo video portal accessible through the HbbTV platform, i.e. through hybrid broadcasting. The upcoming innovation is in the final phase of testing and it has already been available in its beta version via Nova Gold.  Voyo’s entry to HbbTV will significantly increase its availability. Viewers will not have… Continue reading THE VOYO VIDEO PORTAL TO BE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE RED BUTTON WITH THE FIRST 4K CONTENT LIKELY TO BE OFFERED NEXT YEAR

ADDRESSABLE TV EVERYWHERE

6. 8. 2021 Why broadcasters should enable ATV products across all touchpoints in a challenging and fragmented TV landscape. Local European broadcasters are facing ever-increasing competition and severe disruption in a number of areas. Most significantly, they are competing with global digital giants on their home turf within their core business — the TV advertising ecosystem. Furthermore, rapidly changing… Continue reading ADDRESSABLE TV EVERYWHERE

ÓČKO CONVERTS HBBTV VIDEO ADS INTO GRP

17. 6. 2021 Óčko and Hybrid convert video advertising delivered on the HbbTV platform into the GRP equivalent. The TV group Óčko and the tech company Hybrid use data from the official audience measurement of the non-linear digital video content (PEM-D) to calculate advertising GRPs. They measure the delivery of non-linear video ads using the HbbTV platform (the red button). It is a solution connecting linear and… Continue reading ÓČKO CONVERTS HBBTV VIDEO ADS INTO GRP

PETR HATLAPATKA: GRP MARKET WILL CHANGE, WE HAVE TO REACT

24. 5. 2021 TV viewers’ behaviour is changing and the advertising market has to do so as well, points out Petr Hatlapatka from Media Club. The pressure on TV inventory and the outlook of TV GRP development in the following years require broadcast operators to search for ad placement options, says Petr Hatlapatka, Head of Online Sales in… Continue reading PETR HATLAPATKA: GRP MARKET WILL CHANGE, WE HAVE TO REACT

VOYO WANTS TO PULL EVEN WITH NETFLIX AND DISNEY+

26. 4. 2021 Voyo wants to create space for its services in the prepaid video market. “In order to make progress, we will have to double the number of subscribers every year,” says the Director of Digital Media of CME, Daniel Grunt. Daniel Grunt has been managing internet activities of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) since this March. He… Continue reading VOYO WANTS TO PULL EVEN WITH NETFLIX AND DISNEY+

THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV

3. 3. 2021 Only through the holistic and integrated management of all forms of TV media can advertisers achieve better measurement and greater effectiveness, writes Paul Evans. TV is not going anywhere, it’s going everywhere TV has come a long way since the very first commercial was aired over 80 years ago. It has innovated dramatically to create some… Continue reading THE FUTURE ISN’T CONNECTED TV, IT’S CONNECTING TV

RECORD TV RATING IN OCTOBER, TERRESTRIAL RECEPTION PREVAILS

22. 11. 2020 In terms of TV viewing, October 2020 has been the strongest of all months of October since the start of people meter measuring in 1997. The daily ATS in the 15+ target group accounted for 4 hours and 18 minutes this October, which is 35 minutes more compared to the average values for the same… Continue reading RECORD TV RATING IN OCTOBER, TERRESTRIAL RECEPTION PREVAILS

WHAT PEOPLEMETERS SAY

2. 6. 2020 TV rating, which is measured electronically using so called peoplemeters in the Czech Republic, celebrates its 23rd anniversary today. This method started to be applied in 1997. Since that time, it has been subject to a number of changes and it ranks among the most advanced methods across the globe today. Research for the Association of… Continue reading WHAT PEOPLEMETERS SAY

PRIMA WINS TWO AWARDS OUT OF SEVEN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS HBBTV AWARDS IN ATHENS

27. 11. 2019 Prima Group won two awards at the HbbTV Awards. The jury awarded Prima in the Best Marketing and Promotion category for its Red Button campaign with Karel Voříšek and in the Best Use of HbbTV for Enhanced TV Services category for its video rental series offer. For the eighth time, the symposium organised by the… Continue reading PRIMA WINS TWO AWARDS OUT OF SEVEN AT THE PRESTIGIOUS HBBTV AWARDS IN ATHENS

CZECH PRIMA PROMOTES HBBTV

7. 10. 2019 The Czech national broadcaster Prima will soon start to complement the HbbTV verification of smart TVs by Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRa) with its own iPrima seal. Furthermore, according to its product manager Iva Nesrstova, Prima’s HbbTV offer from mid-October include content that has not yet been shown on its TV channels. Nesrstova, who was speaking to… Continue reading CZECH PRIMA PROMOTES HBBTV