CME TO ESTABLISH BRUSSELS NEWS BUREAU

28. 6. 2023 Central European Media Enterprises (CME) will open a new bureau based in Brussels on July 1. It will be jointly staffed with experienced reporters from its leading commercial TV stations in Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic (the Czech correspondent will jointly cover both Czech Republic & Slovakia). Team members from RTL Hrvatska and Pop… Continue reading CME TO ESTABLISH BRUSSELS NEWS BUREAU

NOVA BRINGS BACK REALITY SHOW BIG BROTHER IN AUTUMN

20. 6. 2023 After eighteen years, the reality show Big Brother will return to TV Nova. The network has announced the start of casting and preparations for the “new generation of the show”. The reality show Big Brother will return to Czech and Slovak TV screens this autumn. Nova and Markíza TV are preparing it for the autumn… Continue reading NOVA BRINGS BACK REALITY SHOW BIG BROTHER IN AUTUMN

VOYO CHANGES THE DAY FOR PLACING PREMIERE OF ORDINACE SERIES

19. 6. 2023 New episodes of the series Ordinace will air on Voyo on Mondays. The series continues on the pay video platform. Starting Monday, June 26, Voyo is changing the series premiere day. Instead of Thursdays, new episodes will be shown on Mondays. This applies not only to summer broadcasts, but also to the period after the… Continue reading VOYO CHANGES THE DAY FOR PLACING PREMIERE OF ORDINACE SERIES

DIGIMEDIA 2023: COMPLETE PRESENTATION FROM THE CONFERENCE

16. 6. 2023 Three sessions, 22 speakers, nine presentations. This was the 18th edition of the DIGIMEDIA 2023 conference, which took place this Wednesday in the Congress Hall of the Czech Television in Prague, Kavčí Hory. A complete overview of what was said at the conference was brought to you by televizniweb.cz BLOCK I – TELEVISION The first… Continue reading DIGIMEDIA 2023: COMPLETE PRESENTATION FROM THE CONFERENCE

PRIMA+ OVER SCHEDULE. VOYO IS NOT CONSIDERING A VERSION WITH ADVERTISING

15. 6. 2023 Both the Prima and Nova TV groups have praised the development of their video-on-demand services. They agree that they are achieving better results than they had planned before their launch. The video platform prima+, launched this year, is developing better than the Prima group expected. This was revealed in the words of Josef Benes, director… Continue reading PRIMA+ OVER SCHEDULE. VOYO IS NOT CONSIDERING A VERSION WITH ADVERTISING

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 NEWS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN WITH THE CLAIM “WE LIVE WITH YOU”

14. 6. 2023 For the ad spot, Televizní noviny uses real footage that editorial crews have shot in their work in the recent past, The faces of the newscast are also involved. Televizni noviny (TV Nova), the country’s most-watched news programme, has launched a campaign to promote its new “Living with You” campaign. “We thought about how to… Continue reading TV NOVA NEWS LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN WITH THE CLAIM “WE LIVE WITH YOU”

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

AMENDMENT TO CZECH TELEVISION FINANCING WILL CAUSE IMBALANCES IN THE MARKET, ACCORDING TO NOVA AND PRIMA

13. 6. 2023 The main commercial players state that the increased TV fee together with the extension of its payment to include all users of ČT services instead of only those having a TV set would bring imbalance in the market. An increase in funding for Czech Television (ČT) through an increase in the television licence fee and… Continue reading AMENDMENT TO CZECH TELEVISION FINANCING WILL CAUSE IMBALANCES IN THE MARKET, ACCORDING TO NOVA AND PRIMA

PODCAST: “I KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT.” SAYS THE FATHER OF TV HITS MICHAL REITLER

6. 6. 2023 It’s easy to miss his name in the headlines. But without him, viewers would miss out on the best TV projects of the last decade-plus. TV producer Michal Reitler, who is also behind the TV series Ulice, Most!, Iveta, Cases of the 1st Department and others, visited the Blesk.cz studio. Michal Reitler, a native of… Continue reading PODCAST: “I KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT.” SAYS THE FATHER OF TV HITS MICHAL REITLER

TV IN CZECH REPUBLIC IN MAY: ČT LEADS, NOVA, LIST AND ATMEDIA GREW

5. 6. 2023 Czech Television’s stations continued to record a market share of over 30% this May and achieved the highest market share in the universal group over 15 years of age. Czech Television stations also had the highest share of the TV market in May. Cumulatively, they reached 30.47% in the all-day broadcasting in the over-15 age… Continue reading TV IN CZECH REPUBLIC IN MAY: ČT LEADS, NOVA, LIST AND ATMEDIA GREW

ESG INITIATIVE CME CARES WILL BE LED BY SOŇA SCHWARZOVÁ AND HANA DE GOEIJ

31. 5. 2023 ESG, an initiative of the media company CME, which operates TV Nova and the Voyo video platform in the Czech Republic, will be led by Soňa Schwarzová and Hana de Goeij starting June under the brand CME CARES. Soňa Schwarzová will be CME Chief People and Sustainability Officer and Hana de Goeij will be CME… Continue reading ESG INITIATIVE CME CARES WILL BE LED BY SOŇA SCHWARZOVÁ AND HANA DE GOEIJ

PPF: CME TELEVISION GROUP INCREASED PROFITS LAST YEAR

31. 5. 2023 PPF Group’s television business generated higher profits in 2022 than in the previous year, according to financial results. The net profit of the CME Media Enterprises TV group, which operates in six Central and Eastern European countries and includes the domestic TV Nova, increased to EUR 136 million (approx. CZK 3.3 billion) in 2022, up… Continue reading PPF: CME TELEVISION GROUP INCREASED PROFITS LAST YEAR

NOVA LAUNCHED BEHIND THE SCENES PODCAST, HOSTED BY JAKUB STRYCEK

26. 5. 2023 TV Nova launches a new short podcast “Kuba s Novou” hosted by Jakub Strýček, Marketing Director of TV Nova. TV Nova presents a new short podcast hosted by Jakub Strýček, Marketing Director of TV Nova. The first guest is Bořivoj Hořínek, a promo producer who stands behind shows for TV Nova and Voyo. The interview,… Continue reading NOVA LAUNCHED BEHIND THE SCENES PODCAST, HOSTED BY JAKUB STRYCEK

AKTV: NETFLIX, HBO AND OTHERS SHOULD PAY INTO THE AUDIOVISUAL FUND

23. 5. 2023 The Association of Commercial Television (AKTV) wants foreign platforms like Netflix, HBO and Disney+ to contribute to the Audiovisual Support Fund in the same way as Czech services.

CME: WE WILL MAINTAIN THE PACE OF INVESTMENT IN VOYO IN THE COMING YEARS

15. 5. 2023 Local video platform Voyo will continue its set pace of investment in content production in the coming years. “The mathematics of the growth trajectory does not allow us to slow down,” says CME deputy CEO Dusan Švalek. Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the parent company of TV Nova, is confident in the set strategy of… Continue reading CME: WE WILL MAINTAIN THE PACE OF INVESTMENT IN VOYO IN THE COMING YEARS

ČT, NOVA AND PRIMA GENERAL MANAGERS AT DIGIMEDIA 2023

5. 5. 2023 Digimedia conference, the key meeting of TV and radio broadcasting experts will take place for the 18th time this year on Wednesday 14th of June in Prague. Participants of the 18th annual DIGIMEDIA 2023 conference, which will take place on Wednesday 14th June 2023 in the Congress Hall of Czech Television, Kavčí Hory district, will… Continue reading ČT, NOVA AND PRIMA GENERAL MANAGERS AT DIGIMEDIA 2023

AKTV INVITES FOR THE CZECH SPEAKERS IN NEXTV CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

4. 5. 2023 The Association of Commercial Television invites for Czech speakers in the programme of Nextv Ad Europe and Nextv Series Europe conferences. The conferences will bring news from the advertising and media industry and will take place in Prague on 10th – 12th May 2023. You can look forward to topics from advertising, OTT and VOD.… Continue reading AKTV INVITES FOR THE CZECH SPEAKERS IN NEXTV CONFERENCE PROGRAMME