ONEPLAY IS STARTING. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND IS IT BETTER TO CANCEL VOYO OR O2 TV?

10. 3. 2025 From Monday 10 March, a new service called Oneplay is launching, merging O2 TV and Voyo. We summarise what it will mean for subscribers to these services. From 10 March, a new Oneplay service will launch, merging the existing O2 TV and Voyo. In their place will come a single Oneplay offering. What will change… Continue reading ONEPLAY IS STARTING. WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN? AND IS IT BETTER TO CANCEL VOYO OR O2 TV?

STREAMING SERVICES ARE CHANGING: VOYO IS OUT, ONEPLAY IS IN. AMAZON AND MAX ADJUST PRICES

26. 2. 2025 The merger of Voyo and O2 TV is a big change on the Czech market, which will also affect the price. After last year’s price increase for Netflix, Max, SkyShowtime and Disney+, this year the payment terms are also changing for Amazon Prime Video. Max, on the other hand, is adjusting its tariff for long-term… Continue reading STREAMING SERVICES ARE CHANGING: VOYO IS OUT, ONEPLAY IS IN. AMAZON AND MAX ADJUST PRICES

PRIMA PLUS WILL PRESENT THE SERIES THE CASE OF THE DANCER, ABOUT PEOPLE AND HORSES OR THE NIGHT OPERATOR

26. 2. 2025 Video platform prima+ has unveiled its programming plans for this year on the occasion of its second birthday. After two years of existence, the video platform prima+ reaches 350,000 real users per month and shows 97 million hours of viewing and 233 million views. Its offer has been used by 1.4 million real users. Prima… Continue reading PRIMA PLUS WILL PRESENT THE SERIES THE CASE OF THE DANCER, ABOUT PEOPLE AND HORSES OR THE NIGHT OPERATOR

VOYO AND O2TV WILL END. ONEPLAY WILL COME INSTEAD

25. 2. 2025 O2TV and Voyo, both from PPF Group, are merging their services into one called Oneplay. TV service O2TV and VOD service Voyo will end in the market. They will be replaced by a new joint service Oneplay. The news was announced by the CEOs of TV Nova Daniel Grunt and O2 Jindřich Fremuth. Both companies… Continue reading VOYO AND O2TV WILL END. ONEPLAY WILL COME INSTEAD

CHANGES IN VOD: MAX INNOVATES, CNN PLANS RETURN TO STREAMING

20. 2. 2025 Early 2025 saw more visual innovations in streaming services, but some more significant changes have also taken place. Here’s an overview of them. In early 2025, the Max streaming service is undergoing major visual changes to improve the user experience. One of the major new features is an updated navigation menu that moves content like… Continue reading CHANGES IN VOD: MAX INNOVATES, CNN PLANS RETURN TO STREAMING

PRIMA+ INCLUDES REALITY WITH STARHOUSE INFLUENCERS, WILL BE ON PRIMA

20. 2. 2025 Watchers use the app to decide who is the most “real”, thereby influencing the course of the game and the fate of individual participants. The streaming platform prima+ will include the daily reality show Starhouse from Monday 3 March. The edit will then be offered by the main channel Prima every Monday evening from 10… Continue reading PRIMA+ INCLUDES REALITY WITH STARHOUSE INFLUENCERS, WILL BE ON PRIMA

LINEAR TV STILL OUTPERFORMS STREAMING AND OTT IN EUROPE

16. 2. 2025 Despite the growth in digital video content viewership, linear TV is holding on as the main source for watching video content on the European continent. Linear TV remains the largest source of video content in Western Europe, despite a gradual decline in minutes watched. This is according to analysis of OTT & Video and TV… Continue reading LINEAR TV STILL OUTPERFORMS STREAMING AND OTT IN EUROPE

TV ADVERTISING FACTS: VIEWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT LIVE TV ADVERTISING, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY HUB ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH

15. 2. 2025 Two-thirds of viewers find advertising on live TV more acceptable than in on-demand programmes. In VOD, viewers are receptive to advertising if it saves them money on their subscription. These are the findings of a study by Hub Entertainment Research entitled TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction, which was conducted among 3,000 US consumers (14-74 years… Continue reading TV ADVERTISING FACTS: VIEWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ACCEPT LIVE TV ADVERTISING, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY HUB ENTERTAINMENT RESEARCH

KANTAR SAYS AD TIERS RESHAPING STREAMING MARKET

13. 2. 2025 Data and analytics company Kantar says there’s a growing consumer preference for ad-supported streaming. The latest study, from Kantar’s Worldpanel division, covers Q4 2024. It was a period when 35% of new video on demand subscribers opted for paid ad-supported models, a substantial increase from 21% the year before, helped by the removal of some… Continue reading KANTAR SAYS AD TIERS RESHAPING STREAMING MARKET

WHAT STREAMING SERVICES RULE THE CZECH REPUBLIC? AT THE END OF 2024, NETFLIX CLEARLY LED

6. 2. 2025 Software service JustWatch has released a report on the shares of streaming services in the last quarter of 2024, based on the approach of its Czech users, i.e. how they click on JustWatch offers and how they mark titles as “viewed.” The market shares of SVoD (Subscription-based VoD, i.e. subscription-based video services) in Q4 2024… Continue reading WHAT STREAMING SERVICES RULE THE CZECH REPUBLIC? AT THE END OF 2024, NETFLIX CLEARLY LED

MAJORITY OF CONSUMERS PREFER TO WATCH TV WITH ADS IF IT’S CHEAPER, NEW REPORT REVEALS

2. 2. 2025 Hub Research finds that two-thirds of viewers deem ads during live events more tolerable than ads during on-demand content. Prime Video and Netflix may have been onto something with their recent expansions into ads. That’s because two-thirds of TV consumers now say they’d rather watch a cheaper, ad-supported option over a more expensive, ad-free offering,… Continue reading MAJORITY OF CONSUMERS PREFER TO WATCH TV WITH ADS IF IT’S CHEAPER, NEW REPORT REVEALS

STUDY UK: AD-SUPPORTED STREAMING SERVICES IN UK MORE POPULAR THAN EVER

30. 1. 2025 Substantially more people in the UK are choosing ad-supported streaming services, Kantar figures show, with the percentage increasing from 10% a year ago to 31% percent today. The figures – which are taken from Kantar’s latest Entertainment on Demand study – analyse the British video-on-demand market during Q4. The study also found that ad tiers… Continue reading STUDY UK: AD-SUPPORTED STREAMING SERVICES IN UK MORE POPULAR THAN EVER

STUDY USA: STREAMING 2024: FEWER CORE APPS IN U.S. HOMES

28. 1. 2025 Recent research on streaming TV reveals general consistency, but not growth, in the amount of streaming apps viewers regularly tune into — 3.9 average apps per U.S. home in third-quarter 2024, according to TVision. This is down from an average 4.2 apps in 2023. This deepens other analysis that sees the streaming market maturing and/or… Continue reading STUDY USA: STREAMING 2024: FEWER CORE APPS IN U.S. HOMES

VODAFONE TV WILL OFFER PRIMA+ AS A GIFT INSTEAD OF VOYO

27. 1. 2025 For customers who have had access to Voyo, Vodafone TV will offer the competing service prima+ for three months. The prima+ service, which is operated by the Prima group, will appear on the Vodafone TV offer as a three-month gift for those customers who have subscribed to Voyo. MediaGuru.cz confirmed this to TV Prima. As… Continue reading VODAFONE TV WILL OFFER PRIMA+ AS A GIFT INSTEAD OF VOYO

STREAMING AND OTT SERVICES LOCALIZE CONTENT INTO ENGLISH THANKS TO AI

23. 1. 2025 It seems the opportunity to enter new markets with a foreign service has never been easier. The magic called AI can even handle localization into Czech. But it comes with some pitfalls. The reason why some foreign services eventually decided not to enter the Czech market in the past was not only the possible possession… Continue reading STREAMING AND OTT SERVICES LOCALIZE CONTENT INTO ENGLISH THANKS TO AI

VOYO IN SLOVAKIA IS GOING UP BY 2 EUROS, INCREASE IS EXPECTED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AS WELL

20. 1. 2025 The basic subscription to Voyo will increase by two euros per month in Slovakia. The price of Voyo subscriptions is also expected to increase in the Czech Republic. The streaming service Voyo is to change the price of the standard subscription for new customers to €7.99 (approx. CZK 200) in Slovakia from 20 January 2025.… Continue reading VOYO IN SLOVAKIA IS GOING UP BY 2 EUROS, INCREASE IS EXPECTED IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AS WELL

STUDY USA: STREAMING VIEWERS MORE ACCEPTING OF TV ADS

12. 1. 2025 Annual survey finds two-thirds of viewers find advertising more tolerable than in on-demand programming. With a greater number of lower-cost ad-supported programming sources available, TV viewers’ resistance to ads continues to wane, according to a new report from Hub Research. Hub’s semiannual “TV Advertising: Fact vs. Fiction” survey indicates most consumers prefer to watch TV ads… Continue reading STUDY USA: STREAMING VIEWERS MORE ACCEPTING OF TV ADS

MEDIA 2024: NEW TV STATIONS, THE FIGHT OVER FEES AND THE DEMISE OF THE FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPERS

31. 12. 2024 New TV stations and the continued development of video-on-demand, changes in Jaromír Soukup’s media companies, the demise of the first print dailies, the debate on the shape of media legislation and the development of DAB+. These are some of the main media events in 2024. This year started with the arrival of new TV channels,… Continue reading MEDIA 2024: NEW TV STATIONS, THE FIGHT OVER FEES AND THE DEMISE OF THE FIRST DAILY NEWSPAPERS