Research in the Visegrad Four countries found that the public supports EU measures on media freedom. The first comprehensive survey of public attitudes towards media freedom in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia shows that 52% of people are concerned about the state of media freedom in their country. 71% of respondents support stronger ... Continue reading
For the first quarter of this year, the volume of TV advertising GRPs was almost unchanged compared to the same period last year. The total volume of TV advertising GRPs delivered during the first quarter of this year remained almost at the same level as in the comparable period last year. It was down 0.5% ... Continue reading
Most media types posted double-digit increases in the first quarter, according to Nielsen Admosphere monitoring.
Nova TV’s Voyo video service experienced an exceptionally successful year. At the beginning of 2021, it announced an ambitious plan to attract a million customers within five years. At that time, Nova only had about 60 thousand customers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It surpassed its annual goal in the autumn and now the number ... Continue reading
Marek Singer, CEO of the Prima group (not just TV anymore), describes a new competitive framework he calls “total video” in the Médiář podcast. Listen to the full interview (in CZECH) here. Source: mediar.cz
Marek Singer has been the head of FTV Prima Group since 2008. but only after fourteen long years can he be happy that Prima’s channels are catching up with their biggest competitor - the Nova group - in terms of viewership. In certain viewer target groups, they even surpassed TV Nova in March.
Can attention be both the “north star to effectiveness” but also “really not how advertising works”?
The Association of Communication Agencies (AKA) expects marketing communication investments to grow by 12% this year. The investment dynamics is going to accelerate compared to previous years. Despite the ongoing presence of Covid-19, the advertising market in the Czech Republic was doing relatively well in 2021. According to data from the Activation Research, which was ... Continue reading
Mediaguru shares a summary view of the development of individual media types in 2021, the second "covid" year.
With U.S. streamers still driving local market growth, TV producers in continental Europe are juggling between the Hollywood studio business model — under which Netflix and the likes get all rights in return for full-financing plus a fee — and the pre-existing European model based on co-productions that leave indie producers with backend and give ... Continue reading
The level of media literacy is generally increasing in Czech society. This is according to research by the Department of Media and Cultural Studies and Journalism at Palacký University in Olomouc and the STEM/MARK agency. The level of media literacy in Czech society is generally increasing (39/100 points in 2018, 49/100 in 2021). This is ... Continue reading
