MULTICHOICE LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE IN MALAWI
2. 6. 2025

MultiChoice has run a four-day anti-piracy training and enforcement operation in Malawi, the first stage of a long-term initiative to combat piracy and protect the creative economy in the South East Africa country.

ARREST IN ONLINE PIRACY CASE
23. 5. 2025

A man has been arrested on suspicion of leaking unreleased Hollywood films online.

OVER 1.5 MILLION NORDIC HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ACCESS TO ILLEGAL IPTV
22. 5. 2025

Piracy remains a significant problem within the Nordic market with an increasing number of households taken in by the unauthorised distributors.

CREATORS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS RALLY FOR FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF AI REGULATION AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
21. 5. 2025

Europe’s creative sectors call on EU policymakers to uphold transparency, consent, and creators’ rights in AI Act implementation

A NEW WAY TO FIGHT TV PIRATES. EDUCATION, FINES INSTEAD OF JAIL, AND ADVANCED TECHNICAL MEASURES
20. 5. 2025

According to studies, piracy of audiovisual content has been significantly reduced, mainly thanks to streaming services that charge a fee for access to a rich video library. However, unauthorized access still persists.

CANAL+ SECURES BLOCKING ORDER ON ILLEGAL SPORTS STREAMING
16. 5. 2025

The Paris Judicial Court has ruled in favour of Canal+ ordering the blocking of 203 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers. 

ADVERTISING COUNCIL INTRODUCES NEW MEMBERS AND UPDATES ITS CODEX
6. 5. 2025

The Advertising Council, an association dedicated to self-regulation in advertising, has welcomed three professional associations and one company into its ranks.

NOVA WAS STRONGEST IN APRIL. PRIMA SECOND, THURS DROPPED TO THIRD POSITION
5. 5. 2025

April's broadcast changed the position of the strongest domestic TV stations in the market. Nova Group took the first position in all major audience categories.

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CELEBRATES 8 YEARS, MAREK SINGER REPLACES KLÁRA BRACHTLOVÁ AS PRESIDENT
29. 4. 2025

This spring the Association of Commercial Television celebrated its eighth year of operation. The association's anniversary is traditionally also associated with a change in the presidency.

BARNETT IS THE NEW CEO OF CME, REPLACING STOESSEL
8. 4. 2025

Sam Barnett will replace Didier Stoessel, who remains PPF's chief investment officer, as head of CME's media group.

CZECH TELEVISION IN MARCH FIRST, GROWING NOVA. TV SEZNAM IS AHEAD OF BARRANDOV GROUP
7. 4. 2025

The positions of the strongest TV groups remained unchanged in March compared to the previous months of this year.

TOWARDS A TANGIBLE AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN MEDIA FREEDOM ACT (EMFA) AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT OBLIGATIONS
6. 4. 2025

The lack of transparency and audit of online platforms is a threat to the entire media sector. The European Union is responding to this problem through the DMA and EMFA initiatives.

LESS CONTENT IS BEING CREATED BECAUSE OF PIRACY, SAYS ADVOCATE. HOW CAN CREATORS DEFEND THEIR WORKS?
4. 4. 2025

neither the end of the popular portal nor the advent of streaming services completely eradicated the illegal distribution of content. Creators must continue to protect their copyrights. How?

ACE SHUTS DOWN PIRATE VIDEO HOSTING PLATFORM GAMOVIDEO
31. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.

SUPPLIER OF ILLEGAL STREAMS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN LEBANON
25. 3. 2025

The operator of a platform responsible for supplying illegal streams to pirate services around the world, has been sentenced to 11 months in prison and to pay more than US$90,000 in penalties.

ILLEGAL CONTENT FROM PREHRAJ.TO AND DATOID WILL DISAPPEAR THANKS TO AN AGREEMENT WITH AKTV
20. 3. 2025

AKTV has entered into a new settlement agreement with the services Přehraj.to and Datoid to prevent the illegal sharing of its members protected works.

RATINGS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC ARE DOMINATED BY BIG RETURNS. PRIMA CELEBRATES WITH SERIES HRDINA, NOVA WITH SPECIALISTÉ
13. 3. 2025

In the last few days and weeks, the most successful series were those that viewers already know well.

ACE TAKES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST IPTV PIRATES
11. 3. 2025

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services.

NO DISCERNIBLE IMPACT FROM EC RECOMMENDATION ON COMBATTING PIRACY OF LIVE EVENTS FOUND IN LATEST REPORT
10. 3. 2025

A report by Grant Thornton demonstrates the very limited impact of the EU Commission’s Recommendation on combating piracy of sports and other live events.

10. 3. 2025

In a major crackdown on digital piracy, German authorities have arrested three individuals suspected of running a large-scale illegal streaming operation.

DISCOVERY, TV4, AND VIAPLAY FILE TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST OPERATORS
5. 3. 2025

Nordic broadcasters Discovery, TV4, and Viaplay have begun legal action against several operators as part of a crackdown on illegal operators.

ČT RETAINED THE LEAD IN FEBRUARY, NOVA CONTINUES TO GROW. IT HAS THE BEST RESULTS ALSO IN PRIME-TIME
5. 3. 2025

Czech TV channels had the highest share in the universal 15+ group in February. However, the Nova group is growing the most.

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.

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.