CZECH TV STATIONS THE BEST IN VIEWERSHIP IN SEPTEMBER
7. 10. 2024

Czech Television stations achieved the highest share of the television market in September and also improved the most compared to last September.

PRIMA WILL OFFER VIDEOS AND ADVERTISING REVENUE TO THE WHOLE MARKET, LAUNCHES PRIMA PLAY
30. 9. 2024

The Prima Group is launching a library of videos that its partners can use for their own media. Prima will pay them 30% for embedding the video and ad on their site.

THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION HAS ENTERED INTO COOPERATION WITH THE MEDIA AGENCY GROUPM AND ITS RESEARCH PROJECT MPANEL
18. 9. 2024

Since August this year, AKTV has teamed up with GroupM Czech Republic from the WPP group and their data source mPanel.

EDISK AGREES WITH NOVA AND PRIMA, THE FIGHT AGAINST ONLINE PIRATES CONTINUES
11. 9. 2024

Following a recent settlement agreement with the operators of the Fastshare.cloud storage service, the Association of Commercial Television has managed to reach an agreement with the operators of eDisk and Sledujteto.

ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN FOR IRELAND
22. 8. 2024

Copyright protection body FACT and Crimestoppers have teamed up to launch a new antipiracy campaign across Ireland.

MEGAUPLOAD SERVER BOSS TO BE EXTRADITED TO THE U.S. BY NEW ZEALAND FOR PROSECUTION
20. 8. 2024

New Zealand is to extradite internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, founder of Megaupload, to the United States for prosecution.

ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE ACE SETTLES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CASES WITH IPTV OPERATORS
17. 8. 2024

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has announced settlements with three US-based illegal IPTV operators.

ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE ACE SHUTS DOWN ILLEGAL ANIME STREAMING WEBSITE
16. 8. 2024

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down ANIMEFLIX, a notorious piracy website dedicated to anime content.

PRISON FOR ILLEGAL STREAMING BROTHERS
13. 8. 2024

Two brothers who ran an illegal streaming operation that offered subscriptions to Sky have been jailed.

1 IN 5 SLOVAKS ADMIT TO ONLINE PIRACY
8. 8. 2024

47% of people in Slovakia use at least one paid platform to watch movies, series or music, according to a survey conducted on behalf of the Association of Television Broadcasters of Slovakia (ATVS).

PRIMA INTRODUCES SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF ON CNN PRIMA NEWS
29. 7. 2024

Prima is adding automatically generated subtitles for deaf viewers to its shows on CNN Prima News using machine learning.

SPAIN: 1,000+ BARS CONVICTED OF FOOTBALL PIRACY
24. 7. 2024

La Liga, the Spanish sports association, reports that it has obtained more than a thousand convictions against hotels, bars and restaurants that have engaged in football piracy.

ARRESTS IN ILLEGAL STREAMING CRACKDOWN
23. 7. 2024

In one of the largest operations to date, UK intellectual property protection body FACT and partners, including Sky, have taken action across the UK to combat illegal streaming and the use of unlawfully modified Firestick devices.

SUNDAY NOON IS THE “GOLDEN TIME” FOR HOBBY SHOWS ON PRIMA
22. 7. 2024

Prima concentrated its hobby-themed programmes around Sunday lunchtime. The band of programmes forms its important vertical, which it also exploits commercially.

NOVA HAS EXTENDED THE AUDIO DESCRIPTION FOR ITS STATIONS ON SKYLINK AND IN DVB-T2
18. 7. 2024

TV Nova has equipped Nova Gold and Nova Lady programmes with the audio description function. It can be activated by Skylink customers and those who receive the DVB-T2 Multiplex 24 signal.

WHAT TO SUBSCRIBE TO AND FOR HOW MUCH? NETFLIX, VOYO, DISNEY+, MAX AND OTHER POPULAR STREAMING SERVICES IN CR
12. 7. 2024

This overview from Kupi should give you a comprehensive picture of the most popular streaming services available in the Czech Republic

PRIMA’S CEO SINGER: CHANGE IN LICENCE FEES WILL SHARPLY INCREASE CZECH TV’S REVENUES. IT COULD ROCK THE MARKET
10. 7. 2024

The proposal to increase the collection of Czech TV licence fees is facing opposition from private broadcasters.

CZECH TV REMAINED THE STRONGEST IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR
8. 7. 2024

In the younger viewer categories 15-54 and 18-69 in the evening time slot, Nova was the strongest group for the first half of this year. In prime time 15+, Czech Television remained narrowly first.

FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF OPERATING MASSIVE, ILLEGAL STREAMING SERVICE THAT ALLEGEDLY HAD MORE CONTENT THAN NETFLIX, HULU, VUDU AND PRIME VIDEO COMBINED
21. 6. 2024

Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S.

REPOSITORIES UNDER FIRE. NOVA AND PRIMA CRACK DOWN ON ILLEGALLY SHARED CONTENT
20. 6. 2024

Private TV stations have achieved groundbreaking preliminary rulings. Major operators have had to cut off access to several file-sharing repositories.

FOUL PLAY: THE HIGH COST OF IP INFRINGEMENT IN SPORTS
19. 6. 2024

According to EUIPO data, millions of EU citizens access or stream sports content from illegal online sources while fake sports equipment cost manufacturers €850 million per year.

UK MAN WHO FLED TO CYPRUS JAILED IN UK FOR ILLEGAL TV OPERATION
19. 6. 2024

A man who fled to Cyprus before being extradited to the UK has been jailed for his part in an illegal TV operation. 

MULTIPLATFORM TV & AUDIO COMPANIES UNITE AROUND FIVE PRIORITIES AS KEYS TO SUCCESS IN TOMORROW’S MEDIA LANDSCAPE
17. 6. 2024

New Industry Charter outlines the collective ambition and joint commitments of multiplatform TV & audio businesses worldwide.

COMMERCIAL MEDIA HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE BIG MEDIA AMENDMENT
17. 6. 2024

The private media dont like the new proposal for a major media amendment and see the description of public service media as essential.