THE NUMBER OF CYBERCRIME CASES HAS RISEN BY A RECORD 37 PER CENT YEAR-ON-YEAR
14. 4. 2026

The number of cybercrime cases rose by 37 per cent year-on-year in March.

IT WILL SOON BE MANDATORY IN THE EU TO LABEL CONTENT GENERATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
13. 4. 2026

New rules on the transparency of so-called artificial intelligence will come into force in the European Union on 2 August this year. The aim is to reduce the risk of misuse of this technology, manipulation, misleading content, fraud and so on.

FASTLY AND LALIGA PARTNER ON AI ANTI-PIRACY SOLUTION
10. 4. 2026

Fastly and LaLiga have teamed up to develop new technology aimed at tackling illegal streaming of live sports.

LFP SAYS 2 MILLION IN FRANCE PIRATE LIGUE 1 BROADCASTS
24. 3. 2026

The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) says 2 million people in France are watching Ligue 1 through illegal streams, as new figures highlight the growing scale of sports piracy in the market.

EUROPEAN BROADCASTING ASSOCIATIONS’ STATEMENT ON CONNECTED TVs & VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS
23. 3. 2026

Undersigned organisations wish to reiterate their request to designate relevant connected TV operating  systems and virtual assistant platform operators as gatekeepers to better reflect their increasingly  significant role as well as evolving market realities.

ILLEGAL LIVE SPORTS STREAMING FLOURISHING DESPITE INDUSTRY CRACKDOWNS
6. 3. 2026

A 2025 study found that 69% of sports fans in the United States and Europe have turned to illegal streams as the subscription cost of their platforms rise.

THE ILLEGAL STREAMING SERVICE BITPLAY HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
27. 2. 2026

The pirate service Bitplay, which, among other things, illegally provided access to premium sports television channels, live broadcasts of sports matches and selected series content, has been shut down.

SPANISH COURT ORDERS NORDVPN AND PROTONVPN TO BLOCK LALIGA PIRATE STREAMS
17. 2. 2026

NordVPN and ProtonVPN are required to prevent access from Spain to IP addresses where illegal transmissions of LaLiga matches have been verified. 

CLOUDFLARE AND ONLINE PIRACY: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIGITAL INTERMEDIARIES UNDER SCRUTINY
4. 2. 2026

The Tokyo District Court ruled that technology intermediaries can be held directly liable if they fail to respond to clear and timely requests to remove illegal content.

FOUR ARRESTED AS PIPCU SHUT DOWN £750K ILLEGAL IPTV OPERATION
2. 2. 2026

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police has arrested 4 people and seized 10 servers in Manchester as part of an investigation into a large-scale illegal IPTV streaming service.

US SEIZES DOMAINS LINKED TO BULGARIAN PIRACY SITES ZAMUNDA, ARENABG AND ZELKA
2. 2. 2026

The US Department of Justice has issued seizure warrants against three US-registered internet domains tied to commercial websites allegedly operated from Bulgaria and accused of distributing copyrighted content without authorisation.

OPERATION SWITCH OFF TAKES MAJOR ILLEGAL IPTV PLATFORMS OFFLINE
30. 1. 2026

A coordinated international law-enforcement operation has targeted an industrial-scale illegal IPTV network, with investigators naming 31 suspects following raids in 11 Italian cities and 14 countries. 

CZECH MEDIA SIGN SELF-REGULATION MEMORANDUM WITH EMFA
28. 1. 2026

The Czech media has prepared the first representative self-regulatory mechanism on the market, created in cooperation with private and public media and organisations representing journalists.

THOUSANDS OF FILMS AND TV SERIES SHARED WITHOUT PERMISSION: SLOVAK POLICE CHARGE MAN WITH MASSIVE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
26. 1. 2026

Police in Humenné charged a 32-year-old man who had been illegally making protected content available for many years. The damage exceeded tens of thousands of EUROS.

SPAIN: LANDMARK RULING AGAINST TV PIRACY
20. 1. 2026

A Spanish court has set a new benchmark in the fight against TV piracy by imposing prison sentences of up to three years on those responsible for illegally distributing the signal of Movistar+ and other pay-TV operators.

AI IS ALREADY CHANGING THE WORLD OF MEDIA; IN 2026, IT COULD BE ADVERTISING’S TURN
8. 1. 2026

Tech giants such as Google have made such progress with AI that it is already having a impact on the business of many online media outlets

PRIMA+ NEARLY DOUBLED ITS VIEWERSHIP LAST YEAR, DRIVEN BY REALITY SHOW ZRÁDCI
7. 1. 2026

The prima+ video platform recorded 200 million video views last year. This is almost double the number compared to the previous year.

THU IN 2025, DESPITE THE DECLINE, DEFENDED ITS LEADERSHIP, GREW NOVA
5. 1. 2026

Česká televize defended its lead in the 15+ audience group in 2025. Nova won in prime time and in younger audience groups.

CNN PRIMA NEWS GREW THE MOST OF THEMATIC STATIONS LAST YEAR
5. 1. 2026

Political events and social developments were reflected in the growth of news TV stations' ratings last year.

MEDIA 2025: THE EMERGENCE OF ONEPLAY, THE FIGHT FOR THE CZECH AND THE CZECH ONLY AND THE FEARS OF AI
2. 1. 2026

Uncertainty about the impact of AI, potential regulatory changes, changing user behaviour and a volatile and spillover advertising market.

THE MOST WATCHED SHOW ON NOVA.CZ IS LOVE ISLAND
2. 1. 2026

On the Nova.cz website, the reality shows accounted for more than a third of all views last year. Of these, Love Island is the most watched.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ON TV NOVA, TV PRIMA AND ČT1 MARKED BY SPECIAL PROGRAMS
31. 12. 2025

The largest domestic TV stations have prepared special editions of their entertainment programs for the evening of the last day of 2025.

FACT WARNS ILLEGAL STREAMERS FOLLOWING JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH POLICE
28. 12. 2025

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has contacted more than 1,000 people across the UK, warning them to stop using illegal TV streaming services or risk prosecution.

PARIS COURT ORDERS WIDER LIGUE 1 PIRACY BLOCKS
27. 12. 2025

The Paris Judicial Court has issued 2 rulings in favour of the LFP (French Professional Football League) and LFP Media, extending efforts to block illegal streaming of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.