LEADING MENA PIRATE SERVICE SHUT DOWN
27. 11. 2023

One of the largest piracy services in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region has been shut down in Egypt by the Egyptian police, in collaboration with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE).

INCREASED TV FEES? I WOULD BUILD A NEW ČT1 WITH THAT MONEY, SAYS MAREK SINGER, PRIMA’S CEO
21. 11. 2023

Marek Singer, CEO of the Prima Group, commented on the increase in licence fees for Czech Television.

CZECH COMMERCIAL TV STATIONS HAVE TEAMED UP TO PRESENT A JOINT TV SPOT
21. 11. 2023

A joint TV spot has been produced by commercial broadcasters associated in the Association of Commercial Television on the occasion of World Television Day, which falls on 21 November.

PIRACY CRACKDOWN IN THAILAND
21. 11. 2023

Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down tt-torrent.com, a torrent website that was operated out of Thailand.

EU STUDY: THE MORE PERMISSIVE THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS PIRACY IN A COUNTRY, THE HIGHER THE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PIRATED CONTENT
18. 11. 2023

A clear majority of Europeans report a good understanding of the concept of intellectual property and agree that it is important to respect intellectual property in order to protect the rights and revenues of producers of goods and content, as well as the quality of their products.

THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION HAS PREPARED A SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF WORLD TELEVISION DAY
16. 11. 2023

For the first time ever, Czech commercial TV stations have prepared a joint programme for their business partners and collaborators, to whom Nova, Prima and Óčko will open their doors.

ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN GREECE
10. 11. 2023

An intense anti-piracy campaign has been conducted in Greece in recent months by several authorities with the main operators to combat illegal connections.

ACE TARGETS VIETNAM-BASED PIRACY
7. 11. 2023

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) continues to target major Vietnam-based piracy syndicates and since June has shut down multiple piracy websites belonging to the same piracy syndicate operating out of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

PRIMA REMAINED FIRST IN 15+ IN OCTOBER, CZECH TV GREW WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS
7. 11. 2023

The Prima TV group maintained its highest viewership in the broader over-15 audience group in all-day viewing in October.

MAJOR PIRATE SITES SHUT DOWN IN GEORGIA
4. 11. 2023

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) says it has worked closely with the country of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance to shut down two of the nation’s largest illegal streaming sites, adjaranet.com and imovies.cc.

DIGITAL PIRACY IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, ACCORDING TO A STUDY ON ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
3. 11. 2023

According to the EUIPO study on online copyright infringement in the EU, socio-economic factors have a significant impact on the illegal use of copyright content.

BREAKFAST WITH NOVA AND PRIMA. TV CEOS ON CZECHFLIX AND LICENCE FEES
2. 11. 2023

Two CEOs of billion-dollar media houses at the same table: the head of Nova, Daniel Grunt (right), and his counterpart from Prima, Marek Singer, care about your entertainment and agree that we are living in the golden age of TV. Only this acronym no longer stands for television but for total video.

EU STUDY: TV PIRACY ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST HALF OF ALL DIGITAL PIRACY
31. 10. 2023

According to a new study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the downward trend in piracy from previous years has reversed and started to rise again.

ACE AND DAZN SHUT DOWN PIRATE INDIAN LIVE SPORTS SITE
27. 10. 2023

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), working closely with the global sports streaming service DAZN, has shut down the live sports piracy site Watchwrestling.ai and its associated domains, which were being operated out of India.

EU STUDY: DOWNWARD TREND IN ONLINE PIRACY REVERSED LAST YEAR
23. 10. 2023

The Internet is a phenomenon that makes our daily lives easier. However, besides the positive aspects offered, it also has its darker side. The negative features undoubtedly include digital piracy, which is the subject of a new study, Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union. History of the concept of piracy The word ‘piracy’ has ... Continue reading

FORUM MEDIA CONFERENCE HAS PUBLISHED ITS PROGRAMME
19. 10. 2023

In just three weeks Forum Media - the largest conference in the Czech Republic focused on media, marketing and communication - will take place.

PRIVATE MEDIA AT ONE TABLE: THE MAJOR AMENDMENT WILL DAMAGE THE WHOLE MARKET
17. 10. 2023

Representatives of Czech private media gathered for the first time at a joint press conference. They are appealing to the Minister of Culture over the draft of a major Media Amendment.

FACT AND SKY IN JOINT ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL IPTV PROVIDERS
16. 10. 2023

FACT and Sky are working with regional Police forces to target illegal IPTV service providers across the UK.

EU STUDY: TV CONTENT IS THE MOST FREQUENT TARGET OF DIGITAL PIRACY IN THE EU
13. 10. 2023

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published a new study entitled Online Copyright Infringement in the European Union.

ACE SHUTS DOWN LATIN AMERICAN PIRACY RINGS
12. 10. 2023

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down two of Latin America’s largest and most visited Spanish-language piracy rings.

MAN JAILED FOR SELLING STREAMING STICKS WITH UNLICENSED PREMIER LEAGUE COVERAGE
11. 10. 2023

FACT scores another success in the fight against illegal content distribution: a man who sold streaming sticks capable of receiving pirated Premier League matches has been jailed for two and a half years.

MEDIA CLUB TO INCREASE TV ADVERTISING PRICES BY 22% IN 2024 AND CHANGE TARGET AUDIENCE
11. 10. 2023

The price of TV advertising on stations represented by Media Club will increase by at least 22% next year. The basic target group is also changing to 18-69.

CZECHS LIKE CRIME SERIES AND GOOD STORIES, SAYS NOVA’S PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR
9. 10. 2023

The best time managers are mothers, laughs Silvia Majeská, mother of triplets and Programming Director of Nova and Markíza TV groups. What do the Czech viewers look like and what are they interested in? And what will Voyo focus on?

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION PARTNERING WITH FORUM MEDIA’S EFFIE STAGE
5. 10. 2023

This year's Forum Media conference, the largest domestic professional event focused on media, marketing and communication, will take place on 9 November 2023 at the O2 Universe in Prague. The Association of Commercial Television has partnered with the Effie Stage this year.