PRIMA WANTS TO INCREASE MARKET SHARE WITH AUTUMN SCHEME
29. 8. 2022

New shows in the autumn schedule of TV Prima's main channel should contribute to a further increase in the Prima Group's share of the TV market, believes CEO Marek Singer.

GROSS INVESTMENT IN ADVERTISING GREW BY 13% IN SEVEN MONTHS
26. 8. 2022

Gross investment in the purchase of advertising space in the media increased by almost 13% in the first seven months of the year.

WARC PREDICTS AN ADVERTISING INVESTMENT SLOWDOWN IN 2023
25. 8. 2022

Brands will continue to invest in advertising in the second half of the year, but warc expects a slowdown in 2023, expects WARC.

NEW CONTENT ON TV NOVA WILL BUILD UP IN 2023
22. 8. 2022

The advertising autumn on TV Nova has been promising so far. The investments the TV group has made in the preparation of the programme should bear fruit not only this autumn, but especially next year, says Jan Vlček, CEO of TV Nova.

ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING OF COPYRIGHT WORKS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CRIMINAL LAW
12. 8. 2022

Probably every internet user has downloaded a movie, song or photo for their personal use. Does a user who downloads a copyright work from an illegal source commit an illegal act and, if so, can illegal downloading be punishable under criminal law?

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PURPOSELY RUNNING AWAY FROM THE NEWS, BUT THEY’LL BE BACK IN THE FALL
1. 8. 2022

More positive topics or tips on how to cope with the rising cost of living. That, too, is a recipe for responding to people's frustration with the overabundance of negative events, according to TV Nova news director Kamil Houska. What topics are also important in news and what else did he share in this interviw?

„YOU CAN EITHER MAKE PEOPLE CRY AND LAUGH, OR YOU CAN’T SUCCEED IN THE TV BUSINESS,“ SAYS CME CHIEF DIDIER STOESSEL
30. 7. 2022

Didier Stoessel faces a number of challenges: competition in the market, the economic slowdown or the steady decline in viewership of linear broadcasting. How does one of the most important Television executives in the Czech republic plan to deal with them?

HBBTV AWARDS 2022 OPEN FOR ENTRIES
7. 7. 2022

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to invite entries for this year’s HbbTV Awards.

VOYO IS DOING FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN WE PLANNED. ORDINACE IS STILL THE DRIVING FORCE, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT OF CME
23. 6. 2022

Daniel Grunt returned to CME a year ago as head of digital activities. His task was to secure one million subscribers for Voyo within five years. How's it going? Read this interview.

MEDIA INVESTMENTS WERE HIGHER IN MAY, BUT GROWTH SLOWED DOWN
20. 6. 2022

Year-on-year growth in advertising investment in media continued in May, but was lower than in the previous month, according to Nielsen Admosphere.

HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS 2022: CALL FOR SPEAKERS
1. 6. 2022

The HbbTV Association, which co-hosts the in-person event Symposium HbbTV with the Czech Association of Commercial Television (AKTV), is inviting industry executives and experts to address the top-level audience as speakers in the conference programme.

MONITORING: ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA ARE GROWING RAPIDLY THIS YEAR
19. 5. 2022

Monitored media advertising investments grew by almost a quarter year-on-year in April. Then for the first four months of 2022 they were up 15 percent, Nielsen Admosphere monitoring shows.

ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS AND BRINGS A LOT OF NEWS
12. 5. 2022

This spring marks the fifth anniversary of the Association of Commercial Television whose founding members are the Nova, Prima and Óčko TV groups.

PRIMA WILL START AUCTIONING OFF PART OF THE SPACE NEXT YEAR
4. 5. 2022

The Prima Group is trying to counter the expected outflow of advertising GRPs in linear TV and will introduce auction sales for part of its advertising space from 2023, following restrictions on rewind advertising in IPTV. And it is already announcing price increases. The Prima Group and its media agency Media Club will come up ... Continue reading

MEDIA FREEDOM DAY & MEDIA FREEDOM ACT: WHAT FREEDOM LOOKS LIKE TO EUROPE’S MEDIA
3. 5. 2022

Today, broadcasters and streaming services around Europe celebrate Media Freedom Day[1]. As the European Commission drafts the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), ACT, ABBRO, ACCeS, AKTV, ARCA, CRTV, UTECA and VÖP recall common principles to safeguard media pluralism, independence and sustainability. Any new regulations impacting audio-visual media should be assessed in light of general principles, ... Continue reading

VOYO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE BIG THREE. WE ARE ALREADY NUMBER TWO IN THE MARKET, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT
27. 4. 2022

Nova TV has already succeeded in beating HBO Max in the number of subscribers to its video service Voyo. It is the second strongest streaming service in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

HBBTV SYMPOSIUM AND AWARDS 2022 CALLS FOR SPONSORS
26. 4. 2022

The 10th HbbTV Symposium and Awards on November 9-10, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic, will provide a unique platform to target top-level executives of the global connected TV industry with commercial and promotional activities. The HbbTV Association, which co-hosts the in-person event with the Czech Association of Commercial Television (AKTV), has compiled several attractive sponsorship ... Continue reading

EGRP CAMPAIGNS HELP INCREASING AFFINITY AND REACH
26. 4. 2022

eGrp campaigns bring greater reach and improved affinity, especially to clients willing to address a younger target group, describes Petr Hatlapatka from Media Club.

HOW TODAY’S TV DRIVES BRANDS?
26. 4. 2022

Do you know how today's TV drives brands?

RESEARCH: CZECHS CONSIDER MEDIA INDEPENDENCE IMPORTANT
26. 4. 2022

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

CZECH TV GRP VOLUME ALMOST UNCHANGED
25. 4. 2022

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

ADVERTISING INVESTMENTS IN MEDIA GREW IN THE FIRST QUARTER
21. 4. 2022

Most media types posted double-digit increases in the first quarter, according to Nielsen Admosphere monitoring.

VOYO DOES NOT TARGET YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE ALL ABOUT FAMILIES, SAYS DANIEL GRUNT
20. 4. 2022

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

PRIMA BOSS MAREK SINGER: “WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE A BAN ON REWINDING COMMERCIALS, OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE NO MONEY FOR QUALITY PRODUCTION”
20. 4. 2022

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