SPRING TV IS COMING: BULDOK Z PODĚBRAD AGAINST ASIA EXPRESS, ALSO FEATURING PEOPLE AND HORSES

While Czech Television launched most of its new programmes in January, Nova and Prima are only now entering the key part of the season. The most interesting battle is expected on weekends, when premiere formats will face off, led by the travel reality show Asia Express and the new series Buldok z Poděbrad.

While Czech Television included its new programmes for the first half of the year at the beginning of January, commercial television stations saved the full launch of their spring programming schedules for the start of the commercial season at the end of February. They are gradually adding new premieres to their programming. The biggest battle between the newly launched titles will take place at the end of the week. TV Nova will pit the travel reality show Asia Express (starting on 1 March on TV Prima) against the series Buldok z Poděbrad. The light-hearted detective series starring Sabina Remundová, Max Dolanský and Marek Adamczyk will start a week later, on 8 March.

From the end of February, new episodes of reality shows will gradually appear in TV Nova’s programming schedule. Specifically, these are Survivor Czechia & Slovakia (from 24 February, three times a week) and, from the beginning of March, a new series of Extreme Makeover (Wednesday, 4 March). These will be complemented by the premiere of the series about children growing up, Sex O’Clock (Friday, 27 February), and at the end of the first week of March, the aforementioned series Buldok z Poděbrad.

On Monday evening, TV Nova will continue with the series Odznak Vysočina, and on Tuesday and Thursday with the series Bratři a sestry.

On Prima, the series Polabí continues on Tuesday and Thursday, Kamarádi on Wednesday, Máme rádi Česko on Friday, and a rerun of Polda on Monday.

From around mid-March, Saturday evenings on TV Prima should belong to the series O lidech a koních, starring Marek Lambora, which Prima only added to its Prima video platform last summer.

Another new addition to the afternoon schedule is the docu-reality show Nemocnice 24/7, set in an emergency room and based on real cases and diagnoses. It will be broadcast every weekday from 5 p.m. starting on 16 February.

Czech Television has already included most of its new programmes in its first channel’s schedule. The premiere of the detective series Místo zločinu Zlín will be replaced at the end of March by a rerun of the similar series Místo zločinu České Budějovice. Czech viewers will also be introduced to the premiere episodes of the Slovak miniseries Miki, inspired by the true story of Slovak underworld boss Mikuláš Černák. It will take over the Sunday evening slot after the Slovak series Neuer ends.

Source: mediaguru.cz

SPANISH COURT ORDERS NORDVPN AND PROTONVPN TO BLOCK LALIGA PIRATE STREAMS

LALIGA and Telefónica Audiovisual Digital (TAD) say they have judicial backing requiring NordVPN and ProtonVPN to prevent access from Spain to IP addresses where illegal transmissions of LaLiga matches have been verified. 

In a statement, the companies describe the precautionary measures from Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba as dynamic, with no right of appeal, allowing updated IP address lists to be supplied as new infringements are detected.

The court decisions also recognise VPN providers as “technological intermediaries” falling within the scope of the EU Digital Services Regulation, and therefore subject to requirements to help prevent infringements using their infrastructure. The orders describe VPNs as “highly effective and accessible” tools that can distort a user’s apparent location and facilitate access to websites carrying protected content illegally, noting the defendants “acknowledge and even advertise” their ability to evade restrictions.

LALIGA and TAD said the measures are intended to stop VPN services from contributing to the evasion of access restrictions already ordered by Spanish courts, referencing the December 2024 Barcelona Commercial Court No. 6 ruling that underpins LaLiga’s wider dynamic IP-blocking approach against piracy.

The court also orders also require LALIGA and TAD to preserve sufficient digital evidence of the unlawful transmissions they notify to the VPN providers, supporting the evidential approach used under previous rulings.

Source: broadbandtvnews.com

TRUST IN TV GREW FASTER OVER PAST FOUR YEARS THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM, RESEARCH REVEALS

Following the launch of the Credos Trust Tracker data for 2025, Channel 4’s chief commercial officer analyses the results and their implications for TV advertising.

In a world of deepfakes, bots and post-truth politics, it’s not surprising that consumers are seeking shelter in trusted environments where accuracy is everything, and facts are back in fashion.

Regulation and verification have never been sexier. The BBC’s verify service is used by almost a quarter of UK adults, while the highly regulated public service broadcasters’ news reporting is consistently rated the most trusted.

Trust, then, is hard-won but increasingly valuable, as new research today makes clear.

The Advertising Association today (5 February) released new Credos Trust Tracker data for 2025. It shows that trust in ads continues to grow: 40% of people now trust the ads they come across.

While that’s great news for advertisers, agencies, and media owners, dig a little deeper and the story becomes more nuanced.

According to the data, trust in TV grew faster between 2021 and 2025 than in any other medium, including online and social media.

Of course, TV has long been seen as a trusted form of advertising – Thinkbox’s AdNormal study in 2021 concluded as such. But this latest research shows the gap is widening: 46% of respondents trust TV ads, 31% trust online ads, and 27% trust social media ads.

Moreover, TV is the most trusted medium among 18-34s (62% trust TV).

The data shows that familiarity with the brand and medium is a powerful driver of credibility and trust. Add to that the regulatory regime governing public service media, and we can see why trust in television advertising is high and, according to this research, has grown at nearly twice the rate of social media over the past four years.

The research also highlights that people who identify bombardment as an issue are the most likely to distrust advertising. You’ll recognise this phenomenon when purchasing online. Post purchase, you are literally the coldest lead in the world, but you’ll continue to receive ads for weeks to come. No wonder the research also shows that people who believe advertising is sufficiently regulated are much more likely to trust it.

That’s why, when we talk to advertisers and agencies, we tell them TV works

We can help marketers and agencies see beyond treating trust as a soft value and start treating it as a growth lever. Supporting them to move away from a fixation on cheap reach and short term optimisation and being far more deliberate about where brands show up, not just how efficiently they are delivered.

Sustainable growth will surely come from investing in quality, accountable media that audiences recognise as credible.

In practical terms, that requires advertisers, agencies, and media owners to rebalance investment toward regulated, transparent environments that have been proven to build long term brand effects, even if they appear less efficient in the short term. In other words, turn down the toxic, turn up the trust.

Some say there is a tension between the pressure to deliver growth and the responsibility that comes with scale. We do not think growth and responsibility are mutually exclusive or in opposition.

Both can and do go together. It appears there’s been an imbalance in spending, with more emphasis on growth amid economic pressures. Gradually, advertisers are finding that their brands are at risk of flattening as they prioritise short-term performance marketing.

My bet: trust will increasingly prompt a rethink as advertisers favour trusted environments like commercial public service media (TV), which are nutrient-rich, and nourishing – unlike dopamine-filled environments elsewhere.

Source: themedialeader.com

CZECH TELEVISION OUTPERFORMED COMMERCIAL STATIONS IN JANUARY AND CONFIRMED ITS LEADERSHIP

In January, Czech Television stations increased their share by three percentage points year-on-year and improved the most of all television groups in the overall results.

In January 2026, Czech Television stations recorded the highest audience share on the television market in the viewer group aged 15 and over in both all-day and prime-time broadcasting. The total share was 33.37%, up more than three percentage points year-on-year. ČT also achieved the highest viewership in the 18-69 viewer group throughout the day. This is according to official ATO-Nielsen television viewership data.

TV Nova continues to have the highest share in the 15-54 group in both all-day and prime-time broadcasting. It also had the highest share in the 18-69 group in evening broadcasting in January.

Overall, however, the major commercial television stations fell short of their January results from last year. The exception is the Nova group’s result in the 15-54 age group in all-day broadcasting, which was 0.2 percentage points higher than in January last year.

ČT24 was the month’s high flyer

Czech Television improved in January this year compared to the same month last year, mainly thanks to its four channels. The news channel ČT24 saw the most significant increase in its share to 5.58% (1.4 pb) in the 15+ audience group in all-day broadcasting. ČT2 also improved significantly, with its January share exceeding five per cent to 5.06% (0.8 pp), while the sports channel ČT sport increased its share by 0.65 pp to 4.01% and the main channel ČT1 also improved year-on-year, by 0.5 pp to 17.45%.

Of the other stations , CNN Prima News performed best , gaining 0.6 pp year-on-year and ending the first month of this year with a result of 2.80% (15).


Source: mediaguru.cz

CLOUDFLARE AND ONLINE PIRACY: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIGITAL INTERMEDIARIES UNDER SCRUTINY

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Cloudflare, one of the world’s leading Content Delivery Network (CDN) service providers, is liable for the manner in which it provides its services, which facilitates copyright infringement. The dispute concerned the illegal distribution of popular manga titles with a global reach, including the ONE PIECE and Attack on Titan series. The lawsuit was filed by four leading Japanese publishers – Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha and Shogakukan.

The case dealt with the operation of two large pirate websites that illegally made more than 4,000 manga titles available. The sites recorded over 300 million visits per month and used Cloudflare’s CDN services, which enable fast and efficient content distribution while making it difficult to identify the original servers.

The court found that the company’s liability did not lie in the CDN technology itself, but in the manner in which it provided its services. In particular, it criticised the absence of thorough customer verification procedures (Know Your Customer – KYC) and the inadequate response to repeated notifications of copyright infringement.

According to the court, providing easy access to services without thorough client identification gave pirate website operators a high degree of anonymity. This significantly complicated the normal legal steps taken by copyright holders to protect their works.

Based on these conclusions, the court ruled out the possibility of using the so-called safe harbour under Japan’s Information Distribution Platform Safety Act. It concluded that the company was aware of the illegal nature of the activities that its services enabled and had the technical ability to terminate them. Cloudflare was therefore ordered to pay approximately 500 million yen.

The decision fits into the broader international debate on the liability of digital intermediaries. Similar issues are also addressed by European law – for example, the Digital Services Act and the Copyright Directive strengthen the obligations of platforms in the area of due diligence and cooperation and limit exemptions from liability in cases where the intermediary does not act passively or respond to obvious infringements of the law.

The company is also facing regulatory measures in Italy. The regulatory authority AGCOM recently imposed a fine of over EUR 14 million on the company for violating anti-piracy legislation (Law No. 93/2023). According to the authority, the company failed to comply with an order to block access to illegal content reported by the rights holder through the Piracy Shield system and did not take sufficient technological and organisational measures to prevent the further dissemination of such content.

This development confirms that even technology intermediaries can be held directly liable if they fail to respond to clear and timely requests to remove illegal content.

Source: previti.it

CZECHS AND TELEVISION: AMONG THE MOST LOYAL VIEWERS IN EUROPE

In the European context, Czechs are among the nations that have long been avid television viewers. Even in an era of growing media fragmentation, television broadcasting maintains a strong reach, stable viewership and the ability to appeal to a wide audience throughout the week. While watching television remains a normal part of the day in Central and Eastern Europe, viewers in Western and especially Northern Europe spend significantly less time in front of the television screen.

Last year, an average of 5.4 million Czechs aged 15 and over turned on their televisions every day, representing 66 per cent of all television viewers in this age category. “As many as 84 per cent of viewers, or almost 7 million people, watched television at least once a week. Even in today’s fragmented media environment, television retains its key benefit – the ability to reach a large number of viewers with premium and trustworthy content,” says Michaela Suráková, Managing Director at Atmedia, which commercially represents 20 thematic TV stations on the Czech market.

The average time spent watching television last year was 3 hours and 30 minutes per day. “Traditionally, the highest figures were in the winter months – in January and December, daily viewing time exceeded four hours,” adds Suráková. During the working week, Czechs spend an average of less than 3.5 hours a day in front of the television screen, with viewing figures rising significantly at the weekend. Sunday remains the most watched day of the week, with viewers watching television for more than four hours.

We are many times ahead of Northern Europe in terms of television viewing

Television viewing in Czechia remains high in the long term, which is characteristic of the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe. Among the Visegrad Four countries, Hungary has the highest long-term figures, with viewers aged 15 and over spending an average of 5 hours and 8 minutes a day watching television last year. Poland follows, where television viewership in the same age category reached 4 hours and 31 minutes per day last year. Slovaks spent a similar amount of time watching television last year as Czechs – viewers aged 12 and over watched an average of 3 hours and 44 minutes per day.

In all V4 countries, television viewing remains stable year-on-year – it grew slightly in Poland and Hungary, while in Czechia and Slovakia it declined slightly. “Despite a slight decline, television viewing in Czechia remains high, as in other Central and Eastern European countries. Compared to Western and especially Northern Europe, it is a completely different story,” Suráková points out the differences. In countries such as Norway, Sweden and Iceland, viewers typically spend between one and two hours a day watching television – significantly less than in the V4 countries.

New unified TV currency will increase overall viewership

In 2026, television viewership in Czechia could grow thanks to the introduction of a new unified TV currency on 1 February. In addition to live and delayed viewership (up to three days), this now also includes out-of-home viewership on large screens, for example in restaurants, bars or at public screenings. “The market expects an increase in total viewership of approximately 6 to 10 per cent, depending on the target group. We already have the first data available, but it is still too early to draw general conclusions,” says Suráková.

According to Michaela Suráková, in addition to the increase in television viewership itself, the expansion of measurement is important for another reason. “Television stations and advertisers will get a much more accurate picture of television viewership. Watching television outside the home can be significant in some cases, such as during major sporting events. Until now, we have not seen this part of viewership. That is now changing,” she points out, noting that the new unified TV currency came into effect in the month of the Winter Olympics. Thanks to the new methodology, an increase in viewership is expected, especially for sports and music television stations, whose content is often consumed outside the home.

Source: mam.cz

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

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.

Officers executed warrants last week, confiscating servers and associated equipment valued at around £75,000 each, with total seizures exceeding £750,000 (€866,000).

The investigation began after Sky reported suspicious activity linked to an illicit streaming service. Investigators identified individuals believed to be operating an illegal IPTV operation supplying consumers across the UK, with one suspect alleged to have generated more than £3 million in revenue.

During the raids, officers shut down the servers on site. Sky said the action caused widespread disruption to the service’s illegal streaming output across the UK.

Detective Constable Jordan Day said the services are “organised criminal operations generating millions in illegal profits”, adding that working closely with partners such as Sky helps dismantle piracy networks and “send a clear message” to those behind them.

Matt Hibbert, Sky’s Group Director of Anti-Piracy, said the broadcaster would continue working with police and industry partners to disrupt criminal networks, and warned consumers that illegal streams can expose devices and personal data to risks. He pointed to research from BeStreamWise suggesting nearly 65% of illegal streamers have faced security scares such as malware.

Source: broadbandtvnews.com

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

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.

In a statement, the department said the services offered pirated copies of movies, television programmes and other content, including video games, software and e-books.

According to affidavits supporting the warrants, the three domains attracted “tens of millions” of visits a year, hosted “thousands” of infringed works and drove “millions” of downloads, with retail value totalling millions of dollars. The department said the sites were among the most popular in Bulgaria, with one frequently ranking in the country’s top 10 domains, and appeared to generate significant advertising revenue.

Visitors attempting to reach the services will now see a seizure notice stating the domains are in US government custody and warning that wilful copyright infringement is a crime. The domains named in the action are zamunda.net, arenabg.com and zelka.org.

The operation involved cooperation with Bulgarian agencies and Europol, one of a number of coordinated international law-enforcement operations to take place in recent weeks. The DOJ said it worked with Bulgarian partners including the National Investigative Service, the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime, the State Agency for National Security and the Prosecutor’s Office, alongside US partners including the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi, Homeland Security Investigations and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center.

The department said the investigation is being led by HSI, with prosecutors from the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and the Southern District of Mississippi, and support from its International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property programme based in Bucharest.

Source: broadbandtvnews.com

OPERATION SWITCH OFF TAKES MAJOR ILLEGAL IPTV PLATFORMS OFFLINE

A coordinated international law-enforcement operation led by the Catania District Prosecutor’s Office and Italy’s Postal and Cybercrime Police has targeted an industrial-scale illegal IPTV network, with investigators naming 31 suspects following raids in 11 Italian cities and 14 countries. 

ACE said the action took offline infrastructure serving millions of users, while Italian authorities and supporting reports said more than 1,000 resellers in Italy were shut down and more than 125,000 end users were blocked in the country, with “millions” more impacted worldwide.

The operation resulted in the seizure of three well-known illegal IPTV platforms – IPTVItalia, migliorIPTV and DarkTV – alongside associated websites and Telegram sales channels. Investigators said the services offered pirated live and on-demand programming from major rights holders and platforms including Sky, DAZN, Mediaset, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Paramount and Disney+.

Authorities said the investigation grew out of leads and forensic work linked to a previous operation, Taken Down, and included network monitoring and financial tracing, including cryptocurrency flows. Reports also pointed to proEuropaTV being identified in Romania, distributing via six servers in Romania and an African country, and the discovery of a SIM farm in Naples with more than 200 phone cards.

ACE and industry partners framed the takedown as timely ahead of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with DAZN saying the case showed the impact of “coordinated global action” against piracy that undermines investment and exposes consumers to fraud and cyber risks.

Source: broadbandtvnews.com

CZECH MEDIA SIGN SELF-REGULATION MEMORANDUM WITH EMFA

The Czech media has prepared the first representative self-regulatory mechanism on the Czech market. The self-regulatory mechanism (known as the “self-regulatory decalogue”) was created in cooperation with private and public media and organisations representing journalists. Its aim is to help maintain high standards of journalism and quality reporting in the Czech Republic. It contains a number of rules designed to ensure transparent and responsible journalism. Representatives of industry associations today signed a memorandum on this decalogue, formally completing the entire process of its adoption.

Today’s signing is the result of more than a year of debate across the entire Czech media market. Representatives of private and public media as well as the journalistic community took part in the discussion. The first joint step was the adoption last August of the so-called “self-regulatory ten commandments”, which define the principles of freedom, transparency and responsibility of the media towards the public.

To ensure that the ten commandments did not remain merely a formality, it was necessary to create a system for putting them into practice. The signatory associations (AKTV, AOV, APSV, ČUV, SPIR, CZ IPI and the Czech Syndicate of Journalists) therefore agreed in a memorandum on a clear procedure for individual media outlets to join, who will oversee compliance with the rules and how professional organisations will cooperate with each other.

Individual media outlets can now sign up to the memorandum. This option is open to both members and non-members of the associations, who can do so through the relevant signatory professional organisation that corresponds to their focus. More detailed information will be available on the websites of the signatory associations.

The main objective of the memorandum is to create a unified self-regulatory mechanism and improve the position of media service operators vis-à-vis large online platforms (VLOPs), against which Czech editorial offices can act as a strong and unified partner thanks to the agreement reached. Self-regulation was established in response to the European EMFA regulation.

“Today’s signing of the self-regulation memorandum is the result of the first ever open and systematic debate across the Czech media market. Commercial and public service media and journalists have agreed on the basic principles of transparent, ethical and responsible journalism. We believe that the self-regulation decalogue will help to cultivate news reporting and guide viewers and readers in today’s turbulent times,”

said Marek Singer, president of the Association of Commercial Television Stations.

“This is a unique moment for the Czech media market in two respects: for the first time in our post-revolutionary history, all the main professional organisations have agreed on common rules for market self-regulation. We see this as a crucial step at a time when it is increasingly difficult to distinguish relevant independent news from disinformation, propaganda in the interests of third countries, or unverified content created by AI. Secondly, this step also makes us a flagship for countries where self-regulation is still lacking or not functioning. We are pleased that the model we have created together in the Czech Republic is inspiring for many of our colleagues in Europe and that we can thus contribute to the cultivation of the media environment in other countries as well,” said Lucie Sýkorová, member of the board of the Association of Online Publishers.

“The entire media market has chosen the path of self-regulation, a path without further state intervention. We are aware that it is crucial for the future of private radio stations and all national media to retain control over content, its distribution and monetisation. It is also a way to preserve independence. At the same time, we appreciate that EMFA is raising the issue of protecting the media from the dominance of global online platforms,” Jiří Hrabák, Chairman of the Board of APSV.

“From the perspective of journalists themselves, professional self-regulation and setting standards is always better than any intervention by public authorities, regardless of who is in government,” says Robert Čásenský, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Czech National Committee of the International Press Institute.

“Media freedom is neither a given nor a privilege – it is a responsibility. This memorandum is proof that the Czech media scene is capable of bearing this responsibility itself, openly and collectively,” said Tomáš Tkačík, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Czech Union of Publishers.

“The digital media market is evolving faster than any regulation. That is why we consider self-regulation to be the most effective way to protect media independence, content transparency and a level playing field with global online platforms. The memorandum is an important signal that the Czech media want to bear this responsibility together,” said Michal Hanák, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association for Internet Development in the Czech Republic.

“The fact that media partners and competitors have been able to agree together shows that they take this commitment seriously. Among other things, it is also a clear signal to government officials that the Czech media market is not a jungle but a field with clear rules that all participants have committed to follow,” Ivana Šuláková, Chair of the Czech Syndicate of Journalists.

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

Over 23,000 audiovisual works were allegedly published on the internet without the authors’ consent. 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.

The case was uncovered by the police in Humenné, who have now brought charges against the 32-year-old man. According to the findings, he repeatedly violated copyright between 2020 and 2024 by making protected works available to the general public via the internet.

Thousands of files on one server

The man allegedly used electronic devices with internet access to gradually upload content to an internet server operated by a Czech company. According to TASR, there were more than 23, 000 files in total, which were freely available for further distribution.

According to the police, this was a serious violation of the law.

“These were audiovisual works, i.e. copyrighted works, without the consent of the copyright holder,”

said Jana Ligdayová, spokesperson for the Regional Police Directorate in Prešov.

By unlawfully publishing the material, the accused caused damage to the company in excess of EUR 19,500.

He faces imprisonment

The man is currently under prosecution but remains at liberty. However, the case has serious consequences. According to the law, he faces up to two years in prison for the crime of copyright infringement.

The police are continuing to analyse the scope of the proceedings and gather evidence. The case is another warning that the illegal distribution of films, series or other audiovisual content can have serious legal consequences.

Source: istream.cz

A NEW SEASON OF SERIES AND REALITY SHOWS IS STARTING ON CZECH TELEVISION.

After a festive television programme full of fairy tales and family films, television stations are returning to their ongoing series. Of course, they will also be launching new series and new reality shows. Commercial stations are then moving projects that have already been filmed and broadcast on their paid streaming platforms to linear broadcasting.

The premiere series of the crime series Odznak Vysočina will be broadcast on Nova every Monday evening, when it will compete with the very popular crime series Místo zločinu Zlín on Czech Television. The third episode of the detective series starring Radek Holub and Jitka Schneiderová was the most-watched programme on Monday evening on 19 January, with over 1.2 million viewers aged 15 and over. Currently, only the programme Peče celá země on ČT1 has more than a million viewers; its third episode was watched by 1.14 million viewers on Saturday, 17 January.

The new series of Odznak Vysočina returns to familiar places, but for the first time, its protagonists and viewers will experience Vysočina in winter. The team of detectives, played by Monika Hilmerová, Simona Hába Zmrzlá, Patrik Děrgel and Michal Suchánek, is joined by Captain Jindřich Válek, played by Adam Vacula. He causes quite a stir, not only because of his unorthodox investigative methods and disregard for official procedures.

Adam Vacula as the new investigator Jindřich Válek in the crime series Odznak Vysočina

A bet on suspense

The spy thriller Extraktoři, created for the streaming platform Voyo (now Oneplay – ed.) in 2023, reveals the behind-the-scenes world of secret operations and high politics. It tells the stories of a special secret intelligence unit tasked with helping Czechs abroad who find themselves in distress. The series draws inspiration from real events; the six-part miniseries is about the case of two Czech girls who disappeared in Pakistan.

The main roles are played by Pavla Gajdošíková as the unyielding head of operations and Jakub Štáfek and Jan Révai as extractors in the field. Other notable roles are played by Sofia Anna Švehlíková, Gabriela Heclová, Michaela Petřeková, Jiří Štrébl, Roman Zach, Lukáš Duy Anh Tran and others. The second series of Extraktoři will be broadcast by Oneplay later this year.

Nova is scheduling Extraktoři for Sunday evenings, with the first episode airing on 25 January. On Czech Television, it will compete with the Slovak series Neuer, whose second episode, aired on 18 January, was watched by 795,000 viewers, closely following the last episode of the seventh season of the popular series Kriminálka Anděl (watched by 831,000 viewers on the same day).

Kriminálka Anděl, season 7

On Tuesday, Polabí returned to Prima, against which Nova will pit the series Bratři a sestry in February. Contrary to the creators’ original intention, it will air about twenty new episodes and does not plan to continue.

Exotic destinations are popular

At a date yet to be specified, Prima and prima will begin airing the popular travel reality show Asia Express. Its protagonists will be several pairs who will travel around Southeast Asia with minimal money and no phones. During the trip, they will have to complete a series of challenging tasks and, among other things, stay together on their way to their destination.

Prima TV, and especially its prima platform, celebrated repeated success in the autumn with the reality show Zrádci, which brings the streaming service many more new subscribers than other programmes. It is therefore logical that after the end of the second series, the television station announced that it would also shoot a third series.

The reality show Survivor Česko & Slovensko will return to Oneplay and Nova with its fifth season. The programme will once again be hosted by Ondřej Novotný and filmed in the Dominican Republic. The new series will start on 23 February and will be broadcast every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Each episode will premiere on Oneplay, with viewers able to watch it on linear television with a one-day delay.

Source: novinky.cz

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