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.

EUROPEANS ARE CONSUMING MORE PIRATED TV SHOWS AND LIVE SPORTS
5. 10. 2023

A new study by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has found the downward trend in piracy seen in recent years has been reversed.

TV NOVA TO INCREASE ADVERTISING PRICES BY 18% IN 2024
5. 10. 2023

In its business policy for 2024, Nova TV Group is counting on an average increase of 18 percent in the price of advertising space.

GREEK PAY-TV PIRACY TOPS €160M
2. 10. 2023

The pirating of pay-TV content in Greece has been estimated to be worth up to €160 million a year.

SEPTEMBER’S NUMBER ONE: PRIMA, THE SHARE INCREASED THE MOST BY NOVA
2. 10. 2023

The Prima group became the new TV number one in terms of share of viewership this September. It achieved the highest share in the universal 15+ group. Nova is the strongest in the 15-54 and 15-69 groups.

THE PROPOSAL TO INCREASE MONEY FOR ČT IS SHOCKING AND UNACCEPTABLE WITHOUT DISCUSSION
26. 9. 2023

According to Klára Brachtová of AKTV, the proposed media amendment to provide more funding for the Czech Television and Czech Radio cannot be adopted without a discussion of the public service.

COMMERCIAL RADIO COMPANIES: THE DRAFT AMENDMENT POSES A THREAT TO THE DUAL MEDIA SYSTEM
25. 9. 2023

Commercial radio networks organised in the Association of Private Broadcasters (APSV) reject the draft of a major media amendment and consider it a threat to the dual media system.

ACE SHUTS DOWN “MASSIVE-SCALE” FRENCH PIRATE SITES
22. 9. 2023

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down Uptobox and Uptostream, two of the digital piracy world’s most notorious illegal video hosts.

STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING ASSOCIATIONS ON THE PROPOSED “MAJOR MEDIA AMENDMENT”
20. 9. 2023

Czech publishers represented in professional associations SPIR and UV demand an expert discussion on the financing of public media and their role alongside commercial media.