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TV market share views in 2023:
Nova (17.97%) Nova Cinema (3.21%) Nova Gold (1.91%) ČT1 (16.36%) ČT24 (4.44%) ČT2 (4.31%) ČT Sport (3.32%) Prima (12.0%) Prima Krimi (4.06%) Prima Max (2.53%) Prima Love (2.15%) Prima Cool (1.95%) CNN Prima News (1.91%) Other channels (23.88%)
Television was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1953. Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000. Finally on 21 October 2005, multiplex A (DVB-T) was launched with three channels of Czech Television and one of TV Nova and radio channels of Czech Radio .
On 12 April 2006, six digital terrestrial television licenses were awarded to commercial broadcasters. The receivers of the licenses were: Z1 , TV Pohoda , Regionální televizni agentura (RTA), Febio TV , TV Barrandov and Óčko . However, because of delays some projects lost investors and will not start (e.g. Fabio, Pohoda) or were cancelled. Z1 provided a news service in from 2008 to January 2011, when it ceased broadcasting. Óčko delivers a music service. TV Barrandov provides general programming services.
Czech Republic become the first country in Central Europe to start to end all analogue broadcasts in November 2011. The process completed when the last analogue transmitters in south-east Moravia and northern Moravia-Silesia were shut down on 30 June 2012.
Czech TV crisis
Main article: Czech TV crisis
A television crisis occurred between 2000 and 2001 as a battle for control of Czech Television, which included jamming and accusations of censorship. During the Czech TV crisis, Czech Television reporters organized an industrial dispute by staging a sit-in and occupying the news studio, and rejected attempts by Jana Bobošíková , the newly-appointed head of the news department, to fire them. They were supported in their protest by politicians such as then-president Václav Havel and Czech celebrities. However, every-time they tried to air their news broadcasts, Jana Bobošíková and Jiří Hodač would jam the transmission either with a "technical fault" screen reading: "An unauthorized signal has entered this transmitter. Broadcasting will resume in a few minutes." or with their own news broadcasts featuring Bobošíková and a team she had hired to "replace" the staff members she had sought to terminate. The Czech TV crisis eventually ended in early 2001 following the departure of Hodač and Bobošíková from Czech Television, under pressure by the street demonstration participants and at the request of the Czech Parliament , which had held an emergency session due to the crisis.
Most-viewed channels
The ATO measures television ratings in the Czech Republic since 1997. The channels with most share according to ATO's measurements were:
Broadcaster groups market share
Current
TV Group
Whole-day share, 15+ (January-December 2024)
Prime-time, 15+ (January-December 2024)
Whole-day share, 15-54 (January-December 2024)
Prime-time, 15-54 (January-December 2024)
Whole-day share, 18-69 (January-December 2024)
Prime-time, 18-69 (January-December 2024)
Czech Television
30.43%
30.17%
27.33%
27.38%
28.64%
28.56%
Nova Group
26.88%
30.43%
32.41%
34.95%
29.64%
32.56%
FTV Prima
26.83%
26.22%
23.31%
23.39%
25.32%
25.12%
Atmedia
6.18%
5.05%
6.00%
5.07%
6.45%
5.33%
Barrandov TV
2.28%
1.85%
0.87%
0.69%
1.51%
1.20%
Televize Seznam
1.66%
1.62%
1.54%
1.58%
1.78%
1.73%
Stanice O
0.24%
0.23%
0.37%
0.29%
0.29%
0.25%
Others
5.50%
4.43%
7.17%
6.65%
6.37%
5.25%
Source:
Historical 15+
Year
Nova Group
Czech Television
FTV Prima
Barrandov TS
Atmedia
Stanice O
TV Seznam
Others
1997
52.04%
35.55%
8.90%
—
—
—
—
3.51%
1998
51.61%
33.74%
11.08%
—
—
—
—
3.57%
1999
50.35%
32.23%
12.47%
—
—
—
—
4.95%
2000
46.37%
31.32%
16.55%
—
—
—
—
5.76%
2001
47.73%
29.11%
17.58%
—
—
—
—
5.58%
2002
44.23%
29.93%
20.33%
—
—
—
—
5.51%
2003
43.36%
29.62%
20.58%
—
—
—
—
6.44%
2004
42.23%
30.38%
21.58%
—
—
—
—
5.81%
2005
40.95%
29.77%
23.13%
—
—
—
—
6.15%
2006
41.76%
31.26%
20.28%
—
—
—
—
6.70%
2007
39.59%
31.89%
19.36%
—
—
—
—
9.16%
2008
38.30%
31.03%
17.93%
—
—
—
—
12.74%
2009
39.89%
28.57%
17.34%
1.50%
0.69%
—
—
12.01%
2010
36.12%
28.85%
17.37%
4.22%
2.32%
—
—
9.31%
2011
33.97%
27.64%
22.22%
5.07%
2.05%
—
—
9.02%
2012
29.85%
30.16%
24.19%
5.20%
2.01%
—
—
8.60%
2013
31.17%
29.84%
22.44%
4.39%
3.31%
—
—
8.84%
2014
31.98%
29.86%
21.54%
4.58%
3.88%
—
—
8.16%
2015
30.70%
30.42%
20.81%
5.53%
3.22%
0.76%
—
8.37%
2016
28.71%
30.96%
21.03%
7.35%
3.09%
0.73%
—
7.48%
2017
30.47%
29.20%
21.00%
8.66%
3.79%
0.71%
—
5.25%
2018
29.05%
30.13%
22.66%
7.01%
3.43%
0.61%
—
7.11%
2019
28.66%
29.99%
23.85%
6.27%
4.31%
0.52%
—
6.40%
2020
27.09%
30.86%
24.78%
5.53%
4.74%
0.44%
—
6.66%
2021
26.34%
32.34%
25.17%
3.99%
4.79%
0.39%
0.73%
6.25%
2022
26.42%
31.47%
26.90%
3.21%
4.77%
0.38%
1.01%
5.84%
2023
27.04%
29.88%
27.56%
2.63%
5.61%
0.32%
1.49%
5.47%
2024
26.88%
30.43%
26.83%
2.28%
6.18%
0.24%
1.66%
5.50%
List of channels
Terrestrial free-to-air channels (DVB-T2 & Satellite)
Czech Television - public service broadcaster
ČT1 (HD) - main channel
ČT2 (HD) - second main channel
ČT24 (HD) - news channel
ČT Sport (HD) - sport channel
ČT :D (HD) / ČT art (HD) - time shared position (channel for kids / culture channel)
Nova Group (PPF )
TV Nova (HD) - main channel
Nova Cinema (HD) - movie channel
Nova Action (HD) - channel for men
Nova Fun (HD) - channel for younger
Nova Gold (HD) - archive channel
Nova Lady (HD) - channel for women
Nova Sport 1 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Nova Sport 2 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Nova Sport 3 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Nova Sport 4 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Nova Sport 5 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Nova Sport 6 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV
Prima Group (FTV Prima Group )
TV Barrandov
Markíza Slovakia (PPF)
Markíza International - czech version with Markíza
JOJ Czech (J&T Group)
JOJ Family - czech version for TV JOJ
JOJ Cinema (HD) - movie channel with pay TV
CS Mystery - sci-fi documentary programs (former Kinosvět)
Stanice O
Seznam.cz
Paramount Networks EMEAA
AMC Networks International Central Europe
TV NOE
DofE
Šláger 1
Rebel
Relax (former TV Pohoda)
Sporty TV
ABC TV
Retro Music TV
OK TV
Nalaďte se na digitální vysílání CRA
Televize pres antenu
Regional terrestrial free-to-air channels (DVB-T2)
Praha TV
Brno TV 1
Info TV Brno a Jižní Morava
Polar
JTV
JČ1 Televize jižní Čechy
JČ2 Televize jižní Čechy
i-Vysočina.cz
LTV PLUS
Plzeň TV
RTM+
TV Morava
TVS
TV ZAK
Ústecká TV
V1
Premium channels
Film
HBO (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia)
HBO 2 (HD)
HBO 3 (HD) (former HBO Comedy)
Cinemax (HD)
Cinemax 2 (HD)
AMC (former MGM Channel )
TCM (English audio only)
Film Europe (HD)
Film Europe+
Film+ (HD)
FilmBox
FilmBox Arthouse
FilmBox Plus
FilmBox Premium (HD)
FilmBox Family
FilmBox Extra HD
CS Film / CS Horor
Canal+ Action
Warner TV
Entertainment
Documentary
Sport
Kids and teens
Music
Erotica
News
See also
References
"Stanice ČT zůstaly v roce 2023 nejsilnější, rostly ale komerční TV" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 March 2024.
"Czech Republic first in CEE to complete switchover" . Retrieved January 31, 2014.
"Měsíční zpráva o sledovanosti televize, prosinec 2010" (Web presentation) (in Czech). ATO. 1 December 2010. Slide 8. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^ "Česká televize zůstala v roce 2024 první, pomohl sportovní rok" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2025.
^ Potůček, Jan. "Vývoj televizního trhu v letech 1997 až 2010 pohledem peoplemetrů" . Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"TV v roce 2011: nejvíce posílila skupina Prima" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Skokanem roku vloni Prima Love, ze skupin ČT" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Nova odrazila konkurenci, získala nejvyšší podíl" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Nova obhájila v roce 2014 pozici jedničky, dvojkou je ČT" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Nova loni těsně před ČT, pořadem Policie Modrava" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Stanice ČT loni nejsilnější v 15+, Nova drží 15-54" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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"ČT byla v roce 2018 nejsilnější v 15+, Nova v 15-54" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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"Televize v roce 2020: ČT překonala 30 %, rostla i Prima" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"TV sledovanost 2021: ČT opět nejsilnější skupinou v 15+" . Mediaguru . Retrieved 16 January 2023.
"Televize 2022: ČT nejsilnější, Nova vede u mladších, posílila Prima" . MediaGuru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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