Czech Republic

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Two new channels from Czech public broadcaster

The Czech Republic’s state broadcaster will launch a pair of new channels in August –…

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UPC Czech Republic adds Animal Planet HD

Cable operator UPC Czech Republic is adding Animal Planet HD to its programming line-up. The…

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Czech publisher buys Metropol TV

Czech publisher Mlada Fronta has moved into the broadcasting space by acquiring regional Czech television…

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Half of CEE mobile owners “interested in mobile TV”

Half of mobile phone owners in five central and eastern European countries have expressed a…

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UPC DTH adds Sport2 HD

Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV provider UPC DTH has added sports channel Sport2 HD to…

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MTG’s Prima Zoom launches in Czech Republic

Modern Times Group’s new documentary channel for the Czech Republic, Prima Zoom, has launched on…

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RGB wins Czech regional DTT contract

Czech digital-terrestrial multiplex operator Digital Broadcasting has chosen RGB Networks to provide its ideo Multiprocessing…

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HBO Europe to air first original mini-series, hopeful for wider distribution

HBO Europe will air its first move into big-budget original mini-series, the Agnieszka Holland-directed three-part…

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Modern Times Group launches fourth Czech channel

Modern Times Group is to launch Prima Zoom, its fourth free-to-air channel in the Czech…

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M7 Group consolidates pay TV ownership

Luxembourg-based pay TV operator M7 Group has consolidated its M77 Group sister company, bringing the…

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UPC’s FreeSAT reaches Czech subscriber landmark

Czech DTH platform FreeSAT has reached the milestone of 100,000 subscribers. The Liberty Global-owned operator…

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UPC Czech Republic adds Eurosport 2 HD

UPC Czech Republic is adding Eurosport 2 HD to its line-up. The channel will be…

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UPC Czech adds Russian package

UPC Czech is adding a bouquet of Russian channels to its cable network. The Liberty…

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Czech FreeSAT adds Fanda

Liberty Global’s Czech DTH platform FreeSAT has added the Fanda channel to its line-up. Operated…

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Dajto gains Czech distribution

M77 Group-owned Czech pay TV services Skylink and CS Link have added new male-focused thematic…

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CME raising €70 million

A Czech subsidiary of Time Warner-backed broadcast group CME is raising €70 million that it…

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UPC Czech adds CT2 HD

Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added CT2 HD from the Czech public broadcaster to…

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Pay TV operators add TV Fanda to line-up

Cable operator UPC Czech Republic and M77 Group-owned DTH providers CS Link and SkyLink have…

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CME’s Fanda launching Saturday

Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME will launch its new male-skewing Czech channel Fanda…

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M77 Group takes additional satellite capacity

M77 Group, which operates Sky Link and CS Link platforms in the Czech Republic, has…

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CME to launch DTT version of Voyo

Central and eastern European broadcaster CME is planning to launch a version of its Voyo…

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Connected TVs leading the way for OTT VOD, says Czech Republic’s Topfun

About 80% of Czech over-the-top video-on-demand provider Topfun’s users access the service via connected TVs,…

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Telefónica Europe fails to match Lat-Am pay TV growth

Telefónica’s impressive pay TV growth continued in Latin America during the first quarter of 2012,…

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Skylink adds two channels

Czech pay TV provider Skylink has added two new channels to its line-up. The pay…

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Skylink replaces Daring! with Private Spice

Czech pay TV service provider Skylink has added adult channel Private Spice to its line-up….

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Skylink and CS Link to switch off pay TV on Cryptoworks

Czech and Slovak DTH services Skylink and CS Link are moving forward with plans to…

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Modern Times nets Champions League rights

Modern Times Group has picked up Champions League soccer rights for the Czech Republic. MTG…

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CS Link and Skyline merge

Czech pay TV services CS Link and Skyline are being merged with their common owner,…

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TopFun using Visual Unity for TV service

Czech OTT online TV provider TopFun is using technology from Prague-based Visual Unity to support…

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Telefónica Czech Republic increases TV subs base

Telefónica Czech Republic ended 2011 with 136,000 O2 TV customers, up 5% year-on-year. The telco…