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Czech Republic
Two new channels from Czech public broadcaster
The Czech Republic’s state broadcaster will launch a pair of new channels in August –…
UPC Czech Republic adds Animal Planet HD
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic is adding Animal Planet HD to its programming line-up. The…
Czech publisher buys Metropol TV
Czech publisher Mlada Fronta has moved into the broadcasting space by acquiring regional Czech television…
Half of CEE mobile owners “interested in mobile TV”
Half of mobile phone owners in five central and eastern European countries have expressed a…
UPC DTH adds Sport2 HD
Liberty Global-owned satellite pay TV provider UPC DTH has added sports channel Sport2 HD to…
MTG’s Prima Zoom launches in Czech Republic
Modern Times Group’s new documentary channel for the Czech Republic, Prima Zoom, has launched on…
RGB wins Czech regional DTT contract
Czech digital-terrestrial multiplex operator Digital Broadcasting has chosen RGB Networks to provide its ideo Multiprocessing…
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…
Modern Times Group launches fourth Czech channel
Modern Times Group is to launch Prima Zoom, its fourth free-to-air channel in the Czech…
M7 Group consolidates pay TV ownership
Luxembourg-based pay TV operator M7 Group has consolidated its M77 Group sister company, bringing the…
UPC’s FreeSAT reaches Czech subscriber landmark
Czech DTH platform FreeSAT has reached the milestone of 100,000 subscribers. The Liberty Global-owned operator…
UPC Czech Republic adds Eurosport 2 HD
UPC Czech Republic is adding Eurosport 2 HD to its line-up. The channel will be…
UPC Czech adds Russian package
UPC Czech is adding a bouquet of Russian channels to its cable network. The Liberty…
Czech FreeSAT adds Fanda
Liberty Global’s Czech DTH platform FreeSAT has added the Fanda channel to its line-up. Operated…
Dajto gains Czech distribution
M77 Group-owned Czech pay TV services Skylink and CS Link have added new male-focused thematic…
CME raising €70 million
A Czech subsidiary of Time Warner-backed broadcast group CME is raising €70 million that it…
UPC Czech adds CT2 HD
Cable operator UPC Czech Republic has added CT2 HD from the Czech public broadcaster to…
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…
CME’s Fanda launching Saturday
Central and Eastern European broadcast group CME will launch its new male-skewing Czech channel Fanda…
M77 Group takes additional satellite capacity
M77 Group, which operates Sky Link and CS Link platforms in the Czech Republic, has…
CME to launch DTT version of Voyo
Central and eastern European broadcaster CME is planning to launch a version of its Voyo…
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,…
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,…
Skylink adds two channels
Czech pay TV provider Skylink has added two new channels to its line-up. The pay…
Skylink replaces Daring! with Private Spice
Czech pay TV service provider Skylink has added adult channel Private Spice to its line-up….
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…
Modern Times nets Champions League rights
Modern Times Group has picked up Champions League soccer rights for the Czech Republic. MTG…
CS Link and Skyline merge
Czech pay TV services CS Link and Skyline are being merged with their common owner,…
TopFun using Visual Unity for TV service
Czech OTT online TV provider TopFun is using technology from Prague-based Visual Unity to support…
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…