Television in the Czech Republic

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Template:Short description Template:Pie chart 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.[1] 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

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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:[2]

Channel Whole-day share, 15+ (April 2010) Whole-day share, 15+ (March 2011) Whole-day share, 15+ (May 2014)
TV Nova
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31.08% 31.24% 23.36%
Prima televize
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16.92% 17.16% 14.26%
ČT1
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17.53% 15.91% 14.27%
TV Barrandov
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5.38% 4.83% 4.88%
ČT24
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3.87% 4.60% 4.09%
Nova Cinema
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3.90% 4.19% 3.8%
ČT Sport
File:ČT sport logo.png
2.00% 4.11% 7.6%
Prima Cool
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2.95% 3.74% 3.1%
ČT2
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3.63% 2.78% 3.95%
Prima Love
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- - 2.19%
Nova Action
File:Nova Action logo 2021.png
- - 1.44%
Nova Fun
File:Logo Nova FUN.png
- - 1.2%
Nova Gold
File:Nova Gold logo.png
- - 1.18%
Prima Zoom
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- - 1.92%

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
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30.43% 30.17% 27.33% 27.38% 28.64% 28.56%
Nova Group
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26.88% 30.43% 32.41% 34.95% 29.64% 32.56%
FTV Prima
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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
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2.28% 1.85% 0.87% 0.69% 1.51% 1.20%
Televize Seznam
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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:[3]
Historical 15+
Year Nova Group Czech Television FTV Prima Barrandov TS Atmedia Stanice O TV Seznam Others
1997[4] 52.04% 35.55% 8.90% 3.51%
1998[4] 51.61% 33.74% 11.08% 3.57%
1999[4] 50.35% 32.23% 12.47% 4.95%
2000[4] 46.37% 31.32% 16.55% 5.76%
2001[4] 47.73% 29.11% 17.58% 5.58%
2002[4] 44.23% 29.93% 20.33% 5.51%
2003[4] 43.36% 29.62% 20.58% 6.44%
2004[4] 42.23% 30.38% 21.58% 5.81%
2005[4] 40.95% 29.77% 23.13% 6.15%
2006[4] 41.76% 31.26% 20.28% 6.70%
2007[4] 39.59% 31.89% 19.36% 9.16%
2008[4] 38.30% 31.03% 17.93% 12.74%
2009[4] 39.89% 28.57% 17.34% 1.50% 0.69% 12.01%
2010[4] 36.12% 28.85% 17.37% 4.22% 2.32% 9.31%
2011[5] 33.97% 27.64% 22.22% 5.07% 2.05% 9.02%
2012[6] 29.85% 30.16% 24.19% 5.20% 2.01% 8.60%
2013[7] 31.17% 29.84% 22.44% 4.39% 3.31% 8.84%
2014[8] 31.98% 29.86% 21.54% 4.58% 3.88% 8.16%
2015[9] 30.70% 30.42% 20.81% 5.53% 3.22% 0.76% 8.37%
2016[10] 28.71% 30.96% 21.03% 7.35% 3.09% 0.73% 7.48%
2017[11] 30.47% 29.20% 21.00% 8.66% 3.79% 0.71% 5.25%
2018[12] 29.05% 30.13% 22.66% 7.01% 3.43% 0.61% 7.11%
2019[13] 28.66% 29.99% 23.85% 6.27% 4.31% 0.52% 6.40%
2020[14] 27.09% 30.86% 24.78% 5.53% 4.74% 0.44% 6.66%
2021[15] 26.34% 32.34% 25.17% 3.99% 4.79% 0.39% 0.73% 6.25%
2022[16] 26.42% 31.47% 26.90% 3.21% 4.77% 0.38% 1.01% 5.84%
2023[17] 27.04% 29.88% 27.56% 2.63% 5.61% 0.32% 1.49% 5.47%
2024[3] 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)

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

  • Canal+ Sport (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  • Eurosport (HD)
  • Eurosport 2 (HD)
  • Extreme Sports Channel (Czech subtitles)
  • Fast&FunBox HD
  • FightBox (English audio only)
  • Oneplay Sport 1
  • Oneplay Sport 2
  • Oneplay Sport 3
  • Oneplay Sport 4
  • Sport 1 (HD)
  • Sport 2 (HD)
  • Arena Sport 1 (HD)
  • Arena Sport 2 (HD)
  • Premier Sport 1 (HD)
  • Premier Sport 2 (HD)
  • Premier Sport 3 (HD)
  • Auto, Motor & Sport (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia)
  • Ginx Esports TV (English audio only)
  • Golf Channel (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Kids and teens

Music

Erotica

News

See also

References

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