Czech Republic Media Landscape 2022

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CZECH REPUBLIC

MEDIA LANDSCAPE
Country Overview
THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS CONSIDERED AN ADVANCED ECONOMY WITH HIGH LIVING STANDARDS

On Jan. 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia Machinery, engineering, electronics, Czechs are the country’s largest ethnic
dissolved, and two separate nations automobile manufacturing and group, and Moravians, Slovaks and Poles
formed, the Czech Republic and brewing are major industries while are other significant groups. While Czechs
Slovakia. The Czech Republic today tourism and agriculture are also don't tend to be particularly religious,
is a parliamentary democracy. industrially significant. Roman Catholicism is the most popular
faith among religious citizens.
Media Consumption Overview
THE MEDIA OPERATE RELATIVELY FREELY AND WITHOUT UNDUE GOVERNMENT CURBS

Confidence in specific types of media in the Czech Republic

62% of Czechs listen to


TV has the highest
the radio, daily
reach

Print has declines over Digital consumption is


the years but still witnessing a rapid
reaches millions increase
TV Consumption
TV IS THE MOST CONSUMED TRADITIONAL MEDIA

Weekly Reach 2021


• Commercial television has a major place
in the Czech media landscape and
attracts almost half of the total
advertising spend. Czech TV (ČT)
operates two public broadcast channels:
mainstream CT1 and cultural channel CT2

• The leading private TV channels Nova and


Prima broadcast nationally

• 2020 saw the biggest increase in


viewership in Generation Z audience,
aged 15-24. It was 54% higher than a
year earlier and averaged over 1.5 hours
daily
TV Consumption
TOP TV CHANNELS

ČT1 CT2

Czech Television is a public television ČT2 broadcasts documentaries and nature-


broadcaster in the Czech Republic, oriented shows such as documentary films
broadcasting seven channels. ČT1 is a by David Attenborough. This channel also
generalist channel, showing family-oriented frequently shows foreign films in the
television, Czech movies, children's original versions with Czech subtitles,
programming, news and documentaries. including many English-language movies.

TV Nova Prima

TV Nova is a Czech commercial Prima televize is a Czech private television


television station. It began broadcasting station. TV Prima is the oldest private TV
in February 1994, as the first privately channel in the Czech Republic and the
held nationwide Czech TV station. It is second-most-watched, after TV Nova. It is
the biggest commercial TV channel in the flagship channel of FTV Prima, a Czech
the Czech Republic. commercial broadcaster.
Radio Consumption
RADIO IS STILL A POPULAR MEDIUM FOR CZECHS

Radio consumption by device type (%)

• 86.5% of the population will listen to radio


during the week.

• 22 - 23% of these people will listen to a


station of Czech Radio

• Most Czechs listen to radio at work (36%)

• In September 2020, Czech Radio launched


10 new DAB + transmitters, increasing
population coverage from 85% to 95%
Radio Consumption
TOP RADIO STATIONS

Czech Radio Evropa 2

Český rozhlas (ČRo) is the public radio Evropa 2 is a private, commercial


broadcaster of the Czech Republic, radio station in the Czech Republic. It
operating since 1923. The service was the first private station since
broadcasts throughout the Czech 1989, beginning broadcasting on 21
Republic nationally and locally. Its four March 1990. The station's target
national services are Radiožurnál, audience is listeners aged 12–29
Dvojka, Vltava and Plus. years.

Radio Impuls Radio Beat

Radio Impuls is a private radio station Radio Beat is a Czech radio station,
founded in the Czech Republic in broadcasting from Prague. It plays
1999. The station broadcasts mostly classic rock.
Czech music, news, traffic
information, and entertainment.
Print Consumption
PRINT SAW A DECLINE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME PROMISING TRENDS

• The print market saw a decline due to the


pandemic, however there were some
promising trends; A new economic weekly
Hrot was launched in May (the first new
such title for many years), and publisher A11
expanded its portfolio of regional and
metropolitan street papers titled Our Region

• Several titles and publishers reported a


marked increase in digital subscriptions,
including the youngest Czech daily – Deník
N (launched in 2018), that had reached
20,000 subscribers by the beginning of
2021, making a major step towards financial
sustainability
Print Consumption
TOP PRINT TITLES

Blesk Mladá fronta Dnes (MF Dnes)


Circulation: 199,000 Circulation: 116,000

Blesk is a daily tabloid newspaper The liberal daily Mladá fronta Dnes has
published in Prague, the Czech Republic. one of the highest circulation of all the
The largest market share among the serious newspapers in the Czech
Czech newspapers is held by the tabloid Republic. In addition to its main editorial
Blesk daily, followed by MF Dnes. department in Prague it also has 14 local
editing departments with their own local
sections.

Denik Lidove noviny


Circulation: 107,000 Circulation: 32,000

The liberal daily Denik is published every day Lidové noviny is a daily newspaper published in
except Sundays in 73 different regional Prague, the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech
versions, all with a general news and daily still in print. It is a national news daily
commenary section that is produced in covering political, economic, cultural and
Prague. scientific affairs, mostly with a center-right,
conservative view.
Digital Consumption
THE NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS IN CZECHIA INCREASED BY 1.3% BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022
Digital Consumption
CZECHS SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME ON YOUTUBE
Digital Consumption
THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN CZECHIA INCREASED BY 8.9% BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022
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