{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1", "title": "Czech Media Monitor", "description": "Journalist and media analyst covering Czech and European media markets.", "home_page_url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/", "feed_url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/feed.json", "language": "en-GB", "authors": [ { "name": "Filip Rožánek", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/" } ], "items": [ { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-approves-new-public-service-memorandum-for-2026-2030/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-approves-new-public-service-memorandum-for-2026-2030/", "title": "Czech Television Council approves new public service memorandum for 2026-2030", "summary": "ČT Council approved a 2026-2030 public service memorandum: genre quotas, caps on sports rights and entertainment premieres, and opening its drama archive.", "date_published": "2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/prima-group-leadership-change-lukas-kubat-ceo-marek-singer-chairman/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/prima-group-leadership-change-lukas-kubat-ceo-marek-singer-chairman/", "title": "Prima Group appoints Lukáš Kubát as CEO to accelerate digital shift", "summary": "Former CFO Lukáš Kubát becomes CEO of Prima Group and takes over daily management, while Marek Singer moves to Chairman after 17 years to focus on strategy.", "date_published": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/public-media-memorandums-2025/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/public-media-memorandums-2025/", "title": "Future of Czech public broadcasting to be defined in new five-year frameworks", "summary": "Czech TV and Czech Radio must approve binding five-year public service memorandums in September; councils can dismiss directors who break them.", "date_published": "2025-09-01T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-tv-drag-show-prompts-quality-control-overhaul/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-tv-drag-show-prompts-quality-control-overhaul/", "title": "Drag queen talk show sparks fierce debate over public service value", "summary": "Czech TV Council criticised drag talk show Chi Chi on the Couch for lacking public service value; management admitted flaws and promised unified oversight.", "date_published": "2025-08-28T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/ppf-sells-prosiebensat1-stake-to-italys-mfe-ending-takeover-battle/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/ppf-sells-prosiebensat1-stake-to-italys-mfe-ending-takeover-battle/", "title": "PPF group sells its stake in ProSiebenSat.1 to rival MFE", "summary": "PPF sold its entire 15.68% stake in ProSiebenSat.1 to rival MFE-MediaForEurope after both takeover bids drew weak interest; MFE now holds over 43% of votes.", "date_published": "2025-08-27T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-registers-new-fee-payers-after-media-law-amendment/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-registers-new-fee-payers-after-media-law-amendment/", "title": "Czech Radio registers 191,000 new household fee payers after law change", "summary": "Czech Radio has 191,000 new household fee payers since the May media law amendment and about 17,500 corporate payers, roughly 75-80% of the estimated target.", "date_published": "2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-parties-clash-over-media-funding-2025-election/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-parties-clash-over-media-funding-2025-election/", "title": "Czech parties divided over public media funding and independence ahead of 2025 election", "summary": "Opposition parties ANO, SPD and Stačilo! want to scrap license fees for ČT and ČRo; government parties warn state funding would end public media independence.", "date_published": "2025-08-25T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-approves-salary-and-new-bonus-structure-for-director-general-hynek-chudarek/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-approves-salary-and-new-bonus-structure-for-director-general-hynek-chudarek/", "title": "Czech Television Council approves salary and new bonus structure for Director General Hynek Chudárek", "summary": "Czech TV Council approved Hynek Chudárek's contract: gross monthly salary of CZK 346,800 and semi-annual bonus reviews of up to five monthly salaries each.", "date_published": "2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-launches-public-consultation-for-five-year-plan/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-launches-public-consultation-for-five-year-plan/", "title": "Czech Radio invites public to shape its future direction", "summary": "Czech Radio launched a public consultation — an online survey and summer regional debates — to shape its new five-year public service memorandum.", "date_published": "2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/most-czechs-and-slovaks-do-not-use-ai-but-fear-of-deepfake-scams-is-growing/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/most-czechs-and-slovaks-do-not-use-ai-but-fear-of-deepfake-scams-is-growing/", "title": "Most Czechs and Slovaks do not use AI, but fear of deepfake scams is growing", "summary": "CEDMO study: 62% of Czechs and 57% of Slovaks have never used generative AI, yet most fear deepfakes will spread disinformation and back regulation.", "date_published": "2025-07-07T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-businesses-rush-to-register-for-new-media-fees-amid-confusion/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-businesses-rush-to-register-for-new-media-fees-amid-confusion/", "title": "Czech businesses rush to register for new media fees amid confusion", "summary": "Misleading reports of a June 30 deadline and CZK 5,000 fines sparked a registration rush that crashed ČT and ČRo sites; broadcasters deny automatic fines.", "date_published": "2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-jan-soucek-reprimand/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-council-jan-soucek-reprimand/", "title": "Czech Television Council issues strong reprimand to Director General", "summary": "ČT Council reprimanded Director General Jan Souček over non-standard severance, excessive contract redactions and public threats to scrap channels.", "date_published": "2025-03-15T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/daniel-koppl-broadcasting-council-dismissal-case/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/daniel-koppl-broadcasting-council-dismissal-case/", "title": "Daniel Köppl wins legal battle against Chamber of Deputies", "summary": "The Supreme Administrative Court confirmed Daniel Köppl's dismissal from the broadcasting council was invalid: MPs ignored his objections before voting.", "date_published": "2025-03-15T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/senate-rejects-anos-proposal-to-exempt-seniors-from-broadcasting-fees/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/senate-rejects-anos-proposal-to-exempt-seniors-from-broadcasting-fees/", "title": "Senate rejects ANO's proposal to exempt seniors from broadcasting fees", "summary": "Senate rejected ANO's bill to exempt all seniors and disabled people from radio and TV fees; 35 of 55 senators voted to reject it, 12 were against.", "date_published": "2025-02-28T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-maintains-market-leadership-for-seventh-consecutive-year/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-television-maintains-market-leadership-for-seventh-consecutive-year/", "title": "Czech Television maintains market leadership for seventh consecutive year", "summary": "Czech Television led the TV market in 2024 with a 30.43% share, its seventh year in a row. Its most-watched program was the ice hockey world final.", "date_published": "2025-01-02T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-budget-2025-balanced/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-radio-budget-2025-balanced/", "title": "Czech Radio plans balanced budget for 2025 amid funding uncertainty", "summary": "Czech Radio set a balanced 2025 budget of 2.36 billion crowns, down 34 million, with no pay rises for staff or freelancers and 25 stations staying on air.", "date_published": "2024-12-25T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/stardance-hits-record-ratings-2024-strictly-come-dancing-czech-edition/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/stardance-hits-record-ratings-2024-strictly-come-dancing-czech-edition/", "title": "Czech version of Strictly Come Dancing hits highest ratings since 2007", "summary": "StarDance's 13th season drew 1.6m adult viewers on average and a 44.5% share, best since 2007. The finale had 1.757m; time-shifted viewing added up to 22%.", "date_published": "2024-12-16T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-tv-management-defends-journalists/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-tv-management-defends-journalists/", "title": "Czech TV defends journalists against political attacks in parliament", "summary": "Czech TV leadership urged MPs to stop attacking and defaming journalists after opposition led by Andrej Babiš targeted Václav Moravec and Martin Řezníček.", "date_published": "2024-12-12T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-media-reform-faces-delays/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-media-reform-faces-delays/", "title": "Czech public media funding reform faces delays and opposition hurdles", "summary": "Opposition filibustering is delaying the coalition's media funding amendment; ANO and SPD want license fees replaced by state budget funding.", "date_published": "2024-12-09T00:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-media-ai-innovation/", "url": "https://english.rozanek.cz/czech-media-ai-innovation/", "title": "How Czech media are using AI to innovate and stay relevant", "summary": "Czech media use AI as an assistant: Czech Radio clones voices, Nova cuts football highlights, Economia moderates comments. 51% of Czech users distrust AI news.", "date_published": "2024-11-11T00:00:00.000Z" } ] }