Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a set of international open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the DVB Project, an international industry consortium, and are published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Czech Television is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953.
Television stations in Slovakia broadcast in both DVB-T format and DVB-T2 format. Broadcasting is mostly in the Slovak, state-owned channels have some dedicated broadcasting for ethnic minorities. Foreign language movies and shows are dubbed. Czech production is often broadcast in original, with the exception of juvenile programs. Sometimes, foreign language movies are broadcast with Czech dubbing. Czech television channels are also popular in Slovakia, received in paid DVB-T2 service, directly in border regions or carried by cable companies and satellite operators. Most of premium channels like Filmbox, HBO, Viasat Channels, etc. broadcast only in Czech. Discovery, Sport 1, Sport 2 and few others are exception, they broadcast in both Czech and Slovak.
Prima televize is a Czech private television station. Its channel is broadcast from Prague. Its current owner is FTV Prima, spol. s. r. o., which is majority-owned by Czech investment firm GES, in turn owned by Czech oligarch Ivan Zach. The group's current general manager is Marek Singer. It is the first private TV channel in the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia.
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 Česká televize and one of TV Nova and radio channels of Český rozhlas.
DVB-T2 is an abbreviation for "Digital Video Broadcasting – Second Generation Terrestrial"; it is the extension of the television standard DVB-T, issued by the consortium DVB, devised for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. DVB has been standardized by ETSI.
Television in Croatia was first introduced in 1956. As of 2012, there are 10 nationwide and 21 regional DVB-T television channels, and there are more than 30 other channels either produced in the Republic of Croatia or produced for the Croatian market and broadcast via IPTV, cable, or satellite television. The electronic communications market in Croatia is regulated by the Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), which issues broadcast licenses and monitors the market. The DVB-T and satellite transmission infrastructure is developed and maintained by the state-owned company Odašiljači i veze (OiV).
Z1 TV was a Czech news television owned and operated by J&T Group.
TV Barrandov is a Czech television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast in 2009. It currently broadcasts in Czech.
ČT3 was a Czech public television channel, operated by Czech Television. ČT3 broadcast originally in 1993 when it replaced the previous station OK3. Unlike the other two channels of the Czech Television at the time, ČT1 and ČT2, ČT3 broadcast its program largely in foreign languages and 24 hours a day.
iVysílání is a streaming platform of Czech Television. It offers television programmes produced by Czech Television along with films and programmes that Television has its license. Programmes and films can be viewed for free. Viewers can also watch broadcast of Czech Television channels.
Nova Lady is a Czech free-to-air commercial television station belonging to the Nova Group, which is mainly aimed at a female audience, broadcasting Czech and foreign romantic series, films and reality shows. The station began broadcasting on October 18, 2021. Like other Nova Group channels, they belong to the TV Nova company, which falls under CME.
Pod hladinou is a Czech television series that aired in 2023. It was broadcast by Prima televize. It was originally broadcast on streaming service Prima+ with first 2 episodes broadcast on 4 May 2023. On 30 August 2023 it started broadcast on Prima television channel. The series focuses on work of police divers.
Óčko Star is a Czech music television channel that started broadcasting on 1 June 2013.
Prima Star is a Czech television channel of the FTV Prima group. The channel is primarily focused on its own archival entertainment programs and dramatic productions.
Óčko Black is a Czech music television channel.
INDIAN is a Czech internet show about video game produced by MediaRealms, based in Prague-Ďáblice, which took over audiovisual production from FiolaSoft and GODS studios. The show used to be broadcast on the TV channels Metropol, Pohoda and TV Pětka. The editors currently mainly produce individual reviews, shorter thematic videos and news summaries on YouTube and publish articles on the Indian-tv.cz website.
Fameplay.tv is a Czech internet television. It was created by almost the entire former Stream.cz team headed by chief producer Lukáš Záhoř, manager Juraj Felix and investor Jakub Havrlant.
A11 TV is a Czech television channel that is part of A 11 media group. It originates from the local Regionální televize CZ, which was renamed to Náš Region TV in October 2022. Channel received its current name in April 2023.
