Miroslav Kalousek is a Czech politician, former leader of KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1998 until his resignation in 2021. He served twice as Finance Minister in the cabinets of Mirek Topolánek and then again from 2010 to 2013 in the government of Petr Nečas.
Taťána Kuchařová, formerly Taťána Gregor Brzobohatá is a Czech model and beauty queen who won the title of Miss Czech Republic and Miss World 2006. In doing so, she made history to become the first woman from the Czech Republic ever to win the title at the final event of the Miss World competition, held on 30 September 2006, in Warsaw, Poland. She finished in second place in StarDance, the Czech version of Dancing with the Stars, in 2013.
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.
Petr Kellner was a Czech billionaire entrepreneur, the founder and majority shareholder (98.93%) of the PPF Group. At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of $17.5 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic.
Marian Jurečka is a Czech politician, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs since 17 December 2021 and Minister of the Environment from November 2022 to March 2023, both in Petr Fiala's Cabinet. He was previously the Minister of Agriculture in Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet from 2014 to 2017.
StarDance ...když hvězdy tančí is the Czech version of Dancing with the Stars. Eleven seasons were broadcast by Česká televize, hosted by Marek Eben and Tereza Kostková.
CEFC China Energy was a Chinese conglomerate. The company was among the 10 largest private companies in China in 2014. In 2017, the company was listed as 222 on the Fortune Global 500. In March 2020, the company—along with its subsidiaries CEFC Shanghai International and CEFC Hainan International—was declared bankrupt. The company used a complex web of affiliated companies to facilitate fake deals, inflate trade figures, and obtain bank loans to fuel its aggressive expansion.
Matrix AB is a 2015 Czech documentary film by Vít Klusák. It centers on Czech politician and businessman Andrej Babiš whom Klusák filmed for about one year with Babiš's permission. It shows Babiš in his private life and also during the political campaign for the 2013 legislative election. It also shows Babiš's business partners, critics and members of his party and their views of Babiš. These people include Martin Komárek, Jan Kasl and Sabina Slonková. There are also moments when Babiš forgets that he is being watched by cameras and says controversial things. The film ends with Babiš's reaction to the film where he calls it a "dirty trick".
A week with the President was a Czech Journalist television program broadcast by TV Barrandov. The first episode was broadcast on 16 March 2017. It was presented by Petr Kolář and Alex Mynářová, as they interviewed Czech president Miloš Zeman, who commented on current events. It quickly became one of the most viewed journalistic programs in the Czech Republic. The program was considered part of Zeman's re-election campaign for the 2018 presidential election. It was discontinued in January 2020.
Jana Černochová is a Czech politician who has served as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala since December 2021. She has been a member of the Czech parliament since 2010, representing the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).
The Cabinet of Petr Fiala is the current government of the Czech Republic, appointed on 17 December 2021. Following elections in October 2021, President Miloš Zeman asked Petr Fiala, as the leader of the Spolu alliance, to form a new government. On 17 November 2021 Fiala presented Zeman with the names of his proposed cabinet, and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new Prime Minister on 28 November 2021.
Oldřich Janota was a Czech singer-songwriter. He is known for incorporating minimalist and experimental techniques into folk music, as well as working with pre-recorded tapes.
Premiér is a Czech television sitcom that was broadcast in 2019 by TV Barrandov. The series deals with the office of the government, and the title role of the newly elected Czech Prime Minister Pavel Diviš was played by the owner and director of the television Jaromír Soukup himself, who presented and moderated nine other Barrandov programs at the time of the series premiere. The first episode premiered on October 9, 2019. A total of nine episodes were created, the last of which was shown on October 22, 2019. The regular footage of the piece was 20 minutes, the creators of the show and the individual actors were not mentioned in the credits of the series.
Jindřich Rajchl is a Czech political activist, lawyer and former football ambassador. He gained a public profile as a leader of demonstrations against measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic, and subsequently also against the government of Petr Fiala. He is widely considered to be a participant in the spread of misinformation in the Czech Republic.
Barrandov Krimi is the third TV channel of the TV Barrandov group. It started airing on 16 May 2015. It is the next launched channel of the TV Barrandov group after the Kino Barrandov channel, which started broadcasting a month earlier.
Motorists for Themselves is a Czech political party founded by František Matějka, a spokesperson of the Václav Klaus' Institute, for the 2022 Prague municipal election.
The 13th series of StarDance is an upcoming dancing reality TV show, is scheduled to premiere in October 2024. The hosts in this series are Marek Eben and Tereza Kostková. Jury Zdeněk Chlopčík was replaced by Jan Tománek. Choreographer Marek Zelinka was replaced by Ivana Hannichová and Martin Kolda.
OK TV is a Czech television channel, launched in 2024. It started broadcast on 16 May 2024. It is described as entertainment-lifestyle and music television. It focuses on positive programming without violence and without reports focused on war conflicts or other negative events.
Filip Turek is a Czech politician, entrepreneur, influencer and former racing driver. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2024 European parliament election, as the lead candidate for the Přísaha and Motorists alliance.
Vlastně se nic nestalo is an upcoming drama television series directed by Jan Vejnar starring Denisa Barešová, Elizaveta Maximová and Jiří Chadraba. It tackles topic of intimate life of young people influenced by social media. The series was presented at 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
