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Television in the Czech Republic

Television in the Czech Republic is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Television in the Czech Republic rather than just read about it. In short: Television was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1953. Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000.

Key takeaways

Television in the Czech Republic belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Television in the Czech Republic to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Television in the Czech Republic from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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. 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

Between December 2000 and February, 2001, a struggle took place for control of Czech Television, locally known as ČT (Česká Televize). On 20 December 2000, Jiří Hodač was appointed the new director of ČT.

A group of journalists felt that Hodač was too closely tied to former Prime Minister Václav Klaus, which would result in compromising ČT's journalistic integrity. The journalists went on strike and occupied the newsroom, airing unauthorized newscasts. The new leadership sometimes cut the feed or replaced it with their own news reports. The unauthorized broadcasts displayed a "strike" logo in the corner of the screen. Citizens of Prague staged street protests in support of the journalists, which were the largest street protests since the overthrow of the communist government. The Czech lower house of parliament met on 5 January 2001 to discuss the situation. Hodač was put under pressure to resign, and was eventually admitted to hospital after suffering an alleged breakdown from exhaustion. The stand-off and its strong public support resulted in the Social Democrats withdrawing support for Hodač. He resigned in January. On 10 February 2001, the standoff ended with the signing of an agreement between the staff and station management, replacing Hodač with Jiří Balvín. The signing took place on live television. Balvín announced his goals for ČT to remain politically independent. The protests leading to the passing of new media legislation. However critics felt it provided fewer safeguards against political interference than the old laws.

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:

Broadcaster groups market share

List of channels

Terrestrial free-to-air channels (DVB-T2 & Satellite) Czech Television - public service broadcaster ČT1 (HD) - main channel ČT2 (HD) - second main channel ČT24 (HD) - news channel ČT Sport (HD) - sport channel ČT :D (HD) / ČT art (HD) - time shared position (channel for kids / culture channel) Nova Group (PPF) TV Nova (HD) - main channel Nova Cinema (HD) - movie channel Nova Action (HD) - channel for men Nova Fun (HD) - channel for younger Nova Krimi (HD) - crime series channel Nova Lady (HD) - channel for women Nova Sport 1 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV Nova Sport 2 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV Nova Sport 3 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV Nova Sport 4 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV Nova Sport 5 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV Nova Sport 6 (HD) - sport channel with pay TV FTV Prima (GES) TV Prima (HD) - main channel Prima Cool (HD) - channel for younger Prima Love (HD) - channel for women Prima Zoom (HD) - documentary programs Prima Max (HD) - movie channel Prima Krimi (HD) - crime series channels CNN Prima News (HD) - news channel Prima Star (HD) - archive channel Prima Show (HD) - reality show programs Prima Sport (HD) - sport channel Prima +1 - timeshifted channel TV Barrandov TV Barrandov (HD) - main channel Kino Barrandov (HD) - movie channel Barrandov Krimi (HD) - crime documentary programs Markíza Slovakia (PPF) Markíza International - czech version with Markíza JOJ Czech (J&T Group) JOJ Family - czech version for TV JOJ JOJ Cinema (HD) - movie channel with pay TV CS Mystery - sci-fi documentary programs (former Kinosvět) Stanice O Óčko - music channel Óčko Expres - music channel with pay TV Óčko Black - hip hop & rock music channel Óčko STAR - retro music channel Seznam.cz Seznam.cz TV (HD) - main channel AMC Networks International Central Europe Spektrum Home - documentary programs Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA Warner TV - serial & movie channel TV NOE DofE Šláger Originál Šláger Muzika Rebel Relax (former TV Pohoda) ABC TV Retro Music Television A11 HIT TV DVTV Extra TraLaLa Nalaďte se na digitální vysílání CRA Televize pres antenu

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+ Televize FILMpro 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+ One FilmBox+ Comedy FilmBox+ Emotion FilmBox+ Festival FilmBox+ Hits (HD) FilmBox+ Love&Crime CS Film / CS Horor Canal+ Action

Entertainment AXN (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia) AXN Black AXN White BBC First E! Fashionbox HD Fashion TV (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia) Food Network (English audio only) HGTV TLC Hobby TV Mňam TV Mňau TV SYFY (coming soon) Viasat Epic Drama

Documentary Animal Planet (HD) BBC Earth Discovery Channel Europe (HD) Investigation Discovery Docubox HD (English audio only) NASA UHD National Geographic (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia) Nat Geo Wild (HD) H2 (English audio only) History Channel (HD) Crime and Investigation Network Spektrum (HD) (version for Czech Republic and Slovakia) Spektrum Home (former TV Deko) Travel Channel (HD) TV Paprika Fishing & Hunting TV Wild TV Travel xp Viasat History (HD) Viasat Explorer (HD) Viasat Nature (HD) Viasat True Crime (HD) Love Nature Nautical Channel CS History

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Television in the Czech Republic

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Television in the Czech Republic claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Television in the Czech Republic before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Television in the Czech Republic ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Television in the Czech Republic

In research: Television in the Czech Republic appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Television in the Czech Republic in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Television in the Czech Republic is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Czech entertainment-related lists, Lists of mass media in the Czech Republic, Television by country, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Television in the Czech Republic outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Television in the Czech Republic in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Television in the Czech Republic in simple terms?

Television was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1953. Experimental projects with DVB-T started in 2000.

Why does Television in the Czech Republic matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Television in the Czech Republic?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Television in the Czech Republic.