Broadcasting in Czech Republic

o: (sxc.hu) Radio and television broadcasting in the Czech Republic is specified by Act no. X20 231/2001 Coll. X20. This Act determines the rights and duties of broadcasters, licence proceedings and registration of broadcasters of adapted programmes.

On 1st June 2010 the act was amended and expanded by regulation of so-called audiovisual media services on demand. Supervision of adherence to this law in the field of radio and television broadcasting is executed by the Council for radio and TV broadcasting.

There is a so-called dual broadcasting system in the Czech Republic, meaning that both public and private broadcasting function jointly here.

Czech Radio and Czech Television, which assure public broadcasting, are independent subjects and receive no support from the government. They provide an information service for the public by creation and distribution of radio and television programmes and other contents. Their activities are financed through income from radio and television fees and from their own business activities.

According to the law, everyone who has permanent residence or business premises in the Czech Republic and is the owner of a radio or television receiver is required to pay these fees. If you need to register a receiver you can send a written request to the relevant institution by post or fill in a request online using the Internet. Both Czech Television andCzech Radio have links on the homepage of their websites concerning fees.

According to the law the Czech Television Board and the Czech Radio Board are appointed as supervisory bodies over public broadcasting. The jurisdiction of these boards includes appointment and dismissal of the Managing Director of Czech Television, approval of the budget and final accounts, decisions concerning complaints directed towards the managing director, etc. The television stations TV Nova and Prima TV are well-known nationwide in the Czech Republic. Established television stations include TV Barrandov. Development of digital broadcasting significantly contributes towards establishment of additional private television stations. You can find a list of these here. Private television stations in the Czech Republic only broadcast in Czech. Digital broadcasting also enables viewers to watch foreign language television stations.

A number of nationwide and regional radio stations, which there is a greater number of, broadcast in the Czech Republic. The most popular radio stations are Radio X8 Impuls X8, X9 Evropa 2 X9 and X10 Frekvence 1 . Significant regional stations include Hitrádio Vysočina, Radio Blaník, Radio Beat etc. You can also tune into foreign radio stations such as the BBC World Service , the French RFI or Austrian Radio Österreich 1 , in the Czech Republic. You can find a list of radio stations here X15.

In 2015, Ceske Radiokomunikace and Czech Radio are launching an experimental DAB+ service for Prague and its surrounding areas

Radio has made another significant step on the road towards digital broadcasting. The commissioning of the experimental DAB Praha broadcasting multiplex from Žižkov Tower, which is operated by Ceske Radiokomunikace, has now begun. This is the first DAB test of this top-quality service. It uses a high-capacity transmitter, covering Prague as well as part of Central Bohemia and reaching almost one fifth of the Czech population (17%). Digital broadcasting will open up new possibilities for improving the public service offered to our listeners – by extending our range of programmes, enhancing transmission quality and introducing new multimedia services.

 Broadcasting council http://www.rrtv.cz/en/

 Czech Television https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_the_Czech_Republic http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/english/ http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/english/broadcasting/

 Czech Radio http://www.myczechrepublic.com/links/arts/radio.html

Most websites feature live Internet broadcasting anywhere in the world (click "live", "on-line", or "živě" or "živé vysílání"). We've included a link if there is a separate live broadcast page. News, information, culture Czech Radio 1: Radiožurnál (live) - news and information Czech Radio 2: Praha (live) - entertainment, talk and news Czech Radio 3: Vltava (live) - culture, classics and the arts Czech Radio 6 (live) - magazine style news and information Czech Radio 7: Radio Praha (live) - international multilingual service (Spanish, French, German, English, Russian and Czech) Czech Radio Online (live) Frekvence 1 - talk, entertainment, music, news Music stations AZ Rádio - rock (Central and Southern Moravia) Eldorádio (live) - country, folk and bluegrass (Southern Bohemia) Evropa 2 - rock and pop (nation-wide) Kiss 98 fm - rock and pop (Prague) Kiss Morava - rock and pop (Moravia) Kiss Publikum - rock and pop Radio 1 - alternative Rádio City 93.7 FM - pop (Prague) Radio DeeJay - rock and pop (Prague and Northern Bohemia) Radio Faktor (live) - rock and pop (Southern Bohemia) Radio Gold (live) - oldies (Southern Bohemia) Rádio Limonádový Joe Radio North Music - rock and pop (Northern Bohemia) Radio Relax - rock and pop (Central Bohemia) Radio Zlín - pop (Southern Moravia)