Media & PR

Czech Position suspends publication

Brian Kenety — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:31:55 +0000

Czech Position launched in December 2010 with the lofty goal of becoming the world’s daily English-language source for Czech political, business and cultural news, by offering a mix of breaking news reports, feature articles, analysis and investigative reporting. Alas, all good things must come to an end.

M3’s Maxim Behar named chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ Czech office

Brian Kenety — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:21:52 +0000

Maxim Behar, a prominent Bulgarian PR and social media specialist has been named chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ Czech office. He will remain CEO and board chairman of the Bulgarian company he founded, M3 Communications Group, Inc., which is an affiliate of Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

Cristina Muntean, AmCham Marketing Committee chairwoman

Staff Writer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:20 +0000

Cristina Muntean, a media advisor and trainer with Media Education CEE was elected this January the first chairwoman of the Marketing Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Prague (AmCham).

Polish director to shoot film about Czech martyr

Brian Kenety — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:31:52 +0000

This Thursday marks the anniversary of the death of Jan Palach, the 20-year-old Charles University law student who four decades ago set himself on fire in a bid to rouse Czechoslovakia from the apathy that had set into society in the wake of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion sent to crush the reforms of the Prague Spring.

Czech tabloid launches petition demanding authorities crack down on corruption

Tom Jones — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:06:07 +0000

A week after Czech PM Petr Nečas was derided for claiming his government has done more to fight corruption in its 18 months in power than was done in the previous 10 years, the tabloid Blesk on Thursday launched an online petition calling upon the police and judiciary services to thoroughly investigate corruption scandals — and published a list of “top 20” most-corrupt politicans and businessmen.

Czech caped crusader SuperVacláv unmasked?

Brian Kenety — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:48:10 +0000

Just a few short weeks since the first videos of SuperVacláv’s unorthodox crime-fighting tactics went viral onYouTube — smearing dog poo on the back of a man who didn’t clean up after his pet and dumping buckets of water on people smoking in prohibited areas — the true identity of the Czech man in the blue tights and red cape may have been revealed.

Nova TV Internet boss says Google steals content

Petr Matějček — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:23:21 +0000

In early 2012, Google TV will be launched in Europe enabling users to watch various terrestrial channels, buy and download films and other programs, save You Tube clips, and visit social network sites via the portal. Some experts predict the service will mark a new era in television, but the head of internet at CET 21, the owner of the most-watched Czech commercial TV broadcaster, Nova, rules out cooperation.

Czech uploads fake Oslo bombing video, dupes media

Brian Kenety — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:09:33 +0000

In the rush to report on the unfolding tragedy in Norway last week, a number of prominent media linked to, embedded, or otherwise rebroadcast what has turned out to be a fake video on the bombing of the government building in Oslo by the self-confessed perpetrator, Anders Behring Breivik. The creator of the fake video uploaded on YouTube — titled “Second Explosion in Olso – captured on cell phone”— has been discovered to be a Czech.

Wimbledon’s Kvitová to add zero to marketing earnings

Chris Johnstone — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:54:58 +0000

Wimbledon women’s singles winner Petra Kvitová has boosted her earning potential from sponsorship and marketing from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of crowns thanks to her Grand Slam victory, according to her manager.

Czech tabloid pays record fine for ‘gay’ slander

Brian Kenety — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:45:53 +0000

The Czech tabloid Pestrý svět boasts on its website that it offers “entirely authentic, exclusive news from the lives of the hottest stars of Czech and foreign show business and is not afraid to reveal the juicy gossip that the rich and famous try to keep the lid on.”

Survival threat to Czech pigs told in ministry video

Chris Johnstone — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:14:31 +0000

The sharp drop in the number of Czech pigs making their way onto local dinner tables has been highlighted in a Ministry of Agriculture video that asks the provocative question whether Czech pigs will disappear altogether by 2015.

Sharing star billing with animated pigs in the four-minute long video is Czech Agricultural Minister Ivan Fuksa (Civic Democrats, ODS), variously seen in his normal office environment, wearing a lab coat and preparing to dig into a joint of pork with a beer in hand to wash it down.

Education Ministry’s ČT ad: no contract, lame content

Martin Rychlík — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:18:04 +0000

The Ministry of Education (MŠMT) launched its promotion of EU funds to strengthen Czech science. The campaign will run to 2015 and cost Kč 60 million, which will be paid by the chapter on promotion and publicity for European funds. The pilot ads are now showing; according to information made available to Czech Position, they were aired on Czech Television (ČT) before they should have been – without a proper contract.

BigMag looks at post-1989 alt mags and ’zines

Guest Writer — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:20:06 +0000

Even mainstream magazines are, by their very nature, ephemeral. Hats off, then, to the people who have succeeded in gathering around 150 often obscure and intermittently produced alternative magazines and fanzines for the retrospective exhibition “BigMag: Other Magazines in the Czech Republic after 1989,” which has just opened at the Dox gallery in Prague.

Broadcaster CME surprises with $26 mln Q4 net loss

Brian Kenety — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:25:58 +0000

Regional broadcaster Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which trades under the CETV ticker in Prague and on the Nasdaq, released fourth-quarter 2010 results Wednesday morning showing operating results slightly above the market consensus but a surprising net loss of $26 million, the Wood & Co. brokerage said.

MTG targets Czech women with ‘Prima LOVE’

Brian Kenety — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:53:33 +0000

Swedish entertainment broadcasting group Modern Times Group (MTG) will launch its third free-TV channel – Prima LOVE – in the Czech Republic on March 8, targeting a 15-44 year old female audience to complement sister channels TV Prima (which focuses on general entertainment) and Prima COOL (which targets a young male audience).