Czechia

[CZ] Revision of Czechia's Audiovisual Act

IRIS 2025-2:1/7

Justine Radel-Cormann

European Audiovisual Observatory

The revised Audiovisual Act took effect on 1 January 2025, allowing for the transformation of the Czech Film Fund into the Czech Audiovisual Fund. 

This transformation expands the fund’s scope, allowing for support for diverse forms of content, including series and video games, in addition to films.

The new act introduces changes to the financial obligations for on-demand audiovisual media services. VOD service providers present in or targeting Czechia will be required to pay a fee based on their total revenues in Czechia to the Czech Audiovisual Fund, to be divided between a levy and direct investment. 

VOD providers willl pay a 2% fee. It will be possible for service providers to reduce the fee by up to 50%, through direct investments in Czech productions for instance. 

When no direct investments are made, a fee of up to 1.5% will have to be paid. 

The act introduces other changes dealing with the rise in production incentives.