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The Czech public service broadcaster, Česká televize (ČT), has announced the start of its transition to the DVB-T2 HEVC standard following a delay caused by an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act that only came into force on 2 September 2017. Under the amended timetable, technical preparations are now due to take place between January and March 2018, before the broadcaster can begin using the transition multiplex. By the end of June 2018, 95% of the population will be able to receive the new broadcast standard, and the switch to DVB-T2 HEVC should be complete throughout the Czech Republic...

The Parliament of the Czech Republic voted the amendment to the Act on Electronic Communications. The amendment provides for the simplification of the process of changing mobile operators, and it also defines the rules governing the transition from DVB-T to the new standard DVB-T2. Discussions on the transition to DVB-T2 have been ongoing since 2013, when the government adopted the strategy Digital Czechia v. 2.0 - Road to Digital Economy, followed up by the Strategy of Frequency Spectrum in 2015 and the Strategy of Development of Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting in 2016. The transition to the...

České Radiokomunikace a.s. (CRA) is the Czech provider of television, radio and internet infrastructure. It has launched DVB-T2 broadcasting, enabling 26% of the population to view eleven television channels in the second generation standard of digital television broadcasting. CRA launched the first part of the transitory network for DVB-T2 /HEVC from the Zizkov and Cukrak transmitters in Prague. In the coming months, the network will be extended to other regions, aiming to cover 99% of Czech territory by the spring of 2018. The DVB-T2 network will enable the broadcasting of programmes by commercial...

The “Invitation to tender for the award of rights to use radio frequencies to provide an electronic communications network in the 3600-3800 MHz band” has ended. In addition to two existing operators (O2 Czech Republic a.s. and Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.), Nordic Telecom 5G a.s. and PODA a.s. - two new applicants for high-speed data networks in this band - succeeded in the auction. While existing operators could get only a 40 MHz frequency allocation in the auction, the spectral limit was doubled for new operators. This option has been taken up by Nordic Telecom 5G a.s. The Chairman of the Czech...

The Czech Parliament has approved an amendment to the VAT Act. This amendment clearly defines the rules for the calculation of a deduction coefficient for VAT in the public media and finally brings to an end a long period of legal uncertainty and conflicting interpretations of the law. At the same time, it opens the door to an important development for television and radio broadcasting. Czech Television and Czech Radio welcome the parliament’s decision to support the amendments to the law on VAT. In the past, the interpretation of the law on VAT was exclusively in the hands of the financial authorities....