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The Czech Broadcasting Law stipulates that a broadcaster shall provide objective and balanced information necessary for opinions to be formed freely; any opinions or evaluating commentaries shall be separated from the news. In its session on 10 January 2017, the Broadcasting Council of the Czech Republic issued a warning to the operator Czech Television following a violation of this provision of the Broadcasting law. The alleged violation was committed on 9 November 2016, in a programme called “US election night”, which was characterized as a news programme. According to the Broadcasting Council,...

On 1 January 2017, the new gambling law took effect. Each provider of gambling has to obtain a basic operating permit, which is issued by the Ministry of Finance. The gambling provider must therefore apply for the relevant authorization. Unauthorized gambling should not be broadcasted or advertised. Exempted from the new Gambling law is gambling in the form of consumer competitions and other prize competitions. These forms of gambling are now considered to be normal business practice. The law allows the assessment of consumer competition as business practice in general. Games in the form of calls,...

On 24 August 2016, the Government of the Czech Republic approved Decision no. 730 on the Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting of the public service broadcaster Czech Radio. The Decision allocates frequencies to Czech Radio for the period 2016-2021 in accordance with the rules of procedure under the Electronic Communications Act (Act no. 127/2005 Coll.). Furthermore, the Decision states that Czech Radio has to start a regular digital broadcast. It establishes an advisory body within the Ministry of Culture for coordinating the evaluation process and the preparation of other decisions on the digitisation...

On 20 July 2016, the Czech government approved the strategy for the full transition of the digital terrestrial television to the DVB-T2 new broadcast standard. The strategy envisages that the process of transition to DVB-T2 will be launched in autumn 2016, accompanied by an information campaign. On 1 February 2021, all existing DVB-T networks will be switched off synchronously. According to the government’s strategy, an evaluation of the realisation of the transition to DVB-T2 has to be submitted each year on 31 January. The first evaluation should be submitted by 31 January 2017. In the assessment...

On 5 May 2016, the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted Act no. 139/2016 Coll., amending Act no. 496/2012 Coll., On audiovisual works and promotion of cinematography, and amending some other laws (the Audiovisual Act). The aim of this amendment is to secure sufficient funding to support cinematography. This should enable the long-term planning and predictable funding of the State Fund of Cinematography, so that it can create a long-term strategy of supporting the cinema. The State Cinematography Fund was established on 1 January 2013, pursuant to the Audiovisual Act. The Act defines the purpose...