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Inception on 1 January 1992 by the Czech Television Act

Statutory body Director General appointed by the Czech Television Council for a six-year term

Supervisory body The Czech Television Council, composed of fifteen members, who are elected by the Chamber of Deputies of Czech Parliament for a six-year term, with one-third replaced every two years

Organisational units Czech Television Prague, Brno Television Studio, Ostrava Television Studio

Number of employees 2,543 employees at 31 December 2004 (37.5% down on the 1993 figure – the beginning of Czech Television broadcasting in the independent Czech Republic)

Sources of revenue television licence fees supplemented by revenues from business operations

Programme television broadcasting a broad range of genres, news provider, broadcaster of major sports events, important producer of films, documentaries and current affairs programmes

Broadcasting two nationwide channels CT1 and CT2, Czech Television Teletext and Teletext Express, CT website www.czech-tv.cz, CT24 (satellite and cable distribution), CT4 SPORT

Public benefit activities media partnerships and the broadcasting of non-commercial spots, the broadcaster’s own charity projects Help the Children! and Advent Concerts

Membership in international organisations

• EBU European Broadcasting Union
• IFTA International Federation of Television Archives
• CIRCOM Regional
• EGTA European Group of Television Advertising
• IMZ International Music + Media Centre
• PBI Public Broadcasting International
• Euronews, Eurosport

Links

• Act on Czech Television
• Czech Television Code
• Czech Television Statute