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Promotional image for the Czech Television sitcom "Most!" with the show's motto: "They like each other, they just don't know it yet." (2019)
Disinformation servers allege Czechs depicted as "white trash" in new comedy series
21.2.2019 7:13 full story
Absurd hoax continues to spread that Roma NGOs want Czech Television series cancelled
12.2.2019 14:12 full story
Romani community opinion divided over new Czech Television sitcom with Romani characters
3.2.2019 13:32 full story
Czech TV series paints northern town as a ghetto - just like local politicians do
29.1.2019 12:24 full story
Review of Czech Television's serial "Lynch": The road to hell is paved with good intentions
21.12.2018 6:58 full story
videoCzech Television launches new detective serial, "Lynch", about the murder of a young Romani man
27.10.2018 14:05 On 22 October, Czech Television broadcast the first episode of its new serial, "Lynch" (Lynč). The eight-part series tells the story of a fictional small Czech town of "Buchnov" where a young Romani man named Denis has been brutally murdered. A documentary filmmaker named Tomáš, who has known Denis since childhood, comes to the town to investigate. full storyCivil society members of Czech Govt Roma Council call on public broadcaster to hold a real debate about Romani issues
16.10.2018 10:58 full story
videoRomani psychology student who is a ROMEA scholarship winner featured on Czech Television
8.9.2017 9:30 "Our parents never went to college, but I was told I would go to college by them at home from an early age," Roman Koky, a Romani student of psychology, says in a reportage produced by the "168 Hours" program on public broadcaster Czech Television. Along with his brother Michal, who is studying pharmacy, Roman Koky has attended a recent "Baruvas" ("We Are Growing") meeting of Romani high school and college scholarship recipients.full story
Czech Television broadcasts documentary films for International Romani Day, producer reveals his Romani roots
8.4.2017 9:17 On the occasion of this year's celebration of International Romani Day, public broadcaster Czech Television has been showing several documentary films mapping contemporary Czech-Romani relations as well as Romani history. The programming is being broadcast by the channels ČT2 and ČT art. full story
Czech broadcast authority says public television's news reporting on the US election broke the law
16.1.2017 8:35 Public broadcaster Czech Television broke the law in its November 2016 news broadcasts about election night in the United States of America, according to the Council on Radio and Television broadcasting (RRTV). Its broadcasting was imbalanced in favor of candidate Hillary Clinton and at the expense of Donald Trump, the RRTV announced in a press release on 12 January. full story
videoCzech documentary shows illegal Nazi salute being given at concert by xenophobic Ortel band
5.12.2016 8:36 Last night as part of its "168 Hours" program, Czech Television broadcast footage from a concert by the Ortel band in the Czech town of Frýdek-Místek during which some fans give the Nazi salute and shout the Nazi greeting "Sieg heil". The footage was captured by documentary filmmaker Vít Klusák. full story
Czech actor Roman Zach supports Romani celebrity's stance against neo-Nazi band on live tv broadcast
5.12.2016 6:29 More performers in the Czech Republic have been publicly expressing their support for the Romani singer Radek Banga. During the popular music competition "Český slavík" (Czech Nightingale), Banga took a stand against the xenophobic band Ortel when it won second place for a second year in a row. full story
Czech Television considers ending controversial "debate" program
24.2.2016 18:07 The "You Have the Floor" ("Máte slovo") program, in comparison to Czech Television's other current events programs, is the very worst in terms of quality. Czech daily Lidové noviny's online edition, Lidovky.cz, reports that is the conclusion of a rapid analysis requested by a new member of the public broadcaster's board, Zdeněk Šarapatka, who is a big critic of the program moderated by Michaela Jílková. full story
Czech Republic: Romani preschool teacher knows change is possible
28.10.2015 8:34 Božena Horváthová teaches Romani preschoolers on Cejl Street in Brno, the Czech Republic's second-largest city. In a reportage broadcast by Czech Television last month, she described her greatest dream as follows: "You know what I envision? For us to not be 'sidelined', for us to be involved in society. For our children to study and have beautiful professions. I have managed this with my own children and I know it can be done. I know this can be changed."full story
Czech Council on Radio and TV rejects critique of public broadcaster's reality show about Romani schoolchildren
22.8.2015 23:30 Nonprofit organizations in the Czech Republic have received an answer from the Council on Radio and Television Broadcasting (RRTV) to the open letter in which they criticized the television series "Class 8A" (Třída 8.A.). The nonprofits believe the series has not fulfilled its intended aim of pointing out the problem of segregation of Romani pupils in the Czech schools. full story
Czech Television humiliates Romani people on their International Day
8.4.2015 22:30 Czech Television's programming on 7 April ahead of International Romani Day featured somewhat embarrassing dramaturgy and a documentary film promoting antigypsyist stereotypes and clichés. The public broadcaster had announced last week that a program of many documentary and feature-length films would be shown in honor of 8 April. full story
Czech TV defends serial's depiction of Roma
Prague, 25.2.2014 19:46, (ROMEA) News server Lidovky.cz reports that Czech Television and its inspection board have closed their discussion of the depiction of minorities in the serial "Ambulance 2" (Sanitka 2). Czech TV claims that all of the situations filmed for the serial are in order because they are based on the actual experiences of ambulance workers and contemporary reality. full story
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