Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:16:23 +0200“All biggest players now have own media,” says press freedom advocate as Kellner buys Novahttps://english.radio.cz/all-biggest-players-now-have-own-media-says-press-freedom-advocate-kellner-buys-8116941© 2026 Radio Prague International The richest Czech, Petr Kellner, is taking over the country’s most popular TV station, Nova. The purchase of Nova operator CME by Kellner’s PPF Group will also give it control of a number of other channels in the region. However, critics say the move is politically motivated and have warned of a new danger to press freedom. Among those voices is Josef Šlerka, director of the Foundation for Independent Journalism. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/tv_nova_0.jpg?timestamp=1590363084 “All biggest players now have own media,” says press freedom advocate as Kellner buys Nova https://english.radio.cz/all-biggest-players-now-have-own-media-says-press-freedom-advocate-kellner-buys-8116941 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9