Czech Republic
Private media in the Czech Republic mushroomed in the 1990s, and private radio and TV stations provide stiff competition for public broadcasters. Public TV broadcaster Ceska Televize (CT) operates two networks and a 24-hour news channel. Czech public radio, Cesky Rozhlas (CRo), operates three national networks as well as local services. Two major private television channels broadcast nationally and there are more than 70 private radio stations. Though press freedom is protected by a charter of basic rights, the media are not always considered editorially independent. An angry dispute over the control of Czech public television at the end of 2000 showed that efforts to rid state media of political interference were ongoing.
Press: The Prague Post and Prague Tribune (both weekly) are published in English. The main Czech dailies include Mladá Fronta Dnes, Právo and Lidove Noviny.
Television: Czech TV is public and operates mainstream channel CT1 and cultural channel CT2; CT 24 is a public news channel; TV Nova and Prima are commercial channels.
Radio: Public broadcaster Czech Radio operates national and regional networks; Radio Prague has programs in a number of languages including English; Frekvence 1 and Radio Impuls are private national stations.
