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In 2022, 328 TV stations were operating in Czechia, of which the vast majority were only regional, and 44 programs were broadcast nationwide. We published 1,821 newspaper titles, 107 of which were dailies. Cinema attendance is slowly returning to previous values after two years affected by the pandemic. In 2022, 13.5 million moviegoers visited cinemas, i.e. 90% more than the previous year.

Nationwide television channels
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
44
Radio stations total
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
96
Titles of dailies newspapers
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
107
Number of cinemas
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
1,144
Published titles of books
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
18,319
Public libraries
Publication date: 31. 10. 2023
Year 2022
5,256

Data and time series

Public databaseAll data CZSO online

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cinemas	633	701	754	798	913	1,065	1,094	1,144
Seats (thous.)	197	199	205	219	226	268	266	265
Feature films shown	1,221	1,260	1,255	1,325	1,413	1,119	1,099	1,355
Film screenings (thous.)	457	471	494	544	534	288	288	512
Attendance (thous.)	12,958	15,622	15,233	16,344	18,319	6,385	7,142	13,496
Box office receipts (CZK mil.)	1,669	2,011	2,004	2,268	2,617	906	1,088	2,115

Source: Czech Film Fund

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Libraries	5,354	5,353	5,339	5,317	5,307	5,295	5,273	5,256
Libraries including their branches	6,249	6,246	6,221	6,208	6,193	6,178	6,134	6,108
Library items (thous.)	64,832	64,778	64,691	64,360	63,840	63,551	63,459	63,244
fiction	29,737	29,603	29,575	29,236	28,765	28,613	28,476	28,236
non-fiction	27,931	27,975	28,233	28,237	28,163	28,055	27,985	27,935
Registered readers total (thous.)	1,412	1,372	1,384	1,373	1,376	1,193	1,112	1,209
Registered readers under 15 years (thous.)	373	369	379	381	388	318	281	339
Loans total (thous.)	60,045	58,204	55,365	52,705	51,201	38,921	34,999	41,646
fiction	36,528	35,603	34,358	33,489	32,546	25,850	23,833	27,947
non-fiction	14,201	13,656	12,304	10,970	10,866	7,650	6,682	8,451
Library visitors - physical visits (thous.)	23,623	23,400	22,354	22,047	22,102	13,091	12,479	17,397

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Radio stations total	118	116	111	113	126	123	102	96
regional	104	98	93	95	103	98	76	71
with nationwide coverage	14	18	18	18	23	25	26	25
public	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	24
private	95	93	88	90	101	98	77	72
Television channels total	381	352	336	304	304	332	358	328
regional	357	324	303	274	271	295	318	284
with nationwide coverage	24	28	33	30	33	37	40	44
public	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
private	375	346	330	298	297	325	351	321

Source: Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Titles of newspapers total	1,500	1,460	1,469	1,476	1,441	1,377	1,639	1,821
dailies	109	109	103	105	107	107	107	107
Titles of journals	3,682	3,774	3,829	3,907	4,026	3,927	3,398	3,427
weeklies	255	267	223	226	192	192	158	136
monthlies	969	973	996	1,024	982	967	833	761
others	2,458	2,534	2,610	2,657	2,852	2,768	2,407	2,530

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture and CZSO

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Published titles of books total	18,282	17,815	16,422	16,676	17,330	14,117	14,134	18,319
acording to language mutation:
in Czech	15,598	16,314	15,043	14,479	14,742	12,184	12,272	15,884
in a foreign language	2,684	1,501	1,379	2,197	2,588	1,933	1,862	2,435
according to genre
fiction	5,297	5,559	4,985	5,706	6,276	5,201	5,167	7,002
children's books	1,955	2,157	1,844	2,330	2,716	2,134	2,124	3,219
textbooks	658	579	444	441	659	380	375	706
university textbooks	893	593	412	364	394	362	289	332

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Revenue from sales of musical recordings (CZK mil.)	327	331	371	410	503	614	765	872
Czech music	142	:	:	130	160	179	229	257
Foreign music	185	:	:	279	343	435	536	615
according to type of sale
Digital channel sale total	132	136	176	238	318	444	574	681
streaming	94	:	:	219	300	430	558	667
downloads	38	:	:	19	18	15	16	14
Physical format sale total	194	194	195	171	185	170	191	191
CDs	161	153	145	111	125	104	105	94
DVDs	10	8	7	9	6	5	4	4
vinyl records	23	32	43	52	54	60	81	93

Source: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Feature films shown total	1,221	1,260	1,255	1,325	1,413	1,119	1,099	1,355
Czech production	417	441	445	509	532	391	386	500
Foreign production	804	819	810	816	881	728	713	855
Premiere films shown	262	345	283	302	288	169	238	335
Czech production	49	79	53	71	66	53	81	100
Foreign production	213	266	230	231	222	116	157	235

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