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In 2023, 336 TV stations were operating in Czechia, the vast majority of which were regional, and 43 were national. There were 1,820 newspaper titles, 107 of which were dailies. In 2023, 13.3 million people visited cinemas.

Nationwide television channels
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
43
Radio stations total
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
96
Titles of dailies newspapers
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
107
Number of cinemas
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
1,171
Published titles of books
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
15,025
Public libraries
Publication date: 16. 01. 2025
Year 2023
5,182

Data and time series

Public databaseAll data CZSO online

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Cinemas	701	754	798	913	1,065	1,094	1,144	1,171
Seats (thous.)	199	205	219	226	268	266	265	268
Feature films shown	1,260	1,255	1,325	1,413	1,119	1,099	1,355	1,500
Film screenings (thous.)	471	494	544	534	288	288	512	508
Attendance (thous.)	15,622	15,233	16,344	18,319	6,385	7,142	13,496	13,337
Box office receipts (CZK mil.)	2,011	2,004	2,268	2,617	906	1,088	2,115	2,275

Source: Czech Film Fund

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Libraries	5,353	5,339	5,317	5,307	5,295	5,273	5,256	5,182
Libraries including their branches	6,246	6,221	6,208	6,193	6,178	6,134	6,108	6,035
Library items (thous.)	64,778	64,691	64,360	63,840	63,551	63,459	63,244	62,687
fiction	29,603	29,575	29,236	28,765	28,613	28,476	28,236	27,881
non-fiction	27,975	28,233	28,237	28,163	28,055	27,985	27,935	27,784
Registered readers total (thous.)	1,372	1,384	1,373	1,376	1,193	1,112	1,209	1,256
Registered readers under 15 years (thous.)	369	379	381	388	318	281	339	361
Loans total (thous.)	58,204	55,365	52,705	51,201	38,921	34,999	41,646	41,569
fiction	35,603	34,358	33,489	32,546	25,850	23,833	27,947	25,958
non-fiction	13,656	12,304	10,970	10,866	7,650	6,682	8,452	8,042
Library visitors - physical visits (thous.)	23,400	22,354	22,047	22,102	13,091	12,479	17,397	19,428

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Radio stations total	116	111	113	126	123	102	96	96
regional	98	93	95	103	98	76	71	72
with nationwide coverage	18	18	18	23	25	26	25	24
public	23	23	23	25	25	25	24	24
private	93	88	90	101	98	77	72	72
Television channels total	352	336	304	304	332	358	328	336
regional	324	303	274	271	295	318	284	293
with nationwide coverage	28	33	30	33	37	40	44	43
public	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6
private	346	330	298	297	325	351	321	330

Source: Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Titles of newspapers total	1,460	1,469	1,476	1,441	1,377	1,639	1,821	1,820
dailies	109	103	105	107	107	107	107	107
Titles of journals	3,774	3,829	3,907	4,026	3,927	3,398	3,427	3,098
weeklies	267	223	226	192	192	158	136	96
monthlies	973	996	1,024	982	967	833	761	750
others	2,534	2,610	2,657	2,852	2,768	2,407	2,530	2,252

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture and CZSO

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Published titles of books total	17,815	16,422	16,676	17,330	14,117	14,134	18,319	15,025
acording to language mutation:
in Czech	16,314	15,043	14,479	14,742	12,184	12,272	15,884	13,037
in a foreign language	1,501	1,379	2,197	2,588	1,933	1,862	2,435	1,988
according to genre
fiction	5,559	4,985	5,706	6,276	5,201	5,167	7,002	5,958
children's books	2,157	1,844	2,330	2,716	2,134	2,124	3,219	2,603
textbooks	579	444	441	659	380	375	706	506
university textbooks	593	412	364	394	362	289	332	318

Source: National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Revenue from sales of musical recordings (CZK mil.)	331	371	410	503	614	765	872	992
Czech music	:	:	130	160	179	229	257	304
Foreign music	:	:	279	343	435	536	615	688
according to type of sale
Digital channel sale total	136	176	238	318	444	574	681	789
streaming	:	:	219	300	430	558	667	784
downloads	:	:	19	18	15	16	14	15
Physical format sale total	194	195	171	185	170	191	191	193
CDs	153	145	111	125	104	105	94	96
DVDs	8	7	9	6	5	4	4	3
vinyl records	32	43	52	54	60	81	93	94

Source: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Feature films shown total	1,260	1,255	1,325	1,413	1,119	1,099	1,355	1,500
Czech production	441	445	509	532	391	386	500	511
Foreign production	819	810	816	881	728	713	855	989
Premiere films shown	345	283	302	288	169	238	335	358
Czech production	79	53	71	66	53	81	100	71
Foreign production	266	230	231	222	116	157	235	287

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