Radiokomunikace building new website for Barrandov
The new operator says barrandov.tv is no longer linked to the current channels.
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České Radiokomunikace are preparing a new official website for TV Barrandov and its thematic channels. The company says the existing barrandov.tv domain is no longer connected to the current operator of the channels.
Marcel Procházka, director of regulatory and legal affairs at Radiokomunikace, confirmed to Médiář that the company is preparing its own web environment. On 3 November, the domains televizebarrandov.cz and barrandovkrimi.cz were registered.
According to Médiář, the barrandovkino.cz domain remains with publisher Empresa Media. Ownership of a domain name is separate from a licence to broadcast television; that division alone does not show what arrangements apply to brand use and distribution.
The background is the transfer of the three Barrandov channels to Broadcasting Services, a company owned by České Radiokomunikace. The new operator is using licences recently granted by the Czech regulator RRTV.
Televizniweb.cz wrote at the end of October that the old licences had expired and that Broadcasting Services was using the new licences for TV Barrandov, Barrandov Kino and Barrandov Krimi. According to Televizniweb.cz, broadcasts on multiplex 23 continued in the process.
According to Televizniweb.cz, the programme archive is also not entirely with the new operator. Televizniweb.cz reported that the archive remained with Barrandov Televizní Studio. Radiokomunikace may need additional arrangements to use that archive; it is not known what rights agreements are already in place.
The website issue is therefore more than a technical move. It shows that the continuity of a television brand after insolvency can remain dependent on separate domains, trademarks, archives, licences and distribution contracts.
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Médiář directly attributed the current development concerning the domain registrations to a Radiokomunikace executive. The broader licensing and archive context was confirmed by a second public trade source.
- Confirmed Radiokomunikace are preparing a new official website for Barrandov. — Médiář quotes Marcel Procházka of Radiokomunikace.
- Confirmed The domains televizebarrandov.cz and barrandovkrimi.cz were registered on 3 November. — This is explicitly reported by Médiář.
- Confirmed The three channels are operated by Broadcasting Services under new RRTV licences. — Televizniweb.cz describes the transfer and the new licences.