CEO of commercial TV station Nova, under the direction of major shareholder PPF Group, serving as his only media experience. Since departing from Nova and CME, PPF has acquired a controlling interest in the station from American conglomerate AT&T. Czech television is one of the major employers in the area of film and art in the Czech Republic with 3005 employees to date 31.12.2019. Czech Television Council Czech Television Council is a supervisory authority of Czech Television. The ČT Council has fifteen members elected and removed by the Chamber of Deputies so that important regional, political, social and cultural currents of opinion are represented in it. The members of the Board are elected for a term of office of 6 years, with one-third of the members being elected every 2 years; they may be re-elected. Powers of the Czech Television Council are defined by law of Czech Television and the important powers are: Appoint and dismiss the Director General and at his proposal, the Director of Television Studios of Czech Television Approve the budget and final account of Czech Television Oversees the fulfillment of the budget of Czech Television Approve long-term plans for program, technical and economic development Determine the salary of the general director The Czech Television Council manages according to its own budget, the costs of the Council's activities and the remuneration of its members, as well as the costs of the Supervisory Board's activities and the remuneration of its members are paid from a special expenditure item in the Czech Television budget. Gallery Czech Television continued to use the corporate logo of Czechoslovak Television after 1992, so the logo was in use for 59 years from 1 May 1953 to 30 September 2012. See also Mass media in Communist Czechoslovakia References Bibliography External links Official site in English Official site in Czech Watch selected Czech Television programs in streaming video ČT24 Czech Television content on EUscreen.eu Television in the Czech Republic Television stations in the Czech Republic European Broadcasting Union members Publicly funded broadcasters Television channels and stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Czechoslovakia Mass media in Czechoslovakia Eastern Bloc mass media Television channels and stations established in 1953 Television channels and stations disestablished in 1992 1953 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1992 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia State media Defunct mass media in Czechoslovakia Television broadcasting companies of the Czech Republic Czech news websites