Jan Maxa

Czech TV

Let's talk about commissioning

As Director of Content Development for public broadcaster Czech TV, Jan oversees a group of 15 creative producers and around 400 projects in development in all genres: fiction, entertainment, factual and documentary, youth... His team is responsible for both in-house development and production, and for commissioning programs from independent producers. The development team creates all new content (excluding acquisitions) for 3 channels, representing, for example, over 100 hours of fiction per year. In recent years, Czech TV has maintained a market share of around 30%, with a high level of audience satisfaction. Czech TV regularly co-produces with ARTE and public broadcasters in Austria, Germany and Slovakia. Since April 2020, Jan has also been overseeing Czech TV's new media activities. Previously, Jan was Director of Content Development for CME Group, a company specializing in print media and IT consulting.