Pětka & Metropol out of money, opt for reruns

The sister TV stations Pětka and Metropol have stopped production of new programming and has opted to air re-runs news website mediar.cz says. According to the site, the stations have been out of money for two months. Earlier reports said that Metropol Productions, the firm behind both stations, had lost funding from businessman Luboš Měkota, whose holdings have been frozen by the police. Empressa Media is reportedly interested in the sister stations. Financial website IHNED, meanwhile, writes that the staff and management will learn more in mid-February; employees are already owed two months in unpaid wages, a station official confirmed.

Author: Jan Velinger