General Information
CTK is a public corporation established by law. The state is not responsible for any CTK obligations and CTK is not responsible for any state obligations. CTK is not subsided by the state.
CTK is politically and financially independent. CTK´s motto is: speed - reliability - independence.
CTK MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION
Includes news services in the Czech, Slovak and English languages, photo and audio services, video service, infographics and other services. CTK delivers to its clients an average of 700 news items, up to 400 photos, 10 videos and 50 audios a day.
CTK INFOBANK
Is unique by its extent and the comprehensive character of the news stored. Besides all news items in the Czech and English languages, it contains extensive documentary databases, an archive of all dailies and many other periodicals issued in the Czech Republic as well as other information in textual, pictorial and audio forms.
CTK PHOTOBANK
Contains archive photos, more than 5 million photos since the 1920s. More than a million photographs are in digital form.
CTK VIDEOBANK
Contains a complete database of all TV reports produced by CTK and also selected reports from foreign agencies. It also offers an archive of TV illustrative videos, suitable for the clients´ own production. Approximately eight to ten new reports are added daily.
The agency has an extensive network of branches in the Czech Republic and correspondents in the main centres of Europe and the USA. CTK also uses the services of world news agencies such as Reuters, AFP, AP, ITAR-TASS, DPA, ANSA and EFE. CTK cooperates with many national agencies as well.
CTK uses state-of-the-art technologies. It also provides technical services to its clients.
Trivia
- The agency's founding motto: speed - reliability - independence
- The number of employees: 352, of that 243 editorial employees (editors, journalists, photo journalists, cameramen …)
- Every day, we publish: 700 textual reports, 400 photographs, 10 video reports, 50 audio recordings and ten graphs
- Domestic branches: 16
- International correspondents: in 8 countries
- Legal form: a public service institution
- Method of financing: the earnings from the sale of reports, the agency functions without any state funding
- The supervisory body: the Czech News Agency's Board appointed by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic