CME Launches Video-On-Demand In Croatia

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July 13, 2011, Hamilton, Bermuda

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“CME”) (NASDAQ and Prague Stock Exchange: CETV) announced today that Oyo, part of CME’s pan regional video-on-demand brand Voyo, has been successfully launched in Croatia. The Voyo brand was first launched by CME in the Czech Republic in January.

Voyo’s second portal will offer users free catch up local content from Nova TV’s and Doma’s archive including Best Years and Red Carpet as well as live events like Champions League Football.

Catch-up TV will be shown for free, or users can pay to see episodes of their favorite shows ahead of broadcast transmission and choose from a selection of blockbuster movies. To begin with Oyo will offer over 100 paid titles. Current films available include: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (parts 1 & 2), Due Date and Life as We Know It.

Paying for content is easy and via credit card. The VOD service should be available for smart phones by the end of the year.

CME is a vertically integrated media company operating leading broadcast, content and new media businesses in six Central and Eastern European countries with an aggregate population of approximately 50 million people. CME’s television stations are located in Bulgaria (bTV, bTV Cinema, bTV Comedy, bTV Action and Ring.bg), Croatia (Nova TV, Doma and Nova World), the Czech Republic (TV Nova, Nova Cinema, Nova Sport and MTV Czech), Romania (PRO TV, PRO TV International, Acasa, PRO Cinema, PRO TV Chisinau, Sport.ro and MTV Romania), the Slovak Republic (TV Markíza and Doma) and Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A and POP Brio). CME is traded on the NASDAQ and the Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CETV”.

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