Central European Media Enterprises
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Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is a Bermuda
Bermuda
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-based vertically integrated company. Founded by Ronald Lauder
Ronald Lauder
Ronald Steven Lauder is a Jewish-American businessman, civic leader, philanthropist, and art collector. Forbes lists Lauder among the richest people of the world with an estimated net worth of $3.0 billion in 2007.-Life and career:...

, it owns broadcast, content and new media operations in Central
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...

 and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...

. The company is listed on NASDAQ
NASDAQ
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 and Prague Stock Exchange
Prague Stock Exchange
The Prague Stock Exchange or PSE is the Czech Republic's main securities market and currently the second biggest stock exchange in Central and Eastern Europe...

 under the ticker symbol CETV.

Broadcast

CME is the broadcast market leader in every country where it has stations present and reaches the homes of over 50 million people. It started life as a single channel in the Czech Republic in 1994. It is now present in six markets where it operates 23 commercial free-to-air stations. It also operates a bouquet of subscription channels in Slovenia. In 2010, CME acquired bTV group in Bulgaria. The group included bTV, the leading free-to-air commercial television channel in Bulgaria, as well as bTV Cinema and bTV Comedy cable channels, and several radio stations.

Content & Distribution

In 2009 CME acquired Media Pro Entertainment, one of the leading producers and distributors of television fiction, which owns one of the largest production facilities in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2010 it delivered 890 hours of fiction, 1,881 hours of reality and entertainment and several feature films. It also offers production management services for foreign film producers and commercial advertising clients.
CME further strengthened its position as a vertically integrated media company when it acquired the leading content distribution company in the Czech and Slovak Republics Bontonfilms a.s. in June 2011.

New Media

CME’s New Media Division operates more than 60 online products and distribution platforms across six markets. At present CME’s internet sites attract around 2 million unique users every day and around 11 million each month, representing a 20% increase over 2010 in terms of online audience.
One of the division’s objectives is to support the Broadcast Division and Media Pro Entertainment by developing distribution platforms.
The New Media Division also operates a number of non-TV related services through targeted standalone niche sites, which are created separately from its broadcast operations.
In 2011 CME launched Voyo, a transactional video-on-demand portal, in the Czech Republic. Throughout 2011 Voyo has been rolled out across CME’s markets. Viewers can access free catch-up content from the archives of CME’s broadcasters, as well as see episodes of local series ahead of TV broadcast and unique paid content. Voyo has agreements with major and independent studios for the screening of international and local movies. In September 2011, the Pop Plus VOD distribution platform in Slovenia was rebranded to Voyo, and offered subscription VOD services.

Key shareholders

On 23 March 2009, Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...

 announced that it would invest $241.5 million, for a 31% stake, in CME.

Two years later on 3 March 2011 Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...

 bought another 3.1 million shares taking its stake in CME up to 34.4% with around 47 percent of voting rights and a total of 22.1 million shares.

Broadcast Operations

  • Bulgaria (bTV Media group)
    • TV channels
      • bTV - national terrestrial
      • bTV Cinema
        BTV Cinema
        bTV Cinema is a Bulgarian television channel, showing movies and serials. It is part of bTV Media Group.bTV Cinema is aimed at viewers of all ages with an emphasis on active audiences aged 18-49 years....

         - cable & satellite
      • bTV Comedy
        BTV Comedy
        bTV Comedy is a Bulgarian family-based television channel,airing mostly comedy series. It is part of bTV Media Group, owned by Central European Media Enterprises...

         - cable & satellite
      • bTV Action - cable & satellite
      • RING.BG
        RING.BG
        RING.BG is a Bulgarian sports TV channel . It was founded in 1998 by a group of professionals and sports enthusiasts. It is distributed via cable path throughout the country...

         - cable & satellite
    • Radio stations (bTV Radio group)
      • bTV Radio - semi-national
      • N-JOY
        N-Joy
        N-Joy is a German, public radio station by the Norddeutschen Rundfunk made for listeners with an age between 14 and 29. The headquarters is in Hamburg. Program director is Norbert Grundei....

         - semi-national
      • Z-Rock
        Z-Rock (Bulgaria)
        Radio Z-Rock is a Bulgarian rock music radio station, launched in 2006. It is part of BTV Media Group owned by Central European Media Enterprises. The radio started on the frequencies of Radio New Europe. Z-Rock is the second rock radio station in Bulgaria after the close down of Rock radio...

         - semi-national
      • Classic FM
        Classic FM (Bulgaria)
        Radio Classic FM is a Bulgarian radio station, launched in 1994. It is the oldest radio of BTV Media Group owned by Central European Media Enterprises. The station airs mainly classic music. Originally launched in Munich on the frequencies of Radio Free Europe, later moved to Sofia. It is the main...

         - Sofia only
      • Jazz FM
        Jazz FM (Bulgaria)
        Radio Jazz FM is a Bulgarian jazz music radio station, launched in 2001. It is part of BTV Media Group owned by Central European Media Enterprises. From 2001 to 2006 it aired in Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Blagoevgrad, Ruse, Stara Zagora and Sofia. From its first years it aired special projects with...

         - Sofia only
      • Melody Radio
        Melody Radio (Bulgaria)
        Radio Melody is a Bulgarian radio station, launched in 2007. It is part of BTV Media Groupowned by Central European Media Enterprises. It airs only in Sofia and online. It is based mainly to the old viewers. The radio airs mainly music from the 50–ties , 60–ties, 70–ties, 80–ties; 90-ties and the...

         - Sofia only

  • Croatian TV channels
    • Nova TV - national DVB-T
    • Mini TV - cable & satellite
    • Doma TV
      Doma TV
      -Airing currently:* Anna und die Liebe * En nombre del amor * Gipsy Heart * La usurpadora * Rosalinda * Teresa -Coming soon:...

       - national DVB-T
    • Nova World - for Croatian diaspora

  • Czech TV channels
    • TV Nova - national terrestrial
    • Nova Cinema - national terrestrial
    • Nova Sport - cable & satellite
    • MTV Czech
      MTV Czech
      MTV Czech Republic is a 24 hour music and entertainment television channel which serves the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The channel launched on 29 November 2009 under a licensing agreement between MTV Networks Europe, a subsidiary of MTV Networks, owned by the current Viacom from its split of the...

       - cable & satellite

  • Romania (Media PRO)
    • TV channels
      • PRO.TV - national terrestrial
      • PRO Cinema
        PRO Cinema
        PRO Cinema is a Romanian movie channel that is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and launched on April 19, 2004. It was the first Romanian TV channel dedicated exclusively to movies, and as such it attracted a significant audience from its very inception, mainly in the 18-49 urban...

         - cable & satellite
      • PRO.TV Internaţional - cable & satellite
      • PRO.TV Chisinau - national terrestrial (broadcast in Moldova)
      • Acasă
        Acasa
        Acasă is a television channel operated by the Central European Media Enterprises that broadcasts in Romania. It is mostly dedicated to daytime telenovelas, family movies, news, talk shows, soap operas and entertainment.-Telenovelas:-External links:*...

         - cable & satellite
      • MTV Romania - cable & satellite
      • SPORT.RO
        Sport.ro
        Sport.ro is a private channel in Romania, launched on July 27, 2003 and dedicated entirely to sports. Sport.ro reaches nearly 64% of the population of 21.5 million inhabitants of Romania and its broadcast schedule contains domestic and international sporting events...

         - cable & satellite
    • Radio stations
      • PRO.FM - double national (on two networks)
      • PRO.FM Dance - Bucharest only
      • Music FM (Romania) - Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Târgu Mureș from February 1

  • Slovak TV channels
    • Markíza
      Markíza
      Markíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network...

       - national terrestrial
    • TV Doma
      TV Doma
      Television Doma is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in Slovakia. The channel, which launched on August 31, 2009, is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and currently has a reach of approximately 92% of the country's 5.4 million people and broadcasts 24 hours per...

       - cable & satellite

  • Slovenian TV channels (Pro Plus)
    • Kanal A
      Kanal A
      Kanal A is the first commercial television station in Slovenia. The television program, which has been operating within PRO PLUS d.o.o., has national coverage. In its primary target group of viewers , Kanal A is the second most watched TV programme in Slovenia...

       - national terrestrial
    • POP TV
      POP TV
      POP TV is a Slovenian commercial television station operated by the multi-media company PRO PLUS d.o.o.It is a TV channel with the highest ratings in Slovenia , and at the same time the most popular and trustworthy...

       - cable & satellite
    • POP BRIO - cable & satellite
    • POP KINO - cable & satellite
    • POP KINO 2 - cable & satellite
    • POP FANI - cable & satellite
    • POP OTO - cable & satellite
    • POP SPOT - cable & satellite

New Media Division

The company manages Live TV, Catch-up TV, TV news, program micro-sites, various content, blog and social networking sites. Implemented in all 6 CME markets, the portfolio of brands include:
Bulgaria

bTV Web Platform
Croatia
Czech Republic

Slovakia


Slovenia

Romania

Other

Romania
  • SC ProVideo SRL, distribuitor of home video, in supermarkets, cash & carry stores.

CME Board of Directors

Non Independents
  • Ronald S. Lauder
  • Adrian Sarbu
  • Eric Zinterhofer
  • Paul Cappuccio
  • Michael Del Nin
  • Kelli Turner


Independents
  • Caryn Seidman Becker
  • Charles Frank
  • Herbert A. Granath
  • Alfred W. Langer
  • Fred H. Langhammer
  • Bruce Maggin
  • Parm Sandhu
  • Duco Sickinghe


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