Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Announces Appointment of Marijan Jurenec As Director of Adriatic Region

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Announces Appointment of Marijan Jurenec As Director of Adriatic Region

- Promotes Pavle Vrabec to Deputy Director General of POP TV and Kanal A Networks in Slovenia -

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") (NASDAQ:CETV) today announced the appointment of Marijan Jurenec as Director, Adriatic Region, effective immediately. In this newly created position, Mr. Jurenec will combine responsibility for the Company's expansion strategy in the former Yugoslavia with his continued supervision of CME's television networks in Slovenia and Croatia. He will retain his responsibilities as General Director of POP TV and Kanal A, the Company's two television networks in Slovenia.

CME also announced today that it has promoted Pavle Vrabec to Deputy Director General of POP TV and Kanal A, effective immediately. He will retain his responsibilities as Sales Director of POP TV and Kanal A.

Michael Garin, Chief Executive Officer of CME, said, "Marijan's appointment acknowledges his leadership in charting CME's expansion plans for the region and his proven ability to build successful television operations and strong management teams. We are very confident Marijan will be able to capitalize on new business opportunities and make CME the broadcasting leader throughout this region."

Garin continued, "Pavle has built a terrific sales organization over the last decade and his promotion to Deputy Director General is another illustration of the strength of local management within the CME group."

Marijan Jurenec, 48, has led the successful development of POP TV since its launch in 1996. With the acquisition of Kanal A in 2000, he has created market-leading broadcasting channels, which provide a diverse range of programming in news, entertainment, sports and award-winning locally produced series. POP TV has won numerous awards including the prestigious PROMAX Golden Award for news promotion in 2005. Mr. Jurenec has been closely involved in CME's expansion strategy for the former Yugoslavia and has established strong operating synergies between POP TV and TV Nova, CME's Croatian network, in sales, co-productions, news and technical support.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including the statement that we will be able to capitalize on new business opportunities, become the broadcasting leader throughout this region and that these promotions are another illustration of the strength of local management within the CME group. For these statements and all other forward-looking statements, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, affecting the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, could differ materially from those described in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements.

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) is a TV broadcasting company with leading stations in five Central and Eastern European countries reaching an aggregate of approximately 75 million people. The Company's television stations are located in Croatia (Nova TV), Romania (PRO TV, Acasa, PRO Cinema), Slovakia (Markiza), Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A) and Ukraine (Studio 1+1). CME is traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CETV".

For additional information, please visit http://www.cetv-net.com/ or contact:

United States: United Kingdom:
Jonathan Lesko/Michael Smargiassi Wallace Macmillan (Investors)
(Investors) Vice President Finance &
Olga Shmuklyer (Press) Chief Financial Officer
Brainerd Communicators, Inc. +44-20-7430-5430
+1 212-986-6667

Source: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd.

CONTACT: United States: Jonathan Lesko, or Michael Smargiassi
(Investors), or Olga Shmuklyer (Press), all of Brainerd Communicators, Inc.,
+1-212-986-6667; or United Kingdom: Wallace Macmillan (Investors), Vice
President Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Central European Media
Enterprises Ltd., +44-20-7430-5430

Web site: http://www.cetv-net.com/

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