Published Articles
- June 11, 2009 - E15 Jan Řehák, Business Manager of TV Nova, speaks to E15 about how TV Nova has coped with the difficult market conditions during the first half of 200
- March 30, 2009 - CETV Communications and Investor Relations Function Moving to Prague
- March 5, 2009 - ProTV wins the NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award ProTV wins NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award for its recent social campaigns
- January 20, 2009 - Fakty and AiF Interview Alexandr Tkatchenko: ”1+1 Will Get a New Experienced Face“ In the exclusive interview of “AiF” – the first one of the New Year – Alexandr Tkatchenko, director general of the 1+1 group, speaks about the basic tendencies of world television, changes that will be made on the channel in 2009, and the new shows and serials TV viewers can expect.
- December 2, 2008 - Bloomberg Central European Media to Cut Program Costs, Lift Ad Prices Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., the operator of television stations in seven eastern European countries, aims to keep profitability stable next year by cutting programming costs and raising advertising prices. “We told investors that operating earnings will grow next year under almost any economic scenario,” Chief Executive Officer Michael Garin said in an interview in London today. “The growth of advertising sales will slow down, but we’re able to adjust programming costs, so we’ll be able to maintain our profit margin.”
- November 14, 2008 - Monaco Media Forum The Monaco Media Forum, chaired by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, brings together leaders from traditional and new media for high-level discussions about the future of print, broadcast and online communications.
- September 22, 2008 - Hospodářské noviny The head of CME: Share fluctuations don't bother me The financial crisis has toppled stock exchanges throughout the world.
- September 22, 2008 - Hospodářské noviny Digital TV is just for the big players In half a year TV Nova will start airing its film channel Nova Cinema using the freely available terrestrial digital broadcasting (TDB).
- September 11, 2008 - Hospodarske Noviny The owner of Nova is preparing a Czech equivalent of the YouTube server The CME media group, owner of the number one Czech television station, Nova, would like to launch a new video server in the Czech Republic before the end of the year. “We want to be the Czech YouTube and we will work hard on this,” said the Chief Executive of CME, Michael Garin, in an interview for HN. “We want to maximize the advantages, and interconnect the possibilities, of a community server on which the users share videos. “Whether it’s entertainment or information, it’s our business,” says Garin. “You can share and evaluate the videos on the web. We can then, for example, pick the most popular ones, and potentially broadcast them on television so that everyone can see them,” says the boss of CME.
- September 2, 2008 - Companies are discovering the excellent location of the Czech Republic. They are moving their headquarters here The latest company that wants to manage its Central European activities out of Prague is the American software giant IBM.
- August 13, 2008 - The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pro TV nominated for News and Current Affairs Emmy for second year in a row The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the nominees for the 2008 News and Current Affairs categories. Winners will be announced at a Ceremony at the Frederick P. Rose Hall of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 22, 2008.
- July 9, 2008 - The Financial Times Communism to risktaking As a former adviser to Jack Welch and co-founder of Lorimar Telepictures, the company that brought Dallas to the world’s television screens, Michael Garin has impeccable capitalist credentials.
- June 11, 2008 - Fitch Ratings CEE TV - Still Wild?
- June 2, 2008 - Czech Business Weekly CME expands Internet services, ready for more The recent Internet expansion of media group CME speak to a larger strategy that could lead its share price up in the long term, even if lately the stock was hit by fluctuations on international financial markets.
- May 30, 2008 - TV International CME enjoys the fruits of the fast-expanding central and eastern European ad markets
- April 22, 2008 - Hospodarske noviny Nova Wants To Capture the Internet Nova TV is going to launch a news portal to compete with Seznam and Centrum & Atlas
- April 22, 2008 - Hospodarske Noviny We Want to Become a Big Internet Player Nova is on a mission to capture the Internet. Petr Dvořák, CEO of local TV broadcaster No.1, declared 2008 as the “year of the Internet” already last year, and the actions taken by the TV station since the beginning of the year confirm that.
- April 17, 2008 - CME and Mlada Fronta Nova Expected to Launch New Internet Portal Czech news portal E15 anticipates that there are only a few days or weeks left at most until a new big player enters the Internet news and entertainment market in the Czech Republic. TV Nova is reportedly finalizing preparations to launch a new portal and plans to invest over CZK 100 million the project this year.
- April 17, 2008 - Private Equity Hub CME acquires two Romanian Radio Stations Central European Media Enterprises Ltd (CME) is to acquire two Romanian radio stations for US$20.9m (RON 47.2m). CME is buying the two assets - news and entertainment channels Pro FM and Info Pro, from Compania de Radio Pro s.r.l.
- April 11, 2008 - TheStreet.com Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: The Next Big TV Market "What happened in our markets today is exactly why I've been focusing on Russian stocks all week," Jim Cramer told viewers of his "Mad Money" TV show Friday (11th April).
