Published Articles
- 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 - Hospodáoské noviny The head of CME: Share fluctuations don't bother me The financial crisis has toppled stock exchanges throughout the world.
- September 22, 2008 - Hospodáoské 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 Dvooák, 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).
- March 29, 2008 - CT24 CME featured as the lead topic on Czech Television's Investor Magazine On March 28 CME was featured in the Investment Magazine show on state TV channel CT24 in the Czech Republic. The participants in the discussion were Romana Tomasova, Director of Corporate Communications from CME, Radim Kramule, a stock market analyst from Eeská Spooitelna and Tomá‘ Nesnídal, an independent trader from Financnik.cz.
- March 27, 2008 - C21Media CME brings LA glamour to Eastern Europe Central European Media Enterprises (CME), the Central and Eastern European broadcasting company, has launched four new series in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- March 11, 2008 - Novi list 'Farma' and 'Zvijezde Pjevaju' beat 'Celebrity Big Brother' 'Celebrity Big Brother' marked the beginning of its new season with a thirty percent drop in ratings compared to other pilots of this show
- March 6, 2008 - Lidove Noviny We were a bit nervous „We lost a few older viewers, but to Czech Television“ stated Managing Director of Nova Petr Dvooák evaluating the first month of the direct clash between the main evening news programs of Prima and Nova.
- February 29, 2008 - The Financial Times CME launches expansion plans Central European Media Enterprises has set out plans to double revenues and earnings over the next five years from organic growth, while also highlighting ambitions for deals in Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia.
