Central European Media Enterprises’ PRO.BG Channel And Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Sign Multiyear Output Deal For The Studio’s TV Series And Feature Films In Bulgaria

(July 2, 2009 - Sofia, Bulgaria and Burbank, CA) – Bulgarian broadcaster PRO.BG, a Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) channel, and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) have signed a new, multiyear programming output deal which will make PRO.BG the new home for television series, theatrical motion pictures and animated titles from the Studio in Bulgaria, it was announced today by Ognian Dimov, general director of PRO.BG Media Ltd., and Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, President, Warner Bros. International Television. The agreement continues PRO.BG’s serious investment in production and programming, which also includes a number of rights deals to professional football (soccer), including the Bulgarian A league as well as UEFA’s Champions League and Europa League. Under terms of the new agreement, which begins in July, PRO.BG has obtained the Bulgarian broadcast rights for new television programs distributed by WBITD, as well as a slate of upcoming motion pictures and a number of feature films from the vast Warner Bros. Entertainment collection. “After six months of very competitive negotiation, we are extremely glad to have landed the most important and biggest deal on our market. PRO.BG is going to air more than 900 hours of programming per year from Warner Bros.,” said Liliana Slavova, Program Director, PRO.BG. “The latest hit films and TV series from Warner Bros. will be available soon for Bulgarian viewers, only on PRO.BG, and our viewers will be happy to learn that we have acquired the rights to the series involved “for life,” meaning that whenever a new season of a particular program has been made, in Bulgaria it will be aired on PRO.BG.” “This deal positions PRO.BG to become the Bulgarian home for our highly sought-after Warner Bros. programming, and is a great fit for the channel’s audience,” said Schlesinger. “With a healthy slate of continuing hits and some of the most highly anticipated new series of the upcoming U.S. television season, we are pleased that PRO.BG has selected our programming to be the core U.S. programming to launch their channel, and we look forward to working closely with them to make our shows hits with their viewers.” Television series licensed under the deal and set to premiere this fall on PRO.BG include “Fringe,” the #1 new program of the 2008–2009 U.S. television season among Adults 18–49; “The Mentalist,” the #1 new program of the 2008–2009 U.S. television season among Total Viewers; “Dark Blue,” a new drama from Jerry Bruckheimer Television; and “Southland,” a drama from John Wells, the Emmy®-winning writer/producer of “The West Wing” and “ER”; among others. PRO.BG’s lineup of previous hit Warner Bros. feature films will include titles such as “The Last Samurai,” starring Tom Cruise; “Ocean’s Eleven,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts; “Training Day,” starring Denzel Washington, who won an Academy Award® for Actor in a Leading Role for his performance, and Ethan Hawke, who was Oscar®-nominated for Actor in a Supporting Role for his; and “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” starring Mike Myers; among many others. From J.J. Abrams (“Lost”), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman – the team behind “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible III” and “Alias” – and executive producers Jeff Pinkner (“Lost”), Bryan Burk (“Lost”) and J.H. Wyman (“Keen Eddie”) comes “Fringe,” a new science-fact thriller about an unlikely trio who uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events. “Fringe” delves beneath the surface as they realize that they may be part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between the possible and the impossible. The series stars Anna Torv, Josh Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole. “Fringe” is from Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. In “The Mentalist,” Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker stars as Patrick Jane, an independent consultant with the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who has a remarkable track record for solving serious crimes by using his razor sharp skills of observation. Within the Bureau, Jane is notorious for his blatant lack of protocol and his semicelebrity past as a psychic medium, whose paranormal abilities he now admits he feigned. Jane's role in cracking a series of tough high-profile cases is greatly valued by his fellow agents, who all think Jane's a loose cannon but admire his charm and knack for clearing cases. Created and executive produced by Bruno Heller (“Rome”), the series also stars Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman and Amanda Righetti. “The Mentalist” is produced by Warner Bros. Television. About PRO.BG PRO.BG was launched as TV2 in November 2007 and acquired in August 2008 by Central European Media Enterprises. CME is a broadcasting company operating leading networks in seven Central and Eastern European countries with an aggregate population of approximately 97 million people. CME’s television stations are located in Bulgaria (PRO.BG and RING.BG), Croatia (Nova TV), Czech Republic (TV Nova, Nova Cinema and NovaSport), Romania (PRO TV, PRO TV International, Acasa, PRO Cinema, Sport.ro and MTV Romania), Slovakia (Markíza), Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A) and Ukraine (Studio 1+1, Studio 1+1 International and Kino). CME is traded on the NASDAQ and the Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CETV.” About Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Warner Bros. International Television Distribution is one of the world's largest distributors of feature films, television programs and animation to the international television marketplace (broadcast, pay cable, basic cable, satellite, pay-per-view, video-on-demand, digital platforms, etc.). It licenses some 50,000 hours of programming (including more than 6,000 features and 70+ current series), dubbed or subtitled in more than 40 languages, to telecasters and cablecasters in more than 175 countries. # # #