HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") (Nasdaq:CETV) (Prague Stock Exchange:CETV) announced today that it will release its first quarter 2012 financial results before U.S. market hours on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

CME will also host a teleconference and video webcast to discuss its first quarter 2012 financial results on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 9 a.m. New York time (2 p.m. London and 3 p.m. Prague time). The video webcast and teleconference will refer to presentation slides which will be available on CME's website at www.cme.net prior to the call.

To access the teleconference, U.S. and international callers may dial +1 785 424 1055 ten minutes prior to the start time and reference passcode CETVQ112. The conference call will be video webcasted live via www.cme.net and can be viewed on a range of platforms including Windows, Android and Apple devices and iPhone's and iPad's.

The video webcast and a digital audio replay in MP3 format will be available for two weeks following the call at www.cme.net.

CME is a media and entertainment company operating leading businesses in six Central and Eastern European markets with an aggregate population of approximately 50 million people. CME's broadcast operations are located in Bulgaria (bTV, bTV Cinema, bTV Comedy, bTV Action, bTV Lady and Ring.bg), Croatia (Nova TV, Doma and Nova World), the Czech Republic (TV Nova, Nova Cinema, Nova Sport and MTV Czech), Romania (PRO TV, PRO TV International, Acasa, Acasa Gold, PRO Cinema, Sport.ro, MTV Romania and PRO TV Chisinau Moldova), the Slovak Republic (TV Markíza and Doma), Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A and the POP NON STOP subscription package). CME's broadcast operations are supported by its production and distribution division, Media Pro Entertainment, as well as its New Media division, which operates Voyo, the pan-regional video-on-demand service. CME is traded on the NASDAQ and the Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CETV".

CONTACT: Romana Wyllie
         Vice President Corporate Communications
         Central European Media Enterprises
         +420 242 465 525
         romana.wyllie@cme.net