Central European Media Enterprises (CETV)

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

        Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company's officers, directors and persons who beneficially own greater than 10% of a registered class of the Company's equity securities to file certain reports ("Section 16 Reports") with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to ownership and changes in ownership of the Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company. Based solely on the Company's review of the Section 16 Reports furnished to the Company and written representations from certain reporting persons, the Company believes that, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, all filing requirements under Section 16(a) applicable to its officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with on a timely basis.

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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

        Eight directors will be nominated for election at the Meeting to serve until the Company's next annual general meeting of shareholders. All eight directors are incumbents. The election of directors requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, in person or by proxy, at the Meeting, provided that a quorum is present in person or by proxy. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be included in determining the presence of a quorum, but are not counted as votes cast. Unless otherwise indicated, the accompanying form of proxy will be voted FOR the persons listed below. At this time, the Board of Directors knows of no reason why any nominee might be unable to serve. There is no arrangement or understanding between any director and any other person pursuant to which such person was selected as a director.

        Ronald S. Lauder, a founder of the Company, has served as nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of the Company since its incorporation in 1994. Mr. Lauder is a principal shareholder and a director of The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. ("Estée Lauder") and has served as Chairman of Estée Lauder International and Chairman of Clinique Laboratories, Inc., divisions of Estée Lauder, since returning to the private sector from government service in 1987. From 1986 until 1987, Mr. Lauder served as U.S. Ambassador to Austria. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Lauder served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Affairs. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, President of the Jewish National Fund, former Chairman of the Council of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations, a member of the Board of Governors of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Visiting Committee of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in International Business from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

        Michael N. Garin has served as Director since December 2003 and Chief Executive Officer since February 2004. Mr. Garin currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of American Media, publisher of the National Enquirer, Star, Globe and other publications; a Director and member of the Audit Committee of Cablecom, the leading Swiss cable company; and a Director and member of the Audit Committee of MortgageIT Holdings, Inc., a real estate investment trust and residential mortgage bank. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of AMC Theatres and a Deputy Director of Canal+ Nordique. From 2000 until January 2004, Mr. Garin served as the Chairman of Adcom Information Services, the leading U.S. cable television viewership data provider and as a director of Encoda Systems, Inc., a broadcasting technology supplier. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Garin was President and Chief Operating Officer of Digital Convergence Corporation, an Internet technology company. In March 2002, Digital Convergence filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

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From 1988 to 1999, Mr. Garin served ING Barings (Furman Selz) in various roles, including Executive Vice President and Member of the Management Committee. As Global Head of Media, Telecommunications and Information Services Investment Banking for Furman Selz, he was responsible for building the firm's investment banking practice in those areas. Mr. Garin was one of the founders of Lorimar Telepictures and helped run the company until it was acquired by Warner Communications in 1988. Mr. Garin received his BA degree from Harvard University and holds a Masters degree in Philosophy and the Arts.

        Charles R. Frank, Jr. has served as a Director of the Company since 2001. Mr. Frank currently serves as an advisor to Sabre Capital and RAO UES. He is a non-executive member of the Board of the Romanian-American Enterprise Fund and non-executive Chairman of Baneasa Investments, S.A. Mr. Frank was First Vice President at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and was Head of the EBRD Banking Department from 1997 until August 2001. The EBRD Banking Department originates, executes and manages EBRD's debt and equity investments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Mr. Frank was Managing Director of the Structured Finance Group at GE Capital (a financial services company), and Vice President of GE Capital Services from 1988 to 1997. Mr. Frank served as Chief Executive Officer of Frank and Company from 1987 to 1988, and Vice President of Salomon Brothers from 1978 until 1987. Mr. Frank has held senior academic and government positions, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of State, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University. Mr. Frank graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in mathematics and economics before completing a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton University.

        Herbert A. Granath has served as a Director of the Company since January 2002. Mr. Granath is Chairman Emeritus, ESPN, a cable sports network and Senior Content Advisor to Callahan Associates International LLC, a leading European cable communications operator. He has served since 1999 on the Board of Advisors of Veronis, Suhler & Associates Fund III, a billion-dollar fund investing in worldwide media, and is a Director of Crown Media Holdings, which owns and operates the Hallmark Channel. Mr. Granath was employed by ABC for over 35 years and was Chairman, Disney/ABC International (an international broadcasting company) from 1996 to January 1998 where he pioneered many aspects of ABC's expanding television business, including its successes in the cable and international programming arenas. He served as Chairman of the Board of ESPN for 16 years and Senior Vice President of ABC, Inc. from 1998 until 2001. He also served as Chairman of the Board of A&E, The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Lifetime Television, and was a founding partner and Board member of Eurosport, the largest cable network in Europe. He also served on the Boards of Telefunf, RTL2 and TM3 networks in Germany, SBS Broadcasting SA (SBS) and TVA, the Brazilian pay-TV company. Among the awards Mr. Granath has received are two Tony awards (along with six Tony nominations), an International EMMY (Lifetime Achievement in International TV), as well as a U.S. EMMY (Lifetime Achievement in Sports Television). Later this year, he will be honored by the National Association of Broadcasters as a Broadcast Pioneer and will receive the European Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rose d'Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.

        Alfred W. Langer has served as a Director of the Company since 2000. Mr. Langer currently serves as a consultant to a number of privately held, mostly German companies, engaged in the area of mergers and acquisitions, structured financing and organizational matters. Mr. Langer served as Chief Financial Officer of Solvadis AG, a German based chemical distribution and trading company, from July 2001 until June 2002. Mr. Langer served as Treasurer of Celanese AG, a German listed chemical company, from October 1999 until May 2001. From June 1997 until October 1999, Mr. Langer served as Chief Financial Officer of Celanese Corp., a U.S. chemical company. Mr. Langer served as Chief Executive Officer of Hoechst Trevira GmbH, a producer of synthetic fibers, from October 1994 until July 1997. From 1988 until September 1994, Mr. Langer served as a member of the Board of

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Management of Hoechst Holland N.V., a regional production and distribution company. Mr. Langer received an M.B.A. degree from the University GH Siegen.

        Bruce Maggin has served as a Director of the Company since September 2002. Mr. Maggin has served as Principal of the H.A.M Media Group, LLC, an international media investment and advisory company since 1997. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Maggin served as the Chief Executive Officer of TDN Media, Inc., a joint venture between Thomson Multimedia, NBC Television and Gemstar-TV Guide International. TDN sells advertising on proprietary interactive television platforms. Mr. Maggin also currently is a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation. Mr. Maggin is a member of the New York State Bar. He received a BA degree from Lafayette College and JD and MBA degrees from Cornell University.

        Ann Mather has served as a Director of the Company since April 2004. Ms. Mather is also a Director of Shopping.com, Ltd. and the Wine Network, Inc. From 1999 to 2004, Ms. Mather was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Pixar Animation Studios. Prior to joining Pixar, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Village Roadshow Pictures. From 1993 to 1999, Ms. Mather held various executive positions at the Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles, including Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of its Buena Vista International Theatrical Division, where she supervised operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America as well as the start up of distribution operations in several Asian markets including China, Australia and Malaysia. From 1992 to 1993, Ms. Mather worked for Disney in Paris, France where she helped establish the international theatrical distribution arm of Disney in ten European countries. From 1991 to 1992, she was the European Controller for Alico, a division of AIG, Inc. From 1989 to 1991 she was the Director of Finance for Polo Ralph Lauren Europe's retail operations, and from 1984 to 1988, Ms. Mather was at Paramount Pictures Corporation where she held various positions in London, Amsterdam and New York. She worked for KPMG in London, England between 1981 and 1984 covering a broad range of audit, tax and consulting assignments and is a Chartered Public Accountant. She has an MA degree from Cambridge University in England.

        Eric Zinterhofer has served as a Director of the Company since April 2004. Mr. Zinterhofer is a partner at Apollo Management, L.P., and has been with Apollo since 1998. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Zinterhofer was a member of the Corporate Finance Department at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Zinterhofer was a member of the Structured Equity Group at J.P. Morgan Investment Management. Mr. Zinterhofer graduated Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania with BA degrees in Honors Economics and European History and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

        The Board of Directors has determined that the following members of the Board satisfy the independence requirements set forth in Rule 4200 of the National Association of Securities Dealers' listing standards: Charles Frank, Herb Granath, Alfred Langer, Bruce Maggin and Ann Mather.