media enterprises ltd. type public traded as nasdaq cetv pse cetv industry media founded 1994 headquarters hamilton bermuda london united kingdom cme media services limited amsterdam netherlands cme media enterprises bv prague czech republic cme media services limited key people christoph mainusch & michael del nin co ceos david sturgeon cfo products television broadcasting ; content production ; new media revenue 606 million 2015 owner time warner 49.4 % 1 number of employees 3 100 at 31 december 2015 website official website central european media enterprises cme is a bermudan media and entertainment company operating in central and eastern europe . cme was co founded by leonard m fertig and ronald lauder in 1994 . the business is managed on a geographical basis with six operating segments bulgaria croatia the czech republic romania the slovak republic slovenia and ukraine which are also the main operating countries . the company is listed on nasdaq and prague stock exchange under the ticker symbol cetv . 2 contents 1 operations 2 key shareholders 3 television stations 4 cme board of directors 5 see also 6 references 7 external links operations edit cme is the broadcast market leader in every country where it has television stations and reaches the homes of approximately 50 million people . it started life as a single channel in the czech republic in 1994 . cme operates a total of 36 television channels across its markets as well as portfolio of websites and the video on demand service voyo . each country also develops and produces content for their television channels and for licensing to third parties . 3 key shareholders edit on 23 march 2009 time warner announced that it would invest 241.5 million for a 31 % stake in cme . 4 two years later on 3 march 2011 time warner bought another 3.1 million shares taking its stake in cme up to 34.4 % with around 47 percent of voting rights and a total of 22.1 million shares . 5 in july 2012 cme exercised its put option and time warner increased its economic interest in cme to 49.9 % . 6 during the second quarter of 2013 time warner maintained its 49.9 % voting interest during a public offering of cme class a shares and additionally purchased 200 000 shares of series b convertible redeemable preferred stock in a private placement . during a rights offering and private placement in 2014 time warner increased its economic ownership on a diluted basis to approximately 75 % . international financier raymond staples through his global investment firm tmp holdings inc. was one of the early investors in cetv stock . television stations edit bulgaria btv media group tv channels btv national terrestrial & dvb t terrestrial btv cinema cable & satellite btv comedy cable & satellite btv action cable & satellite btv lady cable & satellite ring cable & satellite radio stations btv radio group n joy national z rock national btv radio sofia only classic fm sofia only jazz fm sofia only melody radio sofia only croatian tv channels nova tv national dvb t doma tv national dvb t mini tv cable & satellite nova world for croatian diaspora czech tv channels tv nova national terrestrial nova cinema national terrestrial nova sport 1 cable & satellite nova sport 2 cable & satellite tv sm chov national terrestrial & cable & satellite tv fanda national terrestrial & cable & satellite tv telka national terrestrial & cable & satellite nova international romania tv channels pro tv national terrestrial pro cinema cable & satellite pro tv interna ional cable & satellite pro tv chi in u national terrestrial broadcast in moldova acas tv cable & satellite acas gold cable & satellite acasa moldova cable & satellite mtv romania cable & satellite sport.ro cable & satellite slovak tv channels mark za national terrestrial tv doma national terrestrial dajto national terrestrial markiza international satellite cable and iptv slovenian tv channels pro plus pop tv national terrestrial kanal a national terrestrial brio cable & satellite & iptv kino cable & satellite & iptv oto cable & satellite & iptv cme board of directors edit directors paul cappuccio iris knobloch dough shapiro gerhard zeiler independents john billock charles frank alfred w. langer bruce maggin parm sandhu kelli turner see also edit companies portal cme lauder v. czech republic references edit http seekingalpha.com article 3728716 central european medias newest activist cme form 10 k filed march 12 2015 pdf . cme website . cme website . time warner inc. completes us 241.5 million investment for 31 % interest in central european media enterprises ltd. a leading central & eastern european media company . central european media enterprises . retrieved 18 may 2009 . chamonikolas krystof . cme rallies as time warner buying shares shows confidence . bloomberg . retrieved 3 march 2011 . cme exercises its put option to time warner and completes its deleveraging transactions . central european media enterprises . retrieved 3 july 2012 . 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