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Munich, 28th of September 2015. 7000 hours, 42 series, six countries: The Munich sales outfit Beta Film partners with Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME), the largest broadcasting group in Central and Eastern Europe, and will distribute exclusively its unique catalogue of highly successful prime-time drama and entertainment. At MipCom Beta Film will highlight the ongoing daily drama Taste of Love (516xone hour), which scores regularly #1 on Slovakia’s Markiza TV, the detective show Police Modrava (16xtwo hours) of the Czech TV Nova, currently prepping for the second season, and the long-running Croatian drama Lara’s Choice (347xone hour) among others. The exclusive license agreement includes worldwide rights and reaches out to all future productions of more than 350 hours/year. Beta also holds the format rights. Christoph Mainusch, Co-CEO of CME: „We are looking forward to the partnership with Beta, which is an established, experienced and excellent distributor. Its network will provide an even wider audience to our CME original series and formats.” Beta Film CEO Jan Mojto: “CME with its impressive catalogue stands for high potential programming made in Europe and therefore is a truly enrichment for our line-up.” About CME 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 broadcasts 34 television channels in Bulgaria (bTV, bTV Cinema, bTV Comedy, bTV Action, bTV Lady and Ring.bg), Croatia (Nova TV, Doma, Nova World and MiniTV), the Czech Republic (TV Nova, Nova Cinema, Nova Sport 1, Nova Sport 2, Fanda, Smichov and Telka), Romania (PRO TV, PRO TV International, Acasa, Acasa Gold, PRO Cinema, Sport.ro, MTV Romania, PRO TV Chisinau and Acasa in Moldova), the Slovak Republic (TV Markíza, Doma and Dajto), and Slovenia (POP TV, Kanal A, Brio, Oto and Kino). CME is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the Prague Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CETV”. About Beta Film Beta Film GmbH is one of the world's leading international distributors of license rights for TV, HV and new media. As core of Jan Mojto’s corporate group it handles more than 15,000 hours of program in every available format and genre from profound national and international partners and engages itself in acquiring, producing and coproducing high quality television and film content. Founded in 1959, Beta Film has built up long lasting relationships with partners throughout the world, working with all areas of the media industry, from public and private broadcasters to special interest channels, online and VoD platforms as well theatrical and HV distributors. Beta is closely cooperating with its affiliated Beta Cinema, which portfolio compromises many Academy Award -nominated and -winning feature films. The corporate group also has stakes in a substantial number of national and international production companies as well as special interest channels.
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