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Central European Media Enterprises Ltd – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 7/21/20, at 1:30pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  925645-20-36   ·   File #:  0-24796

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 7/21/20  Central European Media Enter… Ltd 10-Q        6/30/20  107:13M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Central European Media Enterprises Ltd 10-Q         HTML   1.61M 
 2: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 3: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
 4: EX-31.03    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 5: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     82K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    137K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    129K 
                and Comprehensive Income / Loss                                  
16: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     96K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    112K 
18: R7          Organization and Business                           HTML     39K 
19: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     45K 
20: R9          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    100K 
21: R10         Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML    138K 
22: R11         Program Rights                                      HTML     78K 
23: R12         Other Assets                                        HTML     50K 
24: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     66K 
25: R14         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     47K 
26: R15         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     54K 
27: R16         Leases Leases                                       HTML    122K 
28: R17         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     50K 
29: R18         Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock              HTML     34K 
30: R19         Equity                                              HTML     91K 
31: R20         Interest Expense                                    HTML     44K 
32: R21         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net                     HTML     52K 
33: R22         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     56K 
34: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     88K 
35: R24         Segment Data                                        HTML    171K 
36: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     57K 
37: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     50K 
38: R27         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     49K 
39: R28         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     33K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
40: R29         EARNINGS PER SHARE Policies (Policies)              HTML     30K 
41: R30         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    101K 
42: R31         Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML    134K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Program Rights (Tables)                             HTML     49K 
44: R33         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     50K 
45: R34         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     68K 
46: R35         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     47K 
47: R36         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     52K 
48: R37         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    125K 
49: R38         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     43K 
                (Tables)                                                         
50: R39         Equity Aoci (Tables)                                HTML     83K 
51: R40         Interest Expense (Tables)                           HTML     43K 
52: R41         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net (Tables)            HTML     51K 
53: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     49K 
54: R43         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     89K 
55: R44         Segment Data (Tables)                               HTML    175K 
56: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     47K 
57: R46         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     47K 
58: R47         Organization and Business (Details)                 HTML     56K 
59: R48         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     34K 
60: R49         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Goodwill (Details)   HTML     56K 
61: R50         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Other Intangible     HTML     49K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
62: R51         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     37K 
                Long term debt summary (Details)                                 
63: R52         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     33K 
                Financing transactions, narrative (Details)                      
64: R53         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     56K 
                Long-term debt and credit facilities, overview                   
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     54K 
                Long-term debt and credit facilities, narrative                  
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     52K 
                Maturities of long-term debt and credit facilities               
                (Details)                                                        
67: R56         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     87K 
                Leverage summary (Details)                                       
68: R57         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     36K 
                Leverage narrative (Details)                                     
69: R58         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     48K 
                Interest rate summary (Details)                                  
70: R59         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     63K 
                2023 revolving credit facility, leverage overview                
                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     42K 
                2023 revolving credit facility, narrative                        
                (Details)                                                        
72: R61         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     48K 
                Other credit facilities and capital lease                        
                obligations composition (Details)                                
73: R62         Program Rights (Details)                            HTML     86K 
74: R63         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     49K 
75: R64         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     58K 
76: R65         Property, Plant and Equipment Rollforward           HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R66         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     54K 
78: R67         Other Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     60K 
79: R68         LEASES - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     41K 
80: R69         LEASES - Classification of Cash Flows (Details)     HTML     40K 
81: R70         LEASES - Current and Non-current Assets and         HTML     76K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
82: R71         LEASES - Lease Liability Maturities (Details)       HTML     68K 
83: R72         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     42K 
                Hedge Accounting Activities (Details)                            
84: R73         Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (Details)    HTML     41K 
85: R74         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     82K 
86: R75         Equity Aoci (Details)                               HTML     59K 
87: R76         Interest Expense (Details)                          HTML     38K 
88: R77         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net (Details)           HTML     41K 
89: R78         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     34K 
90: R79         Stock-Based Compensation Stock Options (Details)    HTML     64K 
91: R80         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted Stock Units     HTML     58K 
                with Time-Based Vesting (Details)                                
92: R81         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted Stock Units     HTML     52K 
                with Performance Conditions (Details)                            
93: R82         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     81K 
94: R83         Earnings Per Share Antidilutive instruments         HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
95: R84         SEGMENT DATA Net Revenue and OIBDA (Details)        HTML     81K 
96: R85         SEGMENT DATA Total Assets (Details)                 HTML     48K 
97: R86         SEGMENT DATA Capital Expenditure (Details)          HTML     44K 
98: R87         SEGMENT DATA Long Lived Assets (Details)            HTML     50K 
99: R88         SEGMENT DATA Revenue by Type (Details)              HTML     39K 
100: R89         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Programming Rights    HTML     56K  
                Agreements and Other Commitments (Details)                       
101: R90         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Other (Details)       HTML     42K  
102: R91         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     50K  
103: R9999       Uncategorized Items - cetv10-qq22020.htm            HTML     28K  
105: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    198K  
11: XML         XBRL Instance -- cetv10-qq22020_htm                  XML   3.28M 
104: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    135K  
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cetv-20200630_cal               XML    275K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cetv-20200630_def                XML    921K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cetv-20200630_lab                     XML   1.91M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cetv-20200630_pre              XML   1.30M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cetv-20200630                         XSD    210K 
106: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              453±   655K  
107: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000925645-20-000036-xbrl      Zip    613K  


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cetv-20200630_def


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