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Central European Media Enterprises Ltd – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 4/22/20, at 12:13pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  925645-20-26   ·   File #:  0-24796

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 4/22/20  Central European Media Enter… Ltd 10-Q        3/31/20  107:12M

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   1.34M 
                3.31.2020                                                        
 2: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 3: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 4: EX-31.03    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 5: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
32: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     83K 
64: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    134K 
101: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     45K  
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
45: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    119K 
                and Comprehensive Income / Loss                                  
33: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML     82K 
66: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
102: R7          Organization and Business                           HTML     41K  
42: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     48K 
35: R9          Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    101K 
82: R10         Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML    143K 
94: R11         Program Rights                                      HTML     63K 
56: R12         Other Assets                                        HTML     51K 
20: R13         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     67K 
81: R14         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities            HTML     48K 
93: R15         Other Liabilities                                   HTML     55K 
55: R16         Leases Leases                                       HTML    110K 
19: R17         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     52K 
80: R18         Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock              HTML     35K 
95: R19         Equity                                              HTML     68K 
37: R20         Interest Expense                                    HTML     38K 
26: R21         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net                     HTML     42K 
61: R22         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     59K 
97: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     61K 
36: R24         Segment Data                                        HTML    125K 
25: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     59K 
60: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     45K 
96: R27         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     53K 
38: R28         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     34K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
24: R29         EARNINGS PER SHARE Policies (Policies)              HTML     32K 
21: R30         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    102K 
58: R31         Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements     HTML    140K 
                (Tables)                                                         
91: R32         Program Rights (Tables)                             HTML     50K 
78: R33         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     51K 
22: R34         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     69K 
59: R35         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     48K 
92: R36         Other Liabilities (Tables)                          HTML     53K 
79: R37         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    113K 
23: R38         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
57: R39         Equity Aoci (Tables)                                HTML     58K 
27: R40         Interest Expense (Tables)                           HTML     37K 
40: R41         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net (Tables)            HTML     42K 
106: R42         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     51K  
68: R43         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     62K 
28: R44         Segment Data (Tables)                               HTML    132K 
41: R45         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     48K 
107: R46         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     43K  
69: R47         Organization and Business (Details)                 HTML     57K 
30: R48         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     35K 
39: R49         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Goodwill (Details)   HTML     57K 
48: R50         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Other Intangible     HTML     49K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
14: R51         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     42K 
                Long term debt summary (Details)                                 
77: R52         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     34K 
                Financing transactions, narrative (Details)                      
90: R53         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     63K 
                Long-term debt and credit facilities, overview                   
                (Details)                                                        
47: R54         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     66K 
                Long-term debt and credit facilities, narrative                  
                (Details)                                                        
13: R55         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     55K 
                Maturities of long-term debt and credit facilities               
                (Details)                                                        
76: R56         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     85K 
                Leverage summary (Details)                                       
89: R57         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     37K 
                Leverage narrative (Details)                                     
49: R58         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     63K 
                Interest rate summary (Details)                                  
12: R59         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     64K 
                2023 revolving credit facility, leverage overview                
                (Details)                                                        
67: R60         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     44K 
                2023 revolving credit facility, narrative                        
                (Details)                                                        
104: R61         LONG-TERM DEBT AND OTHER FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS     HTML     48K  
                Other credit facilities and capital lease                        
                obligations composition (Details)                                
46: R62         Program Rights (Details)                            HTML     88K 
34: R63         Accounts Receivable (Details)                       HTML     34K 
63: R64         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     51K 
100: R65         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     62K  
43: R66         Property, Plant and Equipment Rollforward           HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R67         Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details)  HTML     60K 
62: R68         Other Liabilities (Details)                         HTML     63K 
105: R69         LEASES - Components of Lease Expense (Details)      HTML     44K  
85: R70         LEASES - Classification of Cash Flows (Details)     HTML     42K 
70: R71         LEASES - Current and Non-current Assets and         HTML     80K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
15: R72         LEASES - Lease Liability Maturities (Details)       HTML     69K 
50: R73         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS   HTML     44K 
                Hedge Accounting Activities (Details)                            
88: R74         Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock (Details)    HTML     43K 
73: R75         Equity (Details)                                    HTML    131K 
18: R76         Equity Aoci (Details)                               HTML     60K 
53: R77         Interest Expense (Details)                          HTML     40K 
83: R78         Other Nonoperating Expense, Net (Details)           HTML     44K 
74: R79         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     36K 
86: R80         Stock-Based Compensation Stock Options (Details)    HTML     74K 
71: R81         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted Stock Units     HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
16: R82         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted Stock Units     HTML     58K 
                with Performance Conditions (Details)                            
51: R83         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     70K 
87: R84         Earnings Per Share Antidilutive instruments         HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R85         SEGMENT DATA Net Revenue and OIBDA (Details)        HTML     75K 
17: R86         SEGMENT DATA Total Assets (Details)                 HTML     47K 
52: R87         SEGMENT DATA Capital Expenditure (Details)          HTML     45K 
84: R88         SEGMENT DATA Long Lived Assets (Details)            HTML     52K 
75: R89         SEGMENT DATA Revenue by Type (Details)              HTML     37K 
65: R90         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Programming Rights    HTML     59K 
                Agreements and Other Commitments (Details)                       
103: R91         COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Other (Details)       HTML     44K  
44: R92         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     52K 
11: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    198K 
29: XML         XBRL Instance -- cetv10-qq12020_htm                  XML   2.69M 
99: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    112K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cetv-20200331_cal               XML    288K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cetv-20200331_def                XML   1.01M 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cetv-20200331_lab                     XML   2.08M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cetv-20200331_pre              XML   1.42M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cetv-20200331                         XSD    225K 
54: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              445±   667K 
98: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000925645-20-000026-xbrl      Zip    569K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cetv-20200331_def


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