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3/8/2010 8:00 AM

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced the appointment of Laurence Miall-d'Aout as Chief of Staff for MTG’s Free-TV operations, and the appointment of Martin Lewerth in the newly created role of Chief of Staff for the Group’s Pay-TV operations.

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VIASAT PAY-TV PACKAGES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN TELENOR IPTV OFFERINGS

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that Viasat Broadcasting has signed a long term agreement with Telenor Norge AS (‘Telenor’), which will enable Viasat to distribute its premium pay-TV channel packages to Telenor’s broadband customers. Telenor had 623,000 broadband customers in Norway and 574,000 broadband customers in Sweden at the end of 2009. Viasat’s channel packages will continue to be available to Telenor subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget’s subscribers in Sweden and will also be included in Telenor’s IPTV offering in Norway, which is expected to be launched for fibre-connected broadband customers during the Spring of 2010.

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CTC MEDIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO PAY DIVIDENDS IN 2010

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that CTC Media, Inc. ('CTC Media') has today announced its intention to pay an aggregate of US$ 40 million in cash dividends in 2010. The Board of Directors of CTC Media has approved the payment of the first instalment of the dividend in the amount of US$ 0.065 per outstanding share of common stock, or US$ 10 million in total. The record date for this first instalment is 10 March 2010 and the payment date is 31 March 2010. CTC Media has also announced its intention to pay the three remaining instalments of US$ 10 million in each of June, September and December 2010. MTG currently holds 60 million CTC Media shares, which is equivalent to 38.91% of CTC Media's outstanding shares. MTG reports its equity participation in the earnings of CTC Media as associated company income in the Group's income statements.

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CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN THE COMPANY

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that MTG’s total number of Class B shares has increased to 59,259,742 from 57,966,114, while the total number of Class A shares has decreased accordingly, to 6,637,073 from 7,930,701 in February, following the reclassification of 1,293,628 Class A shares into Class B shares. MTG also holds a total of 850,000 Class C shares. The total number of issued MTG shares remains unchanged at 66,746,815, as does the total share capital at SEK 333.734.075.

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MTG INCREASES SHAREHOLDING IN UKRAINIAN SATELLITE PAY-TV PLATFORM

Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a further 35% of Viastrong Holding AB (‘Viastrong’) from Strong Media Group Ltd. (‘Strong Media’) for an undisclosed consideration in cash. MTG currently owns 50% of Viastrong which, through Vision TV LCC, operates the Viasat Ukraine DTH satellite pay-TV platform. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant regulatory authorities, and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2010.

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENTS

VIASAT PAY-TV PACKAGES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN TELENOR IPTV OFFERINGS

CTC MEDIA ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO PAY DIVIDENDS IN 2010

CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS IN THE COMPANY

MTG INCREASES SHAREHOLDING IN UKRAINIAN SATELLITE PAY-TV PLATFORM

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