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FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
Estimated average burden
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Farley Stephen L.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
655 Third Avenue, Suite 2520
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(Street)
New York NY 10017
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
April 23, 1999
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. CETV
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director
[ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
[X] Other (Specify below)
See Note 1 - Group
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2.Amount of 3 Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Securities Form: Beneficial
Beneficially Direct (D) Ownership
Owned or Indirect (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (I) (Instr. 5)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
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Class A Common Stock 1,600,000 D
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Class A Common Stock 40,000 I See Note 2
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Class A Common Stock 1,150 I See Note 3
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person,
SEE instruction 5(b)(v).
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of
securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
(Over)
SEC 1473 (7-96)
FORM 3 (continued)
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exercisable and 3. Title and Amount
(Instr. 4) Expiration Date of Securities
(Month/Day/Year) Underlying
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Date Expiration Security
Exercisable Date (Instr. 4)
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Title Amount or
Number of
Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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4. Conversion or 5. Ownership Form of 6. Nature of Indirect
Exercise Price Derivative Security: Beneficial Ownership
of Derivative Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
Security Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
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<C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note 1: Pursuant to Rules 16a-1(a)(i) and 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), the Reporting Person may be deemed to be
a member of a group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Act) that may be
deemed to beneficially own more than 10% of the outstanding shares of Class A
Common Stock of the Issuer.
Note 2: These Securities are held in trusts for members of the Reporting
Person's "immediate family" (as defined in Rule 16a-1(c)) of which the
Reporting Person is the trustee.
Note 3: These securities are held in discretionary accounts for members of
the Reporting Person's "immediate family" (as defined in Rule 16a-1(c)) that
live with the Reporting Person.
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Stephen L. Farley April 30, 1999
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date