MOSCOW, June 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CTC Media, Inc. ("CTC Media")
(Nasdaq:CTCM), Russia's leading independent media company, announces
the start of a joint campaign with "Vkontakte" (www.vkontakte.ru), one
of the largest social networks in the CIS, which aims to combat illegal
content and promote "Videomore" (www.videomore.ru), CTC Media's own
licensed player. The campaign will have the tools at its disposal to
search for and delete counterfeit video whose broadcasting rights
belong to CTC Media, Inc.

The project recently began with the creation of an official "Vkontakte"
public webpage http://vkontakte.ru/videomore, where moderators are
given the rights to delete the illegal videos. Following this, the
relevant videos are made available on CTC Media's branded license
player "Videomore" and on other official webpages belonging to CTC
Media. CTC Media is in negotiations with the administrators of other
such websites which post CTC Media content, to ensure that it is posted
legally and is available on "Videomore" in the same manner. More than
3,200 pirated videos have been removed from "Vkontakte" during the
first two weeks of the campaign.

Askar Tuganbaev, Internet Project Development Director of CTC Media,
commented: "Our campaign to replace illegal content for legally
available videos has started with "Vkontakte" as it is the biggest
social network used by our audience. We started with the replacement of
the most popular content, recent CTC Channel premiers, such as
"Boarding School", and during this period, the viewership dynamic of
this video on the licensed player "Videomore" has increased by 50%,
with viewings peaking at 200,000 viewings per day. Based on the success
of our cooperation with "Vkontakte", we plan to continue this practice
with other popular social networks. We also plan to use specialized
software which will be capable of flagging pirated content and
automatically replacing it with a licensed product."

Ilya Perekopsky, Deputy General Director of "Vkontakte", added: "We
continue to systemically launch licensed content groups inside
"Vkontakte", this time without negative comments in the press.
Broadcasting rights holders who delay any cooperation with social
networks will, in our opinion, soon become outsiders in the market."

About CTC Media, Inc.

CTC Media is a leading independent media company in Russia, with
operations throughout Russia and elsewhere in the CIS. It operates
three free-to-air television networks in Russia -- CTC, Domashny and
DTV -- as well as Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and TV company in Moldova,
with a combined potential audience of over 150 million people. The
international pay-TV version of the CTC channel is available in North
America, Israel and Germany. CTC Media also owns two TV content
production companies, Costafilm and Soho Media. The Company's common
stock is traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol
"CTCM". For more information on CTC Media, please visit
www.ctcmedia.ru.

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About "Vkontakte"

"Vkontakte" is the leading social network in Russia and the CIS. It is
the leader in Europe according to time spent on the network and holds
third place in the continent by the number of page views. "Vkontakte"
gives its users the ability to express themselves in any way known to
mankind as of today. "Vkontakte" aims to remain most up-to-date, rapid
and sensuous method of online communication.

For further information, please visit www.ctcmedia.ru or contact:


  CTC Media, Inc.       
  Investor Relations    
  Ekaterina Ostrova or  
  Irina Klimova         
  Tel: + 7 495 783 3650 
  ir@ctcmedia.ru        
                        
  Media Relations       
  Victoria Bakaeva      
  Tel: +7 495 785 6347, 
   ext 1210             
  pr@ctcmedia.ru