Important step towards Metro launch in Helsinki

Important step towards Metro launch in Helsinki

Stockholm
March 30, 1999
13.00 CEST

IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS METRO LAUNCH IN HELSINKI The Helsinki City Board yesterday voted yes to giving the newspaper Metro a license to be distributed through the city´s public transportation system. The decision confirms what has already been decided by the Helsinki City Transport Committee. The management of Metro and the Helsinki City Transport Committee will shortly have a meeting to decide the date for the launch of the newspaper Metro in Helsinki. For further information, please visit www.mtg.se, or email info@mtg.se or contact: Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO tel: +46 8 562 000 50 Matthew Hooper, Investor & Press Relations tel: +44 20 7321 5010 Modern Times Group MTG AB has seven business areas: Viasat Broadcasting (free-to-air and pay TV channels in nine countries), Radio (seven networks in five countries), New Media (the Everyday interactive TV portal, Internet portal, Mobile portal, and teletext services), Publishing (financial news and information services), Modern Interactive (home shopping, e-commerce, and logistics), SDI Media (subtitling and dubbing services), and Modern Studios (content production and library). Modern Times Group MTG AB's class A and B shares are listed on the Stockholmsbörsen O-list (symbols: MTGA and MTGB) and on the Nasdaq National Market in New York (symbol: MTGNY). MODERN TIMES GROUP MTG AB Skeppsbron 18, Box 2094, SE-103 13 Stockholm, Sweden Tel. +46 8 562 000 50 Fax. +46 8 20 50 74 (Publ) Registration No. 556309- 9158 www.mtg.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/07/20040107BIT00340/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/01/07/20040107BIT00340/wkr0002.pdf

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