UTV Media Share Discussion Threads

[djderry] 03/7/2008 21:44

Well I decided to subcribe and pay for my shares in the RI.I think I need help!

[geeff] 03/7/2008 10:36

I am a strong supporter of utv and expected to take up my rights but no point now as the stock is much cheaper on the market. A disappointing amount of info
coming from the co. to reassure shareholders re. the drop in share price.

[djderry] 25/6/2008 19:54

Still waiting for my letter regarding the Right's issue.I've bought lots of these in the last year and intend to subscribe for my share entitlement in full.AS always,what's important is what the co. is doing,not where the share price is.Having said that,it makes no sense that a company with a strong local radio franchise,talksport national radio,17 ILRs in the UK,a strong tv franchise,'phone and internet business ,etc.,should be rated so low.How can the pe of less robust media cos,which have much less diversification,be on much higher pes? (And even their pes have been hammered down more than 50% this year).The bargain of the century.(Along with a few more I could mention,but won't.)

[djderry] 14/11/2007 23:40

I wonder why it fell 7% today?

[geeff] 13/9/2007 10:33

is there no utv holders out there? surely they could now buy smg. if they could offer to cover the border area along with the rest of scotland utv would
have huge support,as it looks like border tv is being elbowed out by itv in
the name of "efficiency"

[carrick] 13/10/2006 10:03

great news that talksport have got the right to have live premiership football on a sat at 3pm from next season.should really help the share price

[tjord] 24/6/2006 08:23

at this price this is a penalty kick, when ITV is bought soon, as it has to be, to stop the terminal decline of ITV ad revenue and by someone strong enough to get ITV out of the CRR mechanism which links audience share to revenue UTV will come under he spotlight to be bought by the same buyer of ITV. the price will be far in excess of £3.50 indeed if ITV shares keep going lower UTV could buy ITV!!!!
now there's a thought.

[d.j. derry] 23/5/2006 22:43

plenty positives but a share price which has gone nowhere for two years,it's on my radar!

[ndrana] 22/12/2005 14:12

Any chance of buying HHO ???

[samg99] 30/6/2005 23:27

Just in case any UTV holders/traders don't realise.....it will be going on to the SETSMM trading system on Monday week (11th July). IMO that will mean wider spreads a lot of the time, plus worse liquidity - we'll soon see!

[sandbank] 15/11/2004 08:53

One of the great things about UTV is that it'll go on delivering profits on both analogue and digital long after the bulk of ITV's analogue services in the UK have been turned off. Northern Ireland will be the last area in the UK to have analogue TV switched off - lots of time for Ulster to make lots more money. ...and of course those radio stations are going great guns

[sandbank] 20/9/2004 07:38

This is a truly impressive set of interims out today from a TV company that's outperforming ITV.


Ulster Television plc

('UTV' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Interim Statement

for the six months ended 30 June 2004

UTV GROUP PROFIT UP 29% FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS

Ulster Television plc, the multimedia group which broadcasts television and
radio and provides internet services throughout Ireland announces its interim
results for the six months to 30 June 2004.

Financial Highlights

* Group profit before taxation and goodwill amortisation up by 29% to £8.0m
(2003: £6.2m).

* Profit before taxation up by 45% to £6.2m (2003: £4.3m).

* Group turnover up by 17% to £30.1m (2003: £25.7m).

* Television operating profit up by 32% to £7.2m (2003: £5.5m).

* Diluted adjusted earnings per share up by 26% to 10.57p (2003: 8.42p).

* Dividend increased by 9.8% to 4.5p.

Operational Highlights

* Television advertising revenue increased by 16% compared with a 3.8%
increase for ITV.

* UTV achieved a record share of 2.67% (2003: 2.36%) of the ITV advertising
market outperforming the network for the fifth successive year.

* Radio advertising revenue grew by 4.8%.

* Successful relaunch of Dublin radio station as Q102.

* New Media revenue increased by 56% to £2.5m (2003: £1.6m)

Key Dates

* 1 October 2004: - record date for payment of dividends

* 18 October 2004: - payment of dividends.

Commenting on the results, John B McGuckian, Chairman, UTV said:

'I am pleased to announce another set of strong financial results with good
progress being made across all operating divisions. Television, in particular,
continued to significantly outperform peer groups, achieving yet another record
share of ITV network revenue. The excellent television advertising revenue
performance of the first half has continued into the third quarter, which is
expected to record growth of 14%, well ahead of the anticipated increase for
the ITV market of 4%.

'New media revenue grew by an impressive 56%, with strong growth continuing
into the third quarter which is expected to be up by 30%. Our experience in
introducing innovative internet and telecommunications packages for consumers
across Ireland and leveraging the UTV brand enabled us to launch on 26 August a
stand-alone telecoms product, UTV Talk, which offers customers significant
savings on their telephony costs. As with broadband, customer acquisition costs
for UTV Talk are incurred at the early stages, but initial reaction to this
product has been very positive and we would anticipate further strong revenue
growth in 2005.

'Our Dublin radio station was successfully relaunched as Q102 and the latest
research data confirmed a significant improvement in both reach and share.
Third quarter revenue at Q102 is expected to be up by 6%, almost matching the
7% increase anticipated for that quarter at our radio stations in Limerick and
Cork.'

[sandbank] 01/7/2004 06:40

This probably explains UTV's recent share weakness - but why is there still no RNS?

CanWest sells stake in Ulster TV
00:54 BST, Thursday 1st July 2004 -- by James Welsh
Canadian media group CanWest has sold its stake in Ulster Television for £59m in a transaction conducted through the London Stock Exchange.

"The sale of CanWest's shares in UTV is consistent with the previously stated intention of the Company to divest non-core, non-strategic assets," explained Leonard Asper, CanWest Global's President and CEO. "While valuable in its own right, CanWest's investment in UTV was no longer considered to be of strategic importance in terms of the Company's overall media strategy."

CanWest will use the proceeds from the sale to reduce bank debt.

[sandbank] 26/5/2004 08:02

Trading Statement out on Friday morning. May 28

[sandbank] 11/2/2004 12:01

Looks like we're seeing ( not before time ) some serious buying interest here. Now the ITV merger is out of the way this has to be the next company to be taken over.

[matthewa] 28/8/2003 11:48

BLowing Out Now. SHould follow piers GAA CCM to year high that would be nice.

[matthewa] 28/8/2003 11:47

BLowing Out Now. SHould follow piers GAA CCM to year high that would be nice.

[matthewa] 13/8/2003 10:44

NRG - Going

[matthewa] 13/8/2003 10:40

Long UTV @ 3.08 - Direct Comepetitots GAA CCM @ year highs time for UTV to start catching Up. ALso if GAA/CCM merger deosnt go through then look @ UTV as take over target. Niche player.

[matthewa] 13/8/2003 10:40

Long UTV @ 3.08 - Direct Comepetitots GAA CCM @ year highs time for UTV to start catching Up. ALso if GAA/CCM merger deosnt go through then look @ UTV as take over target. Niche player.

[limpsfield chartist] 17/3/2003 20:20

They were more than 10% higher then than they are now - doesn't look that different

[gain] 17/3/2003 19:57

Told you it was different

[bruce8] 17/3/2003 16:30

M.T. Just waiting to reshort. Have made two big gains on this short since September. Approaching 260p which looks like it will be hard to rise above but we will see. If it falters there we should get 212p quite easily...

[m.t.glass] 17/3/2003 16:12

"..Apart from an admission that a previous surplus was now likely to be a deficit, no firm details were supplied concerning FRS17 and the company pension. A little alarming perhaps is Ulster discussing with staff a possible reduction in benefits to existing scheme members..."

- A throw-away comment within Motley Fool's praise of UTV. They also drew attention to excessive reliance on acquisitions in recent years as a risk factor.. and then brushed that aside too.

[matthewa] 17/1/2003 10:04

GAA CCM were heavily downgraded yesterday Cant help sentiment in the sector.