UTV sees revenue grow 9% to end of Q3

Revenue across all sections of UTV Media’s business in the UK and Ireland increased in the first nine months of the year, helped partly by improving economic conditions and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

To the end of September, revenues for both its British and Irish radio segments as well as the company’s television segment increased, resulting in overall revenue growth of 9%.

The growth of Radio Ireland, up 6%, outpaced the Irish commercial sector— similar to the situation in Britain where the group’s revenues from radio grew by more 15% in the nine months to the end of September.