7DIG.L Regulatory News (7DIG)

24 Sep 2007 07:01

UBC Media Group PLC24 September 2007 24 September 2007 UBC wins two key contracts to add to Entertainment Network Chart shows, A-List and Fresh 40 to join the Entertainment Network UBC Media plc (UBC:L) today announces that from 1st October 2007 its commercialsales division has been awarded the contract to sell commercial radio's popularchart show formats, the A-List and Fresh 40. This is a very exciting developmentfor UBC's Commercial Division, adding two very dynamic network shows to ourexisting portfolio of Network Drive, Sky News Radio Network and EntertainmentNews. UBC will integrate the A-List, Fresh 40 and Entertainment News networks into a "Lifestyle and Entertainment" team. This team will form a dedicated "Entertainment and Lifestyle" sales unit selling a combination of our existingEntertainment News Network and "the charts". This will provide specialist focus,as well as bringing critical mass and weekday inventory to the charts salesproposition. The inclusion of these new properties into the Entertainment News network willdeliver advertisers an additional 5 million impacts, and increase UBC's totalimpacts across all three networks to 267million.This gives UBC a weekly audiencedelivery of 19 million adults. Commenting on the win, Simon Cole, C.E.O., UBC Media said: "These are significant contract wins for us, and further endorsement of thesuccess of our network radio sales division. Combining our Entertainment Newsnetwork with A-List and Fresh 40 provides advertisers with a great opportunityto reach over 11 million adults within compelling and exciting programming." Ends Enquiries Simon Cole, C.E.O. UBC Media Group plc: Tel: 020 7453 1600 Diane Barnes, Verity Williams, Portland for UBC: Tel: 020 7404 5344 Notes to Editors About UBC Media Group UBC is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. The Group is the marketleader in the supply of audio content and broadcast data software to the radioindustry in the UK. In addition to the entertainment, traffic & travel andnational news services provided to commercial radio, the Group is the largestindependent producer of radio programming for the BBC and the UK's leadingsupplier of digital radio scrolling text and EPG software. It is also part ofthe MXR Regional Multiplex consortium and the 4Digital National Multiplexconsortium. UBC has developed, and will launch later this year, an innovativeservice called Cliq which will allow radio listeners to buy songs as they hearthem on radio stations. www.ubcmedia.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange