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21 Dec 2007 07:00

21 December 2007 UTV Media plc Purchase of shares in UTV Media plc

UTV Media plc announces that the following directors / persons discharging managerial responsibilities participated in the share placing announced on 18 December 2007 and purchased shares in UTV Media plc at a price of 200p per ordinary share as summarised below:

Director/PDMR Title Number of shares Percentage of acquired enlarged share capital acquired John McCann Group Chief Executive 74,537 0.13% Paul O'Brien Group Finance Director 74,537 0.13% Scott Taunton Managing Director GB 74,537 0.13% Radio Jim Downey Group Commercial Director 74,537 0.13% Ronan McManamy Managing Director ROI 29,815 0.05% Radio Robert McCourt Group Director of 29,815 0.05% Engineering & Facilities Michael Wilson Managing Director TV 14,907 0.03% Mairead Regan Group Director of HR 14,907 0.03% Roy Bailie Non-Executive Director 59,629 0.10% Kevin Lagan Non-Executive Director 29,815 0.05% Helen Kirkpatrick Non-Executive Director 1,491 0.00%

In addition the following individuals made open market purchases of ordinary shares in UTV Media plc on 19 December 2007 as detailed below:

Director/PDMR Number of Percentage of Purchase price shares enlarged share acquired capital acquired Paul O'Brien 5,463 0.01% 230p Scott Taunton 17,000 0.03% 239p Ronan McManamy 70,000 0.12% 235p Roy Bailie 60,000 0.10% 230p Helen Kirkpatrick 2,900 0.01% 235p

Following all of these share purchases detailed above, the total holdings and total percentage holdings of each of the directors / persons discharging managerial responsibilities in UTV Media plc are as follows:

Director/PDMR Title Total Holding Total percentage holding John McCann Group Chief Executive 218,579 0.38% Paul O'Brien Group Finance Director 100,000 0.17% Scott Taunton Managing Director GB 150,037 0.26% Radio Jim Downey Group Commercial Director 104,842 0.18% Ronan McManamy Managing Director ROI 99,815 0.17% Radio Robert McCourt Group Director of 127,298 0.22% Engineering & Facilities Michael Wilson Managing Director of TV 15,905 0.03% Mairead Regan Group HR Director 37,012 0.06% Roy Bailie Non-Executive Director 254,526 0.44% Kevin Lagan Non-Executive Director 117,815 0.20% Helen Kirkpatrick Non-Executive Director 4,391 0.01%

This notification is made in accordance with DR 3.1.4R(1) (a) and (b).

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Paul O'Brien Group Finance Director, UTV Media plc, Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 1EB

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