News Broadcasting
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News UK Broadcasting Limited, doing business as News Broadcasting and formerly known as Wireless Group Limited and previously UTV Media, is a radio and digital broadcasting network with headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland and with radio operations in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It currently operates five stations in Ireland and 18 in the UK. The company was formerly known as UTV Media, owned by UTV Television. Its television broadcasting services were sold to ITV plc in February 2016 and its radio, sales services and websites were spun off into a new company, Wireless, later purchased by News Corp.
News Broadcasting | |
Formerly | UTV Media, Wireless Group Limited |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Broadcasting |
Founded | 7 June 2007; 16 years ago (7 June 2007) (as Beechgrove Trading Limited) |
Headquarters | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Key people | Scott Taunton (Chief Executive) |
Revenue | £116 m (2014)[1] |
Parent | News UK & Ireland Ltd |
Website | www |
In June 2016, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reached an agreement to buy the company.[2][3] The sale was completed in September 2016.[4] Prior to the acquisition, Wireless Group was a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index.