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Trading Update talkSPORT extends Global Rights Partnership with Premier League to 2019 UTV Media plc (UTV) is pleased to announce that talkSPORT has extended itsinternational partnership with the Premier League for an additional three yearsuntil 2019. The London-based station has been re-appointed as the PremierLeague's global audio partner to the end of the 2018/19 season, continuing theexisting four year agreement which was due to expire at the end of the 2015/16season. Scott Taunton, Chief Operating Officer, UTV Media plc said: "In the two yearssince its appointment as the Premier League's global audio partner, talkSPORThas established itself as a truly international sports media brand. "Today's announcement means we can extend talkSPORT into even more markets, aswell as creating new opportunities for advertisers and sponsors. I'm pleasedthat talkSPORT's ever growing international audience will now be able to lookforward to listening to our world class live coverage of the Barclays PremierLeague for a further three seasons." Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive, Premier League said: "talkSPORT has formany years produced high quality radio commentary of Barclays Premier Leaguematches in the UK, and successfully extended this to an international audiencewhen they became our first global audio licensee two seasons ago. "We are extremely pleased that we will continue this partnership and lookforward to working with them as they make Barclays Premier League radiocommentary available in more languages and to more countries around the world." As with its existing agreement, the extension gives talkSPORT an exclusivepackage of international audio rights to provide official live commentary ofall 380 Barclays Premier League matches in any language to listeners around theworld outside of the UK and Republic of Ireland. The new agreement follows talkSPORT's highest ever listening figures in the UK,according to the latest RAJAR figures, with 3.4 million sports fans tuning inevery week. talkSPORT is the world's biggest sports radio station and is global audiopartner of the Premier League. The station is an official broadcaster of theBarclays Premier League, the FA Cup, England football internationals and theCapital One Cup. talkSPORT is available on 1089/1053AM, on digital radio, onmobile and online at talkSPORT.com. For further information contact: UTV Media plc:

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