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STV Group Plc
LON:STVG
STV Productions is one of the UK’s leading content businesses, with ambitious plans for growth and expansion in the UK and overseas. The company has a record of success across a range of genres including drama, factual and entertainment, producing a wide range of programmes for a variety of networks, including entertainment shows Catchphrase and Let me Entertain You for ITV and Fake Reaction for ITV2. Further commissions include ratings success Antiques Road Trip, including a celebrity version, for BBC One and Two, and quiz shows The Link for BBC One and The Lie for STV, TV3 in Ireland and S4C in Wales. STV Productions’ factual commissions include documentaries Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered and Swallowed by the Sea - Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City for BBC One and Two. In 2013, STV Productions was awarded Best Single Documentary by BAFTA Scotland for Fire in the Night, a feature documentary for BBC Scotland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. STV Group is traded in the NEX Exchange HERE
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STV sees advertising trends improvement, continues with production despite lockdowns
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STV first quarter numbers provide “positive read across” for ITV, says Liberum
The broker said that as STV holds the licence for the ITV1 channel in most of Scotland, the company’s TV ad revenues corresponded “exactly” with the advertising performance of ITV1, which they estimated made up around 63% of ITV’s total adv
STV predicts growth in first quarter ad revenue as national advertising performs better than expected
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