UTV Media plc

                                (the "Company")

                              EBT Share Purchase

The Company has been notified that Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, the trustee
of the UTV Employee Benefit Trust, has made the following purchase:

23,000 - 5 pence ordinary shares in the Company at 197.85p on the 24th October
2014.

Following this purchase, Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited holds 23,000 shares in
the Company representing 0.024% of the issued share capital.

Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

Orla McKibbin, Director of Communications +44 28 90 262188

For and on behalf of UTV Media plc
Norman McKeown
Group Finance Director & Company Secretary

28 October 2014