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Ulster Television Ulster Television and The Local Radio Company have formed a joint venture sales house to represent 113 local radio stations across the country. 13-Sep-2005 Ulster Television is planning to acquire The Wireless Group, the owner of the TalkSport radio station, for £98m. 09-May-2005 Ulster Television is to acquire Coderidge, the owner of the LMFM radio station in Ireland, for £6.6m. 27-Dec-2004 Ulster Television has acquired Lite FM, the Irish radio station operating from Dublin, for £9m. 24-Dec-2002 Ulster Television has paid £1m for a 50% stake in BOCOM International, the Irish company that broadcasts advertising to screens in supermarkets and airports. 18-Apr-2002 Ulster Television is to acquire Treaty Radio, the Irish radio broadcaster, for £10m. 09-Apr-2002 Ulster Television is to acquire County Media, the Irish radio broadcaster based in Cork, for £23m. 24-Nov-2000 Ulster Television is cutting its workforce by about 35, in order to reduce costs in response to increasing competition. 25-May-1999 Ulster Television is launching a new digital channel called TV-YOU, which will show repeats of popular ITV programmes, movies and sports. 29-Apr-1999 Ulster Television is considering plans to sell its 0.3% stake in SES, the owner of the Astra satellites, in order to raise about £12m to return to shareholders. 15-Sep-1998 Scottish Media Group has sold its 18.2% stake in Ulster Television to CanWest of Canada for £24m, having failed to agree a deal to acquire the broadcaster. 24-Feb-1998 CanWest of Canada has increased its stake in Ulster Television to 7.4%, and says it would consider joining any consortium that may bid for the company in future. 10-Oct-1997 Scottish Media has announced its intention of retaining its 18% stake in Ulster Television and may launch a full bid next year. 09-Sep-1997 Scottish Media has increased its stake in Ulster Television to 14.99% at a cost of over £14m. 15-Aug-1997 Ulster Television has decided to pull out of a planned investment in TV3, a consortium aiming to launch a commercial channel in the Irish Republic. 19-Sep-1996 Ulster Television is to own up to 50% of TV3, the planned third national channel in Ireland. 19-Sep-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007