Liberty Global halves ITV stake to 2.5% (updated)

Liberty Global

19/03/2026 12:55

Adds shares and background

March 19 (Reuters) - Liberty Global LBTYA.O has cut its stake in ITV ITV.L to 2.5% as of March 17, down from nearly 5%, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday, slipping out of the British TV company's top-10 shareholder list.

Here are some key details:

Shares in the company were down 2% after the disclosure.

Liberty Global was ITV's largest shareholder before it
halved
 its holding from 10% to 5% in October.

At 5%, it was ITV's sixth-largest shareholder, according to LSEG data.

The U.S.-based media group
first acquired
 a significant stake in ITV in 2014.

Earlier this month, ITV
said
 it was still "actively engaged" in talks to sell its media and entertainment unit to Sky.

 (Reporting by Nithyashree R B in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala and Maju Samuel)

 ((NithyashreeRB@thomsonreuters.com))