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Winner, Winner: The Chicken McNugget Story
How a 1940s breeding contest, a Cornell food scientist, and a hedge by Ray Dalio helped McDonald's turn the Chicken McNugget into a fast-food icon.
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ITV Q3 2026 TU earnings summary
Complete event summary combining all related documents: earnings call transcript, report, and slide presentation.Q3 2026 TU earnings summary11 Nov, 2026
Executive summary
Nine-month revenue was £2,762m, down 1% YoY; external revenue was £2,358m, down 2%.
Studios remained on track for good FY revenue growth, while M&E expected continued profitable digital growth despite weaker advertising demand.
The agreed sale of M&E to Sky was progressing as planned; completion remained expected in H2 2027.
Financial highlights
Total advertising revenue was £1,238m, down 1% YoY; non-advertising revenue was £1,524m, down 2%.
Total digital revenue increased 7% to £461m; total streaming hours rose 29% to 2,153m.
Favorable foreign-exchange translation added £1m to nine-month total revenue on a constant-currency basis.
Outlook and guidance
Studios expected good FY revenue growth ahead of market, driven by external revenue; EBITA margin guided to the lower end of the 13%–15% range.
Studios revenue, margin and profit were heavily weighted to Q4, supported by a strong delivery pipeline and high-margin licensing deals.
M&E TAR expected down 5%–10% in Q4 and 2%–3% for FY 2026 vs 2025; profitable digital revenue growth remained on track.
£30m of additional temporary Q4 M&E savings identified: £25m in content and £5m in discretionary non-content costs; FY content budget expected at ~£1.2bn.
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ITV plc operates as a media and entertainment company, producing and broadcasting television content across its channels and streaming platforms. The company also owns ITV Studios, which develops, produces, and distributes programming for domestic and international markets. It serves viewers and advertisers across the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and its shares are listed on the LSE.