Classic rock station widens its offeringNOSTALGIC FOR jingly-jangly 1990s Britpop but would rather switch off the radio than have 1970s soft rock inflicted on you? Classic…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
This is no time for 'stop the future, I want to get off'IT IS “the end of the digital beginning”, PricewaterhouseCoopers declared this week in its annual Global Entertainment and Media…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
1960s drama timely for wine brandCHILEAN WINE Santa Rita is settling into an “intensive” new marketing campaign this week, having signed up to sponsor RTÉ Two…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Values static ahead of ECB meetingEUROPEAN STOCKS held steady yesterday, albeit at close to one-month lows, as investors avoided big bets ahead of today’s meeting…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Saorview hopes priests can spread the wordSAORVIEW, IRELAND’S digital terrestrial television service, has written to parish priests to enlist their help in spreading the…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
TV3 strikes oil with 'Dallas'THE LAST episode of Dallas in 1991 ended with Bobby Ewing’s horrified face as brother JR apparently shoots himself following …Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Media companies expected to see digital growth of 2.7%MEDIA AND entertainment companies have reached “the end of the digital beginning”, with digital activities now the “new normal…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
€93m spent on Saorview TVs ahead of analogue switch-offCONSUMERS HAVE spent more than €93 million on Saorview-approved television sets over the past 18 months, according to figures…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Looking up to a bright future at IFITWENTY YEARS after it first opened in Temple Bar, the Irish Film Institute is looking to a future filled with bums on seats.Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
TV3 lives in hope of RTÉ Two's wings being clippedONE PERSON is missing from the glossy pages of TV3’s eclectic autumn season brochure, and her name is Emily VanCampThu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Nazis as Gaeilge and jockey hunt among TG4's autumn storiesTHE SEARCH for Ireland’s “brightest prospect in the saddle” in reality contest Jockey Eile heads up TG4’s autumn schedule, as…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Documentaries and 'Dallas' make TV3 autumn comebackANALYSIS: Brash and salacious entertainment will take pride of place in TV3’s autumn scheduleFri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Drama, therapy and food on TV3's menuTV3’S FIRST home-produced drama, Deception, heads up the channel’s broadest ever autumn schedule, with other debuts including…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Sales of daily newspapers decline 7.3% while Sunday titles down 8%NEWSPAPER SALES in Ireland continued to decline in the first half of 2012, with the daily market shrinking 7Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Wide canvas for $6bn electoral war chestMEDIA & MARKETING: BARACK OBAMA’s campaign people have been forced to defend the US president’s fondness for “softball interviews…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Shares hit by Japanese trade deficitEUROPEAN STOCKS went on the slide again yesterday as Japan reported a wider-than-expected trade deficit and investors awaited…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Local newspaper company interim profits down 50%REGIONAL NEWSPAPER publisher Johnston Press’s underlying profits almost halved in the first half of the year as advertising revenue…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
'Investor inquiries' into NTMA bondsTHE NATIONAL Treasury Management Agency plans to issue amortising bonds in the coming days in a bid to meet demand from a potential…Tue Aug 21 2012 - 01:00
Students face rental property shortfallSTUDENTS FACE a narrower choice of rental properties than last year, while a post-boom drop in the price paid for student accommodation…Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Trade crime costs exchequer €861m yearly, says reportBLACK MARKET trading, shoplifting and other crimes affecting retailers cost the exchequer €861 million each year, according to…Mon Aug 20 2012 - 01:00
Losses treble at APN media groupSHARES IN APN, the Australasian media group part-owned by Independent News Media (INM), fell to a record low yesterday as it …Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
European values rise on ECB hopesEurostoxx 50: 2,471.53 (+0.61%) Paris CAC: 3,488.38 (+0.23%) Frankfurt DAX: 7,040.88 (+0.64%)Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Sex still sells for CosmoTELEPRINTER : HELEN GURLEY BROWN, who transformed Cosmopolitan from a housewife’s manual into a sex bible for single women in…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Picture perfect at the London OlympicsMEDIA & MARKETING : EVERYONE WHO vaulted atop the London 2012 media-fest has something to miss in this most dispiritingly…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
X marks the spot for new sponsorTELEPRINTER : IT’S THAT time of year again: X Factor is back on our screens this Saturday but, after four years, Domino’s Pizza…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
New York Times recruits BBC chiefTHE NEW York Times company has appointed outgoing BBC director general Mark Thompson as its next chief executive.Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Pinterest has an app for thatTELEPRINTER: THE JURY HAS been out on the potential value of Pinterest, the image-led social media site, ever since it raced…Thu Aug 16 2012 - 01:00
Majority of small firms expect pay to remain unchangedALMOST TWO-THIRDS of small Irish companies expect rates of pay to remain unchanged this year, according to the Small Firms Association…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Irish agency behind Usain Bolt TV adIRISH ADVERTISING agency Boys and Girls is the creative force behind Digicel’s Olympic attempts to “leverage” its sponsorship…Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
No action over O'Brien interestsTHE BROADCASTING Authority of Ireland has decided not to take any immediate action in relation to the media interests of Denis…Fri Jul 27 2012 - 01:00
Loneliness of the long-distance takeoverMEDIA & MARKETING: IN CITIES across the globe, media companies plotting a route to profit are glancing at each other, confused…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
BAI takes no action on O'BrienThe Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has decided not to take any immediate action in relation to the media interests of Denis…Thu Jul 26 2012 - 01:00
Moody's warning pushes stocks lowerAN INTERVENTION by ratings agency Moody’s prompted the third consecutive retreat by European stocks yesterday.Wed Jul 25 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ picks insider for senior roleDAVID NALLY, RTÉ’s new managing editor of current affairs, television, and Kevin Bakhurst, the BBC executive poached to become…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Fashioning an Olympics windowGOLD MEDAL for Koh Creative, the creative agency responsible for the Olympic-themed window display and accompanying marketing…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Digital TV providers switch-on to guidesA BOOKLET with the title “Your simple guide to the switchover” (strapline: “making the switch to digital TV easy”) begins by …Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
INM chief financial officer to step downDONAL BUGGY will step down as chief financial officer of Independent News Media in October, four months after he was voted off…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Just how can you measure concentration of media ownership?Proving that someone controls an ‘undue amount’ of a particular segment of the media market is a headache even before you start…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Salary stability and some big money back in marketingMARKETING SALARIES are no longer in decline, according to a pay survey by Alternatives, a specialist recruitment firm that operates…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Nally appointed managing editor of current affairs at RTÉRTÉ HAS promoted experienced producer David Nally to the role of managing editor of current affairs, television, as it moves …Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Ulster Bank seeks regulation from UKULSTER BANK is in talks with the Central Bank and the Government about switching the regulation of its business in the Republic…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Mergers and acquisitions up with 60 deals signedCORPORATE ACTIVITY in Ireland jumped in the second quarter, with 60 merger and acquisition (MA) deals completed between April…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Aramark revenue up but profit downCATERING AND facilities management giant Aramark secured a 5 per cent increase in revenues to €196 million in its Irish operations…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Ireland holding its own in tougher FDI game“STRONG CLUSTERS” and improved competitiveness mean Ireland is holding its own in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Lack of office space may thwart multinationals, warns IDAIDA IRELAND has warned of a possible shortage of suitable office space in Dublin to accommodate multinational companies that …Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Budget squeeze to add to jungle fever for new man in RTÉOverwork (and over-ambition) is usually a factor in editorial mistakes, and after Tweetgate and ‘A Mission to Prey’, RTÉ can …Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
BBC veteran appointed to top news job at RTÉRTÉ HAS appointed Kevin Bakhurst, the controller of the BBC News Channel, as managing director of news and current affairs and…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Bond markets pressure lowers sharesEUROPEAN STOCKS faltered for a fourth day as sustained pressure on the bond markets fed through to lower equity volumes and investors…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Quality journalism to go down a black hole in AustraliaMEDIA & MARKETING: This is a mantra for all the newspaper companies now – we will maintain quality journalism while we cut…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
