The Irish Times

Minister promotes Irish screen visual effects sector during LA trade mission

Catherine Martin and Screen Ireland launch site to help diaspora find Irish content

Mon May 16 2022 - 19:04

Small town firm plays pivotal global role

Interview: Nearform’s success during Covid times continues with its vaccine app

Fri Jan 22 2021 - 15:10

Keywords Studios buys US-based Gnet Media in $32m deal

US company provides marketing services to video games, entertainment services

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 08:40

Keeping Up with the Kardashians to end after 14 years on TV

Reality show family were masters at capturing attention and leveraging it into profitability

Wed Sept 09 2020 - 09:28

Troy Studios now largest production facility in Ireland after stage expansion

‘Major’ production for Apple TV+ currently being filmed at Troy

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 15:51

Amazon’s Deliveroo deal another sign tech platforms are facing a loss of control

Net Results: Platforms used to dictate terms to content providers but now rush to secure assets

Thu May 23 2019 - 05:30

Virgin Media to use Sky’s AdSmart technology by end of year

Move extends ability of advertisers to target TV audiences as they would online ones

Wed Mar 27 2019 - 16:42

Dublin ‘losing the race’ to be post-Brexit broadcasting hub

Regulator sees inquiries rise, but big groups are choosing Germany and Netherlands

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 06:00

BBC in talks with Irish and Dutch regulators in no-deal Brexit planning

Broadcaster could ‘face blackout’ in some countries in event of crash-out exit from EU

Thu Dec 20 2018 - 16:49

Media industry awaits its next surprise suitors

A 1990s drinks giant sidestepped into film and music – could something similar happen again?

Tue Dec 11 2018 - 05:12

Troy Studios looks to bag more Netflix shows with expansion

Company seeking to expand its sound stage space from 70,000 sq ft to 100,000 sq ft

Mon Sept 24 2018 - 12:32

Sky News is a pawn in an M&A game of 4D chess

What will happen to everyone’s favourite rolling news channel amid takeover wars?

Tue May 29 2018 - 05:35

Sky backs away from Murdoch as Comcast makes £22bn cash bid

Independent directors welcome new offer and say they will engage with both bidders

Wed Apr 25 2018 - 11:54

Fox walked away from Comcast deal over break fee

Murdoch close to deal but ultimately went with Disney

Thu Apr 19 2018 - 11:20

Comcast and Verizon in bid approach for 21st Century Fox

Fox’s entertainment assets, its film studio, cable channels and stake in Sky are the focus

Fri Nov 17 2017 - 14:47

Irish rights to ‘Saturday Night Live’ optioned by Kite

Makers of ‘Gogglebox’ pitching ‘monster’ US comedy and variety format to broadcasters

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 06:00

Snapchat to create mini TV shows

Move puts company in direct competition with Twitter who just announced 16 live streaming content deals

Thu May 11 2017 - 04:35

Brexit fallout increases chance of a bid for ITV

Decline in sterling against the dollar makes owner of UTV more attractive target

Fri Jul 01 2016 - 05:00

For Trump, to stir controversy is to get ahead

Republican 2016 contender has shocked yet polled well over Mexican immigrant claims

Sat Jul 04 2015 - 01:01

NBC News presenter suspended over false war story

Brian Williams taken off air for six months over ‘inexcusable’ claims of being shot at in Iraq

Wed Feb 11 2015 - 06:49

Super Bowl pitches record ad prices

A single advertising spot in next month’s American football event costs $4.5m

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 01:15

US telecoms giant AT&T in €35.3bn deal to buy satellite provider DirecTV

AT&T will gain access to 40m digital TV customers in US, Latin America if agreed

Tue May 20 2014 - 01:00