RTÉ director general Noel Curran to stand down in MayHis five-year tenure saw the return of stability to its finances, but challenges remainTue Oct 20 2015 - 17:42
RTÉ: Who will succeed Noel Curran as director-general?Here are some of the potential candidates for the most important job in Irish broadcastingTue Oct 20 2015 - 17:36
Curran guided RTÉ through choppy watersBroadcaster is hiring again, but its future funding may be squeezedTue Oct 20 2015 - 11:04
ITV to acquire UTV channels in £100m dealUTV to sell its television assets to UK’s largest free-to-air commercial broadcasterMon Oct 19 2015 - 14:39
End of an era for UTV as ITV buys its Northern cousinThe deal is unlikely to bode well for the future of Dublin-based UTV IrelandMon Oct 19 2015 - 10:56
Planet Business‘Strong Twitter’, Claire and Michelle and a platoon of self-driving trucksFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:30
Digital publishers admit ‘we messed up’ as industry begins fight against adblockingIAB executive says ‘scraping of dimes may have cost us dollars in consumer loyalty’Thu Oct 15 2015 - 19:04
Tourism Ireland courts same-sex marriage marketOrganisation is using video from ‘The Outing’ festival to help Ireland win LGBT customThu Oct 15 2015 - 10:45
Paul O’Connell shoots up ‘admired’ list, survey showsRugby player third in sports rankings, as Gaybo takes second spot among broadcastersThu Oct 15 2015 - 09:58
Radio ‘in its most raw form’ back on 98FMAward-winning ‘Naked Breakfast’ to return for live one-offThu Oct 15 2015 - 08:45
Media itched with good reason for Enda to call electionKenny insists it will be a spring vote and now nothing of any note will happen until thenThu Oct 15 2015 - 08:00
RTÉjr gets animated about new support schemesThe broadcaster wants to collaborate with a new generation of animation start-upsThu Oct 15 2015 - 07:39
Virgin’s Irish boss Magnus Ternsjö leaves for HungarySuccessor will be announced in due course, says Liberty GlobalMon Oct 12 2015 - 17:53
‘Red Rock’ tops list of Sound and Vision scheme grantsBroadcasting Authority of Ireland awards €5.2m to projects in latest funding roundFri Oct 09 2015 - 14:22
Planet BusinessShirtless at Air France, the ‘adblockalypse’ and a Kindle-free zoneFri Oct 09 2015 - 06:30
Virgin Media boldly goes for Picardesque voiceoverTV advertisement features Patrick Stewart’s voice and a beaming Richard BransonThu Oct 08 2015 - 10:45
Intercom’s recruitment campaign hearts emojisThe software company is using emojis to attract Dublin-based engineers and developersThu Oct 08 2015 - 09:45
Channel 4 turns to neuroscience to measure video-on-demand attention levelsAdvertisers need to ‘separate the wheat from the chaff’ in a crowded on-demand landscapeThu Oct 08 2015 - 08:45
No one DJ is god in Irish radio business, says UniversalApple Music has made FM radio ‘up our game’, says Today FM directorThu Oct 08 2015 - 07:45
Music streaming hasn’t killed the radio star – yetA survey of Irish listening habits may comfort some FM stations, but it’s unlikely to dispel all fearsThu Oct 08 2015 - 05:00
Fiona Muldoon appointed as FBD chief executiveFormer Central Banker had been interim head of insurance firmWed Oct 07 2015 - 17:46
Rugby World Cup: Ireland v Italy breaks TV3 viewing recordsAverage audience of 956,600 beats previous high set by ‘The X Factor’ final of 2010Mon Oct 05 2015 - 15:49
Moya Doherty returns to write new RTÉ scriptNomad producer’s role as chairwoman is a balance between cheerleader and governorFri Oct 02 2015 - 06:15
Planet BusinessVolkswagen’s Mr Lies, Brazil’s Museum of Tomorrow and Pope Francis on capitalismFri Oct 02 2015 - 03:00
Digital Biscuit returns for more hobnobbingFilm and technology networking event will be held in Dublin in MarchThu Oct 01 2015 - 10:45
More ‘mobile moments’, fewer ‘swirly icons’ in the Irish e-commerce experienceWolfgang Digital study finds desktop is ‘holding its own’ despite smartphone surgeThu Oct 01 2015 - 09:45
Rugby World Cup television ratings exterminate the competitionRights holders TV3 and ITV celebrate as viewers pour in for key gamesThu Oct 01 2015 - 08:45
RTÉ spent €40.9m on independent programme commissions in 2014The Irish production sector has been hit hard by recessionThu Oct 01 2015 - 07:45
Diageo learns to speak ‘unisex’ as it courts female drinkersDrinks giant wants to ‘future-proof’ its brand portfolio by appealing to womenThu Oct 01 2015 - 06:00
Radio sector wants TV licence replaced with broadcasting chargeIndependent Broadcasters of Ireland urges Government to spread licence moneyWed Sept 30 2015 - 06:00
Craig Farrell is new managing director at ZenithOptimediaCore Media has appointed Farrell to oversee media strategies for clients such as Red Bull, Disney and the IDATue Sept 29 2015 - 12:56
Planet BusinessHappy Birthday copyright, the ‘diesel dupe’ and the Goldman Sachs reading listFri Sept 25 2015 - 10:00
Damage limitation fuels VW public relations strategy‘Diesel dupe’ has taken edge off Volkswagen’s environmental reputationFri Sept 25 2015 - 03:00
Marketers say clients use ideas of agencies that lose out at pitch timeSurvey finds half of respondents believe fees should be paid for time invested in pitchesThu Sept 24 2015 - 11:30
The shortlist for ‘Most Influential Irish Site Ever’ is outOnce-off title will be bestowed as part of this year’s Web and eCommerce AwardsThu Sept 24 2015 - 09:30
War on ads waged without PeaceDeveloper withdraws number-one ad-blocking app as others continue riseThu Sept 24 2015 - 08:30
Swipe TV returns with new app and a crack at a children’s TV recordGunge-happy RTÉ2 series has developed an app to allow viewers influence the showThu Sept 24 2015 - 08:30
Quad-play Virgin Media prepares for ribbon-cuttingParty and visit by Richard Branson will mark rebrand of UPC Ireland next weekThu Sept 24 2015 - 08:00
‘Dramatic’ drop in number of one-off houses being builtMulti-unit developments rise significantly in the past two years, new figures showMon Sept 21 2015 - 13:51
Survey lists places where customers come firstCredit unions top poll, followed by the National Concert Hall and Dublin ZooMon Sept 21 2015 - 01:00
Digicel to set IPO price range this weekDenis O’Brien’s telecoms group plans to raise up to $2bn on New York exchangeMon Sept 21 2015 - 01:00
Powerscourt distillery and visitor centre to create 18 jobs€10m invested in plan to produce a million bottles of whiskey per year at Enniskerry estateSun Sept 20 2015 - 20:27
Planet BusinessChocolate wars, 8K television sets, ‘Mr Broadband’ and the rise of SymphonyFri Sept 18 2015 - 06:30
Rugby World Cup: TV3 ‘dares to dream’ of its highest ever audienceIreland progress could see channel beat ‘X Factor’ recordFri Sept 18 2015 - 01:00
For ITV’s 60th birthday, it wants a ‘U’ and a ‘TV’ please, BobThe commercial television network that broke the BBC monopoly is getting on a bitThu Sept 17 2015 - 15:32
RTÉ craves Irish answer to Denmark’s ‘Borgen’Ireland needs ‘to build up our track record’ for exportable drama, says broadcasterThu Sept 17 2015 - 09:45
TV3 content director wants to make you cryEmotive shows such as ‘Animal Rescue’ are a taster of what Lynda McQuaid has in storeThu Sept 17 2015 - 08:45
Advertising standards body draws up rules for e-cigarettes, gambling and health claimsRevised code includes updated section on gender and ‘more clarity’ for food marketersThu Sept 17 2015 - 07:45
Eircom becomes Eir in €16m rebranding exerciseNew name, new logo, but is it a dinosaur, a tapeworm, or an old-school telephone cord?Wed Sept 16 2015 - 18:29
Radio Nova signs up ex-2fm head John ClarkeDJ’s ‘Jukebox’ show for the station was cancelled after dispute with RTÉ over its nameMon Sept 14 2015 - 06:30
