Viewers playing catch-up as 'on demand' catches onTELEPRINTER: VIEWERS ACCESSING recently aired programmes on RTÉ and TV3’s catch-up players account for half the streams on UPC…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Eircom takes 'dynamic' 3D routeTELEPRINTER: EIRCOM IS USING a mix of live action and 3D projection mapping techniques in an advertising campaign designed to…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Just the app to find that tuneTELEPRINTER: WE’RE ALL familiar with the alcohol brands, retail chains, sugary drink companies and car giants that pick a song…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Marketing high for Red BullTELEPRINTER: HOW MUCH WAS Felix Baumgartner’s 120,000 foot “space jump” worth to Red Bull, the brand that sponsored it…Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
That's News To Me: Times Social ReaderTHE IRISH TIMES has launched a Social Reader on its website that encourages readers to seamlessly share articles and stories …Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
Brave new digital world gets off to a slow startMEDIA & MARKETING: DIGITAL SWITCHOVER is nigh, which must mean that Saorview’s cartoon double act, Tommy and PJ, is not …Thu Oct 18 2012 - 01:00
End credits roll for the controversial hit maker who transformed TV3INTERVIEW: Ben Frow spearheaded TV3’s evolution from acquisitions-led channel to reality show pioneerWed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Tourism Ireland buys domain name Ireland.comTOURISM IRELAND has acquired the domain name IrelandTue Oct 16 2012 - 01:00
Permanent TSB seeks manager for €2bn loan bookPERMANENT TSB is inviting tenders for the management of its €2 billion commercial loan book, with banking services firm Certus…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
3V set for European expansionDUBLIN-headquartered payments provider 3V has raised €5 million to fund its further expansion into the US and European markets…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Weekend digestA €500 million High Court battle has erupted following a move by the Revenue Commissioners to raise tax assessments against 400…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Tourism Ireland acquires ireland.comTourism Ireland has acquired the domain name irelandMon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
EU's troika representative denies bailout creates 'democratic deficit'THE EUROPEAN Commission’s representative on the troika, Istvan Szekely, has denied that there is a “democratic deficit” in the…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Skills of Ireland's business diaspora not being utilised, Dublin Chamber of Commerce toldTHE SKILLS of Ireland’s business diaspora are not being used on State bodies, despite pledges by the Government to harness overseas…Fri Oct 12 2012 - 01:00
Austerity advertising drives home the messageMEDIA & MARKETING: WHEN OTHER people tell me something is deeply moving, I tend to press play or open the page hardened …Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Discovery boss sends signal to independent Irish producersWITH AN annual global programming budget exceeding $1 billion, Discovery is a giant in commissioning terms, but it’s a giant …Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Corsets at dawn as schedules war breaks out on TVMEDIA & MARKETING: THE PARADISE is an eight-part BBC period drama set in a late 19th-century department store in the north…Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Nielsen increases TV ratings panelEVER LOOKED at the audience ratings for Irish television programmes and thought: “That can’t be rightThu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
Media content needs a sex changeMEDIA & MARKETING: EVERYONE IS sick of hearing about Kate “fair game” Middleton’s breasts by now, but this column isn’t …Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Stocks' rise halts two-day declineEUROPEAN STOCKS climbed, halting a two-day decline, after the Bank of Japan joined the Federal Reserve in opting for further …Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Clerys - and its clock - keeps tickingTHE 1930s were not exactly a picnic for many people, but for Clerys department store, they were certainly happier times.Tue Sept 18 2012 - 01:00
On pigs' backA TELEVISION commercial for the Guardian and a campaign for luxury goods company Montblanc were the big winners at the Kinsale…Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Public service TV must stay top of the popsMEDIA & MARKETING: GROWING UP on the border of Donegal and Fermanagh, the family home of Riverdance producer Moya Doherty…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
New editor to herald changing roles at the top in INMWHO WILL replace Stephen Rae as editor of the Evening Herald? Rae has moved to edit the Irish Independent, where he will be assisted…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
Netflix adds RTÉ showsEPISODES OF RTÉ television dramas and comedies including The Clinic, Trivia, Killnaskully and Mattie will be added to Netflix…Thu Sept 13 2012 - 01:00
BAI to decide on renewal of 12 local radio service licencesBroadcasting THE BROADCASTING Authority of Ireland has received one expression of interest for each of the 12 local radio services…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ taking steps to improve diversity of TV contributorsRTÉ IS working on “a number of projects” to get new faces on television and improve the diversity of on-air contributors, according…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Television forum focuses on fees and competitionINTENSE COMPETITION from overseas is an “immediate issue” for Irish broadcasters, as new technology fragments audiences, dilutes…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
'Evening Herald' editor to take over at 'Irish Independent' from O'ReganINDEPENDENT NEWS & Media has announced Evening Herald editor Stephen Rae is to replace Gerry O’Regan as editor of the Irish…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
RTÉ to publish five-year strategyRTÉ will publish a "fully costed" five-year strategy by the end of the year that will map out its "view of what the future should…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Irish Independent editor retiresIndependent News & Media has announced retirement of Gerry O'Regan as editor of the Irish Independent with immediate effect…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Planet BusinessImage of the week: Are the builders in this picture working on the house on the left, or the house on the right? The answer …Fri Sept 07 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
