Irish advertising market will expand 7% this year, forecasts Core
Growth in television revenues set to be slower than in 2024, while print is expected to decline further
Virgin Media
Shelbourne v Derry City to be televised live as first game under new Virgin Media deal
Broadcaster confirms first five Premier Division fixtures to be show live over opening rounds
Virgin Media strike four-year League of Ireland broadcast deal
Deal guarantees one live fixture from every round of men’s Premier Division
Video Nasty review: cheeky all-too-rare drama that shows 1980s Ireland like it really was
Television: Series follows Dublin teenagers seeking to complete their collection of banned VHS movies
Toy Show and sport top list of most-watched TV of 2024. But where is the comedy and drama?
Festive Late Late event was the only non-sport programme in the top 10, with I’m a Celebrity and the Eurovision Song Contest among the shows to improve their rankings last year
Virgin Media overturns discrimination award on appeal at Labour Court
Workplace Relations Commission had deemed earlier in year that a staff member was entitled to €30,000 compensation on grounds of discrimination as a parent
Minister says he faced ‘extraordinary’ lobbying over legislation to reform rules on gambling
Bookmakers told Government about concerns some pubs were permitting black-market betting
From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
Inside Aer Lingus review: A dull infomercial masquerading as a behind-the-scenes documentary
Television revivew: A potentially promising idea is wasted by a film that serves as a glorified commercial for the airline
‘Have I any rights at all?’ Virgin leaves one customer without broadband and chases another for two cent
Management of broadband during a house move causes undue stress, while a tiny debt for a service not received boggles the mind
Tonight Show presenters Ciara Doherty and Claire Brock leave Virgin Media Television
Two long-serving journalists will depart the broadcaster after election coverage as number of shows is cut in half
I’m a Celebrity: Barry McGuigan emotionally recollects death of daughter Nika
Jungle campmates rally around former boxer as he opens up about Nika McGuigan’s death in 2019
I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! review: Barry McGuigan comes unstuck in bungled rumble in jungle
Television: It’s all a bit ho-hum so far as Coleen Rooney stands out as most recognised ‘celebrity’
I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!: Barry McGuigan and Dean McCullough revealed as contestants
This year’s lineup for the reality show will see the pair join Coleen Rooney, Tulisa and Danny Jones in the jungle
Rose of Tralee festival beset by financial problems and legal actions
Plus: Brian Ormond’s shoe business missteps, Peadar Tóibín’s distaste for government funding of media, and effing drama in the Dáil
Coimisiún na Meán ‘finalising’ decision on future of broadcast moratorium
Broadcasters and the Electoral Commission have called for it to be abolished
Switching mobile networks? Here’s how to pay only for what you need and avoid roaming charges
A comparison of plans from Three, Vodafone, Eir, Virgin Mobile, Sky Mobile, 48, An Post Mobile, Tesco Mobile and GoMo
Good Boy comedy marks new era for RTÉ Player
Prominent slots on Montrose app have grown in importance as audiences continue their shift to on-demand viewing
Patrick Freyne: Where does Love in the Country find its taciturn Irishmen? I thought they had gone from this isle, like elk and shame
Anna Geary is such a good host that she’d probably want to help rural romantics find the partner of their dreams even if RTÉ wasn’t filming it
BoyleSports to sponsor Big Brother on Virgin Media
Betting and gaming company seeks to engage more with women through the €250,000 deal
Collison brother buys period pile in heart of Dublin 4′s embassy belt
Plus: Dublin New Year’s Eve celebrations to be split in two across traditional city lines; Phil Hogan’s exclusive Brussels club; and the new plan for Terenure Synagogue
Virgin Media Television narrows losses as digital advertising revenue climbs
Broadcasting group enjoys stronger performance overall in 2023, a year when it reached its highest ever audience
Budget 2025 could be both big and disappointing news for Irish media
Government’s deal with RTÉ has reinvigorated calls for public funding from its rivals, while tax credits talk is rarely too far away
Mary Lou McDonald reflects on ‘very tough year’ as she reveals husband’s cancer diagnosis
Sinn Féin leader in mourning following her father’s recent death but her husband Martin Lanigan’s prognosis is now positive
Forget the DVD box set, all of Mad Men is now on the RTÉ Player
Both Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewers
Dead and Buried review: Entertaining, cheesy and 100% bonkers escapist thriller
Television: Colin Bateman adaptation of his Border-based play Bag For Life offers everything you need from a bit of Monday night nonsense
Claire Brock: ‘My biggest regret is not landing a role in EastEnders. I was nearly Mark Fowler’s Irish cousin’
The Tonight Show host on why Carrickmines is her favourite place, being a middle child and her feelings about keyboard warriors
VMTV will launch new streaming app Virgin Media Play in September
Revenge thriller Dead & Buried, the return of Gogglebox Ireland and Grá ar an Trá, and new series Life Actually among shows on Virgin’s autumn line-up
Sky, Netflix, Virgin and sports: How to manage your TV and streaming expenses
Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes
GAA open up rights to championship games currently shown by GAAGo
The GAA has invited ‘expressions of interest’ for media rights, potentially opening up the market for the likes of Virgin Media, TG4 or Sky
TV licence fee to stay unchanged but viewers may see impact on RTÉ services
Existing licence fee payers will be affected by this deal if RTÉ is obliged to make further programme cuts as a result
Virgin Media working to fix Dublin internet outage
Telecoms company expects fault to be repaired by 1pm
The Serial Killer’s Wife review: Another British thriller in which a woman’s middle-class life is ripped to tatters
Television: The drama is piled high with unpleasant protagonists and wallows in nastiness simply for the sake of it
Trawler owners being sued for €800,000 after allegedly damaging undersea internet cable
Virgin Media Wholesale has no entitlement to ask fishing be modified by reason of cable laying, scallop fishers say
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