Sky ‘VIPs’ can watch shows 24 hours before other subscribersPay-TV company introduces a ‘tenure-based’ loyalty programmeThu Aug 03 2017 - 05:00
Three women among top 10 RTÉ presenters, pay figures showRyan Tubridy, on €495,000, leads 2015 list, followed by Ray D’Arcy and Joe DuffyTue Aug 01 2017 - 15:41
Rock me mama, there’s music on TVRTÉ has shares in Nathan Carter, but music television everywhere is staging a comebackTue Aug 01 2017 - 06:34
Newspapers must merge to survive, warns Independent News & MediaTitles will close and foreign media interests will benefit if deals are prevented, says INMMon Jul 31 2017 - 14:11
‘Chlorination chicken’ and other items on the Brexit menuPlanet Business: The week in fowl play, Japanese politics and brushes with deathFri Jul 28 2017 - 06:36
Big media transfer: The man who swapped RTÉ for EirGlen Killane, MD of Eir Sport and Eir TV, on bringing Premier League, rugby and UFC to Irish viewers, and the tech companies moving into the television spaceFri Jul 28 2017 - 06:00
RTÉ’s 2fm adds listeners as Today FM slips backPat Kenny crosses 150,000 mark, while Radio 1 signals ‘pacier’ ‘Morning Ireland’Thu Jul 27 2017 - 12:00
Media must close its own gender pay gap before lecturing othersBBC disclosures are depressing but shine welcome light on perennial problemMon Jul 24 2017 - 17:28
Dublin to get an extra 3,000 hotel rooms by 2020Hotel room stock in the capital set to increase by 15% over the next three yearsMon Jul 24 2017 - 06:30
Tenants paying two months’ deposit to Ireland’s largest private landlordLandlords blame time it takes to solve arrears cases for trend towards larger depositsMon Jul 24 2017 - 05:44
Summer camp ECubers uses Lego to build engineers of the futureESE Academy aims to get more young people ‘excited’ about the evolving professionSun Jul 23 2017 - 16:59
Planet Business: What’s been happening this week‘British Blokes Corp’, the kakistocracy and Harley-Davidson in the slow laneFri Jul 21 2017 - 05:45
Repeats, but not much recovery, in sight for RTÉPublic service broadcaster says it will ‘reshape’, but Government must play its partTue Jul 18 2017 - 19:34
RTÉ confirms €20m deficit for 2016 in year of ‘onerous’ costsFailure to reform licence fee collection is costing media sector jobs, says Dee ForbesTue Jul 18 2017 - 16:35
Why do people actively avoid the news?Too upsetting, too unreliable, too distracting - there are many reasons for a headline detoxTue Jul 18 2017 - 05:28
Brexit remorse, Leo’s jacket and the wisdom of David DavisPlanet Brexit: the week in Britain’s economic self-sabotageFri Jun 23 2017 - 06:30
Irish film industry glued to unfolding Brexit dramaCo-productions with UK should survive, but free movement vital, says film boardFri Jun 23 2017 - 06:00
Why Brexit is a hard sell for retailersThe pain began the moment the pound plummeted after last June’s referendumFri Jun 23 2017 - 01:00
Rock on? Radio Nova will bid for national licenceBroadcasting regulator seeks proposals for new commercial radio servicesTue Jun 20 2017 - 17:26
Tourism Ireland turns wood to gold as ‘Game of Thrones’ campaign storms CannesFrom the Dark Hedges to the south of France: levelled trees bring two advertising ‘Oscars’Tue Jun 20 2017 - 13:11
Laura Slattery: A handsome land sale, but no winning streak for RTÉSurprisingly nice price for almost nine acres at Donnybrook still won’t fix its financesTue Jun 20 2017 - 05:58
RTÉ counts the cost of Brexit bluesWillie O’Reilly interview: Weak pound alone has dented ad revenues by up to €6m a yearSat Jun 17 2017 - 10:00
RTÉ mulls exit from DVD sales after market collapse‘Difficult year’ for merchandise as viewers move from owning to streaming contentSat Jun 17 2017 - 10:00
Irish Daily Mail parent sees profits rise as staff numbers dropDMG Media Ireland will sell daily and Sunday titles to mobile and tablet users for first timeSat Jun 17 2017 - 07:00
‘Doughnut economics’, Tory ‘Sensibles’ and celebrity high-earnersPlanet Business: A week of stiff breezes, golden parachutes and Brexit ‘creationists’Fri Jun 16 2017 - 06:01
Irish rights to ‘Saturday Night Live’ optioned by KiteMakers of ‘Gogglebox’ pitching ‘monster’ US comedy and variety format to broadcastersFri Jun 16 2017 - 06:00
Now for what it says in the papers . . . and other mediaBroadcasters shouldn’t axe their newspaper review slots, but they should rethink themTue Jun 13 2017 - 06:01
Construction industry growth hits 15-month highHousebuilding surged in May, Ulster Bank purchasing managers’ index findsMon Jun 12 2017 - 06:45
AIB and Rothco hoping for a ‘tough’ crowd at Cannes LionsStop ‘nannying’ brands, Irish bank and ad agency behind ‘The Toughest’ will tell festivalMon Jun 12 2017 - 06:13
Advertisers must ensure ‘influencers’ play by the rules, watchdog saysBrands have ‘primary responsibility’ for disclosure, advertising standards body saysSun Jun 11 2017 - 17:35
Virgin Media Ireland launches wifi service for businesses‘Fast, reliable wifi’ priced from €30 a monthSun Jun 11 2017 - 17:11
UK election: It was Facebook wot won it. Maybe.Labour Party spent more money on social media marketing than it did two years agoFri Jun 09 2017 - 13:48
Pink slime, the ‘two-pizza rule’ and Apple’s ‘biggest brain’Planet Business: Board of Trade nostalgia in Britain, while Australia sets a new recordFri Jun 09 2017 - 07:15
TV3 Group toasts record audience share in May‘Coronation Street’ and Europa League final among most-watched shows on channelWed Jun 07 2017 - 17:12
Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ still punches above its estimated weightLike the Underwoods, the streaming service knows how to outsmart its rivalsTue Jun 06 2017 - 05:36
Brexit art, BA misery and a very British queuePlanet Business: Amazon hits $1,000, while Glencore fancies a Bunge jumpFri Jun 02 2017 - 06:45
Revenue collects €61m from medical consultants tax investigation‘Nanny costs’ and other expenses wrongfully claimed as ‘legitimate boundaries’ forgottenThu Jun 01 2017 - 12:50
Brexit shows need for Republic to improve cost competitivenessWeaker sterling and higher oil prices provide ‘timely warning’ on exposure to shocksThu Jun 01 2017 - 05:00
Book Club podcast: EM Reapy on Red DirtElizabeth Reapy discusses her award-winning debut novel about Irish backpackers in AustraliaWed May 31 2017 - 11:44
Irish music industry shares ‘safe harbour’ copyright concerns in BrusselsEleanor McEvoy highlights bargaining power ‘imbalance’ between platforms and creatorsTue May 30 2017 - 17:16
Sandyford development to house AIB digital ‘centre of excellence’Bank to pay €4.8m rent on office building originally owned by Treasury HoldingsTue May 30 2017 - 07:40
Big Bird is not the only casualty when public broadcasting is cutSome ways of undermining media funding may be more visible than othersTue May 30 2017 - 06:00
Ex-RTÉ boss Noel Curran to lead European Broadcasting Union‘Candidate of choice’ appointed to oversee organisation best known for EurovisionMon May 29 2017 - 14:37
Dacia Ireland gets behind the wheel of ‘Breakfast Republic’Car brand will sponsor the 2fm radio show for the next 12 monthsMon May 29 2017 - 05:00
‘We would be quite happy to have RTÉ relocated to Athlone’And other nuggets from this week’s Seanad’s debate on broadcastingFri May 26 2017 - 11:55
Planet Business: Central Bank items set for auction and crypto-currenciesFacebook’s moderation challenges and Dom Joly relives giant phone sketchFri May 26 2017 - 06:44
First-time buyers borrowed close to 80% of property value last yearAverage first-time purchase made at age 34, while subsequent buyers averaged at 41Thu May 25 2017 - 13:22
What do ‘Peppa Pig’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ have in common?Entertainment companies have much to lose when their biggest hits become too big to failTue May 23 2017 - 06:16
New TV3 crime drama ‘Darklands’ awarded €500,000 under funding schemeRTÉ’s ‘Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope’ and ‘Striking Out’ also awarded production money by BAIMon May 22 2017 - 12:59
‘Pirates’ piracy and the price of not making Champions LeaguePlanet Business: ‘Trade facilitation posts’, ‘Mr Creepypants’ and boomerang bossesFri May 19 2017 - 07:07
