'The Frontline' is dead, long live a revamped 'Prime Time'Media & Marketing: So long The Frontline. We never quite got onThu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Viewers loyal to TV as they watch 25 hours a week“Two hundred channels and nothing’s on” is an old television industry adage (although Bruce Springsteen only had 57), but it …Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
TV3 looks to home shows with billboard campaignAs taglines for broadcasters go, it’s hard to beat the simplicity of “We entertain”, the message of a new nationwide advertising…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Director general Curran tells staff 'worst of the cuts are over'RTÉ has made an “extraordinary turnaround” in its financial position and “the worst of the cuts are over”, director general Noel…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Morning Edition shows potentialAfter some last-minute tweaks to the studio backdrop's blue-orange mélange, Morning Edition has broken onto RTÉ screens and already…Mon Jan 28 2013 - 00:00
RTÉ's 'Morning Edition' aims to take bite of breakfast market with rolling newsRTÉ’s new morning show is the station’s first foray into regular rolling newsSat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Reform is inevitable, says accountancy bodyThe accountancy profession must be “sensitive and responsive to calls for change”, the president of Chartered Accountants Ireland…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Irish banks need to set money aside - Moody'sIrish banks will need to set aside more money to cover potential losses as the European economy remains in the doldrums, the …Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Ten up for dedicated children's news serviceTELEPRINTER: It’s been 10 years since RTÉ Two began showing News2day, its first news service for children, and the broadcaster…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Reality bites as 'FT' rises to challenges of digital ageMEDIA & MARKETING The year 1888 was a big one for journalism, bringing the launch of the London Financial Guide – almost…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
WorldIrish.com hopes to score with boys in greenTELEPRINTER: It’s the diaspora-courting website that even Gabriel Byrne professes to likeThu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
RTÉ clocks up ad revenue with sponsored radio time checksTELEPRINTER: Sponsored time checks on RTÉ’s flagship radio news programme Morning Ireland are set to begin next month as the…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
The ideal job . . . if you love TwitterTELEPRINTER: Everyone loves Twitter – well, apart from John Waters, who has never liked it; Gary Lineker, who departed the social…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
RTÉ chief sets sights on boosting export sales to help make ends meet at homeINTERVIEW: Killane to appoint controllers to RTÉ One and RTÉ Two to promote the brandsFri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Advertisers not amused by shock-tactic merchantsMEDIA & MARKETING: There was a strong “not angry, just disappointed” flavour to an Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
Glanbia boss says food industry is an easy political targetIreland’s food industry has attracted “an unwarranted level of attention” from advertising regulators and this “special treatment…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
European stocks near two-year highThere was little change at the close on European markets yesterday, with shares trading close to 22-month highsFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
INM takes sole responsibility for 'Irish Daily Star'Independent News and Media is to take “full executive responsibility” for the Irish Daily Star, it announced yesterday, as the…Fri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
Sponsored tweets cut out the social media middlemanMEDIA & MARKETING: Why are media companies on Twitter? The flippant reply is “why aren’t they?” But this tweet-love is worth…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Networks reel in New Year viewersTELEPRINTER: With January traditionally proving one of the biggest months of the year for television viewing – we’re too broke…Thu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
Aegis acquires Irish agency Lucidity DigitalGlobal media and digital communications group Aegis has acquired Lucidity Digital, an Irish web design and development agency…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Heinz reports pre-tax profits increase to €17.9mThe Ireland-based operations of US food giant Heinz increased its pre-tax profits almost 20 per cent to £14Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Permanent TSB to increase lending fivefoldPermanent TSB has promised to increase its personal lending targets fivefold in 2013 to €450 million, up from €90 million last…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Banks get more time to bolster cash reservesInternational financial regulators have given banks more time to build up cash buffers so they can divert some of their reserves…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Online links to newspaper articles a copyright issue, says publishing bodyThe display of links to newspaper articles online is “an infringement of copyright” when it is done “for commercial purposes”, …Sat Jan 05 2013 - 00:00
Newspapers respond to copyright rowThe display of links to newspaper articles online is “an infringement of copyright” when it is done “for commercial purposes”, …Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Planet BusinessThe Lexicon: Decembuary: 2013 is but days old, but we are already well into the season that is Decembuary, a portmanteau of …Fri Jan 04 2013 - 00:00
Investors enjoy good start to the yearStock market investors have had a joyous start to 2013, with stocks in Europe rallying to their highest point in 22 months on…Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
Year of the paywall? 13 predictions for 2013Media & Marketing: New year, new opportunities to get everything completely wrongThu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
More optimism by retailers as trading increase continuesCautious optimism after the best pre-Christmas trading “in several years” has continued this week with retailers enjoying busy…Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
European stocks hit three-week lowEuropean stocks fell to the lowest level in three weeks amid concern US politicians will fail to reach a budget agreement by …Sat Dec 29 2012 - 00:00
The year they didn't have to make it upMEDIA & MARKETING : From analogue farewells to Olympic torch welcomes, the media was kept busy with the surreal in 2012Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
Modest gains for European stocksEuropean stock markets posted modest gains, led by advances for commodity and banking stocks after there were signs of progress…Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
The year of slut-shaming, creepshots, Malala and moreAdele was cut short. Donna Summer left us. We learned about the Red Room of Pain and Naomi Wolf’s orgasmsTue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
European stocks fall on Fed pessimismEuropean stocks fell from an 18-month high yesterday as Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the US central bank’s plan…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Big screen adverts with young women in mindCarlton Screen Advertising is seeking to woo healthy lifestyle brands by promoting a new year’s advertising package for films…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Media must avoid pitfalls of user-generated contentIf there is one phrase that sums up the risk facing news operations that indiscriminately jump into the murky pool of user-generated…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Modest changes at Sky as price freeze thawsOh, how the year flies - or, if you're a Sky Ireland television customer, oh how the last two years have flown.Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
Fifa and Uefa must up their game in TV battleFree-to-air television 1, Fifa and Uefa 0.Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
IMAX hoping to weave its magic after a second coming to DublinMiddle Earth fans rejoiceTue Dec 11 2012 - 00:00
Image of the week: The Minister for ToysPLANET BUSINESS: “Bundeskanzlerin” is German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s title in GermanFri Dec 07 2012 - 00:00
EC list places Ireland 10th in Europe for R&D investmentIreland has clinched a place in a new European Commission list of the top 10 countries for research and development (R&D) …Fri Dec 07 2012 - 00:00
Musical chairs at 'The Voice' as Jamelia moves into Brian's seatIf anyone can inject life, wit and general telly magic into a talent format, it is surely Jamelia, the popstar turned actress…Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Festive TV schedules haunted by Ghost of Christmas PastMEDIA & MARKETING : Some things only make sense at Christmas time. Mince pies. Nutmeg candles. HMVThu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
Local radio funding debate gets new airingIndependent TD John Halligan plans to table a broadcasting bill on public funding for local and community radio in the Dáil in…Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
There's no half measures in Tullamore rebrandingTullamore Dew is fading away. In its place: Tullamore D.E.W.Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
More the merrier as C4 targets the Irish marketBookings have started coming in for Channel 4’s new Irish advertising opt-out service for More4, the channel it describes as “…Thu Dec 06 2012 - 00:00
RTÉ and TV3 unwrap their Christmas TV offeringsWhen Cliff Richard sang “with logs on the fire and gifts on the tree, a time to rejoice in the good that we see”, he wasn’t talking…Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Merkel to consider Greek debt write-offAfter early gains gave way to losses in the afternoon, major stock market indices across Europe finished only marginally up yesterday…Tue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Planet BusinessGetting to know: Harriet Green: Harriet Green is the recently appointed chief executive of travel company Thomas Cook, which…Fri Nov 30 2012 - 00:00
