Product placement is the gaudy reality of TV todayFunding pressures have turned Irish television into a groansome brand-festThu Dec 03 2015 - 05:00
Almost 100 jobs to be lost as SuperValu closes two storesState’s largest grocery retailer says poor trading to blame for Carlow, Clonmel closuresWed Dec 02 2015 - 19:27
Journal Media records €846,000 loss for 2014Founders Eamonn and Brian Fallon are investing in the digital publisher’s expansionWed Dec 02 2015 - 01:00
RTÉ considers sharing 2016 sports rightsTV3 declares interest in ‘taking on burden’ of coverage in an expensive year for its rivalFri Nov 27 2015 - 06:45
Planet BusinessAdele’s sales glory, ‘accounting fog’ and the seasonal trade in poinsettiasFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:30
Central Bank governor posts YouTube message on first dayNot all of its decisions will be popular or easily understood, Philip Lane tells staffThu Nov 26 2015 - 17:10
The ooh and the aww of this year’s Christmas adsAdvertisers want us to marvel at their fairy dust, but it’s gold-dust ideas that winThu Nov 26 2015 - 12:05
Stickers offset print woesRevenues at newspaper and magazine distributor EM News fell 5% in 2014Thu Nov 26 2015 - 09:30
Five Storyland dramas chosen by RTÉ and Northern Ireland ScreenWinners include ‘Cagney & Lacey meets Father Ted’ and a ‘pre-apocalypic’ survival taleThu Nov 26 2015 - 08:30
Jobs site Indeed.com sets up ‘lab’ for ad experimentsPaul Dervan is testing to see which ads work the best for the multinationalThu Nov 26 2015 - 07:45
HSA warns on construction safety in first TV advert in eight yearsCampaign by Irish International BBDO encourages industry to ‘re-appraise’ risksMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Advertising group DDFH&B records €2.8m profit for 2014Creative agency counts SuperValu, the National Lottery and Eir among its clientsMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Planet Business‘Megabrew’, a bumper crop of Christmas trees and the robot revolutionFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:35
Baz and Nancy fly the flag for Ireland at Emmy awardsSky 1 hit show ‘50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy’ is nominated, but listed as a UK productionThu Nov 19 2015 - 10:45
Oireachtas gets fresh with #seeforyourself tweetsSame hashtag used by Pond’s wet wipes – so can the Oireachtas wash away impurities?Thu Nov 19 2015 - 09:45
Spar delivers Christmas cheer to TV3’s Toy ShowBallymount’s answer to the ‘Late Late Toy Show’ sponsored by Spar for second yearThu Nov 19 2015 - 08:45
Homeless choir series hits top note for RTÉ Global‘The High Hopes Choir’ and ‘Rachel Allen’s Coastal Cooking’ sold to UKTVThu Nov 19 2015 - 07:45
RTÉ out of its league in the battle for sports rightsBroadcaster licking its wounds after Liberty-owned TV3 scores Six Nations rugby coupThu Nov 19 2015 - 06:30
Cork businesses sue ESB over 2009 flood damageNinety-three actions lodged last week over flooding, bringing total to more than 130Mon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
‘Sunrise phase’ begins for short .ie domains676 possible two-letter combinations in new web addresses made available by IEDRMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Image Publications made profit of €40,000 in 2014Image Publications is behind women’s glossy ‘Image’ and Aer Lingus’s in-flight title ‘Cara’Mon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Planet BusinessCockroaches vs unicorns, craft beer stats, the ‘Export Cafe’ and a Twitter hearts updateFri Nov 13 2015 - 02:00
RTÉ television chief blames lack of drama on ‘paucity of funding’Glen Killane tells Cork Film Festival producing drama is ‘still bloody expensive’Fri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Baz and Nancy Ashmawy jump on board Dublin Bus‘50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy’ stars feature in company’s new marketing campaignThu Oct 29 2015 - 10:45
Google ‘here to help’ broadcasters, insists directorYouTube hopes media groups carry on creating ‘amazing content’ for the platformThu Oct 29 2015 - 09:45
‘The Local Eye’: an insight into local newspapersUpcoming RTÉ series meets the men, women and dogs behind the oldest local titlesThu Oct 29 2015 - 08:45
‘Late Late Toy Show’ is shiny and bright for RTÉAdvertisers paying €32,000 this year for a 30-second spot in its commercial breaksThu Oct 29 2015 - 07:45
All because the lady loves nostalgic advertisingCadbury ‘modernises’ iconic polo-necked intruder known as Milk Tray ManThu Oct 29 2015 - 07:37
Daniel and Majella pack their bags for UTV IrelandThe couple stars in new six-part series ‘Daniel and Majella’s B&B Road Trip’Fri Oct 23 2015 - 11:54
Hot beverage sales soar 13.5% amid retail recoveryThird quarter was the best for Irish shops in eight years, says industry bodyFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:00
‘Great Irish Bake Off’ is back for more sweet viewingTV3 show will be ‘a treat at the end of the weekend’, says Sideline ProductionsThu Oct 22 2015 - 08:45
The politics of the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ glitterballLight entertainment shows are at the heart of a public service media ‘strategic paradox’Thu Oct 22 2015 - 08:00
Other Voices festival puts out first call for sponsorsThe cherished Dingle music event is now in its 14th year but struggles for fundingThu Oct 22 2015 - 07:45
Leo Varadkar to talk on value of communicationsMinister will share his insights into challenge of communicating a strategic messageThu Oct 22 2015 - 04:30
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
