May 20th From IMJ; Sky Ireland received the award for Marketing Team of the Year at last night’s (Thursday, May 18) All Ireland Marketing (AIM) Awards gala dinner in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin. Diageo’s global director beer, Guinness, Baileys, and Smirnoff Gráinne Wafer was also recognised as the 2023 recipient of the All […]

From Sunday Independent: Expert warns RTÉ that advertisers for The Late Late Show are ‘nervy’ over speculation Failure to plan for Ryan Tubridy’s successor ‘has led to a PR disaster’ Ryan Tubridy is stepping down as Late Late host. Photo: RTÉ Niamh Horan Today at 02:30 One of Ireland’s leading advertising experts has warned RTÉ […]

From Irish Times April 24th: RTÉ is seeking a new sponsor for soap opera Fair City for the first time in nine years. Ireland’s longest-running soap is available to sponsor from May 1st, RTÉ Media Sales said, with the broadcaster looking for a minimum term of three months for an asking price of €150,000. This […]

April 24th from Irish News:   The most popular television programme on UTV in 2021 was Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, which was watched by 531,000 people in Northern Ireland. UTV has reported a 21 per cent increase in its revenues, buoyed by record advertising income following the easing of Covid-19 […]

From IMJ April 21st below (but one ponders, why does the appointment of a new DG/CEO in RTE have to be signed off by The Minister? Exactly):   RTÉ has confirmed that Kevin Bakhurst has officially been appointed as director general of the organisation. Bakhurst will replace outgoing director general Dee Forbes who will steps […]

From IMJ April 14th: Tickets for the Media Awards 2023 in the RDS are selling out with limited availability following a large number of entries this year. According to the organisers the remaining tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. The gala black-tie awards will take place in the Industries Hall […]

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March 29th – Excellent Report on issues that affects us all, but notably impacts for business. Highly worth the quick read and just click the link at the end here. Consumer confidence remains at a very low level, with 3 in 4 (74%) believing Ireland will be worse off in the coming year, and just […]

From Adworld March 10 – NewsBrands Ireland has rolled out a new print and digital campaign to highlight the fact that 82% of Irish adults read a print or online news title every week. Running in both print and online, the campaign, designed by the News Ireland STUDIO team. According to NewsBrands Ireland research from […]

March 7th – The new JNLR Q4 data is here! As you may already know, JNLR is the Joint National Listenership Research which is an industry research project conducted on behalf of the Irish radio industry. Radio is still a key medium for Irish people with 78% (3.2m) of the total adult population tuning in daily. […]