But Note – Direct Business up 40% and that’s the switch we are seeing now. From RTE…. “Revenue for all radio operators in Ireland in the first six months of the year was up 18% on the same time last year, according to figures published by Radiocentre Ireland. The revenue data is based on the […]

New JNLR research July 2022 (radio).  From The Irish Independent here https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/radio/jnlr-figures-2fm-boss-says-replacing-louise-mcsharry-completely-justified-as-latest-radio-numbers-revealed-41874168.html Figures released under the Joint National Listenership Research (JNLR) show that the majority of RTÉ Radio 1’s weekday shows have increased their listenership while the big win for its sister station, 2FM, is with The Breakfast Show which is up 9,000 listeners to 123,000. […]

From Marketing.ie June 2022. News Ireland has rolled out a new multi-channel nationwide campaign for The Irish Sun daily tabloid newspaper. News Corp says thesun.ie saw “significant growth” over the past 12 months, with monthly users increasing by 19 per cent from April last year to the end of April 2022. Over the same period, […]

From The Examiner June 9th 2022.   RTÉ earned almost €5m in advertising revenue from its streaming player in 2020, despite the State broadcaster previously admitting it would likely cost “several million” in investment to bring it into line with international best standards. The RTÉ Player, whose poor performance has been repeatedly criticised by users […]

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As pandemic restrictions are lifted and Irish consumers return to some degree of normality, new research carried out by Radio Centre Ireland shows that 9 out of 10 adults listen to the radio every day. The research shows that during the pandemic, over a third of people changed their listening habits, largely due to working […]

Mall Scene: James Byrne, marketing manager PML Group with this week’s Out \ Look on Out of Home.  Mall Scene – More than Shopping Centres In this week’s Out \ Look, we publish new research from our iQ programme ‘Mall Scene’ investigating retail trends amongst 300 Dubliners, aged 16-54. The findings suggest consumers look to […]

“Exterion Media in Ireland and Northern Ireland has re-branded as Global. Global is one of the largest media and entertainment companies in Europe and acquired Exterion Media in 2018 but the Irish operations continued to trade under the well-known Exterion brand. Since the 2018 acquisition, Global has grown its outdoor advertising portfolio across the island […]

The publisher of Mediahuis Ireland, Peter Vandermeersch, has hit out at RTÉ and claimed the broadcaster’s privileged position within the Irish media is, “Killing a little bit the entrepreneurship of the sector”. Mediahuis Ireland, which in 2019 purchased Independent News and Media, originates from Belgium and Mr Vandermeersch said the group was “amazed at the […]