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New Campaign for The Sun
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, […]
RTE Player earned 5m in 2020 (latest figures)
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 […]
In The Irish Times, disrupting Advertising. With our Thanks always.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/business-podcast/inside-business-ad-man-stuart-fogarty-on-disrupting-the-irish-market-1.4869310
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From Adworld – Radio in Pandemic research
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 […]
From IMJ – OOH updates
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 […]
From IMJ, Exterion becomes Global
“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 […]
From Newstalk, Mediahuis Versus RTE
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 […]
From Irish Independent, New Betting Ad rules
Paddy Power cashes out of RTÉ live televised football deal ahead of new betting ads ban RTÉ has become the first high profile victim of new advertising rules, brought in ahead of gambling regulation, with Paddy Power ending its sponsorship of live televised football. The Flutter Entertainment-owned betting company sponsored the station’s 2021 international men’s […]
FROM IRISH EXAMINER, The Alcohol Bill.
SEAN MURRAY Today, two more elements of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill come into effect. The bill, which was passed by the Dáil in 2018, contains a number of provisions aimed at reducing alcohol harm in Ireland. Some of the measures are already in place, while there is no clear timeline for others. Here’s a […]