Blinder director Brian Williams’s TG4 stings have won the award for titles, stings, idents and promos at the Celtic Media Festival. The festival is an annual event, now in its 31st year, which celebrates broadcast and film work from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. The concept of the idents is to represent the Irish goddesses […]
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Today FM adjusts Sunday schedule
Sam Smyth’s Sunday show on Today FM now runs from 11am to 1pm In a move aimed at trying to compete better with other weekend talk shows, Today FM has announced that it is extending its two main Sunday morning programmes, The Sunday Business Show and its current affairs magazine programme presented by veteran journalist, […]
NNI restores best press ads
National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) has reintroduced its Press Ad of the Month competition. The idea is to showcase and reward the best ads to appear in the pages of its 18 member newspapers. The NNI Press Ad of the Month competition is open both to agencies and advertisers to enter directly, with monthly winners […]
DCU majors in media awards
Dublin City University (DCU) was the big winner at the Oxygen.ie Smedias national student media awards last night taking ten awards in all. DCU student Samuel Hamilton was named journalist of the year and was presented with the magazine award. Stephen Mangan was voted both top sports and feature writer. Joanne Hunt was voted national […]
Budweiser world's top beer brand
Manchester United players John O’Shea and Dimitar Berbatov fronting for Budweiser Budweiser has overtaken its major rival Heineken with a 27 per cent jump in brand value and a four place climb in the Brand Finance Global 500 league of world brands. Budweiser is now ranked 15th overall among the world’s top 500 brands with […]
O2 drops fees for stranded tourists
Telefónica O2 Ireland is waiving charges for standard text messages for customers stranded abroad because of the ongoing volcano situation. O2 subscribers will not be charged for texts from midnight tonight to midnight on Friday to help those unable to return to the country due to flight restrictions. The free SMS offer is available to […]
Decision soon on Eircom-Meteor
Popstar twins Jedward with Debbie Byrne, marketing director, Eircom, at a photocall A decision is expected to be made within the next week on which media agency is to be awarded the lucrative combined Eircom-Meteor account. The telco is planning to appoint a single agency to the business, which is currently shared between WPP’s Mindshare […]
PR consultant Sharon Prior dies
Public relations consultant Sharon Prior has died after a long illness fought with remarkable courage and integrity. She set up Prior Communications in 1994 to specialise in consumer PR. Prior had worked with Kennys and Grayling and was the PR and sponsorship manager for the Tennents Ireland brewer. From her earliest days in Kennys PR, then […]
Crystal Swing performs on Today FM
Fresh from their appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US, Crystal Swing featured this morning on The Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM. The Cork threesome spoke of the experience of appearing on US daytime TV and how it was the “best day of their lives” and the huge exposure it gave them. […]
Javelin wins Zurich creative
Zurich, the worldwide financial services group which formerly traded in Ireland as Eagle Star insurance, has appointed Javelin to handle its creative advertising account following a three-way pitch with new agency Boys and Girls and the advertiser’s incumbent, Cawley NeaTBWA. Publicis is the global agency for Zurich but as Publicis QMP in Dublin handles FBD […]
DDFH&B in line to buy McConnellsintegrated
DDFH&B group boss Jim Donnelly may become the new owner of McConnellsintegrated DDFH&B is expected to buy McConnellsintegrated for an undisclosed sum in a bid to avoid a possible collapse of the business first set up by the McConnell family in 1916. Industry sources indicate that DDFH&B-JWT, run by executive chairman Jim Donnelly, may acquire […]
Robin Gibb in Dublin for IBI seminar
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees pop group will be the keynote speaker at the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) annual seminar next Tuesday at the Radisson Hotel on Golden Lane in Dublin. The conference theme is ‘Radio: Stayin’ Alive’ and independent stations owners, management and broadcasters are due to attend. Gibb will speak as […]
Ladbrokes backs Irish grand national
Joe Lewins, Ladbrokes Ireland and Emma Donnellan, Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard, at Fairyhouse Bookmaker Ladbrokes has replaces Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard (IDPR) and its Power Whiskey brand as the title sponsor of Ireland’s richest handicap steeplechase, the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, for the next three years. The €250,000 event has been supported by the […]
