Setanta Sports has launched a new ‘Whistle Break’ package which allows advertisers to book a 30-second solus commercial immediately before live English Premier League football and Magners Celtic League rugby matches kick-off over the next few months. Advertisers are offered a 15-match English Premier League for a total sum of €14,250, while the package for […]
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Media show returns to airwaves
Mediascope, the media and marketing show on 103.2 Dublin City FM, returns at its usual time of 1.30pm next Tuesday, October 6th. Presenter Ellen Gunning said podcasts of all previous shows are available at www.academy.com by clicking on the Mediascope link. Podcasts of the new series will be uploaded fortnightly in arrears.
Friday deadline for magazine awards
Entries for the ninth annual Irish magazine awards organised by Magazines Ireland close this Friday, October 2nd. Awards co-ordinator Grace Aungier said the competition is aimed at rewarding the best Irish magazines on the market and the people behind them. Awards are made in various categories, including consumer, B2B, customer and annual magazines. Designers, editors, […]
3e eventually moved up Sky list
Sky Ireland has agreed to move TV3’s second channel, 3e, up the listings on its electronic programme guide (EPG). 3e moves to 105 on the Sky digital box, up from its current ranking at 182. TV3 rebranded Channel 6 as 3e in September last year following its purchase from a consortium led by chairman Pat […]
Printer questions marketers' overuse of agency services
The founder and managing director of a Dublin printing company has questioned the wisdom of Irish marketers who are facing huge pressure on budgets continuing to use a host of different agencies to “target the same bunch of people”. Colin Culliton of The Printed Image said: “Do companies which are struggling with vastly reduced marketing […]
Kerry goes whole hog with Denny home campaign
Kerry Foods is using the full resources of the JWT agency network in Ireland to launch an integrated campaign for its Denny pork products. Branding the theme ‘What does home mean to you, share it’, Kerry is asking Irish people to share what home means to them. Animated TV and press ads created by DDFH&B […]
Training expert has designs on opening people's minds
Ian Kingston, founder and managing director, Essential Training, is the guest speaker at the next Design Business Ireland (DBI) Informs meeting. Kingston will talk on the theme ‘Open Your Mind’ by posing the question “are you a recessionist or an expressionist?” With a background in banking and insurance, Kingston has over 20 years experience in […]
Leahy adds UK post at CBS Outdoor
Colin Leahy, managing director of CBS Outdoor in Ireland, is to become general manager sales and marketing at CBS Outdoor in the UK as part of a management reshuffle across the Irish Sea. Leahy, who joined CBS four years ago, having worked in sales and marketing at Diageo and JCDecaux, retains his role in Dublin. […]
Harrington goes a fair way to putt sense on Lisbon
The Gift Grub slot on Ian Dempsey’s breaksfast show on Today FM this morning with Padraig Harrington using a golf analogy to explain the Lisbon Treaty resulted in thousands of texts and emails from listeners thanking the station for simplifying the referendum debate in lay man’s terms. Harrington’s alter ego teed up with… “Europe is […]
Marketer of the Year entries have until Wednesday
The deadline for submissions for this year’s Marketer of the Year award is close of business this Wednesday, September 30th. From Cadbury’s Time Out to Barnardos children’s charity, Ireland’s best marketing talent has been recognised by the award since its launch in 1993. Marketer of the Year is organised by Marketing.ie and sponsored by Alternatives, […]
BCI reports no short-term appetite for developing digital radio
Local radio stations have no plans to invest in a switch to digital radio in the short term and want a coherent, inclusive and co-ordinated approach to DAB radio in Ireland, a study carried out for the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has reported. The report is based on findings by Athena Research, run by […]
O'Brien to headline journalism talk at NUI Galway
Businessman Denis O’Brien, who is currently embroiled in a power struggle with other shareholders and board members of Independent News & Media, will deliver the keynote address at a conference at NUI Galway on Friday, October 2nd. With the theme ‘Journalism of the Future: The Changes and the Challenges’, the event is being staged as […]
Senator Norris named Ireland's gay icon
Senator David Norris was voted Ireland’s gay icon of the year at the first Gay and Lesbian Awards (Galas) ceremony. The independent politician and Newstalk presenter was presented with the Molly Malone Irish Gay Icon of the Year award. Ivan Bacik of Labour was named the Gay-Friendly Politician of the Year. Lesbian couple Katherine Zappone […]
