Setanta Ireland will become the first Irish channel to broadcast in high definition when it shows the Manchester United Premier League game against Blackburn live from Old Trafford at 3pm this Saturday. It will be followed by the second round of the FA Cup, Wales versus New Zealand rugby and Juventus against Fiorentina. Setanta HD […]
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Ogilvy set for TV3 work
Ogilvy has won a three-way creative pitch for TV3 as the independent steps up its marketing activities. The WPP agency competed with Chemistry and Image Now. Ogilvy will work to TV3’s marketing and PR manager Teresa Murray. Media was not part of the review and remains with Mindshare, another WPP agency. Elsewhere in adland, Leo […]
TV3 invites agency pitch
Nick Dunning in The Tudors, one of the most popular series on TV3 Three agencies have been asked by TV3 to make creative presentations for a major promotion which the station is due to run in a few months time. Teresa Murray, marketing and PR manager, TV3, told Marketing.ie that the three agencies in the […]
TV3 to go with Irish version of Come Dine With Me
TV3 is to bring an Irish version of the highly popular Come Dine With Me reality series to screens as a key part of its autumn schedule which has been announced. The show, which has proved a big audience puller for Channel 4, involves a group of people hosting and cooking for each other to […]
Seoige for ITV breakfast show
Gráinne Seoige is be the features editor of the new ITV breakfast show, Daybreak, which replaces GMTV when it starts broadcasting from September weekdays between 6am and 8.30am. The show will be fronted by former BBC hosts Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley with a team of support presenters. Seoige’s most recent work in Ireland was […]
Thomas in for a busy few weeks
Kathryn Thomas will be seen and heard a lot in the coming weeks as she starts a new TV series on RTE One and replaces Ryan Tubridy on Radio 1 on weekday mornings. The Carlow-born presenter starts a new three-part TV series next week giving viewers a flavour of the many summer festivals staged around […]
Wine cooler's flight of fancy
Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard (IDPR) will go to air with a new television campaign for its West Coast Cooler wine-based drink next week. Called Hello Night, the commercial was shot in South Africa and features three girls who move through the night sky bringing a dash of light and colour to the town. Damian Penco […]
RTE to launch consumer show
RTE is to broadcast a new television series in the autumn aimed at raising important consumer issues and championing the rights of Ireland’s buying public. The Consumer Show will be fronted by Prime Time reporter Keelin Shanley and Eddie Hobbs (pictured) will focus on information and advice. They will examine what the public knows about […]
RTE promotes GAA coverage
RTÉ is promoting The Sunday Game with a multi-media campaign for this year’s GAA Football & Hurling All Ireland Senior Championships. The national campaign, which features studio anchorman Michael Lyster and analysts Pat Spillane and Ger Loughnane, will run throughout July, August and September. At the campaign announcement were Colm Coonagh, art director and Fiona McFaul, […]
Volunteers offered lifetime adventure
Two people are being offered the chance to spend a year globetrotting, all expenses paid, as part of a new RTE TV series. The winners of Do the Right Thing will work as volunteers in some the world’s most underdeveloped areas, on aid projects such as building schools in Africa and working with orphaned street […]
TV3 may be allowed more ads
Independent commercial TV channels like TV3 and Setanta Ireland will see airtime increase from 15 per cent to 20 per cent if a draft ruling from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) gets approval. Should the proposal go ahead, advertising on independent channels will increase from ten to 12 minutes an hour. The BAI is […]
Channel 4 to show abortion advice ad
Channel 4 will launch Britain’s first TV commercial providing advice on abortion services when a month-long campaign, with the slogan, ‘Are you late?’, gets underway at 10.10pm next Monday. Marie Stopes International (MSI) says the ad will be “clear, non-judgmental information” on unplanned pregnancies and abortion services. While Channel 4 viewers in England, Scotland and […]
Killane to head up RTE Television
Glen Killane has been appointed managing director of RTE Television in place of Noel Curran who is leaving the national broadcaster to work in independent productions. Killane has been group head of RTE Sport since 2006. He takes up his new post on June 1st and will report to RTE director general, Cathal Goan. Killane […]
