RTÉ, the Irish public service broadcaster, has published its strategic reform plan, including a voluntary redundancy scheme targeting those on over €100,000. It also caps the pay of top stars, meaning no one will earn more than director general Kevin Bakhurst. The document sets out a plan to make one in five jobs redundant, rebalance […]
Ireland’s new media regulator and media development agency, Coimisiún Na Meánm has approved funding of €2.4 million for the independent commercial radio sector under the Sound & Vision 4 Broadcasting Funding Scheme. Allocations to individual radio stations range from €35,000 to €95,000. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, […]
On October 27th, the EDPB adopted an urgent binding decision instructing the Irish (IE) DPA as lead supervisory authority (LSA) to take, within two weeks, final measures regarding Meta Ireland Limited (Meta IE) and to impose a ban on the processing of personal data for behavioural advertising on the legal bases of contract and legitimate […]
The Commission services have signed administrative arrangements with the media regulators of France (Autorité de regulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, Arcom) and Ireland (Coimisiún na Meán), to support its supervisory and enforcement powers under the Digital Services Act (DSA). These arrangements aim at developing expertise and capabilities and follow the Commission Recommendation to […]
The Irish Industry Trust has confirmed a new line-up for its Membership Board, with Mark Carpenter, Director of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs – EU & Ireland at Sky, becoming co-chair, effective immediately, having previously sat as a board member. Alongside Carpenter is a growing board of representatives, including fellow co-chair Martin O’Grady – The Walt Disney Company, Barbara […]
Three UK and Three Ireland both utilised CommScope’s newly-developed 6-beam antennas to support an increase in mobile data demand at some of the largest events in the UK and Ireland over the summer months. With the traffic growth being delivered by increased usage on both 4G and 5G networks, both Three UK and Three Ireland […]
Narrative Entertainment, the UK independent TV broadcaster, has launched its GREAT! Movies and GREAT! TV channels on Sky Media in Ireland. Sky Media has added the two Narrative Entertainment channels to its Irish ad sales portfolio, making the GREAT! Network available to Irish advertisers for the first time. The extension into Ireland builds on the […]
Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine will star in Sky Original Small Town, Big Story, a dramatic comedy created and directed by Chris O’Dowd (pictured). The new series from Playground and FilmNation Entertainment has started filming on location in Ireland and is expected to debut on Sky and streaming service NOW in the UK & Ireland […]
TNT Sports has announced an agreement with Disney Star, the global rights holder of ACC, to broadcast the Asia Cup 2023 cricket tournament live and exclusively across the UK and Ireland. TNT Sports will show the 2023 edition of the Asia Cup from August 30th to September 17th, bringing UK cricket fans closer to the […]
Sky has announced the launch of Sky Stream in Ireland allowing viewers to watch Sky entertainment streamed straight to any TV over Wi-Fi, without a dish. Available now online, in Sky retail stores or through Sky customer services, the service bundles Sky TV and Netflix together from €30 a month. JD Buckley, CEO at Sky […]