Newstalk prepares for banter-filled autumn schedule revamp

Ivan Yates may be off, but George Hook is not finished yet, says station CEO Tim Collins

Expect party pieces as ‘Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip’ returns

Filming begins on the second series next month

The Maximum Media recipe: Wine slushies mixed with a little bit of politics

Company behind JOE.ie and Her.ie is chasing millennials via social and branded content

Brexit fears weigh on UK media sector

Liberty Global’s planned donation to anti-Brexit group signals uneasiness

TG4 recognised for two decades of broadcasting

The Oireachtas na Gaeilge awards will pay special tribute

Radio 1 ‘enhances’ programme teams after end to hiring freeze

‘Tweaking’ to station includes new summer weekend shows from independent sector

Nielsen to introduce digital ad ratings to Ireland from October

Move brings TV industry closer to ‘total audience’ measure of on-demand and live views

Eurovision: Raising a toast to Terry Wogan nine songs in

Wogan to be remembered by Graham Norton during song contest’s grand final

Ads prove ‘welcome distraction’ for 75% of Dublin commuters

Dublin rail commuters are a captive audience for up to 36 minutes per day

Government communications not about spin, says UK director

Alex Aiken advises Irish PR professionals to ‘be more German’ to prove their worth

SoundCloud ‘opens for business’ on Irish advertising sales

Platform plans to negotiate ‘creator partnerships’ between brands and artists

Electric Ireland limbers up for Rio Olympics sponsorship

Medals not required for sponsorship to succeed, says head of marketing

Star power of ‘Game of Thrones’ actors rises in US ‘Rebellion’ reviews

Reception for ‘Rebellion’ in the US likely to sway RTÉ’s decision on whether to bring it back for a second series

‘Bake Off’ producer Sideline picks up cheque for family format

Company behind ‘Great Irish Bake Off’ to develop ‘Bucking the Trend’ for RTÉ

Show ‘extras’ swell RTÉ Player streams among mobile viewers

Seven-year-old service has 4.4m monthly streams ahead of launch of new version

Irish digital publishers go native to get the ad revenue

Native advertising, where ads mimic content, is worth €45m, says an IAB PwC report

Innovative plan aims to get girls thinking about science

Dublin design studio HyperBrow won EU pitch to create Stem subjects campaign

RTÉ ‘looking at’ IPTV channels

But broadband in Ireland is not yet good enough for this type of online service, it says

Wireless Group’s Irish radio business will see revenues decline in 2016 - Davy

Former UTV stations won’t participate in advertising recovery this year, analysts say

Boys and Girls joins global advertising network

Irish agency joins Interpartners to help it create ads that don’t get lost in translation

The art of selling, while not selling out your soul

How to work in advertising and not hate yourself, as explained by Rothco

AIB trades ‘tired’ sponsorship for GAA glory

Club championship ‘Toughest’ campaign has grown into ‘brilliant canvas’ on TV schedules

Alison Cowzer and Eleanor McEvoy join Dragons’ Den panel

Popular Sunday night series back for a seventh run on RTÉ

Today FM owner seeks station chief

Communicorp on hunt to fill top job after Peter McPartlin resignation last year

‘Gadget Buzz’ shifts focus to technology of the future

TV3 series returns for second run to analyse impact that technology has on people’s lives

AOL building platform to target ads at screen audiences

AOL engineers in Dublin contributing to development of One advertising platform

Sky brings Morph back as it launches app aimed at under-nines

Kids ‘don’t hold back’ in their views, says Lucy Murphy, its first head of kids’ content

‘Spotify of journalism’ Blendle makes leap to US

The Dutch micropayments app has expanded to the world’s largest media market

Dublin Bus to keep up with irate passengers

Social and media monitoring contract put out to tender to track public comments

‘Fair City’ and ‘Bridget & Eamon’ in RTÉ’s brochure for TV fair

Soap and sitcom among the series RTÉ hopes to sell to international buyers in Cannes

US content giants threaten to steal crown from European broadcasters

Traditional TV not making enough high-end drama to compete, say UBS analysts

Lights, Cannes, action: six chosen for advertising’s ‘Young Lions’

Lenny Abrahamson to direct ad for Peter McVerry Trust as part of IAPI scheme

Permanent TSB brand rises again with €4m campaign

‘Keep going’ campaign will be run across television, cinema and social media

‘Dublin Inquirer’ to launch print edition with vending boxes

Digital-native makes print foray while most publications are trying to move to digital

RTÉ sells ‘Garda Down Under’ to Australian television network Nine

Pope Francis and ‘Sugar Crash’ docs among other titles sold to Australian broadcasters

Googler Cera Ward unanimous choice for Doyenne award

The advertising industry bestows the title each year to promote female talent

Consumers more fickle today, says Qualtrics

The market research ‘unicorn’ plans to expand its Irish staff to 250 by end of year

‘Everything is about selling the bundle’ for the rebranded Eir

Free roaming is its latest bid for customers, as it waits for Setanta Sports deal approval

YouTube keeps mum attention

YouTube Audience Report indicates 30 per cent of mothers with children under 18 use YouTube to research products

RTÉ puts online retail to tender

Online shop contains a catalogue of DVDs such as recent RTÉ dramas Charlie and Clean Break and Love/Hate

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