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Dana Strong appointed chief executive of Sky
- Media & Marketing
- January 6, 2021, 16:45
Dana Strong has been appointed chief executive of Sky Group by its American parent company Comcast. Ms Strong, who previously headed up the Irish ope(...)

Flutter announces success in €1.2bn placing
- Retail & Services
- December 4, 2020, 17:17
Paddy Power-owner Flutter Entertainment confirmed on Friday that it had successfully placed eight million new shares in the company to raise €1.2 bill(...)

Flutter to buy out US business in €3.4bn deal
- Retail & Services
- December 3, 2020, 13:10
Paddy Power owner Flutter Entertainment plans to buy out backers including Google Ventures and New York-based investor KKR to take 95 per cent of its (...)

Bush fires, Brexit and Fox News make 2020 pivotal year for Murdoch
- Media & Marketing
- November 24, 2020, 05:23
A “cancer on democracy” is a stark description of anybody, but former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd knows what he’s doing when he applies it to(...)

Sky generates €751m in revenues from Irish subscription services
- Economy
- November 17, 2020, 21:36
Sky’s pay TV, broadband and telephone subscription operations here generated revenues of €751 million in the 18 months to last December. That is acco(...)

VC guy Alan Foy: Irish tech company backer is anything but starstruck
- Technology
- November 13, 2020, 06:00
Alan Foy might be spending his lockdown days convincing celebrities such as Hollywood actor Liam Neeson and members of U2 to invest in his new €100 mi(...)

Liam Neeson among new investors backing €100m Ireland Impact fund
- Technology
- October 23, 2020, 03:10
VentureWave Capital is now halfway to reaching the €100 million target for its new fund, which intends to invest in promising technology companies in (...)

Netflix falls short on new subscribers as pandemic boost fizzles
- Media & Marketing
- October 21, 2020, 08:27
Netflix on Tuesday posted its weakest subscriber gains in four years as streaming competition increased, pandemic restrictions eased and live sports r(...)

Why Hollywood studios pulled the plug on cinemas
- Media & Marketing
- October 8, 2020, 16:22
Last Friday at around 7pm in London, the chief executives of the world’s largest cinema operators received a phone call they had dreaded for months. (...)

Paddle-in cinemas, Comcast’s new investor and the Republic of Kent
- Economy
- September 25, 2020, 05:40
Image of the week: Waterworld Drive-in cinemas are a last century business, cycle-in cinemas are much more 2020, but for those seeking true edge, wel(...)