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    Media Notes (23-05-08)

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    This week’s media notes:
    RTÉ has given more details on its plans for DTT - specifically what new channels it hopes to launch on the service. The broadcaster says it will launch a bona fide third channel (referred to at the moment as RTÉ Three) alongside a ‘time-shift’ service which will show RTÉ One programming an […]

    Wikipedia shenanigans ar an Roinne Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

    This is a story that was supposed to be published in The Irish Times way back when but for some reason or another it wasn’t.
    It relates to wikipedia edits made by someone in a Government department and was researched and written back when the joys of the WikiScanner was discovered by everyone.
    To the best of […]

    Giving DAB a go

    Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

    Having headed to my local Homebase outlet for a cheap landline phone I spotted a Pure One DAB radio on the shelf for €38, around half the RRP according to Pure’s website.
    I’d been planning on buying a cheap DAB device for the last while and €38 was by far the best price I’d seen on […]

    Freesheets soar in Dublin, tabloids suffer

    Thursday, July 20th, 2006

    The Irish Times highlights the interesting drop in tabloid sales on the back of the launches of two Dubiln Freesheets, Metro and Herald AM. (subs req)
    While it was likely that the biggest loser to the new offers would be the red-tops the figures prove just how badly they’re suffering so far; The Irish Daily Mirror’s […]