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    Media Notes (06-06-07)

    Friday, June 6th, 2008

    This week’s media notes:
    The BCI have launched an investigation into Denis O’Brien’s radio interests after he reached the important milestone of having a 25% share in Independent News & Media. As mentioned last week, this sizeable stake will allow O’Brien to block special resolutions at board level - for example he will be able to […]

    Media Notes (30-05-08)

    Friday, May 30th, 2008

    This week’s media notes:
    The latest Dublin radio licence battle is under way with big names like the Guardian Media Group and businessman Ulick McEvaddy coming up in the applications. The proposed station will be a classic rock service, which would probably aim to sound like a mixture of Phantom FM and Q102. Radio is still […]

    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 […]

    Media Notes (16-05-08)

    Friday, May 16th, 2008

    This week’s media notes:
    The BCI held a public meeting on Monday (12th May) to allow the three bidders for the three commercial DTT multiplexes to state their case and explain their plans. Each bid hinges on the condition that the winner takes all, so there’s no scope for each company taking one mux each or […]