Archive for the 'Television' Category
Mr. Bird goes to Washington
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008So Charlie Bird, RTÉ’s Chief News Correspondent, is off to ply his trade in Washington DC, USA from the start of 2009.
As with all major movements in places like the RTÉ news-room you cannot help but ask who the winners are losers are.
The obvious winner here is Bird himself who undoubtedly requested the move across […]
New RTÉ channel will focus on free-to-air system (SBP - 22nd June 2008)
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008An article of mine on FTA satellite in Ireland is in today’s Sunday Business Post - you can find it here. The article is very much an overview of the state of FTA satellite in Ireland and the potential it now has considering the changes in content and availability.
The article has a brief look at […]
Sure yer only fired, indeed and ye are
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008TV3 are looking for applicants to their version of The Apprentice, which will be headed up by none other than Dr. Bill Cullen, indeed and it will.
There doesn’t seem to be any details on what the winner will get (in terms of salary, contract, position etc.) but the programme’s mini-site (including application form) is here, […]
RTÉ to launch 24-hour online, mobile-accessible news channel (SBP - 8th June 2008)
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Below is an article of mine from today’s Sunday Business Post. The piece is about RTÉ’s plan to launch a 24-hour news channel online this coming week, which will stream the broadcaster’s news and current affairs programming as well as repeat it throughout the day.
For the moment there’s only limited scope for unique content on […]
The integrated newsroom
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008The Press Gazette yesterday published an interesting although somewhat vague article on The Guardian’s moves to the ‘integrated newsroom’, a term that is sure to become the buzz-word of the mainstream media in the coming months and years.
The Guardian’s mission, headed up by editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger, is to merge the editorial operations of The Guardian […]
Everything you need to know about lesbians
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008You may know him as Matt Lucas, one half of Little Britain, but I remember him as George Dawes - overgrown baby who plays the drums and keeps the score.
Here’s his handy (and catchy) tutorial on lesbianism.
On Today FM at 6:30pm this evening
Thursday, March 6th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word on Today FM this evening - should be at around 6:30pm or so.
The topic will be the DTT roll-out, coming on the back of the BCI’s announcement of a tender process for the three commercial multiplexes. If that means nothing to you, listen in!
I’ve been obsessively following DTT […]
TV3’s new current affairs programme debuts tonight
Monday, January 14th, 2008Initially meant to begin airing in late 2007, TV3’s Nightly News with Vincent Browne is to finally debut tonight at around 11pm.
The programme replaces the station’s News Tonight programme, which was a straight-forward news round-up, and promises to “go behind the headlines to take an in-depth look at the stories of the day”, whatever that […]
Where’s Browne’s Nightly News?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Back in late August TV3 announced plans to revamp its nightly news broadcast (subs required), putting Vincent Browne at its helm and turning it into more of a current affairs programme than a news update.
At the time it was reported that it would start in November 5th, and Browne even got some practice in […]
A threat to democracy?
Monday, November 12th, 2007Fine Gael’s Dr. James Reilly has demanded that RTÉ tell all about the decision to drop Dr. James Crown from last Friday’s Late Late Show which is shaping up to be the story of the week.
Crown is an outspoken critic of the Government’s cancer care policy and was stopped from appearing on the programme after […]
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