Green TD Ciarán Cuffe recently blogged about the statutory rape crisis and while it was great to get a unique political perspective on the whole debacle, one comment he made stood out for me. The comment wasn’t as much about the crisis as it was about the public and media reaction; The crowds outside was [...]
My article from the Media & Marketing section of the Sunday Business Post (4th June 2006): The English FA Premiership packages won by Setanta in this week’s auction are not guaranteed to be broadcast on the basic Setanta Sports channel on NTL. Setanta Ireland’s chief executive Niall Cogley told The Sunday Business Post that a [...]
I wouldn’t call it an exclusive, because Setanta have gotten there just minutes before me (it’s still nice to be one of the first!), but I’ve just been given the press release which details the break down of the FA Premiership Football rights for Ireland. Unsurprisingly Setanta and Sky share the spoils; with Sky taking [...]
Television in Ireland has always been compared, fairly or otherwise, with its British equivalent. In many cases the comparison can be unfair however when Irish viewers miss out on services and programming that is becoming a standard in the UK you can’t help but feel like more could be done. As it stands the face [...]
The development of digital television in this country remains clouded in uncertainty.The tender process for the Government Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) trial is due to conclude by the end of April, with the pilot programme on track for an autumn 2006 launch.But broadcasting representatives have said that a mixture of caution amongst the networks and [...]
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