Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
This article about PhoneDog's suing of a former employee, Noah Kravitz, over his twitter account is interesting in itself (they're claiming rights to the account followers, as a customer list, and seeking compensation on that basis). However, what caught my eye was the claim in the RTÉ sub-heading that Kravitz ...
Posted in Freedom of the press, Intellectual property issues, Online communication, Public Service Media | Comments Off on The perils of poor copy-editing
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Two rather different news stories featuring RTÉ today. The first, their triumph at the New York Festivals Radio Program and Promotion Awards (and isn't that a mouthful), where they were named Broadcaster of the year, as well as being recognized in 17 different categories, including one of only three Grand ...
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
This is the first Irish election in many years where I have not been following the results from the counting centre. I remember in 1987 heading in to see the last few hours of the Galway-West count, as Michael D. regained his seat in the Dáil. There's something special for ...
Posted in Citizenship, migration, race, and ethnicity, Electoral politics, International Affairs, Public Service Media, Radio | 3 Comments »
Monday, July 21st, 2008
The BCI has just announced the results of its DTT licensing process. It had three applicants for three multiplex contracts, and decided to award all three contracts to the one applicant (each applicant had applied for all three of the contracts on an 'all or nothing' basis). That applicant is ...
Posted in Corporate media, Media regulation | 3 Comments »
Friday, February 15th, 2008
I've discussed the pending elimination of medium wave broadcasts a number of times here. If you're interested in contacting RTÉ to comment on the decision, their Information Office is the most readily available email address you can use.
I've already contacted RTÉ, and include the text of my email below.
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Reports over the past few days that RTÉ is to drop its medium-wave broadcasts from March. In many senses it's not surprising, given that FM has been the dominant band in Ireland, particularly since the decision to license local stations (almost) exclusively on FM (and one can look previously to ...
Posted in Public Service Media, Radio | 9 Comments »