Researchers from the Insight Centre for Data Analytics have been crunching the Twitter numbers as part of their Insight4Elections data analysis project and they found that Stephen Donnelly, leader of the Social Democrats gained a remarkable 1,457 Twitter followers after last night’s leaders’ debate on RTE, about two thirds more than his closest rival Richard Boyd Barrett […]
“It’s all been good” says Teresa Mannion about her experience going from reporting the news to being the subject of viral online memes over the past two weeks. Teresa is an experienced television reporter, but last week she became an internet star, as her dramatic report from a storm-tossed Salthill Prom in Galway drew international attention. Last night […]
Last week, the High Court granted billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien an injunction against RTÉ, prohibiting it from revealing any details of his relationship with IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank). Then yesterday, independent TD Catherine Murphy made specific allegations about the banking arrangements between O’Brien and IBRC. Ms Murphy was speaking in a Dáil debate, and her words are privileged under the Constitution, […]
The new RTÉ Player International was launched yesterday by Ryan Tubridy, along with some other well known RTÉ faces. http://youtu.be/0l8el3KmbNY Based on a ‘freemium’ model, the app, which is available on iOS devices only, offers about 100 hours of free RTÉ programming, with up to 500 hours available for a subscription of €8.99 per month. […]
RTÉ and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) have done a deal with UK company Radioplayer to provide 43 Irish radio stations on the Radioplayer platform by early December. Developed in the UK, Radioplayer already provides a similar service for UK stations and has also launched in Norway, Belgium and Germany. Consisting of a desktop player, […]
GAAGO, RTÉ and the GAA’s online streaming service for Gaelic Games outside of Ireland, announced today at Web Summit that payments disruptor Stripe has been selected as the long-term payments partner of GAAGO. Since the service was launched in May this year, Gaelic Games fans in over 150 countries have been enjoying the new reality of […]
Michele and I don’t see eye to eye on this week’s podcast. Facebook introduce real-money gambling: Michele says it’s just business. I think it’s the end of civilisation as we know it. Well, not exactly – but you get the picture! 🙂 We do agree that Katie Taylor is magnificent! In London, her supporters broke […]
