The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (9th June) announced that it is seeking applications for the provision of three community radio services further to its licensing plan for 2016. Public notices seeking applications have been placed in the local paper for services in each of the franchise areas of North East, North West and … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is conducting a review of its current Strategy Statement 2014-2016. The outcomes of this review will inform the new BAI Strategy Statement 2017-2019 which will be published later this year. One element of the review process is an online stakeholder survey. If you would like to participate in this survey … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (12th May) announced that it is seeking applications for the provision of three community of interest radio services, serving student communities in each of Cork City, Limerick City and Galway City. Public notices seeking applications have been placed in the relevant local papers. Each of the services … Continued
The Contract Awards Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 10th May, announced its intention to invoke fast-track application processes for a number of sound broadcasting services, in accordance with section 67 (3) of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The fast-track process can be invoked by the Committee when only one expression of … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 9th May, announced the receipt of the following applications for community and community of interest radio sound broadcasting services for Tramore and Dublin City respectively. Both services were advertised by the BAI last February. Irish language service for Dublin City An application was received from Comharchumann Raidío … Continued
The latest JNLR/Ipsos MRBI report into radio listening in Ireland is published today (27th April 2016). It covers the 12-month period from April 2015 – April 2016. On behalf of the JNLR Committee a media release and summary information tables are available to download here. Please Note: Media queries regarding individual programme or station performance … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced today a new funding incentive for the development of audio visual projects. A total of €150,000 is being made available to support Irish and Canadian producers to develop co-productions for broadcast on Irish and Canadian television services. Both organisations contributed an equal … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 14th April, confirmed that the incumbent has submitted a fast-track proposal for the quasi-national speech/news sound broadcasting service. The Contract Awards Committee had initiated a fast-track application process on 3rd February 2016, having received only one expression of interest for the provision of the service on 2nd … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 12th April 2016, announced details of the latest expressions of interest received for commercial sound broadcasting services advertised on 12th February last. One expression of interest was received for each of the following services: a National Broad-format Service; a Regional Youth Music-driven Service, serving the south-west of … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 30th March, confirmed that no applications have been received for the music-driven (alternative rock) sound broadcasting service for Dublin City & County which was advertised on 21st December 2015. The Contract Awards Committee had initiated a competitive licensing process, having received two expressions of interest in the … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 22nd March, announced the receipt of one application for a community radio service for Lucan & its Environs, which was advertised on December 9th last. The application was received from Liffey Sound Communications Co-operative Society Limited, trading as Liffey Sound FM. Liffey Sound FM has operated under … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 21st March, announced the receipt of one application for a community radio service for Kilkenny City & its Environs, which was advertised on December 9th last. The application was received from Kilkenny Communications Co-operative Society Limited, trading as Community Radio Kilkenny City, which recently operated a 100-day … Continued
The BAI wishes to award a contract for the provision of appropriate expertise to assist the BAI determine the establishment of an integrated and workable approach for archiving relevant programming by licensed sound broadcasters in accordance with Section 69 (6) – (12) of the Broadcasting Act 2009. Further information is available in the Request for Tender … Continued
In advance of the upcoming General Election vote, the BAI is today reminding broadcasters that a moratorium on General Election coverage comes into effect from 2pm on Thursday the 25th February 2016. The moratorium will remain in effect until polling stations close at 10pm on Friday 26th February. During this period, radio and television broadcasters will … Continued
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2016 is taking place from the 18th – 28th of February and the BAI is again proud to sponsor the Screentest element of the event. Screentest is a series of workshops which will be of interest to programme makers and anyone interested in a career in broadcasting. Rebellion – From Script … Continued
The Contract Awards Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“the BAI”) has today (Friday, 12thFebruary) placed a public notice in a national newspaper seeking expressions of interest in the provision of three commercial radio services: a National Broad-format Service; a Regional Youth Music-driven Service, serving the south-west of the country; and, a Local Broad-format … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 11th February, announced the receipt of one application for a special interest community radio service for Dublin City, which was advertised on November 13th last. The application was received from Dublin City FM, which currently operates the service. The contract for the existing service is scheduled to expire on 31st August … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI”) has today (11th February) announced that it is seeking an application for the provision of an Irish language community of interest radio service for Dublin City. A public notice, seeking the application, has been placed in a relevant local paper. A community of interest service for Irish language speakers is … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has today (9th February) announced that it is seeking an application for the provision of a community radio service for Tramore and its Environs. A public notice seeking the application has been placed in the relevant local paper. A number of 100-day pilot community radio services have been operated in the … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (2nd February) announced the allocation of funding for 2016 under two key initiatives – its Sectoral Learning and Development Programme and its Sponsorship Scheme. Funding of €406,000 has been approved by the Authority for a range of training and development initiatives, while 22 events and activities will benefit … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) announced today (01.02.16) that it has granted temporary broadcasting licences to three college radio stations and one pilot community radio station. Details of the services in receipt of temporary broadcasting licences are as follows: Trinity FM (Trinity College, Dublin) will broadcast on 97.3MHz to Trinity College and Environs on … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (28th January) published the most recent broadcasting complaints decisions. At meetings held in May and November 2015, the Compliance Committee of the BAI considered seven complaints. All seven complaints have been rejected. The complaints received concerned programmes aired on RTÉ One Television, RTÉ Radio One, iRadio and … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (22nd January) announced details of the latest package of recommendations under the Sound & Vision Scheme to have been ratified by the Authority at its meeting on January 21st. Following a detailed assessment process, funding amounting to €5.248m has been allocated to 99 projects. €4.804m has been … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (Thursday, 21st January) announced details of its Licensing Plan for the remained of 2016. The plan comprises a mix of community, community of interest and commercial radio services. Details of the services to be licensed are as follows: Service Type: Franchise Area – Target Audience 1. Commercial … Continued
In December 2015, the Contract Awards Committee of the BAI issued a public notice announcing its intention to invoke the fast-track licensing process for the quasi-national speech/news sound broadcasting contract. This contract is currently held by News 106 Limited, trading as Newstalk 106-108FM. The fast-track licensing process, which is permitted under Section 67(3) of the … Continued
The Contract Awards Committee of the BAI has today (Tuesday 22nd December) announced its intention to invoke the fast-track application process for the quasi-national speech/news service, in accordance with section 67(3) of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The contract for this service is currently held by News 106 Limited, broadcasting as Newstalk 106-108FM. The fast-track process … Continued
The Contract Awards Committee of the BAI has today (Monday 21st December) announced details of a competitive licensing process for the Music-Driven (Alternative Rock) service for Dublin City and County, in accordance with section 65(8) of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The contract for this service is currently held by Dublin Rock Radio Limited, broadcasting as … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (17th December) published the most recent broadcasting complaints decisions. At its meeting held in October 2015, the Compliance Committee of the BAI considered 12 complaints. Six complaints were upheld by the Compliance Committee while a further six complaints were rejected. One of the six complaints upheld concerned … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (16th December 2015) announced the decisions of the Contract Awards Committee (the Committee) in relation to the Expressions of Interest process for two sound broadcasting services. Quasi-national speech/news sound broadcasting service: One expression of interest for the provision of the service was received. The Committee considered the … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (9th December) announced that it is seeking applications for the provision of two community radio services, respectively serving Lucan and its Environs and Kilkenny City and its Environs. Public notices seeking applications have been placed in the relevant local papers. The service for Lucan and its Environs … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”) has today, 2nd December, announced details of the expressions of interest received for a quasi-national speech/news service and a music-driven alternative rock service for Dublin City and County. The Contract Awards Committee of the BAI sought Expressions of Interest for both services on the 2nd October last. One expression … Continued
The BAI has granted a 30-day temporary sound broadcasting licence to Christmas FM, to run from 28thNovember to 26th December 2015. The licence allows the all-Christmas radio station to broadcast from 7am to 2am seven days a week during that time. The station will be available across the country, broadcasting in Dublin, Galway, Limerick and … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“the BAI”) has today (13th November 2015) placed a public notice in the Evening Herald, seeking applications for the provision of a special interest community sound broadcasting service for Dublin City. The service is currently operated by Dublin City FM and this contract will expire on 31st August 2016. The service … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“the BAI”) has today (9th November 2015) published its Rule 27 Guidelines – General Election Coverage. The Guidelines will come into effect immediately on the dissolution of the 31st Dáil and will remain in place until the closing of polling stations on the day of the Election. The Guidelines are provided … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today has today (3rd November, 2015) announced details of funding being offered to seven community/ community of interest services to commission research and/or undertake reviews of their respective services under the BAI Community Broadcasting Support Scheme 2015. The Scheme is specifically designed to offer funding support to community … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (28th October) published the most recent broadcasting complaints decisions. At its meeting held in July 2015, the Compliance Committee of the BAI considered 8 complaints. One complaint has been upheld in part and 7 complaints rejected. In addition, 24 complaints were considered and rejected by the Executive Complaints … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has today (BAI) has today (22nd October) announced the award of funding totalling €1.36m to six successful applicants under the third round of the Broadcasting Fund’s Archiving Scheme. The Scheme is designed to provide funding support for the development of an archiving culture in the Irish broadcasting sector, contributing to the … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board are pleased to announce the appointment of Crowe Horwath as consultants to draw up a new Strategy for Skills Development in the Audio-visual Industry. The development of skills within the audio-visual production sector is integrally linked to Ireland’s capacity to scale … Continued
The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“the BAI”) has today (9th Oct0ber 2015) announced announced details of the latest package of recommendations under the Sound & Vision Scheme to have been ratified by the Authority at its meeting on 8th October. Following a detailed assessment process, funding amounting to €5.208m has been allocated to 114 projects. €4.743m … Continued
The BAI wishes to award a contract for the design, and implementation of a cloud computing solution. The contract will be on the basis of (a) the migration of services and (b) on-going service management for a period of three years with an option to extend by a further year. Further information is available in … Continued