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VIOOH adds JCDecaux Ireland's digital OOH inventory to programmatic buying

Programmatic buyers can now access 32% of Ireland's digital out-of-home inventory through VIOOH, supplied by JCDecaux Ireland.

Programmatic buyersVIOOHJCDecaux Ireland

LaunchedOut-of-home · Inventory integrationIrelandFavicon of VIOOHVIOOHJCDecaux Ireland

Influent Media becomes exclusive ad sales rep for Disney+ Ireland

Irish advertisers can now buy pre-roll and mid-roll ad slots on Disney+ exclusively through Influent Media, its newly appointed ad sales representative in Ireland.

AdvertisersInfluent MediaDisney+ Ireland

UpdateCTV · Sales representationIrelandInfluent Media

BBC Studios expands partnership with Digitize New Media to represent BBC podcasts to advertising market in Ireland

BBC StudiosDigitize New Mediaadvertisers

LaunchedPodcasts · Sales representationIrelandFavicon of BBC StudiosBBC Studios

Bauer Media Group Acquires Cork’s Red FM

Bauer Media Group says it has acquired Cord’s Red FM, one of Ireland’s biggest regional radio stations. The deal will bring more than 129,000 listeners to Bauer Media, which has a total of 61 million listeners across 9 European countries.

Red FMBauer Media

AcquisitionRadio · AcquisitionIrelandFavicon of Bauer MediaBauer MediaFavicon of BauermediaBauermedia

Google is banning Irish abortion referendum ads ahead of vote

Google is suspending adverts related to a referendum in Ireland on whether or not to overturn a constitutional clause banning abortion. The vote is due to take place in a little over two weeks time. “Following our update around election integrity efforts globally, we have decided to pause all ads related to the Irish referendum […]

Irish referendum advertisersGoogle Ads

RestrictionSearch · Rule changeIrelandFavicon of Google AdsGoogle Ads

Facebook stops accepting foreign-funded ads about Ireland’s abortion vote

Facebook has announced it has stopped accepting ads paid for by foreign entities that are related to a referendum vote in Ireland later this month, saying it’s acting to try to prevent outsiders from attempting to skew the vote. The referendum will decide whether to repeal or retain Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion. “Concerns have […]

Foreign advertisersFacebook

RestrictionSocial · Rule changeIreland

Accenture Interactive Acquires Irish Agency Rothco

he acquisition adds a team of around 150 creative, strategy, tech, design, production and product management professionals to Accenture.

Accenture InteractiveRothco

AcquisitionAgencies · AcquisitionIreland

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