Podcast appearances and mentions of Jack Byrne

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jack Byrne! We chat about Jack's new show Going Soft, my easter egg problem, procrastinating as a writer, going from working with a large cast to a very small cast, changing writing routes after writing political plays, going from collaborative writing to solo writing, our favourite lines we've ever written, taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, our favourite venues in Scotland, urban frubing, kissing classes, confusing Scotland and Newcastle and Dr. Who. Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9Host: Ingram NobleGuest: Jack ByrneProducers: Heather Spiden & Ingram NobleLinks:Ingram's Instagram: @ingramnobleJack's Instagram: @jack.byrne_Action Theatre Scotland's Instagram: @actiontheatrescotlandGET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE NAKED NEDS: www.thenakedneds.comGET YOUR TICKETS FOR GOING SOFT: https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/event/going-softPatreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

Nathan Murphy is joined this week once again by Gareth McGlynn and Vinnie Perth to talk about all things League Of Ireland.LOI Pod with Rockshore #leagueofourown

There's a western flavour to this week's show with the on duty Alan Keane dialling in to discuss the contrasting fortunes of Galway United and Sligo Rovers as the league table begins to take shape. We hear from Tim Clancy about why Cork City's season has gone south, ruminate what Liam Boyce's indiscipline says about issues up north before heading across the sea to discuss Dan's analysis of Packie Bonner. Stephen Bradley hails Jack Byrne's apparent rebirth before the lads discuss the apparent healing powers of Kevin Doherty's Holy Springs where the price of redemption is sometimes as much as €10 per ball. If that doesn't make sense now, it might do by the time you listen to this weekly catch up sponsored by our friends at Rascals Brewing, Collar & Cuff, Sport Cosanta and Future Ticketing. Listen quickly before John Delaney turns up for the publicity photo.

We have 300th episode reaction and three match reviews, against Pat's, APOEL and Shelbourne, with the Jack Byrne mic drop, pro wrasslin' and an unpredictable title race.

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChW7UyLcMH6QDwCS295w9aQ/join Coaches across the country used The Coachpad this past season to be more efficient with their scout card prep on the weekends as well as when out on the practice field working with their scout team. Whether you're a coach using a computer program to create cards or drawing them by hand The Coachpad is for you! Never printing paper or stuffing a binder, clearly seeing scout cards outdoors in the bright sun and using The Coachpad on gameday syncing diagrams from the pressbox to the sideline were some of the features coaches enjoyed this season. This offseason get your Coachpad at TheCoachpad.com to get your program ready for next season. TheCoachpad.comThe CoachPad - https://thecoachpad.com 0:13 The CoachPad1:40 background4:10 why shotgun option5:50 base run game8:40 speed option15:50 outside veer 23:00 pods vs team25:20 gun option resources Jack ByrneHead Coach Windham Hs (NH) Twitter: @coachbyrnehs Google Sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dohuyci5dx36k4IFQUuX8XmuJsAIJ6JbYdcXrkcJ-4s/edit?usp=sharing Nicholas BandstraHead Coach Bradford HS (OH)Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachBandstraCoachtube: https://coachtube.com/users/coachbandstraYoutube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/NicholasBandstraLinktree: https://linktr.ee/CoachBandstra --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nicholas-bandstra/support

We have a month's worth of news to catch up on, ranging from transfers and awards to the Prof's love life. There's details on our first ever live podcast on stage at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght on January 13th and the much anticipated quiz final between Gary O'Neill and Jack Byrne, hosted by Harry Moore in Malahide. Paul Weafer pops by to talk Focus Ireland's 12 Days of Christmas Voucher Appeal and our author series continues with 'League of Ireland: An illustrated History 1980-1990' by Bartley Ramsay and Peter O'Toole, a fanzine about 80s kits.

Not one, not two but three quizzes this week as an exhibition match between Rovers women's players Lauren Kelly and Scarlett Herron is followed by the Questions From The East Stand semi-finals: Gary O'Neill vs Aaron Greene and Simon Power vs Jack Byrne. We review the 5-0 win over bogey club Drogheda as the Hoops are just one win away from the title at Richmond Park on Friday.

We've got a round up of all the news this past week with Toblerone Truffles and a record breaking Pico Lopes, before Collie O'Neill and Glenn Dunne share their thoughts on a big FAI Cup semi-final for the women's team in Tallaght this Saturday. Plus: Lee Grace vs Jack Byrne and Graham Burke vs Simon Power in the quiz quarter-finals.

The unofficial (?) Shamrock Rovers podcast finally returns to recap a great night against them lot and look ahead to the trip to Derry with the help of a native, Ciarán Roddy. Plus: Harry Moore has his yellow and red cards ready for Jack Byrne vs Rory Gaffney in the quiz.

This week on Drama School Dropout I am joined by the amazing, Jack Byrne. We chat about doing get outs, This Is Where We Get Off, the importance of life experience, gap years, our favourite Shakespeare plays, Nicola Sturgeon, rapping, crying, emotional recall, Jack's new play Alba, rapping, Scottish politics, instagram follows, disagreeing with lecturers, Scottish actors, traumatising Drama School exercises, online Drama School, Urban Frubing, writing and creating worlds.  ALBA TICKETS: https://www.sllcboxoffice.co.uk/he-IL/shows/alba/info Submit your story for Stage Right or Stage Shite: https://forms.gle/1p296t4Uu1F1XVvN9 Host: Ingram Noble Guest: Jack Byrne Producers: Heather Spiden & Ingram Noble Links: Ingram's Instagram & Twitter: @ingramnoble Jack's Instagram: @_.jackbyrne._ Patreon: www.patreon.com/dramaschooldropout

Don't ask us why but Wippa is obsessed with AI, particularly the idea of relationships with robots… What a weirdo. Plus TikTok is hiring for a new role – with over 50,000 applicants so far, find out why the newly advertised positions is so popular. And little legend Jack Byrne joined us to talk all about his charity he started at 10 years old to help farmers in the drought. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Byrne had a lot to think about over the last couple of weeks as official bids for him came in from the MLS. As the transfer deadline came and passed with Jack staying at Rovers, we ask what does it mean for his future? - More plans are drawn up for Dalymount Park - The FAI submit a document looking for their share in betting tax And a little bit more.....

Paul Corry and David McMillan join Raf Diallo and Anthony Pyne to review the weekend's SSE Airtricity League action, discuss Charlotte FC's rejected bids for Shamrock Rovers' Jack Byrne and to look ahead to Manchester City vs Arsenal.

On this evening's Voice Notes with Oisin Langan- Colin Hawkins on St Pats - Stephen Bradley on Jack Byrne staying- Tim Clancy on his side's loss - Paul Crowley on Bohs win over Drogs - Paddy Kirk on Bohs win- Neal Horgan On Derry's win over Cork City- Colm Whelan on his goal for Derry Support the show

After once again inspiring Rovers to come back from two goals down in Tallaght, Jack Byrne takes on Questions From The East Stand alongside Aaron Greene and Dan Cleary (recorded before the news). There's an interview with Ringsend historian Frank Hopkins to kick off our new author series, and, ahead the women's derby with Bohs on Saturday we hear from Hannah Dunne, Jaime Thompson and Paul Donohue on the story of the season so far.

Episode Six is another one club feature-length show, with another special guest. This time John Leonidou, an expert in Cypriot football tells the story of APOP Kinyras FC, a club that had moderate success in their short-lived time in Cypriot football. John also tells us why there have been so many clubs in Cyrpus that have folded over the years and the problems Cypriot football has faced throughout its history. He also tells us how Jack Byrne and Cillian Sheridan were received by Cyrpirot fans in their time over there and how one of them broke the mold in regards to how British and Irish players usually perform on the Mediterranean island. It is another interesting show, with a lot of different angles taken. I hope you enjoy it.

This is the third edition of LOI Matchday. Off The Ball's new magazine-style podcast covers all of the results and fixtures in both divisions of the SSE Airtricity League. This week, host Stephen Doyle is joined by Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley, Hoops midfielder Jack Byrne, and you'll also hear from Bohemians captain Keith Buckley and Cork City defender Ally Gilchrist for a look ahead to this weekend's action.

This is the third edition of LOI Matchday. Off The Ball's new magazine-style podcast covers all of the results and fixtures in both divisions of the SSE Airtricity League. This week, host Stephen Doyle is joined by Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley, Hoops midfielder Jack Byrne, and you'll also hear from Bohemians captain Keith Buckley and Cork City defender Ally Gilchrist for a look ahead to this weekend's action.

Friend of the show Alex Penders joins Jack Byrne to talk about the current state of the NBA in an action packed episode.

In today's episode of The Unmakers, we talk to Troy Townsend and Jack Byrne, co-founders of Zitcha.Zitcha thinks of itself as a demand side platform for retailers, allowing them to use their owned assets to become publishers of brand messages.The duo have a strong media pedigree - Troy is a former boss of digital agency Tiger Pistol and Jack is managing director of independent media agency Hatched.In the week that Woolworths' Cartology announced the $150m acquisition of Shopper Media, we discussed the fast growing retail media space, and the growing influence of Amazon.I also asked whether Zitcha is a friend or a threat to media agencies.Over the coming months they plan to take Zitcha global. The duo revealed Zitcha is currently in the final stages of a seed round capital raising, with Troy revealing how potential investors can get in touch.Transcript:Tim Burrowes:In today's episode of the Unmakers, I talked to Jack Byrne and Troy Townsend, the co-founders of Zitcha. Zitcha thinks of itself as a DSP, or demand side platform, for the retail world. It helps retailers turn their own assets, including online and in store, into publishing platforms, by connecting them to brand messages. Troy, the CEO of Zitcha, was previously boss of digital platform Tiger Pistol before selling the business. Jack's day job is as managing director of independent media agency Hatched. Having got off the ground in Australia, Zitcha is now doing a seed stage capital raising to go global. To begin with, I asked Troy how the two of them came to be working together.Troy Townsend:It's a really good question. It's happened over quite a few years, Tim. So obviously Jack has built his media business, Hatched, over the last 10 years. And over the last 10 years, I've built a business called Tiger Pistol. And through that journey, we've had shared clients and got closer through clients and we've sort of started to see the retail media space sort of start to come into play. And both of us looking at how this space could affect our businesses. And about three years ago, I sold out of Tiger Pistol and me and Jack sort of started to work through where there was some opportunities. So it's been a long journey.Tim Burrowes:Well, look, it's worth mentioning Tiger Pistol, because that was one of the, I guess the big names in the first digital wave. What was the Tiger Pistol story briefly for people who don't know?Troy Townsend:So Tiger Pistol was a platform that basically helped automate the process of building Facebook ads for big channel partners globally. So we sort of took the journey of working really closely with Facebook or as they're called Meta now and basically helped them grow their long tail, big channel partners, automating the process of ads for SMBs. So we sold out that business about three years ago. So we sold it to private equity in the US.Tim Burrowes:So Jack, you have had sort of the parallel journey and with Hatched as well. What brought you to this point?Jack Byrne:Well, obviously what I've seen over the last 10 years and the environmental issues such as the proliferation of data and what I've seen in the programmatic perspective, in the ad tech and some of the dirty tactics that comes with that as well, there's also, you've seen the development of the Cartology and the first party data is ultimately where it's closest to the customer. And as a media agency, we spend all of our time and effort getting as close to the customer as we can. When retail media started becoming a thing, and it's always been a thing. It's probably important to note that retail media in its form, whether it's a shelf warbler or decals on the floor, this is not new, but certainly targeting that customer and closing the loop from a media perspective all the way through to the point of sale is something that's always been of interest mainly because we've had clients, whether it's retailers themselves, or suppliers of those retailers wanting to drive incremental sales, then that's always been our job.Jack Byrne:So it's always been keen for us because at Hatched, we've always wanted to act as agents of positive change is kind of our vision of the business. And this is something that really came out of that. And a few conversations with Troy and I've always enjoyed working with Troy, but also really admired the way his mind works and the way that the world's working and the technology and whatnot. And it's something that we came together and not to say it wasn't over a couple of beers, but it was over a couple of beers and a few more. And it's grown since.Tim Burrowes:Well, we'll get into the product in a moment. So, Zitcha officially launched back in June. It has its roots in another product called TP Collab. So what was the evolution from there to here then, Troy?Troy Townsend:When we sold Tiger Pistol three years ago, we sold our technology platform. But over the 11 years of building Tiger Pistol, we also built quite a large service business. And in the exit of focusing on one piece of technology, we incubated this product in TP and we called it TP Collab. And we sort of had a really good bit of time to relook at the market. Moving out of ad tech. Ad tech in its entirety is totally shifting, the landscape is shifting. Obviously with the environmental impacts of privacy legislation and deprecation of cookies, we sort of had the beauty of being able to look at a fresh sheet of paper and see where it was going. And this really came out of that.Troy Townsend:And we obviously done a lot of work with Facebook through the journey. We've done a lot of work with Google through the journey. And this space was something that they're both looking at quite closely, obviously, because it's directly connected to a lot of first party data. And so we incubated for the first 12 months, we just built and we sort of tried to build a product market fit. We were lucky enough to get a couple of early adopting retailers as alpha partners and really got into the cycle of them trying to work through this space and work out what they need to do in this space to be successful. And then we uncovered something that was even bigger than I first thought.Troy Townsend:And with the likely changes that happened to iOS 14 and the amount of signal data that the big platforms like Meta were receiving, it sort of just started to really put a fire under this space. And obviously we had competitors in the space that were only really focused on owned assets for retailers like Citrus getting acquired. There was quite a few environmental factors that really blew up the opportunity as we were incubating it within that TP environment.Tim Burrowes:Well, we'll come on to the sort of the partners in a moment and the competitors as well. Let's drill down a bit now. Let's actually talk about, I guess the key thing is, what problem are you actually trying to solve?Troy Townsend:So the problem that we're trying to solve is we're trying to... Basically with the changing landscape of media, brands need to be able to buy media that they can basically, their performance media that they can track conversion through. And you've got the likes of Amazon who globally made 31 billion as an ad platform last year, basically off the back of being able to track transactions and conversions. So they're a closed looped media business, which is absolutely valuable. And it's something a lot of the major publish publishers actually can't do. And you sort of start to see that and you start to see the evolution of some really big retailers, particularly you see it here with Cartology and Kohl's and Chemist Warehouse, but you also see in the US with the likes of Walmart and Kroger and Albertsons that are building their own retail media networks and making some serious headway to be able to compete in this media space with the likes of Amazon. So I think when we look at what are we actually solving in this space is we're making it super easy for retailers to turn into intermediate publishers, number one. That's the critical mission that we're on. And we're also making it really easy for brands to access inventory that they have never been able to access in the past.Tim Burrowes:Well, which is a great moment then I suppose to firstly, maybe give us some examples where you're allowed to talk about them, about some retail brands and supplies you've got on board. And maybe just give me a practical example or two of how in this new environment a message might reach a consumer in a way it wouldn't have done before.Troy Townsend:Yeah, well I think, I mean, we're moving into the age of real personalization. And I mean, I've talked about personalization through the last 10 years of my journey, but this is really, really exciting, number one, for a brand. Being able to access a cohort of users that buy their product or similar products of theirs through retailers to be able to directly come in contact with them.Tim Burrowes:So give me a sort of example of the sort of brand you're thinking of.Troy Townsend:Yeah. So, so let's talk about Diageo as an example. So Diageo have spent money with their retailers. We can look at the likes of, let's use Thirsty Camel as an example. Now they've got trade contracts in place with those guys. They've typically bought media through traditional realms, like they've bought in store wobblers, they've bought catalog. Really catalog was sort of 1.0 of retail media. And now what you're seeing is this transition to them starting to buy digital assets. So they're actually going on and buying keywords like they would on Google on Thirsty Camel's website, which in turn then when someone comes in to type in a certain craft beer, for example, that craft beer is giving them first slot on the products that actually surface within their transition to buy. So really what we're starting to see is that brands are being able to access inventory as close to the point of purchase than they've ever been able to access in the past, which is obviously really valuable for the brand.Troy Townsend:And then you've got the retailers that already have those assets in place. They already have the ability to search on their website. They have the ability to surface products, but they're actually giving the retail the ability to monetize that. So they can not only drive a better customer experience, but they can also start to create a new revenue stream to be able to compete against the likes of an Amazon, for example. So I think that's the really exciting bit of this space is it's a win, win, win. So it's a win for the brand because the brand actually gets to advertise to the specific audience at the point of purchase and be able to track to conversion. Number two for the retailer, it's super exciting because they now have the ability to really change the media landscape and change the way they do business to be able to compete against an Amazon of the world that they haven't been able to compete against in the past.Troy Townsend:And three for the consumer, I think this space really drives personalization. So when the consumer is browsing on a website or getting an EDM or looking at content across Facebook or across Google, they're getting a purely personalized experience to deliver an ad that is highly optimized for them as an individual, which I think the likes of Facebook and Google have done this really, really well over the last 10 years. And I think this is going to be the next iteration of personalization that comes through through the media landscape.Jack Byrne:Just to add to that point, I think there's another win in there. Obviously we spoke about the win from a brand or win from the consumer, win from the retailer, but there's also a win for the media and the platforms that particularly for Zitcha that we've identified that from a media supplier or a wall garden and a retailer, we consider as a publisher, but there's the ability to transact. And that transaction, the ease to transact within the ecosystem's really important. So ultimately if you can tie that transaction to an actual physical transaction in store or online, then it's more accountable media and more attribution towards media, and that's better for everyone as well.Tim Burrowes:Well, you both touched on that accountability or sort of measurement point, which is probably just worth exploring a bit more. So what data or information or signals are you able to give a brand that wouldn't have been possible before?Troy Townsend:Number one, the signals that they're being able to see is they're going to be able to see the signals from the individual retailers customers. So most brands that don't have a direct to customer approach have never really been able to use any of the real data of understanding the retailers customers, but this, number one, gives them access to be able to use that, which in turn gives them better opportunity to spend, number one, across the retailers, what we classify their own assets. So the assets that they own internally. So website, email, in store screens, all of these things that they haven't ever had access to in the past. But it also gives them access to utilize those audiences across Meta. So Facebook and Instagram, Google YouTube, Pinterest, Snap, TikTok. So think about all these wall gardens that are really built off the back of having strong cohorts and strong first party to be able to get the best out of them. These brands now have access to be able to utilize that through their retailers.Tim Burrowes:And the brands and presumably retailers as well are obviously very sensitive about their own data. How do you make them comfortable that you are also protecting their data at the same time?Troy Townsend:Yeah, I mean, I think that's a huge one. I think a lot of retailers at the moment are sort of working around, like how do they build a retail network? How do they make sure that they're protecting their first party and the data that they have to not only differentiate them to other retailers, but also to make sure that they've got maximum value and they've got maximum control. So, we built Zitcha with a view of really building for the retailer, making sure that we're helping them structure their data, but we're not actually touching the data that they're sitting on. And also the brands are not able to take their data and use it for other things. It's all very structured and connected in a way that they can utilize the data as they build their ad units, but there's no sharing of data outside of that.Troy Townsend:So, I think a big part that we're seeing now is retailers want to be in control of and feel really comfortable and confident in this space. And that's one thing that we've made sure is happening is to make sure that they're in full control of the data that they have and who they share that data with as well. So that can be very specific on certain cohorts they have to certain brands that get to utilize that. Not everyone gets to utilize that. Really sort of helping them sort of really control not only the surfaces that they want to sell, but also how they utilize the data that connects with those surfaces.Tim Burrowes:Well, Jack, let me bring you in a bit as well. Maybe let's just talk a bit of an overview of the sector itself, sort of retail media. One of the kind of announcements we've seen shortly before we record this is Woolworth's or Cartology, which is their kind of retail shopper arm, buying shopper media for a headline of $150 million. So there's a lot going on in the sector generally. What do you see as the key developments? What's been driving this market in the last few years?Jack Byrne:Being closest to the customer is the job for every marketing manager or agency globally, right? So once the retailer in question identifies that and invests in that, whether it's building the cohorts and what we are seeing from a retailer perspective, the really good ones are spending the time and money and resources in actually building out their data sets first. Because understanding the cohorts within the retailer element, you are able to put different values on the different cohorts. And the ones that are doing really well will benefit the most. So that's what we are seeing the first and foremost. The likes of what Cartology has done, really smart move from their perspective, in my view. It adds another part to their ecosystem that they can sell against. Owning that asset, selling that asset at a 90% margin. The payback on that investment will be pretty quick, I'd imagine.Jack Byrne:So again, really, it's a big deal in our landscape. Payback is fabulous. And from our perspective, again, we totally support it because it got to a point that when Cartology launched back in 2019, I know from a Hatched perspective, and we've got FMCG clients, then generally what we saw is the likes of a Cartology and whatnot, they're the first ones to go on a media schedule. They're the first ones, because it's a no brainer that you want to target the customers close to the point of sale. But there were still challenges. And the challenges that we saw with that is from an operational perspective, because a lot of it's still very manual. It's still very closed to agencies whereby the predominantly what we are seeing is retailer and supplier having their trade marketing budgets being tied into their overall contracts. And then actually what's happening at the retailers end, it's all a manual programming of YouTube, manual all of that is very high touch from resourcing, from human beings, and otherwise.Jack Byrne:And one of the problems that we're trying to solve is that operational side of things. Going, okay, you max out inventory really quickly and you max out capacity really quickly based on the fact that it's human led. So where Zitcha comes into it is really by adding in an ecosystem play across the likes of Meta and Google and YouTube, which is all built in, then A- the inventory's unlimited. And then also from a human perspective, they can start talking to the long tail of suppliers whereby previously they're probably, they're monetizing say 20% of their customer base or their supply base until they max out their inventory and their capacity. So what we are doing is providing these retailers with a long list of suppliers, the ability to actually access a hundred percent of them and monetize a hundred percent of them and maximize the opportunity for them. So that's what we're seeing.Tim Burrowes:Okay. Now, just before we drill a bit more into your business model, Troy, something I wanted to just come back to that you mentioned earlier, Amazon. Something like $31 billion around the world as a retail media outlet, as an advertising outlet effectively, yet my sense is in Australia they haven't had the same level of impact. Firstly, I suppose I'll be curious whether you agree with that. But secondly, I wonder if you do, if you have a feeling on why that is?Troy Townsend:Yeah. I mean, I don't have the direct numbers in front of me, but they are definitely making an impact year on year here in Australia. They're definitely growing quite rapidly. I think that the $31 billion is a big number and obviously we're only, Australia's only a very small part of that from an opportunity perspective as well. But, I think what you'll find is that they're going to, they're picking up steam quite rapidly. I mean, I think their entrance into the market was a bit slower than what everyone first thought they were going to be. But I feel like they are slowly, but surely, and slowly, but surely is probably not the right word. I think they're creeping up on everyone. And I think that we are going to start sort of start to see the impact of that, which we're starting to see on the flip side of Amazon. I think, I think retailers are really starting to see them as a clear competitive threat, which they've talked about for years, ever since they sort of came into the Australian market. But I think definitely now they're looking at how do they really combat against them as a business.Tim Burrowes:Okay. Well, we've talked a bit about how you solve the problem for the industry, which obviously is a service. I guess the other part of the equation is in order for you to be around, you've got to make a dollar. Should I crudely think of you as an ad network? Is that really the method that you make your money?Troy Townsend:Yeah, I mean, I think we are, like at DSP for retailers basically. So we make it very simple for them to bring their inventory to market and deliver that inventory to specific suppliers and specific brands. So that is probably how you would look at it. I think in the stage that we're in within the market is retailers bringing their inventory to market. I see in the US, these things starting to come where there's multiple retail media networks coming to market with individual retailers where brands are going well, how am I comparing apples to apples or apples to oranges? And I think you're going to start to see a bit more, which we're starting to look at is like aggregation of how do we make it really simple to buy across multiple retailers.Troy Townsend:So I think the big piece is making it very simple on both sides. Being on the retailer side to bring their assets and control the inventory that they have. And I think, to Jack's point earlier around Cartology, the purchase of is really they're buying more inventory, they're buying a broader subset. So, as a brand, makes the Cartology model a lot more appealing when I can buy in store, I can buy on online, I can buy sort of their digital out of home as well. So, I think these guys are really starting to ramp up the fact that they're media businesses and adding value into the brands. And I think from our perspective is, in Australia as we start to see more networks come to market, that's going to be one thing, but making this space uncomplicated is going to be a very, very big unique offering in market. Because I think, in the US, I was in the US last week at a retail media conference. And they just talked about how this space can be overly complicated from a brand perspective. And I think there's a job to be done as the space really grows to make it really easy for everyone to be able to use and spend and continue to spend in the space.Tim Burrowes:And just drilling a bit more into the business model. So effectively you clip the ticket of each placement, that's your main business model.Troy Townsend:That's correct. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. We take a percentage of the media.Tim Burrowes:And those are on standard terms?Troy Townsend:Yeah. So we take a clip of the media that goes through the platform. So it makes it really, I mean, it's an easy one for most retailers to understand. They can work out what margin they're going to make. And it's a nice, simple transaction. And it is on standard terms with the retailer. That's where we set up the model. We're not directly with the brand.Tim Burrowes:And what are those terms? What percentage clip is yours?Troy Townsend:So varies based on the size of the media. So it can be anywhere from 10% down to 4% depending on where it plays.Tim Burrowes:Okay. Now let me bring Jack back in, because I think this is a good one for where you span the two worlds of media agencies as well. I'm sort of wondering whether Zitcha is a friend or potential foe for agencies and that's a question partly inspired by a guest post I recently read in Avenues from Troy. I'll read out the headline for our audience. Headline is, "Retail media could provide your agency new revenue stream", but then it's the second part of the headline which intrigues me, "or could cut your lunch". And then the final line of the piece from Troy is again making that similar argument, "All this ultimately means more billable time. And isn't it better if clients on both sides talk to you rather than going direct to the retailers and cutting you out of the action". Now that sounds like...Jack Byrne:Very controversial don't you think, Troy?Tim Burrowes:Yeah. I'm intrigued by it, because it does sound like a bit of a mixed message to media agencies that maybe you are going to be taking a slice of the action away from them.Jack Byrne:Yeah, sure. Well, I'll take this obviously with the media agency background, because it's something that the whole world of retail media, if I was to be frank, scared the s**t out of me. As an agency model where we are a service based business in the service based industry where FMCG clients and suppliers of retailers, where's the value that a agency can provide to ensure that our existence is there in the first place. But ultimately there's two ways to go about it. Is accepting that fact or from an agency perspective and something that we're really leaning into at Hatched is embracing it and building out services that surround it. Because as Troy alluded to it earlier, the retail media space is growing rapidly. We're still very much in the infancy. And it's the retailers themselves aren't yet quite organized to, you see the Cartology, you see Coles media. In Australia, it's very easy to kind of get blinded by that. But if you look at tier two, tier threes, even other retailers in the tier one space, you've got the merge teams and you've got the marketing teams, but no one really owns the media teams.Jack Byrne:And then the same from an agency space, what can you add value? And ultimately what's going to happen once all of these retailers get organized and have retail media platforms and retail media networks to buy into, then you got to flip your head into the brand's perspective and go, well, where do I get the best return? And it goes back to the genesis of a media agency in the first place is helping the clients navigate a tricky landscape. Brands are, they know the retail media space, they value the retail media space, but they might not know how to navigate the retail media space.Jack Byrne:And ultimately, one thing that you'll see Hatched doing is really delving deep into not only Zitcha, but the likes of Amazon. Amazon is coming and you'd be stupid to think that they're not coming. They have been here for a while. They are growing year on year, month on month, but it's a lot of suppliers don't know how to navigate them. So it's understanding that as a view will give you an idea as to where the benefit is from an agency perspective, because there are services and requirements to wrap around the proliferation of the technology that will ultimately either benefit you or you let someone else do it. And you look at the Publicis acquisition of Citrus last year. They paid $205 million for a platform and they've wrapped it into their Epsilon product. And all of a sudden Epsilon Publicis they've got a strong point of difference within the marketplace that can talk to retailers and supplies alike.Jack Byrne:Now you've got no one else left to buy and it's not to say that we'll be sold or bought or even were for sale for any of the agency networks, but we can certainly work with them. And that's the interesting part.Tim Burrowes:Well, I'm amused by it, as soon as you started saying you weren't for sale, a big smile came onto Troy's face. Because we can see each other on video, although this is only an audio podcast, which I suppose is a good point for me to sort of raise that question to Troy or to both of you is I guess one of the points of The Unmakers podcast is yes, we're talking about industry models useful to the industry. And I think maybe we also have an audience of people, I hope we do, who are interested investing in new things as well. And I presume that once you have an idea like this, in order to scale, it takes investment. So I'm wondering, Troy, what you see as the barriers to scaling or where you need to invest. I mean, the thing that occurred to me obviously was it feels like you'd need a sales force and if you're going to go global, that means a global sales force.Troy Townsend:Yeah. Yeah. I mean, definitely I think like any tech business, you need to invest in the product, the R and D and your sales team and your marketing. So, we've got it to a point where we've been in a great position to be able to self-funded to today. But we definitely understand that to scale and grow fast, this opportunity is time sensitive and that takes capital. So yeah, we are definitely in the process of capital raising at the moment for the business. So hopefully we'll close that off pretty shortly. But definitely this business is set to grow outside of the geography of Australia and New Zealand. And we definitely have a global first mindset and we're being very focused on understanding where this space is moving in different markets, bigger markets in Australia, Southeast Asia, the US, Europe, South America. Like this space is at its infancy across all of those markets with not a heap of competitive pressure right now. I would think that competitive pressure will come over time. And I think the next sort of 12 to 24 months is going to be really critical for us to get our position in market and get the opportunity moving.Tim Burrowes:And this round of capital raising. Are you still open to more conversations? Are you closing off the conversations you are having?Troy Townsend:Yeah, definitely. Yeah, no, we're pretty close to closing off this round, but I think capital raising is something that lasts the length of your business. So we're at sort of what we would classify as seed and we'll do a series A and we'll sort of see where the business moves. There's a huge opportunity. If you look at this globally, this is a hundred, BDC say it's a $100 billion opportunity. I think it's bigger than that. And for us, it's about how do we really capitalize on that opportunity as quickly as possible. So definitely anyone that is that's looking to invest in this space, we're definitely open for conversations over the full journey of the business, to be honest.Tim Burrowes:And how do they reach you?Troy Townsend:I mean, they can send me an email at troy@zitcha.com if they want to reach out or it's at jack@zitcha.com.Tim Burrowes:Z-I-T-C-H-A.Troy Townsend:Z-I-T-C-H-A.com. Yep. That's right. Yep.Tim Burrowes:And I guess typically for seed, you might look at raising half a million dollars or something. Is that the sort of number you are looking to?Troy Townsend:No, it's quite a ways north of half a million. We've funded it to a point where seed is based on, it's going to be the first layer of investment in the business, but we've built the business to not a bad size. So we're not really early, but we're still early within the journey of the opportunity.Jack Byrne:Yeah. And just to add to that, I mean, we've already put a couple of mill into this to build it. And we can continue to self fund it now. And we expect to be profitable pretty quickly, like within the next 12 months. So a tech business to be profitable is quite rare in these days, but it's also what's rising through the cream and the blood birth that is out there. But we are choosing to do a raise now because of the land grab and because of the opportunity that comes with a platform that's been in development for two years. It's got revenue, it's got media going through the platform. And really it's a chance for us in the next 12 to 18 months to really build a moat around us and get the runs on the board and go hard.Jack Byrne:And that international markets is really important to us because it's very easy to get caught up in the worlds of what we see in Australia being the Cartology and the Kohl's meter and be blinded by two small parties. But you look at other markets where in the US for instance, the size of a Kohl's is, there's 50 Kohl's and that's just on the Eastern sea, and so we've got to be smart about where we put our time in the next 12 months, not just our resources.Tim Burrowes:Now you make a good point, Jack, on the tech valuations blood bath. There's been a fair bit reported recently that valuations for investment rounds are kind of down as a result. What valuation have you put on the business?Jack Byrne:We haven't got to valuation at the moment. The template or the mode that we are going is more in a note, but that will depend on who we're getting involved in at the end. At the moment, we're just rallying up all interested parties to come to the table, to work out who the best are for us. And it's important that point is delivered that ultimately we need, we want our partners to really lean into the opportunity and really open up opportunities, not only locally, but internationally as well. The instrument that we're using will be determined by the people that are at the table by the end of it. Now, we could easily oversubscribe at the moment. Again, we're being smarter, we're in no rush to be able to take on investment. And at 50/50, our cap table is pretty clean with Troy and I, and it's something that we value our independence and we value being able to make the decisions that are best for staff and the best for clients. And that independence is something that we value highly because it's ultimately what will determine our success in the future. So that's something that we'll continue to do.Tim Burrowes:And that sounds presumably then that you're not really talking kind of the traditional kind of venture capital type investment, necessarily. If that's the route you're going. What sort of people have invested?Jack Byrne:Well at the moment, just Troy and I are the ones that have invested. But we are talking to venture capital. There's a lot of interest in this space. So we are not closing the door to anyone because some venture capitals have people that invest in their funds that are well off in the retail media space or the retail space. Or they might have access to markets that we aren't in yet. It's really, it's open to anyone. And it's a two way conversation. We're just not taking the money and running with it. It's not money that we need. It's more partners and someone that we want to work with. That's something that Troy and I, we've been in the game long enough to go, there's plenty of money if you ask for it. It's just the right money. And that's what we are being mindful of at the moment, is taking the right money from the right partners and going from there.Tim Burrowes:And clearly where partners invest, they also at least want a sense of what their possible exit options are. Obviously, we talked about the likes of Citrus being picked up by a global holding company. What are the potential route for you down the track, do you think?Troy Townsend:Yeah, so I think the critical thing that we're looking at is building a really successful, sustainable business being the first point. But I think really this space is, trade sale is one thing similar to Citrus. But this space is big enough for IPO. There's real opportunity. And we sort of see this base being independent and really driving that independence. Sky's the limit. We're right at the very start of something that I think is going to be very large. It'll just be, it'll be interesting to see how the different opportunity of different people that are probably looking to acquire or get something in this space changes over the next sort of 2, 3, 4 years. I think strategics are definitely keen in this space.Troy Townsend:How do they catch up quickly and how do they buy into this space or buy some technology? You're obviously seeing the big media networks, there're either looking at building or buying in this space as well, to even the big publishers. The Googles and the Facebooks of the world are going to obviously have a keen eye on where this space goes and how it plays out. So, I think it's going to be an interesting journey as we move through it.Tim Burrowes:Well, final question for me. If we check in again in a year's time, where will the business be at?Troy Townsend:In a year's time, I think, I mean, definitely we are going to be in multi market business. We've sort of had the ability to incubate in this space in Australia and New Zealand, but definitely we'll be in multiple markets outside of this space. I think we should be at the process of the space being sort of further progressed. And obviously from our perspective, having a lot more retailers connected in, but really we want to get to the space of being really focused on driving great brand experiences and fully automating the media mix modeling of this space to sort of really differentiate against anyone else in the market. So, 12 months is a long time, but it goes quickly when you're trying to you build and grow.Tim Burrowes:And Jack, let me bring you in as well, because I presume for you, you'll have to decide at some point if this rocket ship takes off, then you are going to have to step away from Hatched don't you?Jack Byrne:Well, luckily I've got very good staff in both organizations to carry me, because I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut. But the one thing that I will add to Troy's point in the next 12 months is we, the world talks of retail media, but we don't talk just to retailers. Anyone that has first party data that is of value and has assets, and that asset could be digital screens in multiple venues. It could be an e-com, it could be a whole bunch of different. It could be an email database that could be worth monetizing. We are currently talking to adjacent industries and adjacent businesses to empower them the same way that we are doing with retailers. So within the next 12 months, you'll start seeing this breakout a little bit more beyond just retailers and that's what is really exciting because then you can start creating networks and like minded networks that are all attached to data that is built in similar structures and whatnot, and getting closer to the point of sale. That's really exciting to me in terms of building into green fields that people aren't really talking to. But that's certainly where our view is in the next 12 months, you'll start seeing a bit of that too.Tim Burrowes:Well, we'll check in and see. Troy and Jack, thank you very much for your time.Jack Byrne:Thanks for having us.Troy Townsend:Thanks Tim.Tim Burrowes:Thanks for listening to the Unmakers from Unmade. If you are an Unmaker, I'd love to talk to you. Email me, Tim@unmade.media. Audio production on Media Unmade was courtesy of Abe's Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers and sound design for corporate videos, digital content, commercials and podcasts.Message us: letters@unmade.media This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.unmade.media/subscribe

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Nathan Murphy is joined by the Irish Independent's Dan McDonnell to discuss Ireland's start to the Nations League campaign. Jack Byrne & Jamie Finn also stop by to discuss Aviva's #LaceUpWithPride campaign. Football with @SkyIreland

Jack Byrne reacts to Ireland's loss to Ukraine and talks about why he supports #LaceUpWithPride. Ian Keatley gives his verdict on the URC while Shep talks to us about the decision by the PGA Tour to suspend the players involved in the breakaway LIV series. And Clare Shine talks to Marie about her new book "Scoring Goals in the Dark".

Delighted to be joined by Shamrock Rovers midfielder Jack Byrne and his life long good friend Niall Flynn. The lads discuses everything from Jack father passing at a young age, his footballing journey so far and his thoughts on making another Irish panel under Stephen Kenny. 

Graham Gartland and RTÉ soccer correspondent Tony O'Donoghue join Raf Diallo to discuss the weekend's LOI and WNL action including Shamrock Rovers' derby win over Bohs, Jack Byrne's Ireland chances as well as Liverpool, Man City and Stephen Ward's career as the ex-Ireland defender retires.

Dundalk emerge empty handed from Tallaght as an experimental line up loses out to the hoops by the games only goal. We discuss how Stephen O'Donnell's tactical gambit was a reasonable approach which could have paid off but was ultimately undone not by our selection or shape by an ongoing challenged to control the possession and a rare moment of quality from Rovers talisman Jack Byrne.

In a special one-off podcast for St Patrick’s Day 2022, we interview Jack Byrne, Liverpool-Irish author of The Liverpool Mysteries. “Across The Water“, the second part of this trilogy and sequel to “Under The Bridge” is published by Northodox Press today and sees Vinnie and Anne journeying to Ireland to discover the truth nature of…

We first sat down with Liverpudlian, Jack Byrne back in Season 2 when we talked about his first novel: Under the Bridge. You can catch that episode here: Jack Byrne: Mystery Writer. Now Jack is back with the second installment of his Liverpool Mystery Series - Across the Water which continues the story of Paddy and Vinnie Connolly. The action moves from Liverpool to Wicklow as Vinnie traces the story of his long-deceased father against a backdrop of corruption and political violence.Join Martin Nutty in conversation with Jack as they talk about the new book and how the violence of The Troubles touched Jack's family in the worst possible way. LinksFacebookTwitterBook 1: Under the BridgeBook 2: Across the Water

Former Cobh Ramblers and Waterford United Manager Stephen Henderson joined host Roy Shanahan and Nathan Doyle to discuss all things League of Ireland, Including.... - Flares or No Flares, That is the question! - St Pat's & Bohemians ground share? - Chris Forrester or Jack Byrne in your team? - February Player Of The Month And a whole lot more!

Shamrock Rovers star Jack Byrne joined John, Dan and Johnny in studio this afternoon for OTB Football Saturday. They discussed sportswashing, last night's League of Ireland, abuse of referees, and looked ahead to tomorrow's Manchester Derby. @SkyIreland

Shamrock Rovers star Jack Byrne joined John, Dan and Johnny in studio this afternoon for OTB Football Saturday. They discussed sportswashing, last night's League of Ireland, abuse of referees, and looked ahead to tomorrow's Manchester Derby. @SkyIreland

Vinny Perth joined Ger and Eoin on OTB AM for a chat around the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland season so far! They discussed Jack Byrne's wonder-goal for Rovers last night, the best stadiums in the country, and ways in which we can improve LOI coverage. #OTBAM is live every morning with with Gillette Labs | #EffortlessFlow Catch up on the latest sports stories on Monday morning with OTB AM. OTB AM is the sports breakfast show from Off The Ball – live weekday mornings from 7:30-10:00 am across the OTB channels. You can subscribe to the OTB AM podcast wherever you get your podcasts across the OTB Podcast Network. via iTunes via ">Spotify via GoLoud

Shamrock Rovers star Jack Byrne spoke with Nathan Murphy after his side's 3-1 SSE Airtricity Premier Division win over Drogheda United at Tallaght Stadium last night. #OTBAM is live every morning with with Gillette Labs | #EffortlessFlow Catch up on the latest sports stories on Monday morning with OTB AM. OTB AM is the sports breakfast show from Off The Ball – live weekday mornings from 7:30-10:00 am across the OTB channels. You can subscribe to the OTB AM podcast wherever you get your podcasts across the OTB Podcast Network. via iTunes via ">Spotify via GoLoud

Welcome to The OTB Lunchtime Wrap, a look at the top sports stories of the day at lunchtime, with Phil Egan of OTB Sports. We bring you the latest sports news and what's happening today. You can also tune into OTB, our daily sports show from 7pm - where we've reaction, news, and analysis of all today's sport - watch or listen live across OTB Sports.

Welcome to Tuesday's #OTBAM podcast - Ger and Eoin, bringing you your sports breakfast fix. Rugby analyst, Ross Hamilton to talk through some of the big stats in the Six Nations so far. Irish sprinter, Molly Scott relives breaking the national record and Eoin brings his latest installment of the GAA Power Rankings, will Dublin fall again? Vinny Perth joins the lads in studio to look back at Monday night football in the League of Ireland. Timestamps and topics below. (01:00) – Kickoff with Ger & Eoin (13:30) – Jack Byrne (21:00) – Power Rankings (40:20) – Ross Hamilton (60:00) – Sports Pages (1:09:30) – Sports News (01:20:00) – Molly Scott (01:43:30) – Vinny Perth Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #BestFaceForward

Lisa Fallon and Paul Corry join Raf Diallo and James McMahon to preview the new Women's National League season, react to Monday's SSE Airtricity League matches including Jack Byrne magic and a rogue sprinkler, and discuss Ireland captain Katie McCabe's FA Cup wonder goal.

Jack Byrne is the founder and Managing Director of Hatched Media. Jack is unusual because he took the bold step of starting and actively running a media agency without having any experience of working in one. What's more, he's made a great success of it - Hatched is now recognised as a rising star in the independent agency sector. Jack shares his personal journey, what motivates him as a business leader, his sliding door moments and what he makes of the industry today and into the future. https://www.trinityp3.com/2022/02/starting-media-agency-with-no-experience/

Republic of Ireland midfielder Jack Byrne chats to Raf Diallo and Conor Neville about returning to Shamrock Rovers, APOEL in Cyprus, what he has made of Stephen Kenny's Ireland from afar and memories of interacting with Sergio Aguero as a Manchester City academy player.

A trans and non-binary researcher says it felt amazing watching a bill that will ease the process of changing the sex on someone's birth certificate pass its final reading. The legislation passed under unanimous support from all political parties. It means people will no longer require proof of medical treatment - or have to persuade a court - to correct their sex. Human rights researcher and trans and non-binary health survey, Counting Ourselves, co-investigator Jack Byrne spoke to Susie Ferguson.

A trans and non-binary researcher says it felt amazing watching a bill that will ease the process of changing the sex on someone's birth certificate pass its final reading. The legislation passed under unanimous support from all political parties. It means people will no longer require proof of medical treatment - or have to persuade a court - to correct their sex. Human rights researcher and trans and non-binary health survey, Counting Ourselves, co-investigator Jack Byrne spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Ireland international Jack Byrne comes in to talk to us about his journey in football, going from playing under Patrick Viera at Man City to playing in Holland, the Championship and eventually playing for Ireland. He talks about the personal struggles he faced as he moved between clubs, and why he finally decided he wanted to move home. He also talks to us about how Irish football can move to the next level and he tells us some of the best players he played with and against

Host Roy Shanahan and Sports Writer Nathan Doyle discuss all the weeks League of Ireland stories..... It's been a week of rumours and transfer activity... Jack Byrne returns to Shamrock Rovers. - Danny Mandroiu on the move? - The clear-out continues at Dundalk with Jim Magilton leaving the club. - A quick mention to Ollie Horgan. Recently became the longest serving manager in one spell in Finn Harps history. Shelbourne won WNL, FAI Cup final clash with Wexford this weekend. - Fan Question - Who would we class as underrated in the league? *PD final day and FD play-off final all taking place

Will O'Callaghan was joined by Ronan Mullen and Richie McCormack to run through the day's biggest sports stories on Thursday's Off The Ball.  In association with Gillette UK | #BestFaceForward

On OTB Football Saturday this afternoon we took a look ahead to Luxembourg v Republic Ireland, and discussed Stephen Kenny's future. We also talked Solskjaer's situation at Manchester United, and Jack Byrne links back to Shamrock Rovers. Former Irish international striker Simon Cox, Dan McDonnell of the Irish Independent, and Johnny Ward joined John Duggan.

Big tech was in focus this week, with both Google and Facebook dropping Q3 financials, as well as a focus on the Metaverse and Google's anti-trust case. (2:40) News Corp also released its annual report, with bumper profits, calling Foxtel and REA its prized Australian assets, with Foxtel also presenting its 2022 Upfronts. (21:28) After the news, an interview with Amplified Intelligence's Karen Nelson-Field, Hatched Media's managing director Jack Byrne and head of planning, Andrew Pascoe.(30:11)

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Roy Shanahan and Nathan Doyle from thebigkickoff.com chat about this weeks League of Ireland Stories - Dalymount Park Capacity - We take a look at the 2nd round of the FAI Cup which kicks off this weekend - Jack Byrne on the move from APOEL? Surely a LOI return is off the table? - Wigan remind other EFL clubs against sectarian chants aimed at McClean. - Fan Question - What do we think about the new centenary Ireland Jersey?

On this week's episode of Pulling Favours, the lads are joined by Republic of Ireland international, Jack Byrne to talk about his football career to date.  From making an impression at Manchester City to the doldrums of the lower leagues to earning a move to Cyprus after finding himself in the League of Ireland, Jack opens up on everything else in between.  He also talks about international ambitions and a mental chairman from his career! You can check out the boys on Instagram - @pullingfavours 

It's an esports bonanza with our upcoming Extratime.ie spports Cup for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. And we get the prospect and quite a bit of trash talk fromThe players involved - Ronan Coughlan (12.35), Daire O'Connor (16.21), Keith Ward (22.03), Jack Byrne (25.59), Tyreke Wilson (29.00) and Cameron Saul (31.43). Host Declan Marron and Dave Donnelly also chat about the further delay to Irish Football until mid June and how you can help out clubs in the meantime.(2.50)Donate to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland:https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/11384612_extratime-ie-esports-cup-page.htmlHow To Help Your LOI Club Guide:https://www.extratime.ie/articles/24630/how-to-help-your-league-of-ireland-club-financially-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown---a-guide/Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/X8X6D5R1)

Former Wexford and Galway United Manager and LOI expert Shane Keegan joined Jamie Moore to talk about Jack Byrne's Ireland debut, Stephen Kenny's Ireland U21 stars, the battle for Europe and to avoid relegation and the huge Shelbourne Drogheda United First Division game