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UTV Launching New Republic of Ireland TV Channel, Creating 100 Jobs |
| 08 Nov 2013 | 6th November 2013
UTV have submitted an application to the BAI for the creation of a new channel in the Republic of Ireland, creating over 100 new jobs across offices based in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford by the time of going to air in 2015.
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Budget Changes to Irish Tax Incentive Welcomed by Irish Film Industry |
| 15 Oct 2013 | The Government has announced an improvement to Ireland’s S.481 tax incentive scheme in the budget – extending it to apply to non-EU talent working in Ireland & moving forward the promised increase in its value to 2015. |
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Sky Broadband Officially Named New 'Late Late Show' Sponsor |
| 23 Aug 2013 | Sky Broadband has been officially named the new sponsor of ‘The Late Late Show’, replacing Liberty Insurance after the expiration of their four-year sponsorship deal. |
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'The Irish Pub' Gets Irish Cinema Release Date of 4th October |
| 22 Aug 2013 | ‘The Irish Pub’, a heart-warming documentary film exploring the unique place in Irish society of pubs as places for a great chat and sense of community, is being released by Element Pictures in cinemas from 4th October. |
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TV3 Seeks Soap Opera and Invites Irish & UK Production Companies to Pitch Ideas |
| 22 Aug 2013 | TV3 want to commission their first-ever soap opera and are inviting Irish and UK production companies to pitch ideas, via a formal tendering process which will be launched next month. |
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RTÉ Appoints John McHugh as Head of Entertainment |
| 21 Aug 2013 | RTÉ today announced the appointment of John McHugh - Executive Producer of The Late Late Show since 2012 - to the position of Head of Entertainment, following an internal competition. |
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RTE and TV3 Both Respond to BAI Review of RTE Future Funding |
| 19 Jul 2013 | RTE Director General Noel Curran and TV3 Chief Executive David McRedmond have both responded to the BAI’s recommendations for future funding for RTE and TG4 over the next five years. |
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Tyrone Productions Sells ‘Date with Fate’ Format to Ukrainian Broadcaster |
| 19 Jul 2013 | Tyrone Productions, the Belfast and Dublin-based production company, and FremantleMedia have sold the format to their TV dating show ‘Date with Fate’ to Ukrainian commercial broadcaster 1+1 Group. |
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‘Love/Hate’ to Reach UK Audiences on Channel 5 from 24th July |
| 11 Jul 2013 | ‘Love/Hate’ - RTE’s biggest success story of recent years and winner of 13 IFTA awards - will give UK viewers the chance to experience the crime drama for themselves from 24th July, as season one begins on Channel 5. |
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BAI Publishes Latest Broadcasting Complaints Decisions |
| 27 Jun 2013 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has released its most recent broadcasting complaints decisions - in which the Compliance Committee upheld two complaints and rejected four others. |
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Saoirse Ronan named Guest of Honour for Galway Film Fleadh 2013 |
| 04 Jun 2013 | Fresh from her haunting performance as a vampire in Neil Jordan’s ‘Byzantium’, Saoirse Ronan has been confirmed as a guest of honour at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh and will give this year’s ‘Public Interview’ in the Town Hall theatre on Sunday, 14th July. |
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HBV Studios, Multilingual & Digital Media experts, Launch New Website |
| 28 May 2013 | HBV Studios - specialists in multilingual services for the digital media sector - have expanded their Dublin-based operations with a newly launched website and audio-video production portfolio which now covers over 35 languages. |
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'The Art of Media Monitoring' |
| 05 Mar 2013 | Media buzz - whether in print, broadcast or online - can make or break a TV show or organisation, a reality that is well understood by Kantar Media, experts in media intelligence monitoring. Dan Halliwell explains how the company has evolved since its inception in 2002, from the early days of electronically scanning press clippings to the current age of social media in which all content must now be analysed to gauge public reaction. |
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Daily Bite: The Third ‘Hobbit’ Film Delayed By Six Months |
| 01 Mar 2013 | See what else is happening in film & TV industries around the world. |
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Irish Film Board Links Up With WME To Promote Ireland Overseas |
| 25 Feb 2013 | The Irish Film Board has announced a new association with leading US talent agency William Morris Endeavour, which will see the agency promoting Ireland as a key filming location. |
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Daily Bite: ITV Player, Entertainment One, Oscars News & More |
| 22 Feb 2013 | See what else is happening in film & TV industries around the world. |
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‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ Production Company Below The Radar Sold By Ten Alps |
| 22 Feb 2013 | Northern Irish production company Below The Radar has been bought back from Ten Alps Media Group, by executive producers Michael Fanning and Máire Bhreathnach. |
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Berlinale Diary: Ripple World Pictures Attends The Berlinale Co-production Market |
| 21 Feb 2013 | Ripple World Pictures co-founder and producer Jacqueline Kerrin attended last week’s Berlinale Co-production Market, where she and her colleagues Dominic Wright and Marie-Claire Kerrin networked and pitched to some of the world’s top 450 producers, broadcast and studio representatives, financiers, sales agents and distributors. But was it worth it? |
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‘Love/Hate’ Optioned For A US Remake |
| 19 Feb 2013 | ‘Love/Hate’ looks set to become Ireland’s most successful home-produced TV series ever, as the drama has been optioned by a US sales agent which is pitching it to US broadcasters. |
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Daily Bite: BBC, WGA, Richard Briers & 'The Hardy Bucks Movie' News |
| 18 Feb 2013 | See what else is happening in film & TV industries around the world. |
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