The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced funding of €3.8m for 24 new television projects in the fifth funding round of their Sound & Vision scheme.
53 television applications were received from the sector, a decrease of 71 when compared to the previous round. In this round documentary projects fared well with 58% or €2.2m in funding proposed for documentaries dealing with the arts, biography, culture, history and music. Animation and children’s programming accounted for almost 30% of the funding allocated, with four programme proposals receiving support. Other genres which received funding included adult literacy, drama and sport.
30% of the total fund available was granted to Irish and bi-lingual programmes, and 61% of programmes funded will be shown on public service broadcasters, while the remaining 39% of programmes will be aired on a mix of commercial and community television.
The previous four rounds of Sound & Vision have seen the allocation of a cumulative total of over €40m for television since the scheme’s inception in October 2005. This latest round sees a drop in the overall size of the funds allocated, with €8.5m awarded in the 2007 round. Commenting on the announcement Chief Executive of the BCI, Michael O’Keeffe, said “The amount allocated reflects the reduced funding for the scheme in 2008, now that the backlog from previous years has been allocated. Prior to the commencement of this round we had engaged with broadcasters and applicants to advise them that the backlog had been cleared. Coupled with the fact that programme makers are still in the process of making programmes funded in previous rounds, the decline in the number of applications for this round is not surprising. However the quality of applications continues to rise, as evidenced by the allocation of 35% of the amount requested in the current round, which is up from 25% in round four.”
The deadline for the receipt of applications for the sixth round of Sound & Vision for radio has recently passed and in excess of 200 applications were received.
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Applicant |
Project Name |
Broadcaster |
Genre |
€ Award |
% of Prog budget |
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1 |
Borderline Productions Ltd. |
Show me the Mummy |
BBC NI |
Documentary - History |
100,000 |
41% |
2 |
Paul Flanagan |
Funky Lingo |
DCTV |
Children |
60,000 |
47% |
3 |
Brian Gray |
Pushers Out - The Story of Concerned Parents Against Drugs |
DCTV |
Documentary - History |
60,000 |
46% |
4 |
Bill Tyson |
The House |
DCTV |
Adult Literacy |
220,000 |
79% |
5 |
The Media Co-op /Near fm 101.6 |
Bunkered Irish Paintball Television |
DCTV |
Sport |
15,000 |
10% |
6 |
Bill Tyson |
Changing Faces |
DCTV |
Documentary - History |
15,000 |
18% |
7 |
P5TV |
The Meath 2008 Charity Cycle Challenge |
P5TV |
Sport |
14,500 |
89% |
8 |
The Organic Centre & Leitrim Media Centre |
Growing in Confidence |
P5TV |
Documentary - General |
36,000 |
89% |
9 |
Araby Productions |
Patrick Collins – Painter |
RTE |
Documentary - Arts |
91,000 |
69% |
10 |
Waldovision Ltd. |
Stanley Woods - Forgotten Hero |
RTE |
Sport |
120,000 |
80% |
11 |
Jam Media |
Roy |
RTE |
Animation |
500,000 |
10% |
12 |
RTE Television |
Out Of Their Skin |
RTE |
Children |
392,000 |
70% |
13 |
Roy Esmonde |
Keep The Home Fires Burning |
RTE |
Documentary - History |
111,000 |
69% |
14 |
Setanta Sports |
Sport Matters |
Setanta Sports |
Sport |
350,000 |
38% |
15 |
Glass Machine Productions |
An Páistí Beo Bocht |
TG4 |
Documentary - Biography |
104,000 |
43% |
16 |
Mac Dara Ó Curraidhin |
A Boatload of
Wild Irishmen |
TG4 |
Documentary - Biography |
100,000 |
62% |
17 |
Bandit Films |
Ag Teacht's Ag Imeacht Uaim |
TG4 |
Documentary - Biography |
80,000 |
80% |
18 |
Telegael Teo |
Aifric |
TG4 |
Children |
200,000 |
14% |
19 |
Wildfire Films |
Anseo |
TG4 |
Drama |
400,000 |
26% |
20 |
Sonas Productions |
Ceol na Réabhlódí |
TG4 |
Documentary - Music |
80,000 |
30% |
21 |
ArkHive Productions |
Aicíd |
TG4 / BBC NI |
Documentary - Nature |
90,000 |
58% |
22 |
Red Pepper Productions |
How the Irish
have Sex |
TV3 |
Documentary - Culture |
250,000 |
59% |
23 |
Short Comedy Theatre Company |
The History of
Irish Comedy |
TV3 |
Documentary - Culture |
220,000 |
88% |
24 |
Sideline Productions |
Living with Murder |
TV3 |
Documentary - General |
250,000 |
51% |
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