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LiveScore acquires Champions League rights package in Ireland; all matches to be streamed for free |
| 02 Jun 2021 | All 137 UEFA Champions League (UCL) matches will be available free-to-air on the LiveScore app for users in Ireland over the next three years. |
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Over €7m in funding under Sound and Vision Scheme announced by the BAI |
| 01 Jun 2021 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced details of the latest funding awards under the Sound & Vision 4 Broadcasting Funding Scheme. |
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Making an Impact: Creative Europe MEDIA's Investment in the Irish Industry (2014-2020) |
| 28 May 2021 | The MEDIA programme has invested €48 million in the Irish audiovisual industry since 1991 celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. |
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Shane Meadows to make first BBC series with Element Pictures |
| 19 May 2021 | Revered writer/director Shane Meadows will tackle his first ever television drama for the BBC with Ireland’s Oscar-nominated production company Element Pictures. |
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Amazon in talks to acquire MGM Studios in $9 billion takeover |
| 18 May 2021 | Global tech giant Amazon is reported to be preparing a $9 billion (€7.37b) takeover bid of one of Hollywood’s most famous studios, MGM. |
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Applications now open the 2021 Marketplace at 33rd Galway Film Fleadh |
| 14 May 2021 | Due to continuing international travel restrictions, the Fleadh’s marketplace at the this year’s Galway Film Fair will remain online for this year, after an extremely successful edition in 2020. |
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Virgin, RTÉ, and Six Nations Rugby agree joint proposal in principle for "free-to-air" coverage |
| 10 May 2021 | Six Nations Rugby has confirmed that it has agreed a joint proposal in principle with Virgin Media Television and RTÉ, and has commenced joint long form contract discussions with the Irish broadcasters. |
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Publicity Programming Fund 2021 launched by Tourism Ireland |
| 04 May 2021 | Tourism Ireland is seeking applications from content producers for high quality international programming featuring the island of Ireland for its newly announced Publicity Programming Fund. |
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Upper limit of Section 481 tax incentive seen as “barrier" to Ireland securing large-scale international productions, new report finds |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Troy Studios and Ardmore Studios CEO Elaine Geraghty believes that the upper limit of €70 million on the Irish Section 481 tax incentive is acting as “a barrier” to Ireland securing “large-scale international productions”. |
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Donegal Film Office announces Short Film Bursary Award 2021 |
| 28 Apr 2021 | Donegal Film Office has secured funding from Creative Ireland to launch the first Short Film Bursary Award in Donegal. |
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Virgin Media Television seeking submissions for new post-watershed drama series for 2022/23 schedule |
| 26 Apr 2021 | As part of Virgin Media Television’s on-going Drama Initiative, the TV broadcaster is currently seeking submissions for new post-watershed, drama series for our 2022/ 2023 schedule. |
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BBC Three confirms first commission and pilots from collaborative partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC NI |
| 22 Apr 2021 | Round one of the scheme resulted in two pilots, Scran with my Nan from Rare TV and The Fast and the Farmer(ish) from Derry-based Alleycats. |
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Screen Skills Ireland announces Call for Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme 2021 |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Screen Skills Ireland has announced the next call for applications to the Screen Stakeholders Funding Scheme, which enables organisations to provide skills development opportunities and initiatives to the Irish screen sector. |
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IFTA-winning screenwriter James Phelan among recipients of Platform 31 artist bursary |
| 21 Apr 2021 | Waterford artist James Phelan has been announced as one of the 31 recipients of the inaugural Platform 31 bursary, the national development scheme for artists to develop their practice and test new ideas of collaboration, research, audience development, place based arts and sharing their work. |
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Engine Docs Scheme opens call for documentary film idea |
| 21 Apr 2021 | A new training and production scheme for emerging documentary filmmakers has been launched in the MidWest by Innovate Limerick through Film in Limerick. |
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Arts Council to open applications for Reel Art 2021 on April 27th |
| 19 Apr 2021 | The deadline for the next round of the Arts Council’s film award Reel Art is on Thursday, May 27th 2021 before 17:30. |
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BBC Three greenlights Alleycats series The Big Proud Party Agency |
| 30 Mar 2021 | BBC Three has commissioned The Big Proud Party Agency from Northern Ireland production company Alleycats; a 6 x 30 series that follows a team of LGBTQ+ professional party agents as they plan some iconic events. |
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Applications now open for Northern Ireland Screen Feature Development Pitch |
| 22 Mar 2021 | Docs Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen has opened applications for this year’s Feature Development Pitch. |
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Screen Producers Ireland and TG4 agree its first Code of Fair Trading Practice |
| 18 Mar 2021 | A Code of Fair Trading Practice has been agreed between TG4 and Screen Producers Ireland for the first time. |
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Punch Line and Water Under The Bridge win Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition |
| 16 Mar 2021 | The winners of the Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Competition were announced on a special episode of Virgin Media Television’s Box Office show. |
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