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‘Dirty Old Towns’ Gets Happy Ending With Endemol |
| 12 Nov 2012 | Irish television format ‘Dirty Old Towns’ has cleaned up in five European territories after being optioned by Endemol and Odeon Film. |
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Five Irish Co-Productions Represented At American Film Market |
| 02 Nov 2012 | Five Irish productions will be represented by global sales houses at this week’s American Film Market (AFM). |
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Film & TV Tax Breaks Could Create ‘Thousands of Jobs’ in Northern Ireland |
| 25 Oct 2012 | Tax breaks in Northern Ireland for film and television production could create thousands of jobs as well as bring significant inward investment to the region, according to financial advisors PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
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Abrahamson’s ‘Frank’ Offered €1m in Irish Film Board Funding |
| 17 Oct 2012 | Lenny Abrahamson’s forthcoming feature film ‘Frank’ has been offered €1m in the latest round of Irish Film Board funding. |
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Government Seeks Board Members for the Irish Film Board |
| 10 Oct 2012 | Members of the public are being encouraged to apply to become board members of the Irish Film Board following a Government advertisement. |
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MIPCOM - Your Guide to the Top Irish Companies |
| 01 Oct 2012 | MIPCOM is the world's leading content market for creating, co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment across all platforms. As the leading players in the Irish television industry head to Cannes for the annual event, we look at the top companies to find out what their key aims are at this year’s market place. |
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Irish actor Kevin Ryan Signs Major US Talent Deal |
| 01 Oct 2012 | Dublin-born actor Kevin Ryan has signed a number of major talent and representation deals in the US. |
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Irish Film & TV Companies Awarded €735,000 From MEDIA Scheme |
| 18 Sep 2012 | Irish productions ‘The Valentine Gang’, ‘Olagón’ and ‘Pilgrimage’ have all benefited under the latest MEDIA funding scheme, which has awarded just under €735,000 in total to Irish film and television companies. |
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Mrs Brown Goes to Romania as O’Carroll Sells Format Idea Around the World |
| 13 Jul 2012 | Irish comedian Brendan O’Carroll has taken the next step in making his alter-ego Mrs Brown a global phenomenon, by selling the format of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ to a number of global production companies. |
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Daily Bite: Disney Hits $1bn In The US In Record Time |
| 09 Jul 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, Disney reaches $1bn in takings at the US box office; the oldest living Best Actor Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine passes away; and Norway wins big at Karlovy Vary. |
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‘Calvary’ & ‘Quirke’ Receive Major IFB Boost in latest Funding Round |
| 05 Jul 2012 | John Michael McDonagh and Octagon Films have been offered a €975,000 production loan from the Irish Film Board (IFB) for his upcoming feature ‘Calvary’. |
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Mark Byrne Leaves IFB to Join Element Pictures |
| 11 Jun 2012 | Element Pictures have appointed Mark Byrne as head of business affairs at the Dublin-based production company. |
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Win Tickets to John Ford Ireland Opening Night - The Iron Horse |
06 Jun 2012 | IFTN has tickets for the Opening Night of John Ford Ireland Film Symposium to give away to lucky readers. The Irish premiere screening of John Ford’s epic masterpiece ‘The Iron Horse’ opens John Ford Ireland on Thursday 7 June. This fantastic film and music event takes place at Dublin’s National Concert Hall and features live orchestral accompaniment from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and the film’s award winning US composer Christopher Caliendo performing in Ireland for the first time.
Don’t miss your chance to see one of John Ford’s most critically acclaimed and master crafted movies on the big screen and experience the launch of John Ford Ireland festival fever!
Enter this competition – click here. |
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Irish Film Industry Set To Descend On Cannes |
| 15 May 2012 | More than 80 Irish film companies have registered their attendance with the Irish Film Board’s Irish Pavilion stand for the Cannes International Film Festival, which gets underway in France tomorrow (May 16). |
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Minister Gives RTÉ One Week for Reform Report Following Libel Scandal |
| 09 May 2012 | RTÉ has agreed to submit a report to Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte in one week's time, as well as provide a monitoring report every three months, detailing the measures it is taking to ensure it does not repeat a defamatory programme such as 'Mission to Prey'. |
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Competition Authority Can’t Mend RTÉ & TV3 Rift |
| 04 May 2012 | The war of words between state broadcaster RTÉ and private-owned TV3 continues after the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI) released a statement yesterday urging RTÉ to reconsider its new trading scheme. RTÉ developed the new scheme as a result of an Enforcement Decision from the Competition Authority last year. |
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Daily Bite: Oscars To Remain In Hollywood |
| 02 May 2012 | Today’s Daily Bite includes the trailer for Judd Apatow’s ‘Knocked-Up’ sequel, ‘This Is 40,’ as well as news that the Oscars will remain in Hollywood, despite a mooted move, and BSkyB fights back over its “fitness” to hold a broadcasting licence. |
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BAI to Probe RTÉ Report Leak |
| 10 Apr 2012 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is to launch a review into how its report on RTÉ’s ‘Prime Time Investigates’ programme ‘A Mission to Prey’ was leaked to the Irish Times. |
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Britain to Introduce Tax Incentive for TV Dramas |
| 21 Mar 2012 | A tax credit scheme for TV and animation production companies is to be introduced in Britain in a bid to keep big budget British television productions in the UK. British chancellor George Osborne today (March 21) unveiled the plans as part of the 2012 British Budget. |
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British Film Institute appoints Ben Roberts as director of BFI Film Fund |
| 20 Mar 2012 | The British Film Institute has appointed Ben Roberts as the new director of the BFI Film Fund. Roberts, the current CEO of Protagonist Pictures will take responsibility for deciding how the organisation’s annual funding of more than €25.2 million (£21 million) is spent. The BFI’s annual budget is drawn from the British National Lottery. |
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