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New 30% European Content Quota for VOD Platforms to be Introduced by European Parliament |
| 03 Oct 2018 | The European Parliament has passed legislation to updated rules on audiovisual media services across the EU. This will see improved audiovisual regulation in relation to the protection of children, stricter rules on advertising, and 30% European content in video-on-demand. |
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Irish brand Saorview Connect wins IBC Innovation Award |
| 21 Sep 2018 | RTÉ's Saorview Connect has won the prestigious IBC Innovation Award for Content Everywhere at a ceremony in Amsterdam on Sunday, September 16th. |
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Virgin Media Television Celebrates Station's 20 Year Anniversary with Specially Commissioned Programmes |
| 19 Sep 2018 | Virgin Media One will air a number of specially commissioned programmes throughout the day on Thursday, September 20th in a look back over the 20 year history of the Irish television broadcaster. |
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RTE Appoint Suzanne Kelly as New Head of Young People's Content |
| 17 Sep 2018 | Suzanne Kelly has been announced as the national broadcasters new Head of Children and Young People’s Content. |
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Channel 5 Exec Sean Doyle Joins Channel 4 |
| 12 Sep 2018 | British broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired the services of Channel 5’s non-scripted commissioner Sean Doyle to head the new slate of 8pm programmes. |
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Iris Productions Awarded TG4 Guinness PRO14 Rugby Contract |
| 31 Aug 2018 | TG4 has announced Iris Productions as the recipient of the new contract to produce the broadcaster’s rugby output for the Guinness PRO14. The announcement was made at TG4’s season launch in the Sportsground on Friday, August 31st. |
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New series of Find Me A Home to air on RTE One |
| 31 Aug 2018 | The third season of the hugely popular property series ‘Find Me A Home’ will take a powerful look at the pressure in the rental market over a six episode season. |
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TVM Reflect on Coverage of the Papal Visit & Busy Weekend for Irish Sport |
| 31 Aug 2018 | Following an extremely busy weekend of live broadcasting that included Pope Francis’ Visit to Ireland and a number of key GAA fixtures, TVM share some insight with IFTN about their involvement in the biggest live broadcast weekend since the 2016 Easter Centenary. |
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Aisling Bea Joins Cast of New Netflix Original Series |
| 29 Aug 2018 | Irish actress, comedian and writer Aisling Bea (Hard Sun) has been cast opposite Paul Rudd in Netflix’s ‘Living With Yourself’. |
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Salty Dog Pictures to Work on Flintstones Spinoff Series |
| 29 Aug 2018 | The Dublin animation company, Salty Dog Pictures is providing overseas animation services for the new spinoff of the famous Flintstones cartoon. |
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BBC America's 'Killing Eve' Starring Owen McDonnell & Fiona Shaw Airs on RTE – Monday, August 27th |
| 27 Aug 2018 | RTÉ will debut BBC America’s new action spy-thriller ‘Killing Eve’ with a special double bill this Monday, August 27th. |
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Peaky Blinders Moves from BBC Two to BBC One for Upcoming Season |
| 24 Aug 2018 | Director of Content for the BBC, Charlotte Moore announced that the popular television series would be making the move on to BBC’s main channel at the Edinburgh International TV Festival earlier this week. |
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Celtic International Fund | Call for Submissions |
| 23 Aug 2018 | TG4, BBC ALBA, S4C, and Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) have announced the launch of the ‘Celtic International Fund’. |
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Sky Announce New Mark O’Rowe Series ‘Temple’ Starring Mark Strong & Carice van Houten |
| 22 Aug 2018 | Mark Strong (Siege of Jadotville) heads a cast including Carice van Houten, (Game of Thrones) and Daniel Mays (Line of Duty) in a new darkly comic thriller, ‘Temple’. |
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Lenny Abrahamson and Element Pictures to adapt Sally Rooney’s Booker nominated ‘Normal People’ for BBC |
| 22 Aug 2018 | Produced by Element Pictures (‘Room’, ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, ‘The Lobster’), the novel will be adapted by author Sally Rooney for BBC3 and Lenny Abrahamson (‘Room’, ‘Frank’) will direct. |
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RTÉ Host Global Broadcast of Papal Visit to Ireland |
| 15 Aug 2018 | As Ireland’s National Public Service Media Organisation, RTÉ is assuming the role of Host Broadcaster for Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August. |
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Virgin Media Television Issue Call for Submissions for New Drama Series |
| 15 Aug 2018 | Virgin Media Television (formerly TV3 Group) is currently seeking submissions for a new post-watershed, six-part drama, for 2019/2020, as part of its on-going Drama Initiative. |
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Mary McAleese's Modern Family Airs on RTÉ – Wednesday, August 22nd |
| 14 Aug 2018 | Ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland later this month for the World Meeting of Families, the new RTE series follows former President Mary McAleese as she travels the country, charting the seismic changes that have occurred in the Irish family and in our relationship with the Catholic Church since the last historic papal visit, 39 years ago. |
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Galway Based Telegael Expands its Services to Include Audio Description |
| 14 Aug 2018 | Galway Company TMI, which is part of the Telegael Group, has launched its new Audio Description (AD) service. |
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Exclusive: Brendan Gleeson Talks with IFTN about Directorial Debut ‘Psychic’ |
| 27 Jul 2018 | IFTN caught up with Brendan Gleeson ahead of the special Sky Arts screening of his new short film ‘Psychic’. |
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