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Boxer Withdraws from DTT Multiplex Contracts |
| 20 Apr 2009 | The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has confirmed the decision of Boxer DTT Limited (‘Boxer’) to withdraw its applications for the three DTT Multiplex Contracts. |
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De Buitléar Sheds Light on Teach Solais |
| 09 Apr 2009 | Irish Cinematographer Cian de Buitléar, talks to IFTN about his lighting facility Teach Solais (Lighthouse), the company’s recent work on Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ and on the big scale production of ‘Leap Year’ currently shooting in Ireland. |
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Screen Scene Posts Recent Broadcasts |
| 26 Mar 2009 | It has been an eventful past few weeks for post house Screen Scene and outside broadcast Observe team between covering all the St Patrick Day Festivities supplying production and post production services to the to the ‘Meteor Ireland Music Awards’ and creating graphics for The Script’s new video ‘Talk you Down’. |
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RTÉ Faces €68m Deficit for 2009 |
| 06 Mar 2009 | RTÉ’s director General Cathal Goan has stated that the broadcaster is facing a €68 million shortfall or 15% loss in the total amount of revenue for 2009 which is to result in staff cost cutting measures. |
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Piranha Bar Gets Creative In 2009 |
| 04 Mar 2009 | Having come off an extremely busy year, IFTN catches up with Dave Burke and Marc Long from Dublin's post and graphic boutique, Piranha Bar, to talk recent projects, getting creative with budgets and the challenges that are facing post houses in the current economic climate. |
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Top Productions Post At Screen Scene |
| 19 Feb 2009 | Three Irish feature films showing at JDIFF, upcoming dramas ‘George Gently’ ‘The Take’ and ‘Rásaí Na Gaillimhe’ as well as news series ‘Dragon’s Den’ are all among some of the high profile projects which have been completed or near completion at Screen Scene’s post production facility. |
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Irish Film & Television Awards Winners Announced |
| 14 Feb 2009 | The winners of the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards have been announced at a gala ceremony held in Dublin’s Burlington Hotel tonight, 14th of February 2009. 'Hunger' & 'The Tudors' Win six IFTAs apiece. |
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£500,000 Investment In NI’s Soundhouse & Picturehouse |
| 09 Feb 2009 | A £500,000 investment by Belfast-based production facility – The Soundhouse & The Picturehouse - has resulted in the creation of Northern Ireland’s only fully integrated ‘one stop shop’ for sound and vision at their new premises in East Belfast. |
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Busy Start to 2009 at The Casting Couch |
| 05 Feb 2009 | The Casting Couch enjoyed a record Autumn/ Winter in 2008 with an abundance of filming, castings, wardrobe fittings, photo shoots, PR launches & company away days in its multi functional venue based on Fitzwilliam Square. |
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Eurotek and Sony to Host HD Seminars |
| 23 Jan 2009 | Eurotek, in conjunction with Sony Professional Services, have announced XDCAM High Definition Workflow seminars over a two day workshop on the 25th and 26th of February. |
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Channel 6 Becomes 3e & TV3 Rebrands |
| 05 Jan 2009 | Following TV3’s acquisition of Channel 6 in late 2008, Channel 6 has become repositioned as a sibling channel to TV3 - renaming the channel as ‘3e’ while TV3 has rebranded with a modern, contemporary look. |
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Tributes Paid To Celine Cawley |
| 18 Dec 2008 | The Irish Audiovisual community and industry colleagues have paid tribute to Celine Cawley, founder of Toytown Films, who was murdered at her Howth home on Monday morning. |
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TV3 Ends Year on a Ratings High |
| 18 Dec 2008 | Increased Irish programming content on TV3 has pulled in viewers with shows such as ‘TV3 News at 5.30’ and ‘Xposé’, ‘Ripping off the Rich’ and ‘20 Moments that Rocked Ireland’ all receiving their record audiences figures earlier in the week. |
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AV Fed Launch Film & TV Annual Review 2008 |
| 11 Dec 2008 | IBEC’s Audiovisual Federation today (Thursday, 11 December 2008) welcomed the new improvements to the Irish tax incentive for film Section 481 announced by Minister for Arts. Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD at the launch of its 2008 Audiovisual Federation Review. |
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Prime Time ‘On the Edge’ Attracts Record Audiences |
| 10 Dec 2008 | Monday night’s ‘Prime Time Investigates – On The Edge’ - which examined the world of the Travelling community - was watched by an audience of 773,000 people with an audience share of 48%, earning the award winning doc series its highest ratings since it began in 2003. |
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Screen Scene Busy In Post Production |
| 20 Nov 2008 | Screen Scene has been busy this month completing post production on a number of projects including: documentary ‘Alone It Stands’, the new series of ‘The Panel’ and RTE series ‘Bertie’, as well as welcoming the recent development of Digital Vision software that now supports footage captured on the RED one camera. |
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IFTA Submissions Deadline Approaches |
| 14 Nov 2008 | The deadline for the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is fast approaching. Submissions must be received at the IFTA office or via the online submissions form by 5.30pm Monday 17th November 2008. |
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RTÉ Agree to Pay Cuts |
| 12 Nov 2008 | RTÉ's Director General Cathal Goan and Chief Financial Officer, Conor Hayes addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications last week on pay cuts cuts worth more than €50m to its budget for 2009 to avoid a deficit for the company. |
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Eurotek & Autodesk Present ‘Create Animate Integrate Tour’ |
| 11 Nov 2008 | Aiming to explore the powerful new features of the Autodesk 2009, Autodesk and Eurotek are holding a Create Animate Integrate tour at The Morgan Hotel, Temple Bar on Thursday 27th November. |
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RTÉ Airing First Live-Cross Platform Commercial |
| 11 Nov 2008 | RTÉ and 118 50 (Conduit Ireland) are to broadcast the first ever live commercial in Ireland and will be the first country in Europe to broadcast a live cross-media ad during half time of the Munster versus All Blacks match on Tuesday 18 November. |
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