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Studio Spotlight: Nemeton’s HD Haven |
| 18 Oct 2012 | There’s a lot to be said for getting out of the big city. Most television producers and film-makers will tell you that. Asked earlier this month about starting work on his Brendan Gleeson-starring feature ‘Calvary’, filmmaker John Michael McDonagh could hardly contain his delight to be heading for Sligo to shoot a feature “that seeks to escape from the tiresome, rarefied confines of Dublin 4”. |
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vStream Lands Aer Lingus In-Flight Safety Video |
| 17 Oct 2012 | Irish digital content production company vStream has beaten off stiff competition from Ireland and the UK to produce Aer Lingus’s new in-flight safety video. |
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Sky Keen To Bring RTÉ & TV3 Content To On Demand Service |
| 17 Oct 2012 | Irish TV series could be available on Sky’s new On Demand service as early as next year, according to Sky Ireland. |
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Ben Frow To Leave TV3 After Five Years |
| 16 Oct 2012 | TV3’s director of programming, Ben Frow, is to leave the commercial broadcaster after five years |
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RTÉ Doc to Probe Television’s Uncertain Future |
| 16 Oct 2012 | RTÉ is to broadcast a one-hour documentary on the future of television as part of the station’s on-going TV50 season. |
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Charlie Haughey TV Drama Offered €1m in BAI Funding |
| 10 Oct 2012 | Element Pictures has been offered €1m from the BAI Sound and Vision Scheme to make a three-part RTÉ drama about former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey |
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INTERVIEW: ‘What You See On Television With Gay Byrne, Is Pretty Much Gay Byrne’ |
| 09 Oct 2012 | Having begun his career in television more than 50 years ago, first as a presenter in the UK with Granada (where he became the first person to introduce The Beatles on television), and then as the host of ‘The Late Late Show’ on RTÉ, Gay Byrne shows no sign of slowing down at the ripe age of 78. |
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Aardman Rights Takes Hold of Irish Animation ‘Science Fiction’ |
| 09 Oct 2012 | Irish animation ‘Science Fiction’, which is currently airing on RTÉ and CBBC, was picked up by UK-based distributors Aardman Rights ahead of MIPCOM Junior. |
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TG4 Aims To Build On Huge Ratings Success |
| 09 Oct 2012 | TG4 are to build on their sporting successes over the weekend by airing a much-anticipated documentary on the Connacht rugby team tomorrow night. |
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BBC Commission Creates 60 Jobs at Irish Animation Firm |
| 09 Oct 2012 | Up to 60 jobs have been created at Irish animation company Jam Media after the BBC re-commissioned a third series of children’s programme ‘Roy’. |
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MIPCOM Underway As Irish Companies Aim To Seal Deals |
| 08 Oct 2012 | MIPCOM, the world’s largest entertainment content market, has got underway this morning (October 8) with more than 40 Irish companies in Cannes to attend the four-day event. |
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Amy Huberman and Bressie Cast In Chris O’Dowd’s ‘Moone Boy’ |
| 05 Oct 2012 | Amy Huberman and 'the Voice of Ireland' coach Niall Breslin (Bressie) have joined the cast of Chris O’Dowd’s ‘Moone Boy’. |
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Irish TV Chef Donal Skehan Set To Cause a Stir On ‘Junior MasterChef UK’ |
| 05 Oct 2012 | Irish cook Donal Skehan has joined the BBC as one of the presenters on their new ‘MasterChef’ show. |
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Donegal Viewers Face Earlier Digital Switch |
| 02 Oct 2012 | Irish television viewers receiving their signal from the RTÉ Network Limited transmitter in Donegal must make the big switch on October 10, two weeks before the nationwide digital switchover on October 24. |
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Five Minutes With… Discovery Networks President and MD Dee Forbes |
| 01 Oct 2012 | After her speech at the annual Irish Film & Television Academy annual TV Lecture, guest of honour Dee Forbes, the Cork woman who has risen to the top of one of the world’s most successful television networks, Discovery, spends five minutes with IFTN to talk about her busy schedule, what Irish producers need to do to get a Discovery commission, and how they can do it. |
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Interview: Fintan Maguire On The International Appeal of TV3 Content |
| 01 Oct 2012 | Fintan Maguire is the head of TV3 productions and runs a production unit that makes a broad range of primetime programmes and series for Ireland's leading commercial national channel. |
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Interview: Michael Wilson On UTV's Northern Identity & Digital Future |
| 01 Oct 2012 | Michael Wilson spent more than 20 years as a journalist and programme maker before becoming managing director of UTV in 2006. Prior to working in Northern Ireland, he has held senior roles at Five News and Sky News. |
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Tuning-In To The Future of Irish Television |
| 01 Oct 2012 | The Irish broadcasting industry – like the television world – is going through unprecedented change, but what are the challenges ahead and how are Irish broadcasters facing them in the current landscape? |
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Fionnula Flanagan & More Are Homeward Bound For The Gathering Ireland |
| 26 Sep 2012 | Six Irish celebrities will take part in RTÉ’s ‘The Gathering – Homeward Bound’ series as they try to entice tourism to Ireland as part of the nationwide tourism venture The Gathering Ireland. |
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200,000 Irish Homes Yet To Make Digital Switchover |
| 25 Sep 2012 | 200,000 people have yet to switch to a digital television service, with yesterday marking exactly one month before the Saorview digital switchover takes effect. |
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