Ireland Film & Television Net : News

The Long Journey Home

The Long Journey Home a seven part series tracing the history of the Irish in America achieved record viewing figures, doubling and in some cases tripling the normal Public Broadcasting Service figures.

Disney To Launch Portal Website

Disney, the worlds largest media company, with partners Infoseek is planning to launch a so-called portal website later this year. The basis for this is the acquisition of a minority stake in Infoseek which has an annual revenue of about £35.7 million.

Softimage deal gives Microsoft 9.1% stake in Avid

New Film Makers Ireland Newsletter

New Film Makers Ireland Newsletter is now out. It includes RTE / FMI Broadcasting Sub-Committee Update.

The Irish Film and Television Awards

Donald Taylor Black (FMI), Mary Raftery (RTE Producter) and Peter Canning (RTS) have recently been exploring the possibility of establishing an Academy with responsibility for an award ceremony, and as a result there has been substantial interest in and support of the idea.

Sky Plan separate Irish Ads

British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite giant is planning to start screening seperate commercial breaks for Ireland.

RTE and TV3 enter bidding war

RTE and TV3 were in competition for the first time recently to secured the television rights to 'Independence Day' from Fox.

TV3 launch

TV3 has targeted a September launch. Construction is underway for a July completion. Sony has been contracted to supply and integrate a fully digital operation setting TV3 up for future digital transmission.