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Ní Nuadháin New Deputy Director of TV Programmes |
| 20 Sep 2010 | RTÉ Television has announced the appointment of Mairéad Ní Nuadháin to the position of Deputy Director of Programmes. Mairéad, formerly RTÉ’s Commissioning Editor of Irish Language, Multiculture and Education will now take over from Mary Curtis who has moved to the position of Director of Digital Switchover. |
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Taoiseach Launches 1916 TG4 Series |
| 17 Sep 2010 | An Taoiseach Brian Cowen TD this week launched ‘1916 Seachtar na Cásca’, a new series profiling each of the 1916 Proclamation signatories. The 7 x one hour series starts on Wednesday, September 22nd. |
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Sideline Score 2nd Series of 'Take Me Out' |
| 16 Sep 2010 | Following on from a dry run this week, a second series of ‘Take Me Out’ has already been commissioned by TV3. The first series will start its transmission on TV3 on October 15th. |
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Straywave Stops ‘Living Off Mum’ |
| 16 Sep 2010 | Straywave Media is currently in production with ‘Young, Dumb and Living off Mum’. The new series follows a group of young adults who've been waited on hand and foot their whole lives as they move in together and learn to fend for themselves. The series will shoot in and around Dublin until the end of September. |
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Sports Broadcaster Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh Retires |
| 16 Sep 2010 | It has been announced that Sports broadcaster, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, will commentate on his last All-Ireland Final this Sunday. Audiences have enjoyed Micheál’s commentaries for the last seven decades but the commentator, who turned 80 last month, is now set to retire. |
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RTÉ Launches RTÉjr & TRTÉ |
| 14 Sep 2010 | From Monday, September 20th RTE's children's output will become RTEjr for 6 year olds and younger between 8.30am to 3pm, and TRTÉ for 7 to15 year olds from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. The two new programme blocks will replace the format of The Den – one that has run for the last 24 years. |
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'Barbaric Genius' Post Begins |
| 14 Sep 2010 | Editing has just started on the Screenworks/RTÉ documentary, ‘Barbaric Genius’ – an exploration of the life and work of Irish author of ‘The Grass Arena’, John Healy. The feature documentary began shooting in 2007 and has been in production/development for almost five years. |
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Setanta Sports Calls for Programming Ideas |
| 09 Sep 2010 | Setanta Sports are currently inviting programming proposals from independent production companies for potential submission to Round 10 of the BAI Sound and Vision Fund. The broadcaster has said that all formats and genres will be considered. The deadline for receipt of the programming proposals is September 24th. |
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RTÉ Looks For Scientist Reports & Christmas Shorts |
| 08 Sep 2010 | RTÉ Young Peoples Programmes wish to commission both a series of Christmas 'Shorts' which will be broadcast throughout the Young peoples' schedule on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Stephens Day and a series of reports highlighting the build-up to the Young Scientist Competition 2011, for broadcast weekly as part of Two Tube from early November 2010, and on our YPP Young Scientist website online. |
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New Irish Crew Wage Agreement Unveiled |
| 08 Sep 2010 | The board of Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) has officially launched a new agreement, entitled: SIPTU/SPI Shooting Crew Agreement for the Feature Film, both TV & Cinema, and Television Drama Industry in Ireland. |
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RTÉ Commissioning for Daytime, Lifestyle & Irish Series |
| 06 Sep 2010 | Following on from the station’s drama call for submissions last week, RTÉ Daytime and Lifestyle, RTÉ Lifestyle Programmes for the BAI and RTÉ Cláracha Gaeilge for BAI are calling for ideas for two to three Sunday night slots in spring and autumn 2011, pre-watershed programming and up to 12 programmes for potential submission to BAI Sound & Vision Round 10 respectively. |
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Hoskins, Friel & Ifans Filming 'Neverland' in Ireland |
| 06 Sep 2010 | Cameras will roll at the end of this week on the Dublin set of Parallel Films’ ‘Neverland’ a two-part prequel to the Peter Pan story commissioned by Sky Movies HD starring Oscar nominee Bob Hoskins (Hook, Made in Dagenham), Golden Globe nominee Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies, Bathory) and BAFTA nominee Rhys Ifans (Not Only but Always). |
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Positive Findings in ILBF Final Evaluation Report |
| 06 Sep 2010 | A final evaluation report on the original £12 million allocation to the Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF) has been published. The report’s findings include significant positive impacts of the ILBF, in terms of economic and cultural outcomes, on both the independent production sector and stakeholders in Northern Ireland, since its creation in 2005. |
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Dave McSavage Gives Ireland 'The Savage Eye' |
| 06 Sep 2010 | Shooting is underway on the set of the second series of the IFTA nominated comedy series, ‘The Savage Eye’. Shooting in and around Dublin and Wicklow for the next five weeks and directed by Kieron J. Walsh (Raw), the series will see the return of Dave McSavage (Dental Breakdown) alongside his co-writer John Colleary (Touching People) and his fellow impressionists Pat McDonnell (Father Ted) and Dermot McMurrow (Emily’s Song). |
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Blair & O’Callaghan in 'Late Late' Hot Seat |
| 03 Sep 2010 | Ryan Tubridy returns tonight, Friday September 3rd with a brand new season of ‘The Late Late Show’, the world's longest running chat show. The first show of the new season will feature Tony Blair, Donncha O’Callaghan, Jedward and Imelda May. Ryan's first season as host proved a big success, attracting good ratings along with hosting the most successful Toy Show in 15 years. |
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Hobbs & Shanley Fight for Consumers Rights |
| 03 Sep 2010 | Eddie Hobbs (Rip off Republic) and Keelin Shanley (Prime Time) will look to fight for Irish consumers’ rights in ‘The Consumer Show’ starting this Monday, September 6th at 8.30pm. The pair will front the new Coco Television series that aims to champion on behalf of the buying public and raise awareness of important consumer issues. |
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Pat Shortt Finds Detective 'Mattie' |
| 03 Sep 2010 | Following on from its pilot broadcast last Christmas, Pat Shortt’s hapless detective ‘Mattie’ will return for a new six part series starting Sunday, September 5th. Directed by Shimmy Marcus (Soul Boy) the series was shot in June 2010 around locations in Limerick. |
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Special Feature: Industry Discusses Irish Language TV |
| 02 Sep 2010 | With the launch of Irish broadcasters’ Autumn schedules IFTN spoke with broadcasters and producers of Irish language programmes to get their (often varying) take on the current issues facing programming in our native tongue. |
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TV3's 'Road to Dublin' Lead to Europa Final |
| 02 Sep 2010 | Motive Television has reportedly signed a €1.1m live sports production contract with TV3 to co-produce coverage of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League with Asgard Media. |
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RTÉ Drama Seeks New Projects |
| 02 Sep 2010 | TV Drama and feature film submissions are currently being accepted by RTÉ Drama. The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday, September 17th and the broadcaster intends to review TV dramas and feature films that have a resonance for an RTÉ One audience for the next BAI round - closing 5th November 2010. |
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