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UTV Media confirms sale of its’ television assets to ITV for €135m |
| 20 Oct 2015 | UTV Media has confirmed the sale of its television assets, including newly launched UTV Ireland, to ITV for £100m (€135m). |
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Section 481 cap increases to €70m while IFB Funding continues at 2015 levels |
| 14 Oct 2015 | Another improvement has been made to the Section 481 film tax credit allowance in this year’s Budget as Minister Michael Noonan announced this week that the cap on eligible expenditure is to rise to €70 million. |
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Film Industry in Wicklow set for boost after County Council Initiative |
| 14 Oct 2015 | The film and television industry in Wicklow has been given a major boost by the decision of Wicklow County Council to allow for a 100 per cent reduction in development contributions for film studio infrastructure. |
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€4.37m allocated to 26 television projects under BAI’s latest Sound & Vision Scheme |
| 09 Oct 2015 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced details of the latest package of recommendations under the Sound & Vision Scheme to have been ratified by the Authority at its meeting on 8th October. |
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MIPCOM: Belfast shot series ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ acquired by US network A&E |
| 07 Oct 2015 | More news from MIPCOM where it has emerged that US network A&E has acquired six-part crime drama series ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’. |
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Tile Films announce slate of productions heading to MIPCOM 2015 |
| 01 Oct 2015 | Irish Television Production Company Tile Films is bringing an attractive slate of drama and documentary productions to MIPCOM 2015, which takes place 5-8 October 2015 in Cannes. |
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Northern Ireland Screen seek applications to develop feature documentaries |
| 25 Sep 2015 | Northern Ireland Screen are looking for applications to develop feature documentaries that will deliver unique visions and voices on universal stories from Northern Ireland resident filmmakers. |
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Mind The Gap sells worldwide format rights of ‘Lords & Ladles’ to FremantleMedia |
| 18 Sep 2015 | Irish independent company Mind the Gap Films has sold the worldwide format and tape rights of their show ‘Lords & Ladles’ to FremantleMedia. |
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Indee Productions rebrands as Paper Owl and lands CBeebies contract to produce animated series |
| 18 Sep 2015 | Belfast based production company Indee Productions has re-branded as Paper Owl Films and has been awarded a major contract with CBeebies to produce animated series ‘Pablo’ – the first children’s series to be made about a character on the autism spectrum. |
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‘Paperboy’ invited to the Film London Production Finance Market 2015 |
| 16 Sep 2015 | ‘Paperboy’, a project originally developed from the multi award winning short film ‘Paperman’, has been invited to the Film London Production Finance Market. |
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Two spinoff series of JAM Media’s ‘Roy’ ordered by CBBC |
| 15 Sep 2015 | Multiple award winning creative production, distribution and licensing company JAM Media has won a far-reaching crossover commission from both CBBC and CBeebies for brand new series 'Little Roy', as well as having ‘The Roy Files’ commissioned from CBBC. |
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Inaugural MediaCon TV Tech summit taking place in Dublin |
| 07 Sep 2015 | MediaCon, a new TV Tech summit, is set to take place in Dublin's Mansion House on Tuesday, September 8th. |
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BBC’s ‘Making Dad’s Army’ to be filmed in Northern Ireland |
| 31 Aug 2015 | ‘Making Dad’s Army’, the dramatized story of how comic writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft got much loved sitcom ‘Dad’s Army’ onto air, will be filmed in Northern Ireland with part funding from Northern Ireland Screen. |
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Brown Bag Films acquired by North America’s 9 Story Media Group |
| 18 Aug 2015 | Irish award-winning animation studio Brown Bag Films has been acquired by 9 Story Media Group, one of North America’s largest animation studios. |
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RTÉ call for ideas for Comedy and Music programming on RTÉ One and RTÉ2 |
| 17 Aug 2015 | RTÉ Comedy, Talent Development and Music department is looking for new, high energy proposals for peak-time slots on RTE One and RTÉ2 for late autumn and Christmas 2015. |
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Aoife Kelleher’s new documentary ‘Knock’ currently being crowd-funded |
| 13 Aug 2015 | ‘Knock’, a new documentary helmed by ‘One Million Dubliners’ director Aoife Kelleher, is currently being crowd-funded in order to complete filming. |
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Angelina Jolie boards Cartoon Saloon’s ‘The Breadwinner' as Executive Producer |
| 12 Aug 2015 | Angelina Jolie-Pitt has come on board Oscar nominated Kilkenny based studio Cartoon Saloon’s upcoming ‘The Breadwinner’ as Executive Producer. |
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The Arts Council announces deadline for Reel Art 2015 |
| 12 Aug 2015 | The Arts Council has announced the deadline for the 2015 Reel Art scheme. |
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€735,000 allocated for Galway Picture Palace completion |
| 11 Aug 2015 | The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced that she is allocating €735,000 to Galway City Council to ensure the completion of the Galway Picture Palace. |
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Upcoming Deadlines for Irish Film Board Funding Programmes |
| 11 Aug 2015 | The Irish Film Board (BSÉ/IFB) has released the dates of the upcoming deadlines for its development, production and distribution funding schemes. |
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