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IFB Report Recommends Section 481 Changes |
| 26 Nov 2008 | Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has published a report recommending improvements to the current tax incentive for film, Section 481 which runs until 2012. |
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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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UTV Petitioned To Halt Job Cuts |
| 13 Nov 2008 | The leaders of all the major political parties in Northern Ireland have signed a petition urging Belfast-based media group UTV to halt proposed jobs cuts from the service. |
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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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UTV Hits back at BECTU Claims |
| 04 Nov 2008 | Following on from BECTU’s attack on UTV over potential redundancies, Michael Wilson, Managing Director, UTV Television gives his response. |
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BECTU Launches Attack on UTV |
| 03 Nov 2008 | Media and entertainment union BECTU has launched a public attack on Northern Irish ITV franchise holder UTV, claiming the broadcaster is failing to negotiate over its plans to make to cut 30-35 jobs in production and would not rule out compulsory redundancies. |
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IFTA Opens Call for Entries For 6th Awards |
| 30 Oct 2008 | The call for entries for the 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) is now open. Submissions are invited for categories in film, television, shorts and animation. This year sees the introduction of a new Feature Documentary category. Deadline for entires is 17 November 2008. |
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Deadline For IFTA Membership Renewals & Applications |
| 27 Aug 2008 | The deadline for new membership applications and renewals to the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) is this Friday 29th August 2008. |
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TV3 to Takeover Channel 6 |
| 28 Jul 2008 | Independent Irish broadcaster TV3, owned by private equity firm Doughty Hanson, is set to take over Channel 6 from its founders and a consortium of investors for an undisclosed sum. |
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BCI Awards Boxer DTT Multiplex Contracts |
| 22 Jul 2008 | Boxer DTT Limited has been awarded the three national Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) multiplex contracts by The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. |
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Former Arts Minister Seamus Brennan TD Has Died |
| 09 Jul 2008 | Former Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Seamus Brennan TD passed away in the early hours of this morning at his home in Churchtown, Dublin. He was 60 years old. |
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IFB and Germany Ink Co-production Deal |
| 18 Jun 2008 | The Irish Film Board has signed a co-production agreement with North Rhine-Westphalia’s regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW which is set to promote Irish and German film and documentary co-productions. |
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ILBF Secures £6 Million Funding |
| 18 Jun 2008 | The Irish Language Broadcast Fund has secured £6 million additional funding from the British Government which will see it through until 2011, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed. |
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Irish Film Channel Gets Go Ahead |
| 22 May 2008 | Ireland's new digital free-to-air film channel, proposed by the Irish Film Board, has been greenlit amid questions by the sector on the channel’s funding, programming and scheduling along with the impact this will have on new projects being funded by the Board. |
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Irish Broadcasting set for New Content Regulator |
| 15 May 2008 | Irish broadcasting is set for a new single content regulator, called the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), which will takeover the roles currently held by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission. |
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TV Licence Shakeup in Broadcasting Bill |
| 02 May 2008 | Arrangements surrounding TV licensing in Ireland are set to receive a range of changes, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced yesterday. These changes will be brought about through the forthcoming Broadcasting Bill. |
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IFB Propose New Irish Film and TV Channel |
| 28 Apr 2008 | The Irish Film Board has proposed a new Irish TV Channel dedicated to broadcasting the best of Irish, European and World Cinema, to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for inclusion in the new Broadcasting Bill, to be launched by Minister Eamon Ryan next month. |
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IFTA Early Bird Deadline Approaches |
| 25 Apr 2008 | The deadline for the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) annual membership Early Bird discount is fast approaching - Irish film and TV professionals wishing to join the Academy membership can get a 10% discount if they apply before May 9th, 2008. |
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IFTA Invites Applications for New Membership |
| 07 Apr 2008 | The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) has opened its annual membership for industry professionals wishing to become new Academy members. Irish professionals working in the film and TV industries are eligible to join - and the newly introduced Student Membership offers students a head start in the industry. |
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'The Departed' Screenwriter Acquires Ken Bruen Novel |
| 03 Apr 2008 | Oscar winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has begun a screen adaptation of Irish novelist Ken Bruen’s crime drama ‘London Boulevard’. Monaghan plans to make his directorial debut on the pic. |
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