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BAI Announce Media Research Funding Scheme Recipients |
| 19 Dec 2016 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has today (19th December) announced the award of funding totalling €50,000 to three applicants under its Media Research Funding Scheme 2016. |
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TV Licence Loophole for Online Content to Be Addressed |
| 19 Dec 2016 | Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has indicated that laws may be changed as those who currently don’t own a television but watch RTÉ programmes online may be obliged to buy a TV licence in the future. |
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Paddy Hayes of Magamedia Selected for EAVE Producers Workshop 2017 |
| 19 Dec 2016 | The year-long programme from the European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs focuses on the development of fiction and documentary projects. |
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‘Tides’ Wins Best Doc Short Award at Malta International Film Festival |
| 19 Dec 2016 | 'Tides - A History of Lives and Dreams Lost and Found (Some broken)’, is an autobiography film about the River Foyle in Derry-Londonderry in Northern Ireland. |
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‘Maze’ starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor leads Film in Cork 2016 Highlights |
| 19 Dec 2016 | The Irish-Swedish co-production from Writer/Director Stephen Burke transformed Cork City’s prison for filming this year, in one of many key moments for Film in Cork. |
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Sketch Up: Classes with ‘Vikings’ & ‘The Tudors’ Production Designer Tom Conroy |
| 16 Dec 2016 | Galway Film Centre and Screen Training Ireland are seeking participants for a Sketch-Up training programme. The programme is aimed at both beginners and those with some Sketch-Up experience. |
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Irish-Finnish Children’s Co-Production, ‘Harry and Bip’, on RTÉ 2 |
| 16 Dec 2016 | ‘Harry and Bip’ is an Irish-Finnish co-production, produced by Ink and Light and Muste ja Valo with support from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, RTÉ and the Finnish Film Foundation. Monster Entertainment is the Distributor. |
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SPI Announce New Film & TV Drama Committee 2017-2019 |
| 16 Dec 2016 | Screen Producers Ireland announce the new Film and TV Drama Committee 2017-2019. |
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TV3 Call for Diners to Take Part in ‘The Restaurant’ |
| 16 Dec 2016 | The brand new series of The Restaurant will go into production this January and will air on TV3 in early 2017. |
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Short Shots Filmbase & RTÉ New Short Film Scheme |
| 16 Dec 2016 | The Short Shots is a unique scheme offering the next generation of filmmakers a programme of development and production support. |
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TG4’s ‘An Biongó’, The Lives of Bingo-Goers Across Ireland |
| 16 Dec 2016 | ‘An Biongó’ is an hour long documentary film that looks at the tradition of bingo nights in Ireland from the indoor parish halls and GAA clubhouses to the outdoor drive-in bingo in Co. Meath, ‘An Biongó’ is an Imagine Media Production for TG4, it airs Friday 30th December at 8pm on TG4. |
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‘Extraordinary’ By Blinder Films Producers Selected for Frontières Finance Forum |
| 16 Dec 2016 | Irish producers Katie Holly and Ailish Bracken (Blinder Films) are among filmmakers who have had a project selected to participate in the inaugural Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum, set to take place 16-18th February in Amsterdam. |
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#IFTNTraining: National Digital Skills Centre Tralee, County Kerry |
| 16 Dec 2016 | Digital Skills Training has been delivered by Kerry ETB across three training units in its National Digital Skills Centre since 1987. Yearlong practical skills courses in Media Production are available in TV & Video production, Digital Media Production and Radio Broadcasting. |
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Patrick Bergin Joins ‘Red Rock’ Cast for 2017 |
| 15 Dec 2016 | The new series of IFTA award winning drama ‘Red Rock’ returns Monday 9th January on TV3, with Patrick Bergin joining the 2017 cast to play a character called Jim Tierney, the grandfather of Detective Rory Walsh (played by Chris Newman). |
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21st Century Fox Will Pay £11.7bn in Sky Takeover Bid |
| 15 Dec 2016 | Rupert Murdoch has confirmed 21st Century Fox has lodged a £11.7bn bid for the 61% stake it doesn't own in Sky. |
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‘Vikings’ & ‘Game of Thrones’ Make IMDb’s Top 10 TV Shows of 2016 |
| 15 Dec 2016 | IMDb released a list of its ‘Top 10 TV shows of 2016’ this week, with HBO’s drama ‘Game of Thrones’ topping the list for the fifth consecutive year and History’s ‘Vikings’ coming in at number nine. |
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Worldwide Distribution Announced for Horror Feature ‘Nails’ |
| 15 Dec 2016 | Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD) announces it has signed horror feature, ‘Nails’, for worldwide distribution. |
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Making The Cut: 'Room' Editor Nathan Nugent |
| 15 Dec 2016 | With Oscar nominated Irish film ‘Room’ hitting cinemas on January 15th, IFTN talks to Editor Nathan Nugent about his work on the film. |
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RTÉ Comedy Call for New Ideas |
| 14 Dec 2016 | RTÉ Comedy are now looking for proposals that can build on recent comedy successes. The department is responsible for commissioning Comedy output for RTÉ ONE, RTÉ2, and Online. |
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‘Game of Thrones’ Receives SAG Nominations |
| 14 Dec 2016 | Nominations for the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced on Wednesday morning, 14th December. |
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