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12 Mar 2010 Setanta Sports Invites BAI Fund Applications
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Setanta Sports Channel Ireland is looking to support qualifying projects for Round 9 of the BAI Sound & Vision Fund. Would-be applicants are advised that series are the preferred submission format. Submissions should be sent by Thursday, March 18th. more
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11 Mar 2010 ‘Horses’ Gallops onto Irish Screens
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‘Horses’, a new feature documentary from Liz Mermin which follows a year in the lives of three Irish racehorses as they partake in races, training and encounter memorable characters daily, will broadcast on RTE One on March 16. The doc is narrated by actor John Hurt (V for Vendetta, The Elephant Man). more
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11 Mar 2010 Ciarán Hinds Discusses ‘The Eclipse’
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The multi-award winning Irish atmospheric feature film ‘The Eclipse’ will screen on RTÉ1 on March, 17th. The supernatural thriller, crowned Best Film at the 2010 IFTAs, stars Ciarán Hinds with whom IFTN talked recently about the film’s Co. Cork shoot, travelling with director Conor McPherson and why audiences are responding so well to their latest pic. more
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10 Mar 2010 BBC NI Seeks New Head of Drama
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BBC Northern Ireland is currently seeking a new Head of Drama. The broadcaster is seeking an “experienced creative champion and leader for drama development and production in Northern Ireland. more
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10 Mar 2010 RTÉ Shows Work From 'New Directors'
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‘New Directors’, a new initiative by RTÉ’s Factual department which looks to give up and coming directors a chance to showcase their talents, sees one such director, Pete Higgins helm ‘UFO’ which broadcasts on Monday, March 15th on RTÉ2. more
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09 Mar 2010 Coco Television Sees Green for St. Patrick’s Day
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Celebrating its 15th year, the St. Patrick's Festival takes place this year from 12 - 17 March with over one million people expected to take part in festival events in celebration of all things Ireland. Coco television and RTÉ One will bring coverage of the festival’s annual Skyfest, the St. Patrick’s Day parade and highlights of the festival’s six days and nights. more
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08 Mar 2010 BBC Looks North With ‘Amharc Aneas’
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’Amharc Aneas’ (View from the South), a four part archive documentary series for BBC Northern Ireland and TG4 starts on Monday, March 8th and takes a look at relations across the border before the time of ‘the troubles’. more
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08 Mar 2010 TV3 Sees In ‘fyi’ and Sees Out ‘Play TV’
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Monday, March 8th will see the launch of ‘fyi’, an alternative information show from TV3 that will show on channel 3e. The series will be complimented by downloads from the web and looks to bring Irish audiences top stories in showbiz and sport in Ireland and around the world. more
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08 Mar 2010 Waddell Media Examines ‘Health of the Nation’
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Waddell Media’s ‘Health of the Nation’ begins on Wednesday, March 10th and sees Dr Mark Hamilton and new medical expert Dr Nina Byrnes take a pop-up health clinic around Ireland, offering instant diagnoses and tackling major health issues along the way. more
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04 Mar 2010 HBO Greenlights Northern Ireland Epic ‘Game of Thrones’
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HBO has given the green light to a pilot and nine episodes of George R.R. Martin’s epic ‘Game of Thrones’. The shoot of what is expected to be the biggest television series ever filmed in Europe will commence in June in Northern Ireland and will see the return of stars including Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Lena Headey. more
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04 Mar 2010 Ardmore Sound & Screen Scene Announce Merger
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It has been announced that leading Irish post-production companies Ardmore Sound and Screen Scene are to merge. The two companies will now operate together to offer combined services to the Irish and international marketplace. more
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03 Mar 2010 Grand Announce New ‘Superhero’ & ‘Trivia’ Projects
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Grand Pictures have announced details of two new projects - a feature film co-production with Bavaria Pictures entitled ‘Death of a Superhero’, and a new six part TV series ‘Trivia’ with RTÉ and funded by the BAI Sound and Vision Fund. more
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25 Feb 2010 RTÉ Ventures Back into the ‘Dragons’ Den’
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RTÉ’s ‘Dragons’ Den’ will return for a second series to RTÉ One on Thursday 25th February at 10.15pm. This new eight-part series sees Irish entrepreneurial companies/individuals pitch an array of ideas at the Dragons; from Caribbean spice to Seaweed Liquor. more
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25 Feb 2010 €25.5m BAI Funding Package Unveiled
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The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has announced that it is to make funding of up to €25.5m available for the production of new television and radio programmes over the next two years through Sound & Vision II – a Broadcasting Funding Scheme. more
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25 Feb 2010 Post Completes on Magma’s ‘The Guards’
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Post production has completed on Magma Productions’ ‘The Guards’. Adapted from Irish crime novelist Ken Bruen’s novel of the same name the film stars Iain Glen (Tara Road, Resident Evil), Ralph Brown (Withnail and I, Cold Blood), Tara Breathnach (The Tudors) and Nora Jane Noone (Savage, The Magdalene Sisters). more
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16 Feb 2010 RTÉ Reviews ‘Afternoon Show’ Slot
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RTÉ has confirmed for IFTN that it will be seeking expressions of interest from the independent production sector for an afternoon programme from September 2010. more
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16 Feb 2010 Moondance & TV3 Go Wild at ‘The Zoo’
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Wednesday, February 17th will see TV3 broadcast of the first episode of new documentary series, ‘The Zoo’. The series will mark the first time in Dublin Zoo’s 179 year history that a camera crew has been allowed this unique and exclusive access. more
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15 Feb 2010 Neil Delamere’s ‘Republic of Telly’ Returns
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A new season of ‘The Republic Of Telly’ returns to RTÉ Two this week. Presented by Neil Delamere (The Panel) the show looks to give its audiences another series of TV, comedy, gossip and celebrity guests. In this second series Neil has a new sidekick as Mairead Farrell (The Ray D’Arcy Show) joins the team. more
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12 Feb 2010 ‘Aisling’s Diary’ Scoops Kidscreen Award
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CR Entertainment Ltd has won the award for Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie in the Teen/Tween Category for ‘Aisling’s Diary’ at the Kidscreen Awards held in New York last night. The show tells the story of Aisling, an Irish-American teen who has just moved from Boston to Dublin, with her family. more
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12 Feb 2010 Shinawil Returns to ‘Dragons’ Den’
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Thursday, February 25th sees the return of the Irish version of ‘Dragons' Den’ for another series on RTÉ. Featuring entrepreneurs and business figures Sarah Newman, Gavin Duffy, Bobby Kerr, Sean Gallagher and Niall O'Farrell, the series is presented by Richard Curran, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Business Post. more
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