| FUNDING | Channel 4 Called to Fund More NI Projects | |
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| BOX OFFICE | 'Avatar' is Irish Box Office No. 1 | |
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| FESTIVALS | 'The Guard' Chosen for Berlinale 2011 | |
Element Pictures' 'The Guard' has been selected to screen at the 61st Berlinale Film Festival. The feature was announced as one of 50 films shortlisted to screen as part of the event's Panorama section. The film will show at Berlin following its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
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| MASTER SERIES | Paul Haggis Talks 'The Next Three Days' | |
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- IFTA 2011 Nominees Announced
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- Focal Production Value Workshop 2011 - Berlinale Talent Campus - European Television & Media Management Academy - ETMA more training information |
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- The Season of the Witch (Momentum Pictures)
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8th January - Saturday 9th January - Sunday 13.55 - Rachael Allen: Bake - RTÉ 1 17.00 - Test the Teachers - RTÉ 2 18.00 - Xposé - TV3 19.30 - CSI Fada - RTÉ 1 20.30 - Gaybo Laughs Back - RTÉ 1 21.00 - Meon na mBan - TG4 21.30 - Seacht - TG4 21.35 - Departure Day - RTÉ 1 21.50 - The Savage Eye - RTÉ 2 22.00 - The Truth About Travellers - TV3 22.35 - Frontline - RTÉ 1 22.35 - Stand and Deliver - RTÉ 2 22.35 - Mrs Brown's Boys - RTÉ 1 11th January - Tuesday 12th January - Wednesday
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| DIGITAL| UTV Live Goes Mobile |
| UTV has branched into the mobile app market, with a free UTV Live mobile app available for download on both iTunes and Android Market. The app has been features live news reports, weather forecasts, local business and political news, sport, entertainment and blogs by various UTV correspondents more |
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| BOX OFFICE| 'Lapland Odyssey' Finnishes at No. 1 |
| Irish/Finnish co-production 'Lapland Odyssey' has broken records by becoming the best performing film in Finland in 2010. The film, co-produced by Ripple World Pictures, has been seen by over 335,000 people to date and had the strongest opening for a local film in 2010 and the fifth biggest opening for a local film in the last decade. more |
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| BROADCAST| RTÉ Grabs Rugby World Cup Broadcast Rights |
| RTÉ Sport has secured live broadcast rights to Rugby World Cup 2011, allowing it to provide extensive free-to-air television coverage of rugby's showcase event to the Irish public along with other major international sports events. more |
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| DIGITAL | Profitero Scoop Innovation Cubed Award |
| Digital retail analysis company, Profitero have won the second instalment of the Innovation Cubed competition held by the business centre, Media Cube in Dun Laoghaire. This is the second win for the company which offers a competitor monitoring service for on-line retailers, having already won a Seedcamp New Business Funding Award in the best start-up business category. more |
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| BROADCAST | Free to Air TG4 & RTÉ Coming to NI |
| A new transmitter in Divis in Belfast is currently allowing for free-to-air availability of TG4 in approximately 60% of Northern Irish homes. Furthermore, as part of the 2012 DTT switchover the Irish and UK governments will construct a low power TV multiplex in Northern Ireland will further increase the coverage of these channels to approximately 90% of homes in the north. more |
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| FESTIVALS | MeetMarket 2011 Call for Submissions |
| The call for applications for the 2011 MeetMarket at Sheffield Doc/Fest is now open. Documentary, factual and cross-platform filmmakers can submit their pitches online until Friday, April 1st for the possibility of being one of the approximately 65 projects selected to compete. more |
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| PRODUCTION | 'Feirm Factor' Ploughs Onwards |
| Post production finished recently on the third instalment of Irish reality series, 'Feirm Factor' from Company Productions for TG4. The format also sold to S4C in Wales where the third series of 'Fferm Factor' is currently in pre-production. The Irish ten-part series begins on TG4 on Sunday, January 16th. more |
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