| BROADCAST | TV3 'Aim to Entertain' as Autumn Scheduled Launched 18 Aug 2011 | |
Irish broadcaster TV3 today announced the line up for an entertaining Autumn 2011 season at a launch event held at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin. “Our aim is to entertain,” says Director of Programming Ben Frow.
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| PRODUCTION | The Rubberbandits Commissioned For Channel 4 'Comedy Blaps' | |
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| ANIMATION | Keg Kartoonz Making 'Mad Cows' | |
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| FESTIVALS | Death of a Superhero' World Premiere at Toronto | |
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| EVENTS | IFTA Hosting Masterclass with Irish director John Moore | |
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| ACTORS | 'The Borgias' UK/Ireland Sky Atlantic Ratings Splash | |
Written, directed, created and co-produced by Neil Jordan (Ondine, The Butcher Boy), The Borgias premiered in the UK and Ireland on Saturday night on Sky Atlantic and attracted an audience over three times higher than the average ratings for the slot.more |
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- IFTA Directing Masterclass with John Moor |
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- Pulse College Open Day
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- Cowboys & Aliens (Universal Pictures) |
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- Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd - Post Production Producer
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Sunday, 21st August 14:00 - Ros na Rún - TG4 18:00 - Pop 4 - TG4 18:30 - Reeling in the Years (Daily Mon - Fri) - RTÉ One 18:30 - Xposé (Daily Mon - Fri) - TV3 19:00 - Nationwide (Daily Mon - Fri) - RTÉ One 19:00 - RTE Sport on Two: MNS - RTÉ Two 19:30 - Amhráin is Ansa Liom - TG4 19:30 - Dance Off - RTÉ One 20:00 - The Rose of Tralee - RTÉ One 20:00 - Garraí Glas - TG4 20:30 - GAA 2011 - TG4 23:00 - Tonight with Vincent Browne (Daily Mon - Fri) - TV3 22:35 - Lesser Spotted Ulster (Daily Mon - Fri) - UTV 23:40 - Katherine Lynch's Single Ladies - RTÉ Two 23:40 - Rapairí - TG4 00:10 - Shortscreen: Féileacán - RTÉ Two 00:15 - The Tudors - BBC Two Tuesday, 23rd August Wednesday 24th August
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| BROADCAST | Coco Television Return with Fresh Look 'Crimecall' & 'Don't Tell the Bride' |
| Coco Television are back to give a fresh look to the eighth series of RTÉ's 'Crimecall'. Following the end of the show's tender in April 2011, RTÉ invited expressions of interest from production companies for 'Crimecall', but have re-commissioned the original production company behind the first seven series. more |
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| ACTORS | Chris O'Dowd Joins Aussie Musical 'The Sapphires' |
| Modeled on the annual 'Comic Con' held in the US, Ireland's Movie Fest will showcase films and exclusive footage from upcoming blockbusters. Taking place on August 13th and 14th in Cineworld, Dublin, Movie Fest will screen previews of major Hollywood films including 'Fright Night', 'The Change Up', 'Cowboys and Aliens' and '30 Minutes or Less'. more |
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| DISTRIBUTION| 'Parked' & 'Sensation' Secure Irish Release Dates |
| Element Pictures Distribution have confirmed release dates for Galway Film Fleadh hit 'Parked' on October 14th and Tom Hall's latest film 'Sensation' on November 4th 2011. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Irish Films Screen at NYU New York 'Knuckle', 'Parked' & 'The Runway' in Lineup |
| A special screening series 'Irish Film New York' includes screenings of Ian Palmer's bar knuckle boxing documentary 'Knuckle', Darragh Byrne's Galway Film Fleadh-winning feature 'Parked' and Ian Power's 'The Runway'. more |
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| POST-PRODUCTION| 'Hardy Bucks' Series Two Moves Into Post |
| The second series of the former Storyland Success, 'Hardy Bucks', is due to hit our screens later this year on RTÉ Two. Filmed in Swinford, Co. Mayo for five weeks in June and July on HD, the second series sees the return of the Casteltown boys more |
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| INDUSTRY | Getty Images Supplying Video, Pics & Music to Irish Industry |
| If a picture speaks a thousand words and music speaks where words fail, what does a video say? With Getty Images providing all three modes of content in their library containing over 80million images, 750,000 video clips and over 75,000 pre-cleared audio tracks, we can be sure they have a lot to communicate. more |
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| CREW | Irish Director Gary Shore to Helm Universal's 'Our House' |
| IFTN can confirm that Irish director Gary Shore has signed on to direct the Universal remake of Matt Osterman's 'Phasma Ex Machina', with the remake being provisionally titled 'Our House'. Gary Shore (Cup of Tears) is at the helm of the new remake, with Nathan Parker attached to pen the script. more |
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| SHORTS | '2 Tonne Hands' at Rhode Island, 'Lose the Booze' Wraps |
| Latest in Irish short film news - '2 Tonne Hands' at Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) and principle photography finished on Monaghan short 'Lose the Booze'.more |
| INDUSTRY | TV3 Seeks Voluntary Redundancies |
| Staff at Irish broadcaster TV3 yesterday received an email announcing a voluntary redundancy scheme. The number of redundancies sought at the broadcaster has not been confirmed, but TV3 Chief Executive David McRedmond described the number as “not significant” to the Irish Independent. more |
| AWARDS | College Students are 'Best in Show' |
| The Shortlist of Graduates for the fifth annual 'Best in Show' Internship competition was announced yesterday. The competition, run by the Dublin Digital Hub Development Agency, sees digital media and creative graduates enter their work to compete for internships in leading Irish companies. more |
| CREW | Irish Actor Jonas Armstrong Lands 'Field of Blood' Role |
| The Irish born actor Jonas Armstrong will star alongside David Morrissey (The Reaping, Blitz), Peter Capaldi (In the Loop, The Thick of It) and Jayd Johnson (River City) in BBC hour long drama 'The Field of Blood'. more |
| DOCUMENTARY | Post Begins On Mary Raftery Documentary 'Behind the Walls' |
| High Wire and Gorilla are posting Mary Raftery's new documentary series for RTÉ 'Behind the Walls'. Produced and Written by Mary Raftery (States of Fear), the 2x60 minutes documentary series explores the history behind Ireland's psychiatric hospitals. more |
| POST-PRODUCTION | Specialist AV Acquire HDCAM Deck |
| Specialist AV have acquired a HDCAM Deck available for rent and broadcast dubbing. The HDCAM Deck will allow the user to make copies of HDCAM onto other HDCAM tapes and to play HD tapes for broadcast. more |
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