Lynda McQuaid


TV3 poaches RTÉ2 boss for programming role

Irish broadcaster TV3 Group has replaced Lynda McQuaid with Bill Malone, the controller of rival terrestrial RTÉ2. Malone becomes the Virgin Media Ireland-owned broadcaster’s director of programming four months after it emerged director of content McQuaid was leaving less than a year after replacing the Fox UK-bound Jeff Ford. He has been RTÉ2 chief and […]

Sky Vision secures TV3 output deal

UK-based distributor Sky Vision has scooped rival DRG and secured an exclusive programme representation deal with Ireland’s TV3. This will see Sky’s distribution arm represent an initial 200 hours of TV3 shows, with another 150 hours of new programming to come between now and 2017. DRG was the previous distributor, but the Sky deal comes […]

TV3 names Jeff Ford replacement

Ireland’s TV3 has named Lynda McQuaid as its director of content to replace the Fox International Channels-bound Jeff Ford. McQuaid will take up her post in April, when former Channel 5 chief Ford moves back to the UK to become general manager of FIC UK after more than three years in Ireland. She has previously […]