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RTE greenlights original travel format from Green Inc
Northern Ireland indie Green Inc is producing a new original travel entertainment format, High Road…
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News round-up: Acorn TV, RTÉ return to ‘Finding Joy’; 10 Play in Oz buys Amazon drama; Platform One’s Jennifer Fox deal
Acorn TV, RTÉ return to Finding Joy AMC Networks-backed streamer Acorn TV and Irish broadcaster…
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RTÉ, Acorn partner with ZDFE and TV2 Norway on dramedy
Irish pubcaster RTÉ and AMC Networks-backed Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) have partnered to commission a…
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Cloudco bolsters distribution team with Partner
Kids TV producer and distributor Cloudco Entertainment has hired Sam Partner as VP international content…
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RTÉ, Acorn partner on Victorian drama ‘Dead Still’
Irish broadcaster RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) have co-commissioned Victorian mystery Dead Still. The…
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Fremantle bets on Irish multi-platform format National Treasures
Fremantle has picked up format rights to EZ Films’ multi-platform series National Treasures. The business…
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RTÉ & Irish Film Board pick up four comedy pilots
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board today announced the four projects that have progressed to…
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Shane Murphy appointed head of drama and comedy RTÉ
RTÉ has appointed Shane Murphy as group head of drama and comedy. The Dublin native…
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UKTV & RTÉ board Sharon Horgan drama
UKTV has partnered with RTÉ to bring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) drama Women on the Verge…
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Acorn TV to launch new Irish original with RTÉ and Treasure
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the UK-based development division for Acorn TV, has partnered with RTÉ…
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Walter Presents, HBO Europe invest in Bad Banks
Channel 4’s Walter Presents and HBO Europe are among the latest networks to pick up…
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Channel 5 to launch premium linear channel
Viacom’s UK broadcaster, Channel 5, will launch a “premium channel” focused on high-end factual, documentaries…
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RTÉ calls for half-hour scripted comedies
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board have formed a partnership to support new Irish scripted…
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RTÉ, Arte & APT set up first coproduced doc
Irish broadcaster RTÉ is set to pair with European pubcaster Arte and American Public Television…
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Premium video body launches in Europe
A premium video advocacy body is launching in Europe with the backing of numerous major…
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Ex-RTÉ boss joins EBU as director general
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed the former director general of Irish national broadcaster…
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New Scottish net bags Irish soap, Finnish drama
New Scottish network STV2 has acquired Irish soap Fair City, Finnish drama Black Widow and…
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German broadcaster buys Irish gameshow
German broadcaster Das Erste has greenlit a local version of Play it by Ear, the…
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Prison sells
Prisons have long been a source of fascination for TV producers – as illustrated by…
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RTÉ to axe in-house kids programming
RTÉ will no longer make any in-house children’s television programming, as part of a huge…
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Discovery hands digital chief control of Nordics
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…
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Dee Forbes’ RTÉ teams with Arte
Irish pubcaster RTÉ and French cultural broadcaster Arte have inked a deal that will see…
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UKTV buys RTÉ comedy in ‘breakthrough’ deal
British multichannel operator UKTV has acquired Irish comedy Bridget & Eamon for its Gold network….
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RTÉ deputy chief exiting for Ofcom
The deputy director general of Irish pubcaster RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, is set to exit and…
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RTÉ acquisitions chief takes interim MD post
RTÉ’s director of production and acquisitions, Dermot Horan, has become interim managing director of television…
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TV3 poaches RTÉ2 boss for programming role
Irish broadcaster TV3 Group has replaced Lynda McQuaid with Bill Malone, the controller of rival…
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RTÉ, NRK pitch winner is Bucking the Trend
The national broadcasters of Ireland and Norway have handed Dublin-based Sideline Productions €10,000 (US$11,275) after…
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Dee Forbes leaving Discovery to run RTÉ
Discovery Communication’s Northern Europe chief, Dee Forbes, is leaving the company to become the first…
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Danger Mouse spied in Oz, France
FremantleMedia’s new version of spy toon Danger Mouse has made its way to broadcasters in…
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Retooled Bob lands global homes
France 5 and Turner Broadcasting System in the UK are among buyers of the rebooted…