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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…
RTÉ calls for half-hour scripted comedies
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board have formed a partnership to support new Irish scripted…
RTÉ, Arte & APT set up first coproduced doc
Irish broadcaster RTÉ is set to pair with European pubcaster Arte and American Public Television…
Premium video body launches in Europe
A premium video advocacy body is launching in Europe with the backing of numerous major…
Ex-RTÉ boss joins EBU as director general
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has appointed the former director general of Irish national broadcaster…
New Scottish net bags Irish soap, Finnish drama
New Scottish network STV2 has acquired Irish soap Fair City, Finnish drama Black Widow and…
German broadcaster buys Irish gameshow
German broadcaster Das Erste has greenlit a local version of Play it by Ear, the…
Prison sells
Prisons have long been a source of fascination for TV producers – as illustrated by…
RTÉ to axe in-house kids programming
RTÉ will no longer make any in-house children’s television programming, as part of a huge…
Discovery hands digital chief control of Nordics
Discovery Networks International has upped Michael Lang, its UK-based corporate development and digital chief and…