The Arts Council, the Government agency for funding and developing the arts, has made its major grant allocations for 2009, distributing almost €60 million to 352 organisations, venues, festivals and communities across the country. more
Following TV3’s acquisition of Channel 6 in late 2008, Channel 6 has become repositioned as a sibling channel to TV3 - renaming the channel as ‘3e’ while TV3 has rebranded with a modern, contemporary look. more
Brendan Culleton (Akajava Films), Cormac Fox (Vico Films) and Rachel Lysaght (Underground Films) have all been confirmed to participate in the EAVE 2009 Producers Workshop. more
RTÉ Television has secured live Irish horse racing rights for the next three years ensuring the Irish racing calendar free-to-air on the broadcaster until at least 2011. more
President Mary McAleese was guest of honour at the Irish Film Board and Enterprise Ireland reception held at the Warner Bros Studios in Los Angeles. more
The International Television competition ‘Rose d’Or’, one of the most prestigious awards in the world will be held from May 2-5, 2009 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Irish ambassador for the festival and jury member Larry Bass, producer of hit television show ‘The Apprentice’, discusses with IFTN the marketing and viewing benefits of submitting your television programme to the festival. more
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced the seventh funding round of 'Sound and Vision for Television’. Applications are now invited from programme makers for funding for new television programmes dealing with the themes of Irish culture, heritage and experience. more
Michael Wilson, Managing Director of UTV Television, says they have not yet reached an agreement with unions on redundancies at the Northern Irish broadcaster, which is facing job losses due to a restructure of the television division. more
As the Broadcasting Bill concluded Committee Stage today, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan announced that he will increase funding for the Sound and Vision programme by 2% on the previous allocation increasing total investment in Ireland's independent television production to almost €15.5 million in 2009. more
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has signed a contract with City Channel Eastern Europe Limited for a new service targeting eastern European viewers in the Dublin area. more
IBEC’s Audiovisual Federation today (Thursday, 11 December 2008) welcomed the new improvements to the Irish tax incentive for film Section 481 announced by Minister for Arts. Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD at the launch of its 2008 Audiovisual Federation Review. more
Martin Cullen, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has confirmed that significant improvements to the Section 481 relief for investment in film projects are proposed as amendments to the Finance Bill which will be considered by the Oireachtas in the coming days. more
The Digital Media Cube is currently a developing a web based tool specifically for the production industry code named 'ProductionApp' which will help ease management of production information for television and film. more
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has published a report recommending improvements to the current tax incentive for film, Section 481 which runs until 2012. more
The deadline for the 6th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is fast approaching. Submissions must be received at the IFTA office or via the online submissions form by 5.30pm Monday 17th November 2008. more
The leaders of all the major political parties in Northern Ireland have signed a petition urging Belfast-based media group UTV to halt proposed jobs cuts from the service. more
RTÉ's Director General Cathal Goan and Chief Financial Officer, Conor Hayes addressed the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications last week on pay cuts cuts worth more than €50m to its budget for 2009 to avoid a deficit for the company. more
Showtime and the BBC are reportedly developing a contemporary take of ‘Camelot’ with ‘The Tudors’ creator and scriptwriter Michael Hirst and producer Morgan O'Sullivan. more
