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Abrahamson, O'Conor & Gildea Teaching at Filmbase |
| 02 Sep 2010 | Filmbase Training is planning its busiest autumn ever: launching several brand new courses and hosting talks and seminars with industry experts from home and abroad. After building on six years of success as an Apple Training Centre, Filmbase has also recently added several Adobe Certified Courses to their range of professional industry training. The upcoming speakers and tutors include make up artist Terri Pinnell (Portrait of a Zombie), actor Hugh O’Conor (My Left Foot), casting director Thyrza Ging (Savage) and directors Lenny Abrahamson (Adam and Paul) and Sonya Gildea (Bua). |
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EDN Online Pitching Call for Projects |
| 02 Sep 2010 | The European Documentary Network (EDN) has introduced a new system of EDN Online Pitching. The new thematic pitching format is based on an online video conference, where a selected number documentary projects are introduced. For the first session EDN is calling for documentary projects with a cross platform potential. The deadline for receipt of entries is September 15th. |
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Tyrell & Apple ‘Making the Grade’ |
| 02 Sep 2010 | September 22nd, 23rd & 24th will play host to three individual free one day courses entitled ‘Making the Grade’. The grading course, from Tyrell CCT in association with Apple, will give established FCP editors with a limited knowledge of online and finishing techniques the opportunity to learn key techniques to improve "the look" and output quality of their programs and VTs ready for transmission. |
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Interview: Stokes Passing SPI Torch to Galavan |
| 26 Aug 2010 | Sean Stokes’ handed over the role of CEO of the Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) to Barbara Galavan on Tuesday, August 24th. Having come to the end of his term as CEO Stokes has taken up his new position as MD of Sports and Media Rights International Ltd. IFTN spoke to both Sean and Barbara to talk about the Stokes’ time with the producers representative group and the challenges now facing Barbara. |
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NI Viewing Levels Up 5% in Ofcom Report |
| 24 Aug 2010 | On 20 August, Ofcom published its seventh annual Communications Market report. In relation to Northern Ireland, the report says whilst average viewing levels have increased there by 5% since last year, NI audiences still watch less TV than the UK average. The report further found that UK channels contributed towards the first ever annual fall in the number of UK television channels. |
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Global Following Grows For TG4 Website |
| 19 Aug 2010 | The TG4 website has been globally available since 2003 and is to undergo some changes in the coming months. The site’s webmaster, Peadar Ó Flatharta tells us that the site has garnered a dedicated following, growing slowly but surely in popularity. “In 2006 we had about 40,000 – 60,000 streams a month and this figure has since grown to about a quarter of a million” |
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Eurotek Assists Tapeless Upgrade at Colaiste Dhulaigh |
| 18 Aug 2010 | Eurotek has announced that Colaiste Dhulaigh has upgraded its camera division with the addition of new HD QuickTime camcorders from JVC. Based in Dublin, Colaiste Dhulaigh College of Further Education has recently purchased seven GY-HM100 and two GY-HM700 camcorders for use in their three-year Communication and Media Production course. |
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RTÉ Building €70 million Digital Network |
| 16 Aug 2010 | A new €70 million digital network is to be built by RTÉ, the move will include the introduction of a new satellite service. The introduction of the network will further mean that RTÉ and TG4 will be available on all-Island basis for first time and it will allow for broadband spectrum to be freed up. |
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Tyrell appointed as Clear-Com Region Distributor |
| 12 Aug 2010 | Clear-Com, a leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, has continued to expand its reach into Ireland with the appointment of solutions provider, Tyrell CCT as its distributor for the region. The latter will look to open up a broader customer base in Ireland’s broadcast, theatrical and corporate markets to the streamlined, reliable communications workflows made possible by Clear-Com intercoms. |
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BAI Announces New DTT Introduction Plans |
| 11 Aug 2010 | The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has repeated its displeasure that its chosen groups have failed to work together in the orchestration of bringing commercial Digital Terestial Television (DTT) to Ireland. The group has thus decided not to reactivate a commercial DTT multiplex licensing process until after the Analogue Switch Off (ASO). RTÉ has selected MHEG as the interactive middleware for the rollout of its national DTT service. |
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Work Begins on National Film School Building |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Work is to begin in two weeks on the site of IADT's new National Film School. The project, which has been awarded €5 million by Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, will see the building of Ireland's first HD television studio. The building is to open for Sep/Oct 2011. |
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Tyrell CCT Appointed as EditShare Channel Partner |
| 29 Jul 2010 | Tyrell CCT, provider of digital media solutions in the UK and Ireland, has announced that the company has been appointed as an authorised channel partner for Editshare, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems. The partnership has already secured a key customer win with PricewaterhouseCoopers, (PwC), a leading professional services firm. |
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Tyrell Supplies ScreenScene’s Third Terrablock |
| 22 Jul 2010 | Screen Scene, one of Ireland's largest post production facilities, has expanded its shared storage system by adding a third Facilis Terrablock storage solution to accommodate the requirements of the facility's growing graphics division. |
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Minister Ryan Switches on Exemplar Network |
| 20 Jul 2010 | Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has switched on the Government’s Exemplar Network. This is globally unique fibre-optic communications network using patented Irish technology will now allow for the high-speed and high-quality transfer of electronic data. |
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Eurotek Brings Digital Ad Network to The Square |
| 20 Jul 2010 | Ireland’s Eurotek and advertising group, CBS Outdoor have recently finished work on a mammoth project in Tallaght’s The Square shopping centre as part of the centre’s new €250 million redevelopment plan. |
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Windmill Lane Opens 'Lock Out', 36 VFX Jobs Created |
| 16 Jul 2010 | Irish post house, Windmill Lane Pictures is currently creating a new film visual effects production facility in Sandyford in order to carry out post production work on 'Lock Out’ [working title], a new sci-fi feature film that is to start shooting in Belgrade towards the end of the year. Windmill Lane will produce all the visual effects its new Dublin facility. |
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Avid Upgrade for Reelgood |
| 16 Jul 2010 | Dublin based facility Reelgood has made a significant investment in the upgrade of its Avid technology to facilitate an increasing workload and the demands of HD production. Working with Tyrell CCT, the facility has upgraded all of their edit suites to Media Composer V5, taking advantage of the latest features including support for tapeless media, stereoscopic workflows and real-time HD editing. |
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Screenscene Gets Nuke-d |
| 05 Jul 2010 | Post production group, Screenscene has become the first Irish company to invest heavily in a multi seat Nuke X deployment in its VFX division. The group has heavily expanded its compositing department by investing in multiple licenses of The Foundry’s Nuke X compositing software allowing the facility to host a significant number of seats for its visual effects artists. |
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Curtis Appointed Director of Digital Switchover |
| 05 Jul 2010 | RTÉ has appointed Mary Curtis to the new senior executive position of Director of Digital Switchover, with responsibility for an effective transition by audiences in the coming two years to digital television using the new Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system. |
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TV3 Appoints Director of Online |
| 01 Jul 2010 | TV3 has announced the appointment of Stephen Grant as Director of Online. This is a new position which the broadcaster has introduced to reflect the growing significance of online within the overall strategy for TV3 Group. |
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