All RTÉ articles – Page 16
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Baking the co-pro cake
As the UK animation sector faces a challenging future, Dinamo Productions reveals how they pieced together new pre-school co-pro Abadas that last night launched simultaneously on four channels and in three languages.
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Title Role hires former ITV exec
Manchester indie Title Role Productions hired a former ITV exec to oversee its expansion in new genres.
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The Broadcast Interview
Left Bank Pictures: Andy Harries, Marigo Kehoe
Left Bank’s co-founders are determined not to let Zen’s demise overshadow their global successes, including an ambitious ‘game of Risk’ with HBO.
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Target to rep Down Syndrome animated series
A new preschool series featuring a character with Down Syndrome is to be sold around the world by Target Entertainment.
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Ratings
Torchwood returns with 4.8m
THURSDAY: The return of sci-fi thriller Torchwood trounced the new series of ITV drama Single-Handed but failed to match its previous best.
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Double Lesson / Desert Seas With David Attenborough / Single-Handed
Kiss FM and T4’s Melvin Odoom and Rickie Haywood Williams on classrooms, ‘gangster’ fish and the Garda.
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Behind The Scenes
Single-Handed, ITV1
Despite a great response to Single-Handed, plans for a second series were going nowhere until ITV came on board, says Rob Pursey and Clare Alan.
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UKTV secures US Dragons’ Den
The US, Irish and Canadian versions of Dragons’ Den are to get their first British broadcast on UKTV channel Dave.
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Rival wins US remake for teen gameshow format
Teen gameshow Power Struggle is set to be remade in the US and will return for a second series in the Middle East.
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Channel 4 names Paralympic presenters
An ex-Royal Marine, a carpenter and a former Paralympic swimmer are among six new disabled presenters who will help front Channel 4’s coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics.
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Tubridy to keep Norton's R2 seat warm
The BBC has confirmed Ryan Tubridy will be the latest Irish broadcaster to take to its airwaves.
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UBC Media sets up base in Ireland after RTÉ win
Radio indie UBC Media is opening an office in the Republic of Ireland following its first order from broadcaster RTÉ, alongside a one-off commission from Australian broadcaster ABC.
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Sky Arts to air sextuplets series
Sky Arts is to screen a series on the phenomenon of sextuplets, as part of a raft of sales by indie Off the Fence.
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Mrs Brown's Boys to return for second series
The BBC has ordered a second series of Irish comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys.
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Don’t Tell the Bride to be remade for German TV
BBC3 reality show Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in Germany as part of a wave of developments for the format throughout Europe.
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Features
Uncertain times for Welsh indies
As the biggest commissioner of content from Welsh production companies, changes to the way S4C is funded are causing concern throughout the sector. Adrian Pennington reports.
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Octonauts swims to Disney US
Animated series Octonauts and Gaspard & Lisa are to air in the US following a deal between children’s indie Chorion and Disney.
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Features
RTE idents
Create a spot that visually represents the varied categories of RTE’s broadcast portfolio.
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TVF secure William/Kate sales
A new film about Prince William and Kate Middleton has helped TVF International round off the year with a run of fresh sales.
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When Harvey Met Bob, BBC2
Executive producer Kate Triggs offers a behind the scenes look at the forthcoming BBC2 drama that considers the relationship between Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith.