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Finite Films & TV launches Northern Irish office

 Independent production company Finite Films & TV has announced the opening of its new base in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in line with its expanding international slate. The company has also announced a new psychological horror, The Fears, in development from Doctor Who director Andrew Gunn. The Fears, written and directed by seasoned visual drama director Andrew Gunn (Life on Mars, Survivors, Primeval) tells the story of an oppressive Immigration Detention Centre that becomes infected with a mysterious illness […]

July 17, 2025

Belfast City Marathon on BBC NI, iPlayer

BBC Northern Ireland will provide live coverage of the 2025 Belfast City Marathon across BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Ulster and on the BBC Sport NI website on May 4th. This year’s event expects to see the biggest number of participants with more than 22,000 runners taking part – the largest number in its […]

May 2, 2025

Sixteen South announces new sales for Odo

Belfast-based leading UK kids’ independent production company, Sixteen South has secured new global sales for its preschool series, Odo, produced with Letko.  The 52 x 7’ hand-drawn 2.5D animation, aimed at kids aged 3-5, which is commissioned by Channel 5’s Milkshake! in the UK and on KiKA in Germany, has now flown onto over 150 […]

March 11, 2025

Noah Media Group promotes Randall

Noah Media Group has announced that Esther Randall has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the company. Randall will be working across all day-to-day operations of the business and will join the Board. Randall joined Noah Media Group in 2021 as Head of Legal and Business Affairs. In […]

November 21, 2024

Belfast Media Festival 2024 reveals schedule

The 15th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) 2024 entitled Creativity in Motion will take place on November 13th and 4th at the MAC Belfast, in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland. From Irish language film success of the year Kneecap to BBC Director General Tim Davie in conversation with John Campbell; and Rugby […]

November 7, 2024

Vogue Williams to host RTS NI Awards in Belfast

Vogue Williams will once again host this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) NI Awards, sponsored by Ka-Boom in the Titanic Belfast on November 14th. Born in Ireland, Vogue is well known to audiences in Northern Ireland as a presenter, podcaster, DJ and leading fitness expert. Her broadcast work has ranged from presenting documentaries and hosting studio […]

November 5, 2024

Belfast Media Festival readies for Creativity in Motion

The 15th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) 2024 entitled ‘Creativity in Motion’ will take place on November 13th and 14th at the MAC Belfast, in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland. Last year a record 1,500 people attended the BMF which provides students and those working in the screen industries with a unique […]

October 14, 2024

BT calls time on 3G

BT has switched off its last 3G mobile sites as the telco moves forward with its 4G and 5G rollouts. Greg McCall, Chief Networks Officer at BT, commented: “Belfast cemented itself as part of BT Group’s rich history last week as the location where we switched off our final 3G mobile site, bringing an end […]

February 26, 2024

Disney+, Northern Ireland Screen development fund

Disney+ UK and Northern Ireland Screen announced a collaboration during the Belfast Media Festival to help support and grow the production sector in Northern Ireland. Local independent production companies are invited to pitch in a bid to receive a development fund awarded by Disney+ UK and Northern Ireland Screen. The brief: · Female-skewed · Factual […]

November 17, 2023

Belfast Media Festival announces schedule

More than 1,500 people are expected to descend on The Mac, Belfast for the opening of the 14th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) entitled ‘A City in Motion’ which runs from November 15th to 16th. A schedule of 36 sessions covering all aspects of the industry from TV commissioning to gaming and filmmaking to podcasts has been […]

November 9, 2023