Distributor and Rights management company Hoho Rights (Cloudbabies, Toad and Friends), is heading to MIPCOM with a flock of travelling geese and a group of mismatched demon-slayers as it presents two new additions to its slate for 2025 – Mandy and the Forces of Evil (8×25’) and Where the Wild Geese Go ((13×7’ or 1×52’). […]
Northern Ireland kids’ independent production studio, Sixteen South, has secured the third-party distribution rights for the hugely popular preschool animated series Mixmups (52×10’). It is Sixteen South’s first third party series for distribution deal. Commissioned by 5’s Milkshake, where it is a consistently high performer, the award winning, Mixmups is produced by Mackinnon & Saunders […]
Starting in 2026, RTÉ and Virgin Media Television will share coverage of the Men’s, Women’s and U20 Six Nations in Ireland. The new long-term partnership that means rugby fans in Ireland will have to those competitions free-to-air until 2029. RTÉ and Virgin Media are longstanding supporters of rugby and have shared coverage of the Six […]
Following the successful launch of seasons one and two, first airing in February this year on CBeebies and iPlayer, the third season of the celebrated animated series Puffin Rock will premiere this autumn, exclusively on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer in the UK and on RTEjr and the RTE Player in Ireland. From Cartoon Saloon and […]
Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organisations, has announced that Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the national public-service media company in Ireland, has chosen Dalet to develop and implement a content management ecosystem. RTÉ’s CTO and Director of Operations, Richard Waghorn, commented: “This partnership with Dalet represents a significant step in the transformation of […]
Sixteen South Rights has announced a raft of new sales for its animated series, Coop Troop. The 52 x 11’ deluxe CGI animation, aimed at kids aged 6-9, has been acquired by VRT and RTBF in Belgium, NPO in The Netherlands, KiKA in Germany, RAI in Italy, RTS in Switzerland (French), RSI in Switzerland (Italian) […]
RTÉ, the Irish public service broadcaster, has published A New Direction: Statement of Strategy 2025 – 2029 providing further detail on RTÉ’s strategic vision document published in November 2023. The new strategy sets out how, over the next five years, RTÉ will respond to the “urgent need” for transformation and for the “restoration of trust” […]
The 30th EBU Technical Assembly has elected a new Technical Committee and Chair at its annual meeting, which this year was hosted by Italian broadcaster Rai in Naples. Michael Eberhard, CTO of German EBU member organisation ARD/SWR, was elected Chair of the Technical Committee, taking over from Michael Nugent (ERT), who led the TC from […]
Kantar’s TGI ROI has published figures on Irish adults’ evolving viewing / listening habits. The sample is representative of 4,000 adults aged 16+ in Republic of Ireland, based on fieldwork from March 2023 – February 2024. The data uncovers that Irish adults spend 24.2 hours a week watching TV. RTE One remains the popular channel […]
Great Island, the Irish production company established in Cork in 2020 by TV Producer Mark Kenny and software entrepreneur Jim Robinson, are bringing Headcase, their lead drama, to market from a slate of twelve projects in development. They are creating content across animation, drama and unscripted formats. Headcase is a comedy-drama which follows a troubled, double-life leading Cork […]