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TV3′S NEW SOAP ‘Red Rock’ has been awarded €800,000 in funding under a scheme by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).
The latest round of the BAI’s Sound and Vision Scheme has allocated a total of €5.2 million to 21 TV projects and 101 radio projects. The scheme is designed to help ambitious projects that could struggle to find funding from other sources.
Red Rock is a co-production between Element Pictures and Company Pictures and the BAI’s financial backing is to cover the first two years of the show which debuts in January 2015.
Red Rock received the largest single donation with TG4′s six-part drama ‘Eipic’ being awarded the second largest at €600,000.
In total, there were 283 applications made during this funding round with a total funding request of €16.1 million.
Two separate projects being made for new broadcaster UTV Ireland have also been awarded a total of €445,000.
One of the projects is a two-part documentary called ‘The Wireless’ and the other is a one-off historical drama called ‘Pilgrimage’.
Overall, documentary was the most supported format in radio, while drama was the most supported in television.
There are 33 different radio stations represented in the funding offers and 10 different television channels.
The BAI’s chief executive Michael O’Keefe said that the decisions about funding to the 122 different projects were made following “on-going, careful management of revenue associated with the fund”.
O’Keefe added that the next scheme is currently being considered by the Minister for Communications.
View the full list of projects and what they’ve been awarded >
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It’s on tv3 so tilt be sh*te.
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Fairly Shity is on RTE and is rubbish.
If they wanted to throw away that sort of money I would have taken it.
Fair City and now Red Rock!! I dont want to live on this planet any more!
I dont hold out much hope for it either but in fairness it already has double the budget of the last 25 years of Fair City . Or at least what looks like has been spent on Fair City in the last 25 years. You never know. It could be the next Glenroe or even Ros Na Run. *Rolls eyes*
Why give them 800k when they won’t be around after UTV run them out of business? They shouldn’t get a cent.
Taxpayer money well spent.
Only 7% of the scheme’s tiny fund comes from taxpayer / TV license.
Soap….just more soap. Obviously the accountants have more creativity than the film makers to get this one passed!
Why?
FFS!!!!!! More money wasted on utter sh!te!
Waste of money.Tv3 is pure scutter . The sooner UTV Ireland starts and puts them out of business
Does anyone even watch TV3?
The link at the bottom to the complete list is broken
“Deception” anyone, that was pure shite, no real plot, crap script, but some good actors
Wonder if TV3 or Rte would like to fund our Christmas Miracle !!! lets get them home for our last Christmas In Ireland and and our 1st Christmas together in 12 Christmas’s… any offers BAI???? Already a fair bit of media interest…go on go on…. PLEASE.. xx.
No doubt that most of ye watch these programs..
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