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TG4’s newly appointed Ardstiúrthóir Alan Esslemont has unveiled a new programme commissioning model for independent producers. Speaking at a day-long information session in Galway today, attended by over 200 production personnel from companies throughout Ireland, Mr Esslemont also gave details of the Irish language channel’s fresh scheduling strategy, aimed at serving the different needs of the Irish language community and of the wider audience. As Ireland’s only publisher/broadcaster, TG4 works in a unique partnership with the independent production sector, from which it sources all of the channel’s TV content. The new initiative sees TG4 offering producers the opportunity of bidding for multi-annual output deals across a range of programme genres with the successful applicants obtaining multi-annual contracts worth over a million euros each. This scale of production in output deals will allow companies to scale their operations and plan their finances in a way that is not the norm in the Irish TV production sector. The four programme genres on offer span a wide range of content (Programmes, Gradam Ceoil TG4, Drama and Arts). At today’s briefing, producers were told that they have three months to research and draft their applications and scope out the productions before submitting their offer in late April http://www.tg4.ie/en/production/commissioning/ Mr Esslemont took up his new post as head of TG4 in mid-October 2016. He had worked with Teilifís na Gaeilge for the first twelve years of its operation and oversaw the rebranding to TG4 before returning to his native Scotland in 2008 to work on the establishment of the Gaelic language channel BBC ALBA. At today’s session in Galway he outlined the many benefits that this model has brought in other Celtic countries. He also emphasised that it offers Gaeltacht-based production companies the opportunity to develop and plan their future with some financial certainty: “These are uncertain times for the TV industry in Ireland and TG4 is very conscious of the need to offer our partners in the independent sector and in the Gaeltacht the opportunity to realise their undoubted potential. The model we are adopting provides the basis for planning and for partnership and to work together on maximising the public investment in this key component of the creative industries,” he said. Mr Esslemont also confirmed that the channel will be seeking additional public funding from the Minister for Communications to allow it to restore the investment it makes in the independent sector to at least pre-recession levels. More information: Linda Ní Ghríofa TG4 087-9172864 ( linda.ni.ghriofa@tg4.ie )
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D’fhoilsigh Ardstiúrthóir nua TG4 Alan Esslemont cur chuige nua do chlársceideal na seirbhíse agus é ag labhairt i gcathair na Gaillimhe inniu le soláthraithe clár an chainéil ag Lá na Léiritheoirí, ócáid eolais agus chumarsáide don earnáil neamhspleách. Beidh luach na milliún euro leis na conarthaí coimisiúnaithe ollsoláthair atá fógraithe ag TG4 inniu agus iad ar fáil i gceithre réimse clár (Cláracha, Gradam Ceoil TG4, Drámaíocht agus Ildána). Tá tréimhse ráithe ag an earnáil neamhspléach le iarratais a dhréachtú agus a bheachtú sna réimsí atá ar tairiscint ag an gcainéal. Tá sonraí faoi na réimsí seo agus treoir maidir le hullmhú iarratais ar fáil ag http://www.tg4.ie/ga/leiriuchan/coimisiunu/ D’fhreastail suas le 200 ionadaí ón earnáil léiriúcháin ar ócáid an lae inar chuir an tUasal Esslemont a straitéis clár i láthair na soláthraithe agus inar leagadh amach cúlra na n-ollsoláthar atá fógraithe. Ina chuid cainte leag sé béim ar an mbonn páirtíochta atá mar bhunús le TG4 – foilsitheoir/craoltóir a fhaigheann a chuir ábhair ón earnáil neamhspleách agus ó RTÉ. Mheabhraigh sé gurb é leas an uile pháirtí go mbeadh bonn inmharthana faoin earnáil neamhspleách, go háirithe sa nGaeltacht agus gur le coimisiúin ollsoláthair mórscála, ilbhliana is fearr is féidir sin a bhaint amach. “Is tréimhse chorrach chinniúnach í seo don chraolachán poiblí agus don earnáil léiriúcháin in Éirinn,” a dúirt sé “agus leis an gcur chuige seo, tá TG4 ag deimhniú go ndéanfaimid ár gcuid féin chun bonn seasmhach a chur faoin earnáil neamhspleách le múnla a chinntíonn fostaíocht leanúnach san earnáil agus a oibríonnn go maith do na craoltóirí sna tíortha Ceilteacha eile”. Dheimhnigh an tArdstiúrthóir go mbeidh TG4 ar iarraidh ar an Aire Cumarsáide maoiniú dothanach poiblí a sholáthar do TG4, bonn ilibhliana a chur faoin maoiniú, mar atá ceadaithe sa reachtaíocht agus mar atá TG4 a dhéanamh leis an bpróiseas coimisiúnaithe anois. Mhol sé freisin go mbeadh an leibhéal maoinithe a fhaigheann an cainéal ar aon leibhéal ar a laghad leis an leibhéal a bhí ann sular tharla an cúlú eacnamaíochta. Breis Eolas: Linda Ní Ghríofa TG4 087-9172864 linda.ni.ghriofa@tg4.ie