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NPO NETHERLANDS ACQUIRES RTÉ’S KIN FROM BRON RELEASING Global roll-out of ratings-beating Irish crime drama gathers momentum

Home-grown Irish drama Kin, starring Game of Thrones' Aidan Gillen, has been licensed by BRON Releasing to Dutch public broadcaster NPO, adding the Netherlands to the growing roster of territories to have picked up RTÉ's ratings-beating crime series.

November 2021

RTÉ Documentary "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" selected by Broadcast Magazine as a hot pick for MIPCOM"

‘The story went viral even before the doc came out, which shows there is interest around the world' Around four years ago, Dublin-based film-maker DonalMoloney got a call from a journalist friend, tipping him off about an unusual story.

October 2021

RTÉ PROGRAMME SALES UNVEILS NEW PREMIUM DOCUMENTARIES

RTÉ Programme Sales has secured thedistribution rights to two premium documentaries:Donal Moloney'sLet the Rest of the World Go ByandRuán Magan'sThe Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine. The distributor has also licensed the entire back catalogue ofCOCO Content's hit home-design seriesRoom To Improveto Channel 5, following the strong performance ofseasons eight-to-12 on the UK channel.

July 2021

RTÉ PROGRAMME SALES SELLS ROOM TO IMPROVE TO CHANNEL 5

UK broadcaster acquires five seasons of Coco Content-produced architectural home-design series RTÉ Programme Sales has announced that Channel 5 in the UK has licensed five seasons of hit home-design series Room To Improve. Under the deal, Channel 5 has acquired 32 hours of Room To Improve, representing seasons eight to 12, which will be stripped daily in a lunchtime slot from May 17. The show follows one of Ireland's most respected architects, Dermot Bannon, as he sets out to create a range of beautifully designed and cleverly built homes. The latest season gained an average 44.8% share for RTÉ One, where it airs in a primetime Sunday slot. Season 13 has already been greenlit by the Irish public broadcaster and is currently in production.