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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.May 2021
RTÉ PROGRAMME SALES MAKES FIRST PUSH INTO KIDS PROGRAMMING
Brand new slate of educational series launched to international market as broadcaster releases new lockdown programming block.
RTÉ Programme Sales has announced its first ever slate of kids programming available to the global market.
Highlights of the new slate includes six new live action series, the first four, Wonder What, Let's Find Out, Insiders, Body Brothers, were all produced by Stop.watch for RTÉ. Wild Kids was produced by regional Irish indieGMarsh TV and Squad Goals by Kite Entertainment. All are live action or studio based educational titles focusing on nature, science, sport and the human body to help keep young minds educated during school lockdowns and beyond.