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TV News Releases - September 2011

RTÉ wins Broadcaster of the Year at International Animation Forum RTÉ were today announced as Broadcaster of the Year at Cartoon Forum – the biggest European Annual event for animation, while Monster Animation, a company with which RTÉ works often, was announced as Producer of the Year. Taking place this week in Poland, over 700 producers, broadcasters and investors are in attendance, reviewing and discussing […]
All Ireland Hurling Final attracts 1.1 Million TV Audience on RTÉ Sunday’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final attracted the second highest ever viewership for an All Ireland Hurling Final, peaking at 1.1million* viewers in the final minutes of the match as Kilkenny won out against Tipperary. An average audience of 971,000** viewers tuned in to the gripping game from throw-in to final whistle on RTÉ’s The […]
Local Heroes – A Town Fights Back: Major new television series starts filming this week as part of RTÉ-wide campaign to support Irish jobs Major new television series starts filming this week as part of RTÉ-wide campaign to support Irish jobs Filming starts this week on Local Heroes – A Town Fights Back, a new television series that is part of a major RTÉ campaign to support Irish jobs. Local Heroes is an RTÉ-wide campaign to support Irish jobs, […]
The Sunday Game Live attracts a peak audience of 934,000 viewers on RTÉ Two, Sunday 28 August Yesterday’s (Sunday 28 August) All Ireland Football Championship Semi-Final between Dublin and Donegal attracted a peak audience of 934,000* viewers on RTÉ Two. The Sunday Game Live programme saw 700,000 viewers on average tuning in to the full duration of RTÉ’s coverage of the game. Source: Nielsen* One minute peak (Live + VOSDAL)** Programme average […]
NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE TUNE IN TO SEE QUEENSLAND ROSE TARA TAKE THE 2011 TIARA A peak of nearly one million (943,000)* viewers tuned in to RTÉ One at 11:19pm last night to see Tara Talbot, the 27-year-old Queensland Rose, crowned as the 53rd Rose of Tralee. The teacher was born in Dublin and moved to Australia when she was five-years-old. Tara’s father is from Dublin and her mother is […]

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