Press Releases 2008

 

FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008

 

 

BCI ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR FIRST

COMMUNITY TELEVISION SPECIAL SCHEME

 

 

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has this week announced the award of €240,000 to Community in a Studio, the first Sound & Vision Special Scheme for community television. To date, over €1.25m has been allocated to Special Schemes since the inception of the Broadcasting Funding Scheme in October 2005.

 

Community in a Studio is a joint proposal between Dublin City Television (DCTV), Province 5 Television (P5TV), Cork Community TV (CCTV) and training partner Community Television Association (CTA). The programme series provides12 community groups with the opportunity to explore what community television means to them and their organisations.

 

Special Schemes are initiatives which fall outside the regular funding rounds and have a distinct focus on partnerships and the fostering of industry development. While content will deal with the core themes of BCI Sound & Vision, the Special Scheme takes a holistic view of the programme making process, from development to production.

Commenting on the Scheme, Michael O’Keeffe, Chief Executive of the BCI said, “We are pleased to support Community in a Studio, the first Special Scheme to focus specifically on the community television sector. The initiative aims to facilitate the community television sector by providing an effective model for community groups to engage with community television services in their day to day activities. Furthermore, this latest initiative reflects one of the objectives of the general scheme in developing community broadcasting as outlined in the 2003 Broadcasting (Funding) Act.”

 

Community in the Studio will begin in the Summer of 2008.

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