Press Releases 2007
THURSDAY 9th AUGUST 2007
BCI AWARDS ALMOST €1m TO RADIO THROUGH
SOUND & VISION SCHEME
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has today announced the award of €954,000 for radio programming in the fourth round of Sound & Vision, the Broadcasting Funding Scheme. Overall €3.022m has been invested in radio projects since the scheme’s inception.
116 radio applications were received in the fourth round and 70 of these were awarded funding. Documentaries accounted for 74% of proposals funded and this reflects the number of applications received in this area. Other genres to receive funding included factual, children’s/education, drama, sport and adult literacy. 44% of the programmes funded will be broadcast on community radio, 36% on commercial stations, 12% by public service broadcasters and 8% on special interest radio.
Commenting on the announcement, Chief Executive of the BCI, Michael O’Keeffe said: “This investment of almost €1 million in radio programming emphasises the positive impact the Sound & Vision Scheme is having on the production of high quality radio programmes for Irish audiences. It is clear from the quality of the submissions received in this round that applicants are developing a better understanding of the aims of the scheme and are submitting better developed applications. We expect this trend to continue in round five which was launched earlier this week.”
The funding awards were approved at the July meeting of the Commission, following consideration of the recommendations made by assessment panels. These panels comprised experts in the radio sector, subject experts from the relevant thematic areas and BCI staff members. Contract negotiations with successful applicants are now underway and an appendix to this press release details all the radio programmes that have been awarded funding.
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