http://www.radioproducers.ie Association of Independent Radio Producers of Ireland Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:11:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AIRPI will be running a Pro Tools training course in the Sound Training Centre, Temple Bar on Saturday, March 27th. See the flyer below for more details (click to enlarge): [singlepic id=31 w=553 h=394] http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/03/pro-tools-training-course/ Please note, the date for the very first Open Day of RTÉ Independent Radio Productions with presentations on how the independent commissioning and production process will work has now changed from March 24th to March 31st. For more, see their invitation here. http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/03/rte-open-day-confirmed-for-march-31st/ The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has today announced that it is to make funding of up to €25.5m available for the production of new television and radio programmes over the next two years through Sound & Vision II – a Broadcasting Funding Scheme. As part ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/02/bai-announces-sv-dates/ Field of Dreams is a three part series which explores an alternative take on sports and tells a number of inspiring stories. Produced by Athena Media with the support of the BAI’s Sound & Vision scheme, the series will be broadcast on Newstalk on St Patrick’s Day. The three half hour ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/02/athena-media%e2%80%99s-field-of-dreams/ Following months of negotiations between AIRPI and RTE, you will all be glad to hear that the RTE contracts for Sound & Vision funded programmes aired on RTE Radio have finally been signed off on by RTE. The word from RTE is that they will be in touch ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/02/sign-off-on-rte-contracts/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Luc Verling"][/caption] Following the success of so many AIRPI members at the PPI awards in September, it is good to see that another one of our members, Luc Verling of Earth Productions, has been shortlisted for a Celtic Media Festival award. Luc’s documentary, An Enigmatic Artist - Seán ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/02/airpi-member-short-listed-for-celtic-media-festival-award/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="91" caption="Julien Clancy"][/caption] AIRPI Training Co-ordinator Julien Clancy reviews the training events of the past year and gives us a taste of what is to come in 2010: Last year also featured the highest number of annual training events to date. We’ve had a very exciting and very different ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2010/01/airpi-training-a-year-in-review/ Our recent AIRPI training day out at Ardmore Studios was a great success. As well as learning some tricks of the trade from top Foley artists Caoimhe Doyle and Jean McGrath, who demonstrated how they create sound effects and layered soundscapes for the movies, we were also treated to an ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2009/10/airpi-at-ardmore-studios/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="From l-r: Don Swift, Zoe Comyns, Daryl Moorhouse, Lochlainn Harte, Colette Kinsella, Luc Verling, Victoria Enright, Linda Geraghty"][/caption] The success of five AIRPI members at the recent annual PPI Radio Awards was a major boost not only to the association but also to the entire independent radio ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2009/10/airpi-members-scoop-top-awards-at-ppis/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="209" caption="Helen Shaw, Athena Media"][/caption] AIRPI member and co-author of a new report on digital radio, Helen Shaw, reflects on the future of the medium and what it will mean for independent radio producers. This is a members only article.  To read the entire article, click here. For information about ... http://www.radioproducers.ie/2009/10/digital-radio-in-ireland/