Independent Productions Annual Report 2020

CONTENTS

Introduction 2

The Year in Review:

– Television 4

– Radio 16

Other Funding 19

Other Support Activities 20

Corporate Governance 20

Financial and Commissioning Review 21

Independent Accountants’ Report 24

Schedules 25

RTÉ INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS ANNUAL REPORT 2020 1 INTRODUCTION

From lockdowns to working from home and remote learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, 2020 was a challenging year for everyone. As audience needs changed and evolved, RTÉ, together with the independent sector, rose to the challenge to ensure that quality Irish content was produced to inform, educate and entertain. From factual to entertainment, lifestyle, cláracha gaelige, drama, comedy and young people’s, the sector responded to unprecedented changes to daily life in Ireland and across the world to produce relevant and distinctive content.

Audiences in Ireland connected with Irish content in increasing numbers across all genres, with RTÉ’s all-day share of TV viewing increasing by 1.7% to 27.2%1. RTÉ delivered 43 of the top 50 programmes on Irish television in 2020, with 14 being produced by the independent sector.

Independent productions such as Ireland on Call and RTÉ’s Home School Hub played a pivotal role in meeting new audience needs and complemented News & Current Affairs content across TV, online and radio. As well as creating innovative new content and formats to meet these needs, the independent sector demonstrated great agility by adapting production models to comply with public health advice and restrictions. Series such as Ireland’s Fittest Family and Operation Transformation used best-practice production methods to ensure their safe return to screens, while new programming such as Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin, No Place Like Home and Open for Business reflected shifts in audience lifestyle and needs during the pandemic.

Feelgood content brought people together while staying apart, with series such as DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, The Great House Revival and Keys to My Life attracting huge audiences and joining quality Irish productions in the Top 50 most-watched programmes of 2020 despite ever-increasing international competition.

1 Consolidated national individuals: RTÉ One, RTÉ2, RTÉ One +1, RTÉ2 +1 and RTÉjr

2 Under the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ has a statutory obligation to spend a predetermined minimum amount every year on independently produced television and radio programmes. This amount is lodged to a separate bank account, the Independent Programmes account. Part of RTÉ’s obligation under the Broadcasting Act is to issue a report on that account. This report outlines how the funding in the account was used in 2020.

The statutory amount RTÉ was required to spend in 2020 was €40.2m (2019: €39.9m). Schedule 1 provides an explanation of this requirement. In 2020 RTÉ paid into the Independent Programmes account the full amount in accordance with the Broadcasting Act 2009. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the cancellation or postponement of many productions, RTÉ was not in a position to expend the full amount. While many productions were able to adapt their production methods, some types of programming were prevented by public health advice and pandemic restrictions. In 2020, total statutory expenditure was €36.5m, which was €3.7m below the statutory requirement. As per the Broadcasting Act 2009, any monies not expended in 2020 will be spent within the following two years.

In addition to expenditure through the Independent Programmes account, RTÉ incurred a further €1.3m on RTÉ attributable overhead and additional programming, bringing the total expenditure on commissioning activities in 2020 to €37.8m. The production of commissioned television and radio programmes is financially and contractually managed through RTÉ’s Content division.

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In 2020 RTÉ Television provided a wide array of trusted content, which informed and helped viewers navigate their way through the pandemic. RTÉ One in particular achieved record numbers as the go-to channel for this key information.

RTÉ One Ireland on Call was a fast-turnaround information series presented RTÉ One had its highest performing year since 2011, with a by Katie Hannon and Brendan Courtney. It aired twice a week significant increase of 3.3 national consolidated all-day share points during the first lockdown and brought viewers up-to-the-minute year on year. While much of this can be put down to increased information to guide them through the Covid crisis. interest in news and current affairs during a pandemic, it also demonstrated that viewers want to go to a safe and trusted space The Operation Transformation team returned with a special series when their world has been turned upside down. Life-affirming, aimed at keeping people fit and well at a time when doing exercise informational and escapist programming all contributed to the mix and keeping mentally positive was a real challenge to the nation. of high performers. Like many programmes produced in the past year, the production had to quickly adapt to new shooting and presenting models while DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, presented by Baz Ashmawy, is a ensuring strict public health and safety practices and procedures case in point. It set out to renovate the homes of deserving families were followed. in only nine days, depending solely on the generosity of volunteers. The series outperformed all expectations with a 39.3% audience These series are excellent examples of how the independent sector share on a Sunday evening. adapted during the crisis and produced high-quality output under very challenging conditions, with a national consolidated peaktime share (RTÉ One, RTÉ One +1) of 28.7% of the audience, making it Ireland’s number one channel. A total of 863 hours of independently produced programming contributed to the channel’s success, with a unique mix of content from creative talent across the industry.

4 Drama and Comedy The South Westerlies was a brand new six-part light-hearted drama for RTÉ One. Set in west Cork and featuring an international 2020 also saw the cast, it followed the lives and events of a village divided over commissioning and start environmental issues, where loyalties and relationships are pushed to the limit. The South Westerlies was produced by Deadpan Pictures of production on Kin, and funded by RTÉ, Acorn TV, ZDF Enterprises and Screen Ireland. a major new eight-part Another comedy drama, Dead Still, was a critical hit. A Canadian- crime drama series. Irish co-production, it explored the peculiar 1880s world of memorial photography: the photographing of the dead reveals a serial killer’s work, which the trio of Brock, Nancy and Conall investigate. Dead Still was produced by Deadpan Pictures and Shaftesbury Films and funded by RTÉ, Acorn TV, ZDF Enterprises, Screen Ireland and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).

2020 also saw the commissioning and start of production on Kin, a major new eight-part crime drama series. Several years in the making, this high-budget series is firmly based in Ireland but has huge international potential, a point recognised by US feature film company Bron Studios, which has backed the series together with Wicklow based Metropolitan Films and pan-Scandinavian streamer Viaplay. Kin is slated to launch in the second half of 2021 on RTÉ One.

In comedy, 2020 saw the return of The Tommy Tiernan Show, produced by Power Pictures, to RTÉ One for its fourth series. The South Westerlies Tommy brings his unique interviewing style to a line-up of guests from all walks of life. As he is unaware of who will be appearing on the show, he often does not know who they are or why they are there. The series is full of surprises for Tommy and his viewers, and continues to attract large audiences.

Amy Huberman returned to RTÉ One with a second series of her self-penned comedy Finding Joy, which follows Joy as she is reborn as an independent entrepreneur struggling to establish her online brand of finding happiness and fulfilment in everyday life.

Oliver Callan, best known for his RTÉ Radio 1 satirical series, took a look back at 2020 in the only way he can, by laughing at it, in Callan Kicks the Year.

Entertainment and Music The Tommy Tiernan Show In 2020, despite the very difficult operating environment, RTÉ continued to develop and expand its slate of top-class output in these genres. This has maintained and consolidated RTÉ’s reputation as a source of high-quality entertainment and music programming, delivering compelling content to large and diverse audiences. RTÉ is a major commissioner of prime-time entertainment programming from independent producers, and works in partnership with the sector to originate and produce world-class content.

Dancing with the Stars (Shinawil) returned for its fourth series in 2020 and once again proved very popular with audiences across all demographics on RTÉ One. Jennifer Zamparelli and Nicky Byrne presented the series, where an expert panel of judges gave their verdict on celebrities who paired up with professional dancers.

Dancing with the Stars

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2020 also featured three hour-long episodes from the second series of Marty and Bernard’s road trips. Featuring Marty Morrissey and Bernard O’Shea, 2020’s incarnation titled Marty and Bernard – On the Road Again (Shinawil) saw the duo meet people who do remarkable things for their communities.

On RTÉ One the music continued with the ever-popular Fleadh Cheoil (Red Shoe Productions), which returned with a new series featuring music from concerts, competitions and pub sessions, as well as the usual plentiful supply of street entertainment from one of the biggest music gatherings in the world. Marty and Bernard – On the Road Again Viewers were given an insight into one of Ireland’s biggest ever albums with After A Woman’s Heart (Mind the Gap Films). 2020 also saw an array of special programmes commissioned across the independent sector, bringing viewers productions such as Dancing with the Stars – Puttin’ on the Glitz (Shinawil) and the New Year’s Eve Countdown show (Kite Entertainment) on RTÉ One.

The RTÉ Does Comic Relief 2020 project had major input from the independent sector, and included inserts from Animo TV (Comic Relief Insert), Element (Normal People), Gable End (Pat Shortt sketch), Waka TV (Katherine Lynch sketch), Shinawil (Dancing with the Stars Insert) and Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Bridget & Eamon Insert).

Cláracha Gaeilge In 2020 RTÉ continued to build considerably on its in-house After A Women’s Heart Cláracha Gaeilge output with a broad range of projects commissioned from the independent sector. The Covid-19 pandemic posed significant challenges to some of these.

Réalta na Gaeltachta (Big Mountain Productions), the BAI-supported celebrity entertainment series based in the Donegal Gaeltacht, was postponed for Covid-related safety reasons. Banríon Sitges In 2020 RTÉ continued (Léirithe Rúnda), a BAI-supported one-off documentary featuring to build considerably on Mary Waugh Lamb, who has dedicated her life to educating disabled children, could not proceed as planned for the same reasons. We its in-house Cláracha look forward to seeing both these projects get back into production and broadcast in autumn 2021. Gaeilge output with a broad range of projects My Tribe – Mo Threibh Series 2 (Mind the Gap Films) is a four- part bilingual BAI-supported series. This second series reveals commissioned from the the underground worlds of some of music’s most defining youth culture movements – hip-hop, rockers, dance/rave culture independent sector. and the indie scene. It delves into the archives to reveal the origins of these subcultures while also meeting modern-day members to find out what makes these tribes so enduring.

An Teach Seo Againne (Below the Radar Films), broadcast in autumn 2020 to critical acclaim, was a four-part observational documentary series following the lives of one-parent families across Ireland. The series witnessed the tough realities of bringing up a child as a lone parent and sharing co-parenting responsibilities, as well as many moments of joy. It was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF).

My Tribe – Mo Threibh

6 Ireland’s Lost Railways (Sonas Productions) sees former taoiseach Enda Kenny discovering the lost railway routes of Ireland while meeting local characters, historians and a few celebrities along the way. The six-part series was supported by the ILBF and will broadcast in 2021.

RTÉ also commissioned the following Cláracha Gaeilge series for TG4 broadcast in 2020: two series of Réalta agus Gaolta, Slí na mBeaglaioch, Cleas Act, Go Gasta and An Ríl Deal. Two productions, Cleas Act and Go Gasta, were affected by Covid-19 and both productions are expected to be completed in 2021. Ireland’s Lost Railways Factual

Documentaries and Series 2020 was a very productive year for Documentaries and Series, which provided over 45 hours of original peak-time programming to the schedule. The pandemic affected output and commissioning choices, but not the quality or quantity of programmes produced and delivered. Programmes changed editorial emphasis; some were The pandemic affected delayed for practical reasons, others because they no longer chimed output and commissioning with the reality of viewers’ lives. Programmes were broadcast to bigger audiences than ever, and there was an increased appetite choices, but not the for home production. Apart from a short period in late March, the independent production sector continued to produce programmes quality or quantity of for the peak-time schedule throughout 2020. programmes produced

Sunday nights in January began with Dr Eva’s Great Escape from and delivered. Tyrone Productions, which followed Dr Eva Orsmond and her husband Wyatt for two years as they attempted to build and open a boutique health resort in Portugal while rebuilding their marriage. Big audiences tuned in to see what Dermot Bannon achieved when designing his own house in Room to Improve: Dermot’s Home, the first of two series fronted by the popular architect in 2020. The second, Dermot Bannon’s Incredible Homes, also from Coco Content, was due to showcase the architect in four exotic locations. As a result of the pandemic the series was cut short and its two episodes featured homes in Canada and Ireland. Burnt by the Sun, a two–part documentary from Cornelia Street Productions, told the stories of Irish people’s experiences with property purchases abroad during the boom. International production had been completed pre-lockdown.

Documentaries and Series responded to lockdown with two quick- Dr Eva’s Great Escape turnaround series aimed at bridging gaps in public information and giving practical help to viewers. Starting in early April, Ireland on Call, produced by Indiepics and Scratch Films, was a live twice-weekly series broadcast from the Department of Health. A special series of Operation Transformation helped viewers with the practical tools needed to survive and thrive in a lockdown. As the year progressed, documentaries and series such as Citizens of Boomtown (Sideline Productions), Abbeyfealegood (Atom Films), Dana: The Original Derry Girl (Waddell Media) and David Brophy’s Unsung Heroes (Tyrone Productions) proved popular diversions for captive audiences.

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In the final quarter of 2020, our run of single documentaries continued with The John Delaney Story from Frontline Films, The Confessors from Atom Films, A Big Week in September from Scratch Films, The Francis Street Photographer from That’s A Wrap TV, Fungie’s Kingdom from Mahy Media and The Real Field from Dearg Films. Two new hour-long series were also launched: The Case I Can’t Forget from Rare TV and Green Inc and DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland from JMACTWO Productions. Both performed well, with DIY SOS attracting more than 39.3% of the available audience through its mix of human stories and epic tales of voluntary effort.

Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment The Francis Street Photographer 2020 was a watershed year, with several new formats successfully developed and commissioned, primarily on RTÉ One but also on RTÉ2. A range of Covid-specific series were commissioned to which the audience responded in large numbers. These were a testament to the skill and dedication of the production companies involved.

On RTÉ One, Keys to My Life, presented by Brendan Courtney and produced by Waka TV, introduced a new way of telling celebrities’ 2020 was a watershed year, life stories through the homes they lived in. It proved popular with with several new formats audiences and critics alike. successfully developed and Instagrammers of all ages were the inspiration behind two new formats with new presenting talent. Suzanne Jackson and Eileen commissioned, primarily on Smith brought their distinctive fashion sense to bear in The Style RTÉ One but also on RTÉ2. Counsellors from Indiepics. Cheap Irish Homes, presented by Maggie Molloy and Kieran McCarthy, featured options in the property market nationwide and proved popular with a locked-down audience. It was produced by Cork-based Cameo Productions.

A new take on travel, High Road, Low Road from Green Inc Productions, saw two celebrities travelling to the same destination, one going five-star and the other taking the cost-conscious route.

Travel closer to home featured in the first of three Covid-specific series: No Place Like Home (Frontier Films), presented by Kathryn Thomas assisted by her daughter Ella, took viewers on a road-trip throughout the country. Open for Business, presented by Richard Curran and Ella MacSweeney and produced by Coco Content, kept the nation up to date on how businesses were coping with lockdown. Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin tapped into the interest in gardening during lockdown and was a co-production between RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland, produced by Waddell Productions. No Place Like Home

Super Garden 2020 returned in a supersized one-hour version, and was produced by Vision Independent Productions (VIP).

Reintroducing animals long extinct in Ireland was the focus of observational series Return of the Wild: Bearman of Buncrana from Moondance Productions, which proved a big hit in the autumn schedule. Returning series Home of the Year from Shinawil and How to be Good with Money from Indiepics completed the line-up on RTÉ One.

Open for Business

8 Specialist Factual History was central to the Specialist Factual slate in 2020. Bloody Sunday, 1920 from Twopair Films looked at this important event on its centenary, and Christy Ring: Man and Ball from Crossing the Line Productions documented the life of the great hurler (born in 1920). Michael Portillo’s Hawks and Doves (Midas Productions), a two-parter on the Irish War of Independence, Cogadh Ar Mhná (Forefront) and 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence MacSwiney (Forefront) used original state papers, notes and letters to create excellent, high-end, high-impact content for RTÉ One.

The two-parter on Jack Charlton’s tenure as Republic of Ireland Christy Ring: Man and Ball manager, The Boys in Green (Loosehorse), was a timely and fitting nod to an exceptional period in modern Irish history. Redress – Breaking the Silence (Loosehorse), on the compensation scheme for those who were abused while in schools under the aegis of the Irish state, was a far harder but no less important short series.

In partnership with Science Foundation Ireland, 2020 saw a second series of the environmental strand What Planet Are You On ? (VIP), The two-parter on Jack and a debut series of Big Life Fix (Kite Entertainment), where Ireland’s Charlton’s tenure as Republic leading inventors created ingenious solutions to everyday problems for extraordinary people. During Science Week, Future Island of Ireland manager, The Boys (Loosehorse), hosted by Liz Bonnin and Professor Luke O’Neill, curated Ireland’s most exciting and inspirational stories and voices into a family- in Green (Loosehorse), friendly celebration of our nation’s experts and innovators. was a timely and fitting nod

Music also featured strongly. David Gray: Ireland’s Greatest Hit to an exceptional period (Born Optimistic) was a nostalgia-soaked one-off about White Ladder, in modern Irish history. the biggest-selling album in Irish history, while The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street (The Collective) and Ireland in Music (Born Optimistic) were performance-led one-offs that concluded the year in song, capturing some of Ireland’s finest performers at work in unfamiliar surroundings.

Religious Programmes In 2020, Life & Soul, a four-part series RTÉ commissioned in 2019 from Scratch Films, won the main TV category of the USA’s most prestigious religious media prize, The Wilburs – the second successive year in which RTÉ has achieved that feat. Another commission, Esras Films’ Guns & Rosaries (also from 2019) won a prize at the 2020 Telly Awards.

Once again, RTÉ commissioned outside broadcast Masses and Services from Kairos Communications; in 2020, with churches shut due The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street to the pandemic, these broadcasts acquired much greater significance. 248,200 (36.1% share) watched Kairos’s coverage of the Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday from Christ the King Cathedral, Mullingar, and Midnight Mass from Clonard, Co. Meath on Christmas Eve was shown across Europe via the EBU. As Christmas approached, RTÉ commissioned from Bo Media an additional short programme for Christmas Eve and Day. The Cork Nativity put the 2000-year-old Gospel Nativity story into the mouths of people from all walks of contemporary Cork life.

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Three other commissions went into production in 2020 for delivery and transmission in 2021. Ireland’s Dirty Laundry is New Decade TV’s two- part telling of the story of the Magdalene Laundries, a co-production with ARTE made with BAI support. Tukdam: The Living Dead is Wildfire Ireland’s Dirty Laundry is Films’ multi-partnered co-production examining a strange phenomenon New Decade TV’s two-part whereby some Tibetan Buddhist monks seem able to postpone bodily decay at the point of death by entering a deep meditative state. And telling of the story of the Lifeblood Films began production of Dazzled by Daylight, a BAI and Screen Ireland supported feature documentary about efforts to build Magdalene Laundries, a an authentic Tibetan temple in Dzogchen Beara, West Cork, despite co-production with ARTE the fall-out from revelations about the predatory sexual behaviour and extravagant lifestyle of the Buddhist Master Sogyal Rinpoche, on whose made with BAI support. teaching the community is founded.

Arts and Culture In Culture Night Inserts, a Nationwide special on Culture Night, Dyehouse Films showcased a sample of the cultural activities that took place across the country. With an emphasis on diversity, it also produced additional content for rte.ie/culture and RTÉ Radio. The programme culminated in an original contemporary dance piece from choreographer Emma Martin and her company United Fall, along with traditional musicians and vocalist Soulé’s performance of a specially commissioned musical arrangement based on Ó Riada’s Mise Éire.

Creative Kids was a one-hour TV documentary inspired by the roll- out of Creative Schools, a pilot project focusing on creativity and the arts in primary and secondary schools all around Ireland, produced by Frontline Films and funded with the support of Creative Ireland. Ireland’s Dirty Laundry It followed five schools over the course of the academic year as they encouraged their pupils to think about the arts and creativity in a whole new way.

HERSTORY: Ireland’s EPIC Women, a ground-breaking six-part documentary series with accompanying podcasts and digital resources, featured some of Ireland’s most remarkable female pioneers in the fields of business, politics, science, the arts, aviation and technology. RTÉ partnered with the BAI, the women’s history organisation Herstory, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum and Underground Films to bring hitherto untold stories to Irish screens across RTÉ Television, RTÉ Digital and Young People’s Programmes.

O’Casey in the Estate was a landmark two-part documentary produced by Shinawil for RTÉ and the BAI, which cast a spotlight on modern-day, urban Ireland through the prism of one of the country’s HERSTORY: Ireland’s EPIC Women most iconic modern plays. Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars was to be performed by the people of East Wall, supported by the Abbey Theatre’s Catriona McLoughlin and a host of leading lights in the arts. A century ago, O’Casey gave voice to this marginalised community through the play, and the series explored how many of the issues facing its residents then still have resonance today. People in East Wall auditioned, rehearsed and produced a one-off performance to take place in March at the Abbey Theatre, where the play had premiered. The performance had to be cancelled, but the series won many viewers’ hearts during lockdown.

An Post Irish Book Awards, produced by Coco Content and presented by Miriam O’Callaghan, featured the top eight contenders for the An Post Irish Book of the Year award. Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s A Ghost in My Throat was declared the overall winner. Soundtrack to My Life

10 In Soundtrack to My Life (Shinawil), fronted by Nicky Byrne, some of Ireland’s top music and entertainment artists select and perform the songs that are most important to them, accompanied by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Each episode features special guests, chosen by the artists, delivering their versions of the selected songs. Episode 1 was broadcast on New Year’s Eve, with three more episodes to follow in 2021.

Sport New Gaels (Poolbeg Productions), commissioned in 2019 and broadcast in September 2020, looked at the wonderful diversity of modern Ireland and how so many of the recent generation of GAA players embraced the national games despite only being introduced New Gaels to them on their arrival in this country. At a time when worldwide far-right and racist views dominated the news, the documentary featured those who came to this country seeking a better life. The cast shared their experiences on and off the pitch, discussing the highs and lows of life in modern Ireland.

RTÉ2 RTÉ2 had a very challenging year. 2020 had boded well, with the Euro 2020 championships, part of which was to be hosted in Dublin, and the Olympic Games from Tokyo promising to give the channel a significant boost. Their cancellation, combined with that of many other sporting events, led to a drop in national consolidated all- day share points (RTÉ2, RTÉ2 +1) from 6.3% to 4.9%. The spring lockdown also saw the postponement and cancellation of a number of series aimed at the channel. The 2 Johnnies Do America However, some of the strongest properties on the channel did manage to get an airing, including First Dates Ireland and Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week. The 2 Johnnies Do America was the first TV series from the comedy duo from Tipperary, who have a huge podcast following. The series performed well above station average. The early part of 2020 Drama and Comedy saw the return of On RTÉ2, Laughter in the Eyre, produced by Theocrest, featured the biggest names in international stand-up performing at the Other Voices (South Galway Comedy Carnival. Wind Blows), which While RTÉ continues to support and develop Irish comedy in brought us 10 hours of both scripted and non-scripted content, 2021 will begin with a brand new panel show for RTÉ2. Clear History, produced by the best music from Kite Entertainment, will feature established and emerging comic the church of St James talent on a panel show where embarrassing pasts can be deleted from the lives of the guests. in Dingle and beyond.

Entertainment and Music The early part of 2020 saw the return of Other Voices (South Wind Blows), which brought us 10 hours of the best music from the church of St James in Dingle and beyond.

In March RTÉ marked another great 12 months of Irish music with the RTÉ Choice Music Prize (Southpaw Pictures) from Dublin’s Vicar Street. And to highlight how Covid-19 had impacted the live music scene, Songs from an Empty Room (Shinawil) was a very special evening of performances from empty music venues around Ireland.

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Popular Factual and Factual Entertainment On RTÉ2, new talent The 2 Johnnies took a tour of the USA in their unique style and proved popular with viewers of a show produced by Straywave Productions.

Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week from JMACTWO Productions returned with another bunch of brave civilian recruits who took on the toughest, most gruelling challenges the Irish military puts its own forces through. It proved its worth with very solid ratings, particularly among younger cohorts.

In the latter part of the year, Pulling with My Parents Series 2 from Pulling with My Parents Alleycats Films went into production for transmission in early 2021. Once again it follows young singletons across the country who, foolishly or otherwise, give their parents access to their dating accounts.

The most consistent performer on RTÉ2, aside from sport, is First Dates Ireland. Series 5 played in early 2020 and its rich and diverse set of characters entertained the nation. After much research on how to shoot the series in a Covid-19 world, series 6 was filmed in the autumn and will run in early 2021.

Sport Brick Films was commissioned in 2019 to produce and deliver Horizon Tokyo, a three-part series of one-hour documentaries for RTÉ2 plus nine shorts for RTÉ Player. Following a cast of top Irish athletes striving to make it to the Olympic and Paralympics First Dates Ireland Games in Japan in 2020, this was due to air in the summer of 2020. Postponement of events in Japan due to Covid-19 sees the narrative continue into 2021 when RTÉ2 will, hopefully, bring these exceptional stories to screen.

Younger Audiences 2020 began with a packed schedule of live action and animated content slated for both TRTÉ, our 8–12s content offering and RTÉjr, 2020 began with a packed our pre-school channel. The main aim of 2020 was to further schedule of live action and cement our hero content across our schedule and enhance our offering cross-platform. Popular series such as RTÉjr Goes Dancing animated content slated with the Stars (Shinawil), Body Brothers (stop.watch) and Bright Sparks (Macalla) returned to engage, educate and entertain our for both TRTÉ, our 8–12s youngest audiences. content offering and RTÉjr,

With Christmas over, it was time for the juggernaut that is Dancing our pre-school channel. with the Stars to take to our screens. At the centre of it all, presenters Darragh & Darcy delivered another behind-the-scenes extravaganza of sequins and sparkle for RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars (Shinawil).

RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars

12 February saw the launch of Herstory, an initiative spearheaded by RTÉ Arts & Culture. RTÉ’s Young People’s department commissioned bespoke films from the animation sector telling the stories of Ireland’s great female trailblazers to complement and underpin a huge success cross-platform.

As Ireland moved into its first lockdown phase, the impact on the audiovisual sector was far-reaching, resulting in a stalling of production on some of our content. As part of its response to Covid-19, the Government closed schools, colleges and childcare facilities. Herstory The challenge was to meet the needs of primary school children and their parents with curriculum-based learning. RTÉ, as the national broadcaster, was uniquely positioned to provide a daily routine of high-quality education through the medium of TV. RTÉ Young People’s department decided to commission School on the Telly, an ‘educainment’ format that would serve children, parents and teachers alike. The building blocks were quickly identified, and RTÉ’s Home School Hub was born. From March through to June, Macalla produced over 70 hours of content helping both kids and their parents through the crisis.

As we moved into autumn 2020 and through various lockdown tiers, RTÉ Young People’s department commissioned a companion series to the original RTÉ’s Home School Hub: After School Hub. Playing in the afternoon on RTÉ2 from October through to December, this series kept kids entertained with after-school activities, presented RTÉ’s Home School Hub by our favourite teachers from RTÉ’s Home School Hub.

Autumn 2020 was incredibly busy and saw the delivery of top-class kids’ content produced in very challenging circumstances. New documentaries, podcasts, animation, dramas and series about science, sport, climate change and gaming all featured in a jam- packed line-up for children.

After School Hub

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TRTÉ Martin’s Shed (Fusion Films), a series of ‘illegal’ programmes hosted by Martin the pine marten & MC (Mary Claire Fitzpatrick), exploded onto our screens in August. Broadcasting from a hidden location in Laois, it was jam-packed with songs, lunacy and LOL moments. This was closely followed by brand new comedy drama series Blasts from the Past, created by Firebrand Productions. Featuring Emily Blast, played by Eleanor O’Brien, it followed the adventures of an ordinary teenager who could time-jump through Irish history.

Gamer Mode (Roundstone Media) was Ireland’s first gaming TV show, made by gamers for gamers. Squad Goals (Kite Martin’s Shed Entertainment) was back for a second series with a new venue, new games and a new host, Anna Geary. Ace My Space (Tailored Films) also returned, giving kids the opportunity to score a bedroom makeover. YouTube stars Sean Treacy and MC (Mary Claire Fitzpatrick) were back transforming bedrooms across Ireland.

Tina Times Two, the latest drama production from Dyehouse Films, was a coming-of-age fable centred on Tina, a lonely young girl whose wish comes true when she discovers a magical friend who is an exact double of herself! The dream turns to a nightmare when the double wants to take on a life of her own.

My Story, RTÉ’s children’s documentary strand which explores stories that directly affect a young audience, delivered several films. From Sheriff Street to Delphi (Dyehouse Films) follows a group of kids from Dublin who ​go on an adventure of a lifetime and learn to Dorg Van Dango catch fish in Co. Mayo; in Tajus the Kickboxer (Ronin Films), 12-year- old social media star Tajus dreams of becoming a professional kickboxer; and in Dillon’s Adventures (Little Road Productions), 12-year-old Dillon Lynch, a coder, hiker and outdoor adventurer extraordinaire, takes on the ultimate challenge.

The animated series Dorg Van Dango premiered on RTÉ. Created by Cartoon Saloon and WildBrain, it follows the adventures of a regular teenager growing up in the town of Normill. Life takes a wild turn when four magical beings escape from Area 52 and crash-land in his back yard. Dorg takes them under his wing and disguises them as normal teenagers – but his new gang of best friends are anything but normal!

2020 also saw an exciting move for the Young People’s department into commissioning content for a young adult audience. A new feature-length documentary, Growing Up at the End of the World Growing Up at the End of the World (Brick Films), follows three teen climate change activists over a year and a half as they demand change in a bid to save their future.

14 RTÉjr Our youngest viewers were served up a mix of animation and live action to keep them entertained throughout 2020. RTÉjr’s science and dance show, Body Brothers (stop.watch), was back delivering animal facts and dance moves. Bright Sparks returned for another series with more fun, drama and laughter, inviting the audience into its world of mishaps and adventures with the residents of Bright’s Park.

My Story: Sophie (Fubar Films) is a poignant film about eight-year- old Sophie Corley and the preparation for her end-of-year Glee club performance. Donncha’s Two Talented Christmas Special (Adare Body Brothers Productions) brought the Christmas cheer to end the year: Dancing with the Stars judge Brian Redmond, Fair City actor Maclean Burke, Irish Times journalist Róisín Ingle and country & western singer Cliona Hagan were mentored by their talented youngsters to belt out Christmas favourites.

Highlights in animation for our pre-school viewers included new series Hungry Bear Tales, from Treehouse Republic in partnership Our youngest viewers with Bionaut Animation, which follows two best friends, Ned and were served up a mix of Mikey. In new adventures, Pablo (Paper Owl Films) and the Book Animals figure out the challenges of the world, and Ollie (Ink and animation and live action Light Films) was back with small stories about big issues like discovery, friendship, being alone and the importance of the little to keep them entertained things in life. throughout 2020.

Our specially commissioned animated strand Shorts Yule Love, a series of 10 animated shorts, featured stories about the spirit of Christmas.

Shorts Yule Love

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RTÉ Radio offered listeners immediate and important information-based programming, which proved invaluable during the Covid crisis. This was complemented by a wide range of arts and cultural programming, which supported artists in 2020.

The range of programming made by the independent radio RTÉ Radio 1 sector continues to grow and vary. Popular returnable shows In 2020 RTÉ Radio 1 commissioned 13 programmes from 10 like Callan’s Kicks and The Business have become stalwarts of production companies in the independent sector. These enhanced the RTÉ Radio 1 schedule, with the latter now appearing in the the schedule throughout the year, with The Business, from Old Yard JNLR’s top programming list. The range of programming in the Productions – broadcast in a prominent Saturday slot – continuing arts & culture space really expanded in 2020, from returning to hold its own alongside in-house productions at the top of the Joint series like The Book Show, The Poetry Programme on RTÉ National Listenership Research (JNLR) figures. Radio 1, Culture File on RTÉ lyric fm and Cúinne Dána on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta to brand new series such as The Almanac Callan’s Kicks (Catchy Title) continued to draw audiences and of Ireland and Shine Your Light, the one-off solstice programme plaudits. The History Show (Pegasus Media and Consulting) that worked in tandem with a television partner programme. remained an important part of the Sunday evening schedule. In terms of cultural programming, The Poetry Programme with Olivia O’Leary (Rockfinch Productions) returned to the schedule,

16 while Ojo Productions took on responsibility for The Book Show with Rick O’Shea. The South Wind Blows (South Wind Blows) also continued its long run, coming out of the Dingle Peninsula. Athena Media’s Pantisocracy returned to the airwaves during the summer and the same company provided a one-off Shine Your Light - Solstice programme, which was coordinated with the TV version on 20 December.

Other one-offs were Gay Byrne Live on Stage (Tyrone Productions) and 2020: A Quiz Looking Back on a Year Like No Other (Pegasus Media & Consulting), both were broadcast during the Callan’s Kicks Christmas schedule.

There were debuts too on RTÉ Radio 1: Manchán Magan’s The Almanac of Ireland (Red Hare Media) and Keywords (New Normal Culture).

RTÉ Radio 1 also broadcast Comedy Showhouse and Colm O’Regan Wants a Word (Sideline Productions), both co-funded by the BAI.

RTÉ 2fm The Music Biz is a weekly information insert series broadcast on 2fm’s nightly new music show, presented by Tara Stewart, and was produced by Tinpot Productions. Each week explores a different theme of the music industry, from sound engineering to band management, featuring interviews with music business leaders.

The Book Show RTÉ lyric fm Culture File (Soundsdoable), RTÉ lyric fm’s daily arts and culture report, offers a unique and accessible take on music, media, technology, craft, art, play, comedy, food and design, featuring makers and creators from around Ireland and abroad. The Culture File Debates series with its panel of guests reflected on some of the major issues for the arts and creativity in this most challenging of years. The daily and weekly reports have an extensive online RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta presence through daily podcasts, SoundCloud and Twitter. Culture commissioned three File continues active talent-spotting, engaging and training a new generation of journalists, recordists and audio professionals, series from the and expanding the skill pool not just for its own programming independent sector in but to enrich the wider pool of Irish media. 2020, focusing on the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta commissioned three series from the arts and music. independent sector in 2020, focusing on the arts and music. An Cúinne Dána returned to the schedule, presented by Tristan Rosenstock, and provided a stage to publicise and discuss the arts scene – particularly the Irish language arts and literary scene – and make it accessible to an audience that may not usually associate itself with the arts.

Music is a strong part of the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta identity, and traditional music is the standout genre for the station. Comhluadar Ceoil (Iontaoibheas Fodhla), presented by Peadar Ó Riada each Friday night, is an important part of the traditional music slot each evening from 7pm. This series, commissioned through Independent Radio Productions, attracts not only Irish language speakers who are interested in traditional music but also lovers of the music who have no Irish and many listeners who are

Comhluadar Ceoil

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abroad. Indeed, it has created a community who actively engage with the series. The annual competition, Bonn Óir Sheáin Uí Riada, is an important part of the work that Peadar Ó Riada has done to strengthen that community spirit and offer a stage to musicians from Over the Christmas all over who enter this prestigious competition. period, An Seomra Glas Over the Christmas period, An Seomra Glas (Raven Productions) presented conversations presented conversations that Fiachna Ó Braonáin had with musical guests, and the kind of music each of those guests listens to. The that Fiachna Ó Braonáin series allowed listeners to get to know some of the musicians who had with musical guests, regularly perform ‘as Gaeilge’ and exposed them to music they might not come across on their own. and the kind of music each of those guests listens to.

An Cúinne Dána

18 OTHER FUNDING

The BAI Sound & Vision Scheme continued to be a key partner in RTÉ Television and Radio’s commissioning output in 2020.

Fourteen television productions, which have been or will be Several drama, animation, broadcast on RTÉ, were commissioned with BAI support. These are: scripted comedy and 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence MacSwiney, Alva’s World, Cold Case Collins, Dazzled by Daylight, Ireland’s Dirty Laundry, factual commissions Kin, My Tribe – Mo Threibh Series 2, Mya Go Series 2, North Sea Connection, Realtaí na Gaeltachta, Richie Sadlier – Let’s Talk About benefited from funding Sex, The Epic West, The Island and Viking Empires. from Section 481 and

In addition to the radio programmes commissioned directly by Screen Ireland. RTÉ, 46 hours of programming with BAI Sound & Vision IV Radio funding were secured by Independent Producers for broadcast on RTÉ Radio in 2020. Programmes included; Colm O’Regan Wants A Word, The Old Tune, Ireland Portrayed, Over Nine Waves, Morning, Noon and Night, Wild, Keywords, Buile Bhóthair and Spooky FM.

RTÉ again worked closely with Science Foundation Ireland to commission programmes that engage new and wider audiences through real stories that are underpinned by science, engineering and technology. The projects supported in 2020 included What Planet Are You On? (VIP) and Future Island (Loosehorse). Both were broadcast during prime-time slots on RTÉ One.

Several drama, animation, scripted comedy and factual commissions benefited from funding from Section 481 and Screen Ireland. In 2020 RTÉ also entered into co-productions with BBC NI, Mya Go ARTE and a number of other funders. An analysis of funding from other sources can be found on p.22.

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In 2020 RTÉ continued to offer practical support to the RTÉ has complied with the 2016 Code of Practice for the development of the independent production sector through its Governance of State Bodies together with the corporate involvement in development schemes, by providing speakers governance and other obligations imposed by the Broadcasting for industry seminars and for film and television production Act 2009, the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995, the Standards training colleges, by participating in international co-production in Public Office Act 2001 and the Criminal Justice (Corruption conferences, by providing support for producers seeking Offences) Act 2018. co-production partners and through meeting with and giving guidance to emerging companies. RTÉ is committed to ensuring that the commissioning of independently produced programmes for public broadcast is Screen Producers Ireland, the representative body for performed in a transparent manner. RTÉ adheres to formal and independent producers in Ireland, is partly funded by a levy from clear procedures, which are available to independent producers its members on production budgets in respect of programmes on the RTÉ website, for the sourcing and commissioning, commissioned by RTÉ. The levy is therefore a direct charge including re-commissioning, of independently produced television against the Independent Programmes account. and radio programmes.

Animation Ireland is the trade association representing the During the year RTÉ engaged Deloitte to perform specified interest of most animation studios in Ireland. RTÉ provides procedures on the application of specified commissioning an annual contribution to Animation Ireland as part of its procedures to television and radio programme submissions in 2020. commitment to the development of the sector. Deloitte performed their procedures and was satisfied that, for the sample of items tested, documentary evidence maintained by RTÉ reflected compliance with the relevant commissioning procedures.

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20 FINANCIAL AND COMMISSIONING REVIEW

Summary of Expenditure 2020 RTÉ’s 2020 statutory obligation for expenditure on independent commissions under the Broadcasting Act 2009 was €40.2m, in respect of both television and radio. The total actual expenditure incurred, on television and radio commissioning activities during 2020 was €37.8m.

2020 2020 2020 2019 TV Radio Total Total Expenditure Incurred €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000 Statutory Expenditure (Sch. 5) 35,225 1,241 36,466 40,071 Additional Expenditure (Sch. 6) 327 – 327 509 Direct Expenditure on Commissioned Programmes 35,552 1,241 36,793 40,580 RTÉ Attributable Overhead 939 32 971 994 Expenditure Incurred on Commissioning Activities 36,491 1,273 37,764 41,574

The statutory expenditure incurred on independent productions through the Independent Programmes account in 2020 in respect of commissioned programmes was €35.23m for television and €1.24m for radio, a total of €36.5m, and includes administration costs. This is €3.7m below the statutory amount of €40.2m. As per the Broadcasting Act 2009, any monies not expended in 2020 will be spent within the following two years.

A further €0.3m was incurred by RTÉ on television programmes, which was in addition to the expenditure recorded on the statutory Independent Programmes account and resulted in a total spend of €36.8m being incurred by television and radio on commissioned programmes during 2020 (2019: €40.6m), excluding RTÉ attributable overhead.

A total of 1,020 hours (521 radio, 499 television) was commissioned with the Independent Productions statutory expenditure in 2020, across a broad range of categories; these are detailed in Schedule 3. A further three hours of television programming was commissioned as part of the non-statutory independent production expenditure in 2020, as detailed in Schedule 4.

An analysis of expenditure incurred in 2020 by programme category is detailed in Schedule 5 for statutory expenditure and in Schedule 6 for non-statutory expenditure.

Commissioning and Overhead Spend 2020 An analysis of independent television and radio productions expenditure incurred by RTÉ in 2020 is contained in the table below. Further detail by genre is contained in Schedules 5 and 6.

2020 2020 2020 2019 TV Radio Total Total Expenditure Incurred €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000 2019 Commissions Brought Forward 9,985 159 10,144 7,920 Change in Spend on 2019 Commissions1 2 (1,672) (19) (1,691) (56) 2019 Commissions Brought Forward as Restated 8,313 140 8,453 7,864 New Commissions during 2020 (see below) 34,924 1,522 36,446 40,432 Less Commissions for Delivery in 2021 (9,939) (466) (10,405) (10,144) Administration Costs (Schedule 7) 3,142 77 3,219 3,216 Awards/Schemes 51 – 51 206 Expenditure Incurred on Commissioning Activities 36,491 1,273 37,764 41,574

1 2019 commissioned spend brought forward has been updated for cost variances and re-timing of programme commitments which occurred during 2020. 2 RTÉ changed its accounting policy regarding the treatment of drama development agreements during 2020. This resulted in a one-off adjustment of €1.3m, reflecting the release of an accounting provision from prior periods.

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New commissions during 2020 of €36.4m (see table above) can be analysed as follows:

Statutory Non-statutory Total Spend Spend Spend New Commissions €’000 % €’000 % €’000 % Television Commissions1 2 32,502 90% 329 100% 32,831 90% Television Development1 190 1% – 0% 190 1% Television Completion1 2 1,903 5% – 0% 1,903 5% Television 34,595 96% 329 100% 34,924 96% Radio 1,522 4% – 0% 1,522 4% RTÉ Total 36,117 100% 329 100% 36,446 100%

1 See Schedule 1 for definition of commissions, development and completion funding. 2 Includes RTÉ funding in respect of the BAI Sound & Vision Scheme.

Television commissions with a value of €13.8m, representing 40% of the value of new 2020 television commissions, were awarded to six independent production companies, and a further sum of €7.2m or 21% was awarded to a further six independent production companies.

Commissioning Activities 2020 Geographical origin of proposals for commissions received in 2020 is detailed below:

No. of Companies No. of Proposals Received No. of Commissions Awarded No. of Hours Commissioned Location TV Radio TV Radio TV Radio TV Radio Dublin 131 28 592 41 87 17 394 245 Rest of Republic of Ireland 82 11 199 12 22 6 63 276 Northern Ireland 14 – 73 – 14 – 37 – Great Britain 7 1 10 1 1 – 8 – Others 5 – 8 – – – – – Total 239 40 882 54 124 23 502 521

Other Sources of Funding to the Sector In addition to the €34.9m committed by RTÉ to new television commissions in 2020, producers of RTÉ commissioned programmes attracted funding from other sources. The total value of this additional funding on 2020 contracts was €31.7m, analysed as follows:

Drama and Other Genres Total Third- Animation Party Funding Sources of Funding €’000 €’000 €’000 Co-funding 18,504 2,436 20,940 Section 481 6,160 1,001 7,161 BAI Funding 1,750 1,894 3,644 Total 26,414 5,331 31,745

Thus, the total value of RTÉ independent television programming activities in 2020, inclusive of all third-party funding, was €66.6m. In the case of programmes categorised as drama or animation, or part-funded by the BAI Sound & Vision Scheme, the amounts for other sources of funding above include projects where RTÉ provided development/completion funding only.

Administration Costs A full analysis of administration costs is detailed in Schedule 7. In 2020, direct administration costs incurred by RTÉ Independent Productions amounted to €2.2m, which represents 6% of the total Independent Productions direct expenditure incurred on commissioned programmes in 2020.

RTÉ Independent Productions relies on a range of RTÉ services including, for example, office space and related utilities, information technology and systems, consumables, technical services and human resources. An appropriate full-cost absorption/usage allocation basis is used to reflect a fair and reasonable cost of these interdivisional services consumed by RTÉ Independent Productions amounting to €1.0m for 2020 (2019: €1.0m).

22 FINANCIAL AND COMMISSIONING REVIEW

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) RTÉ’s 2020 Annual Report and Group Financial Statements (RTÉ Annual Report) have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and their interpretations approved by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) as adopted by the European Union.

Under IFRS, RTÉ records the cost of transmitted commissioned programmes rather than the expenditure incurred on commissioning activities. The RTÉ Annual Report records the level of programme inventories held, that is programmes made and for which costs have been incurred during the period but which have not been transmitted at the period end.

As required under the Broadcasting Act 2009, the Independent Productions Annual Report details RTÉ’s activities with regard to commissioning of independent television and sound programmes during the year and the operation by RTÉ of the Independent Programmes bank account. It is not deemed appropriate to adopt IFRS for the purposes of the Independent Productions Annual Report. A reconciliation of the expenditure incurred on commissioning activities, detailed in this report, with programme costs, as reported in the 2020 RTÉ Annual Report, is set out below.

TV Radio Total 2020 Reconciliation €’000 €’000 €’000 Independent Productions Annual Report: Expenditure incurred on Commissioning Activities1 36,491 1,273 37,764 Add: Opening Stock of Programmes 15,522 – 15,522 Less: Closing Stock of Programmes (16,230) – (16,230) Total Cost of Transmitted Programmes 35,783 1,273 37,056

RTÉ Annual Report: Cost of Transmitted Programmes Commissioned Programmes Costs2 35,783 1,273 37,056 Total Cost of Transmitted Programmes 35,783 1,273 37,056

1 See Table on p. 21. 2 2020 RTÉ Annual Report and Group Financial Statements, Note 2(d).

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Independent Accountants’ Agreed upon Procedures Report to the RTÉ Board in Respect of the RTÉ Independent Productions Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2020

We have performed the procedures agreed with you and enumerated below with respect to the RTÉ Independent Productions Annual Report (‘the Annual Report’) and Schedules (‘the Schedules’) for the year ended 31 December 2020. Our engagement was undertaken in accordance with the International Standard on Related Services (ISRS 4400) applicable to agreed upon procedures engagements. The procedures were performed solely to assist you in evaluating your compliance with your statutory obligations with regard to Independent Productions Reporting Requirements.

These procedures have been undertaken based upon financial information provided by the management of RTÉ and are the responsibility of the RTÉ Board. The procedures which we have undertaken and our findings are as set out below:

Procedures 1. We have checked that the information included in Schedule 2 ‘Operation of the Independent Programmes Bank Account for the year ended 31 December 2020’ has been correctly extracted from the detailed general ledger transactions of the Independent Programmes bank account for the year ended 31 December 2020.

2. We have checked that the information included in Schedules 5, 6 and 7 has been correctly extracted from the underlying records and detailed analysis prepared for the purposes of the preparation of the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

3. We have checked the mathematical accuracy of the Schedules.

Findings We have performed the procedures set out in 1–3 above and noted no exceptions arising from our work.

Because the above procedures do not constitute either an audit or a review made in accordance with International Standards on Auditing or International Standards on Review Engagements, we do not express any assurance on the RTÉ Independent Productions Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Our report is solely for the purposes set out in the first paragraph of this report and for your information and is not to be used for any other purpose. This report relates only to the items specified above and does not extend to any financial statements of RTÉ taken as a whole.

Richard Howard For and on behalf of Deloitte Ireland LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Audit Firm Deloitte & Touche House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

31 March 2021

24 SCHEDULE 1: RTÉ’S STATUTORY OBLIGATION WITH REGARD TO INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS

1. Expenditure Requirement Under Section 116, subsection (2) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ has a statutory obligation to spend a predetermined minimum amount (the statutory amount) each year on independently produced television and radio programmes and to lodge this money to a separate account known as the Independent Programmes account (the account).

2020 2019 Statutory Expenditure €’000 €’000 Total Statutory Expenditure 40,185 39,909

The statutory amount for 2009 was €40m, and for subsequent years the amount varied in line with the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) measured from August 2008 to August immediately preceding the financial year concerned. Since CPI measured from August 2008 to August 2019 was +0.5%, the statutory amount for 2020 was increased accordingly. Under Section 116, the minimum percentage to be spent on sound broadcasting in 2020 is 3% (€1.206m).

2. Reporting Requirement As required under Section 116, subsection (9) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, RTÉ shall not later than three months after the end of each financial year make a report to the minister of:

• its activities during that financial year as respects commissioning the making of independent television or sound broadcasting programmes • the name or corporate identity of persons commissioned to make independent television or sound broadcasting programmes • the operation by it of the account during that financial year (details of the operation of the account for 2020 are set out in Schedule 2) and • any other matters as the minister may direct regarding the above.

3. Definition of Commissions, Development and Completion Funding The sum identified as expended on ‘Commissions’ is defined pursuant to the requirement as per Section 116, subsection (11) of the Broadcasting Act 2009, that in order for a programme to be regarded as having been commissioned, RTÉ must incur ‘a legal obligation to pay at least 25% of the cost’ of making a television programme in advance of work on the making of the programme commencing.

The sums identified as expended on ‘Development’ and ‘Completion’ are defined as per Section 116, subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(a)(iii), namely respectively ‘procuring the formulation by persons of proposals’ for independent television or radio programmes for commission by RTÉ and ‘assisting the completion of independent television or sound broadcasting programmes the making of which has not been commissioned by RTÉ’.

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€’000

Opening balance as per RTÉ at 1 January 2020 9,223

Lodgements Receipts from RTÉ, including bank interest received 40,185

Less Payments Payments (44,238) Closing balance as per RTÉ at 31 December 2020 5,170

26 SCHEDULE 3: 2020 STATUTORY TELEVISION PROGRAMMES / HOURS COMMISSIONED, COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED

Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Factual Coco Content First Dates Ireland Series 6 14.0 JMACTWO Productions Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week Series 3 & Series 4 12.0 Rare TV / Green Inc Crimecall Series 17 10.0 Indiepics Ear to the Ground Series 28 8.0 Vision Independent Productions Operation Transformation Series 14 8.0 Coco Content Room to Improve Series 13 7.0 Indiepics / Scratch Films Ireland on Call 6.5 Alleycats TV Pulling with My Parents Series 2 6.0 Animo TV Productions The Great House Revival Series 3 6.0 Scratch Films The Rotunda Series 3 6.0 Vision Independent Productions Super Garden 2020 6.0 JMACTWO Productions Build Your Own Home 5.0 Kairos Communications Masses and Services 2020 4.5 Animo TV Productions From Blight to Bliss – Story of the Irish Bungalow 4.0 Cameo Productions Cheap Irish Houses Series 2 4.0 Indiepics How to be Good with Money Series 3 4.0 Inproduction / Telegael Great Lighthouses of Ireland Series 2 4.0 Moondance Productions The Zoo 4.0 New Decade TV The Island: I.8 Billion Years in the Making 1 (Compl) 4.0 Shinawil Home of the Year Series 7 4.0 Vision Independent Productions Operation Transformation – Keeping Well Apart 4.0 Vision Independent Productions What Planet Are You On ? Series 2 4.0 Waddell Media At Your Service Goes Large 4.0 Waka TV Keys to My Life Series 2 4.0 Coco Content Home Rescue Series 3 3.0 Coco Content Open for Business 3.0 Crossing the Line Productions Islands (Compl) 3.0 Indiepics The Style Counsellors Series 2 3.0 Loosehorse Future Island 3.0 Mahy Media Wingman Series 2 3.0 Pounce Pictures Dr Cassidy’s Case Book 3.0 Rare TV / Green Inc The Case I Can’t Forget 3.0 Straywave Media The 2 Johnnies Do America 3.0 Waddell Media Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin 3.0 Waka TV The Way We Were 3.0 Sideline Productions Citizens of Boomtown (Compl) 2.0 Frontier Films No Place Like Home 2.0 Moondance Productions Return of the Wild: Bearman of Buncrana 2.0 New Decade TV Ireland’s Dirty Laundry 1 (Compl) 2.0 Tile Films Viking Empires 1 2.0 Tyrone Productions Richie Sadlier – Let’s Talk About Sex1 (Compl) 2.0 Waddell Media The Rich List 2020 2.0 Drumlin Pictures Marian 1.5 Loosehorse Cold Case Collins1 (Compl) 1.5 Wildfire Film and Television Tukdam: The Living Dead (Compl) 1.5 Lifeblood Films Dazzled by Daylight1 (Compl) 1.3 Atom Films The Toy Shop 1.0 Angelo Films Let the Rest of the World Go By 1.0

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Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Born Optimistic Ireland in Music (Compl) 1.0 Broadstone Films What Happened to Eircom? 1.0 The Collective The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street 1.0 Crossing the Line Productions Christy Ring: Man and Ball 1.0 Dearg Films The Real Field 1.0 Forefront Productions 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence MacSwiney1 (Compl) 1.0 Frontline Films The John Delaney Story 1.0 Loosehorse Holy F*** 1.0 Loosehorse The Other Side 1.0 Mahy Media Baz and Nancy’s Last Days 1.0 Mahy Media Fungie’s Kingdom 1.0 Scratch Films A Big Week in September 1.0 Screenworks The Dead Zoo 1.0 Soilsiu Teo Young Plato (Compl) 1.0 Twopair Films Bloody Sunday, 1920 1.0 Venom Productions Cocooned 1.0 Waddell Media Dana: The Original Derry Girl 1.0 Bo Media The Cork Nativity 0.1

Various development contracts with Bang Bang Teo, Camel Productions, The Collective, Cornelia St Productions, Curious Dog, Finepoint, Frontline Films, Indiepics, Little Wing Films, New Decade TV, Red Pepper, Scratch Films, Tyrone Productions, Waddell Media and Waka TV 214.9

Arts and Culture Shinawil Soundtrack to My Life 4.0 Crossing the Line Productions The Epic West1 (Compl) 2.0 Below the Radar Films Colm Tóibín 1.0 Coco Content An Post Irish Book Awards 1.0 Dyehouse Films Culture Night Inserts 0.3 8.3

Cláracha Gaeilge Tyrone Productions An Cúinne Cheoil 10.0 Adare Productions Réalta agus Gaolta Series 3 8.0 Sonas Productions Ireland’s Lost Railways 3.0 Big Mountain Productions Réaltaí na Gaeltachta1 (Compl) 2.0 Mind the Gap Films My Tribe – Mo Threibh Series 21 (Compl) 2.0 25.0

28 SCHEDULE 3: 2020 STATUTORY TELEVISION PROGRAMMES / HOURS COMMISSIONED, COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED CONTINUED

Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Entertainment and Music Animo TV Productions Ireland’s Fittest Family Series 8 11.0 South Wind Blows Other Voices Series 19 10.0 Shinawil Songs from An Empty Room 2.0 Kite Entertainment New Year’s Eve Countdown 1.5 Shinawil Dancing with the Stars – Puttin’ On The Glitz 1.0 Southpaw Pictures RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2020 1.0 Straywave Media The 2 Johnnies Christmas Spectacular 1.0

RTÉ Does Comic Relief Inserts 1.0 Animo TV Productions Comic Relief Inserts Brothers Gonna Work It Out Bridget & Eamon Element Pictures Normal People Gable End Media Pat Shortt Shinawil Dancing with the Stars Waka TV Katherine Lynch 28.5

Drama and Comedy Power Pictures The Tommy Tiernan Show Series 5 10.0 Bron Releasing UK Ltd Kin1 8.0 Mopar Media Group / Subotica North Sea Connection1 (Compl) 6.0 Kite Entertainment Clear History 4.0 Wonky Chair Media Callan Kicks the Year 1.0

Various development contracts with Deadpan Pictures, Grand Pictures, Kite Entertainment, Merman, O’Sullivan Productions, Peer Pressure, PGMTV, Screenworks, The Film Workshop, Treasure Entertainment and Waka TV 29.0

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Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Young People Macalla Teo RTÉ’s Home School Hub 72.5 Macalla Teo After School Hub 45.0 Kavaleer Productions Alva’s World1 (Compl) 11.0 Adare Productions Donncha’s Two Talented Series 3 8.0 Kite Entertainment Squad Goals Series 2 8.0 Fusion Films After School Hub Inserts 6.0 Piranha Bar Mya Go Series 21 (Compl) 5.5 JAM Media Nova Jones 5.0 Stopwatch Television Let’s Find Out Series 2 5.0 Tailored Films Ace My Space Series 2 5.0 Macalla Teo Bright Sparks Series 3 3.0 Macalla Teo Keep It Up 3.0 Stopwatch Television Body Brothers Animals Series 2 2.9 Fusion Films Martin’s Shed 2.5 Fubar Films Wild Atlantic Kids 2.0 Turnip & Duck Critters TV Series 2 (Compl) 2.0 Treehouse Republic Hungry Bear Tales (Compl) 1.5 Brick Films Growing Up at the End of the World 1.0 Event Fuel Junk Kouture 1.0 Ladybird and Bee Series One Ltd Bóin Dé agus an Beach (Compl) 1.0 Macalla Teo Tar Linn ar RTÉjr 1.0 Ronin Films My Story – Tajus the Kickboxer 0.3 Tailored Films Tell Me A Secret: X Marks the Spot 0.3

Shorts Yule Love 0.5 Alt Animation Little Cardel Entertainment Gunter Falls in Love Flickerpix Da Humbug JAM Media Mistletoe & Stubbs Magpie 6 Media The Wee Littles Christmas Eve Eve Pink Kong Studios Urban Tails: The Big Christmas Song Studio 9 An Oíche is Speisialta Studio Meala Bear With Me Treehouse Republic Naughty vs Nice Turnip & Duck Critters TV: Tiny’s Santa List

Various development contracts with Crawford McCann, Adare Productions, EZ Films, Kite Entertainment, Little Moon Animation, Lucky Punch Productions, Michael Walsh Productions and Tailored Films 193.0

TOTAL 2020 STATUTORY TELEVISION HOURS COMMISSIONED 499

1 Commissions which were part-funded by the BAI Sound and Vision Scheme. (Compl) Denotes Completion Contracts.

30 SCHEDULE 3: 2020 STATUTORY RADIO PROGRAMMES / HOURS COMMISSIONED, COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED CONTINUED

Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Factual Old Yard Productions The Business 2020/2021 43.0 Pegasus Media and Consulting The History Show 23.0 Ojo Productions The Book Show 9.0 Athena Media Pantisocracy 8.0 Old Yard Productions The Business 2019/2020 (Extension) 6.0 89.0

Arts and Culture Soundsdoable Culture File 2021 56.0 South Wind Blows South Wind Blows 52.0 Soundsdoable Culture File Weekly 2020 26.0 Rockfinch The Poetry Programme 2020 11.5 Rockfinch The Poetry Programme 2021 10.0 New Normal Culture Keywords 4.0 Athena Media Shine Your Light – Solstice 1.0 160.5

Cláracha Gaeilge Iontaoibheas Fodhla Comhluadar Ceoil 2021 104.0 Iontaoibheas Fodhla Comhluadar Ceoil 2020 92.0 Tristan Rosenstock An Cúinne Dána 2021 25.5 Raven Productions An Seomra Glas 16.0 Tristan Rosenstock An Cúinne Dána 2020 15.5 253.0

Entertainment and Music Sideline Productions Colm O’Regan Wants A Word 3.0 Tinpot Productions The Music Biz 1.5 Pegasus Media and Consulting 2020: A Quiz Looking Back on a Year Like No Other 1.0 Tyrone Productions Gay Byrne Live on Stage 1.0 6.5

Drama and Comedy Catchy Title Callan’s Kicks Spring 2020 6.0 Catchy Title Callan’s Kicks Autumn 2020 6.0 12.0

TOTAL 2020 STATUTORY RADIO HOURS COMMISSIONED 521

RTÉ INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS ANNUAL REPORT 2020 31 SCHEDULE 4: 2020 NON-STATUTORY TELEVISION PROGRAMMES / HOURS COMMISSIONED, COMPLETED AND DEVELOPED

Category Production Company Programme Title Total Hours

Factual Stellify Media Goodbye House Series 2 3.0 Firebrand Productions Brain Hacks 0.3

TOTAL 2020 NON-STATUTORY TELEVISION HOURS COMMISSIONED 3

32 SCHEDULE 5: 2020 STATUTORY EXPENDITURE INCURRED ON COMMISSIONED PROGRAMMES BY PROGRAMME CATEGORY

TELEVISION 2019 Commissions 2020 New 2020 Commissions 2020 Programme Category Total Hours Carried Forward Commissions Carried Forward Total Cost €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Factual 214.9 4,372 20,754 (6,662) 18,464 Arts and Culture 8.3 124 657 (439) 342 Cláracha Gaeilge 25.0 1,552 831 (439) 1,944 Entertainment and Music 28.5 2,305 2,995 (75) 5,225 Drama and Comedy 29.0 (781) 3,742 (1,125) 1,836 Sport – 170 – (55) 115 Young People 193.0 573 5,616 (1,144) 5,045 Overall Totals: 499 8,315 34,595 (9,939) 32,971

Awards – Schemes 51

Overheads and other costs (Schedule 7) 2,203

Direct Expenditure Incurred 35,225

RADIO 2019 Commissions 2020 New 2020 Commissions 2020 Programme Category Total Hours Carried Forward Commissions Carried Forward Total Cost €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Factual 89.0 87 542 (140) 489 Arts and Culture 160.5 43 433 (187) 289 Cláracha Gaeilge 253.0 14 216 (128) 102 Entertainment and Music 6.5 (2) 64 (11) 51 Drama and Comedy 12.0 (2) 267 – 265 Sport – – – – – Young People – – – – – Overall Totals: 521 140 1,522 (466) 1,196

Overheads and other costs (Schedule 7) 45

Direct Expenditure Incurred 1,241

DIRECT EXPENDITURE INCURRED ON COMMISSIONED PROGRAMMES TELEVISION & RADIO 36,466

Note 1: Costs are inclusive of non-recoverable VAT (NRV) Note 2: 2019 Commissions have been restated for cost variances and the re-timing of programme commitments Note 3: RTÉ changed its accounting policy regarding the treatment of drama development agreements during 2020, this resulted in a one-off adjustment of €1.3m, reflecting the release of an accounting provision from prior periods Note 4: Figures in table do not include RTÉ attributable overhead

RTÉ INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS ANNUAL REPORT 2020 33 SCHEDULE 6: 2020 NON-STATUTORY EXPENDITURE INCURRED ON COMMISSIONED PROGRAMMES BY PROGRAMME CATEGORY

TELEVISION 2019 Commissions 2020 New 2020 Commissions 2020 Programme Category Total Hours Carried Forward Commissions Carried Forward Total Cost €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Factual 3.2 (2) 329 – 327

Overall Totals: 3 (2) 329 – 327

Awards – Schemes –

Direct Expenditure Incurred 327

Note 1: Costs are inclusive of non-recoverable VAT (NRV) Note 2: 2019 Commissions have been restated for cost variances and the re-timing of programme commitments Note 3: Figures in table do not include RTÉ attributable overhead Note 4: Non-statutory expenditure includes costs for commissions that are not allowable to be charged to the Statutory Account under the Broadcasting Act 2009

34 SCHEDULE 7: 2020 ADMINISTRATION COSTS AND ATTRIBUTABLE ORGANISATIONAL OVERHEAD

Expenditure Description Television Radio Total €’000 €’000 €’000

Payroll Costs 1,812 39 1,851

Festivals / Industry Contributions 254 – 254

Set Storage 101 – 101

Advertising and Consultancy Costs 23 6 29

Office and Miscellaneous 13 – 13

Sub-total: 2,203 45 2,248

Attributable Organisational Overhead 939 32 971

Overall Total: 3,142 77 3,219

RTÉ INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS ANNUAL REPORT 2020 35 SCHEDULE 8: 2020 AWARDS

Production Company Programme Title

(a) Frameworks 1 And Maps and Plans Bardo 2 Memento Mori Productions Memento Mori 3 My Aunt Sally Productions Park

36 SCHEDULE 9: 2020 TOP 50 PROGRAMMES

Rank Programme Title Channel Transmission Date

1 Late Late Toy Show, The RTÉ One 27-11-2020 2 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Ministerial Broadcast RTÉ One 17-03-2020 3 RTÉ News: Nine O’Clock RTÉ One 17-03-2020 4 RTÉ News: Six One RTÉ One 30-12-2020 5 Saturday Game Live (All Ireland Football Final): Dublin v Mayo RTÉ2 19-12-2020 6 Late Late Show, The RTÉ One 27-03-2020 7 Guinness 6 Nations Live: France v Ireland Virgin Media One 31-10-2020 8 RTÉ News Special RTÉ One 27-03-2020 9 Room To Improve: Dermot’s Home RTÉ One 05-01-2020 10 Sunday Game Live (All Ireland Hurling Final): Limerick v Waterford RTÉ2 13-12-2020 11 Dancing With The Stars RTÉ One 15-03-2020 12 Prime Time RTÉ One 17-03-2020 13 Prime Time – The Leaders’ Debate RTÉ One 04-02-2020 14 Reeling In The Years RTÉ One 17-03-2020 15 Claire Byrne Live RTÉ One 19-10-2020 16 I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here Virgin Media One 15-11-2020 17 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Scotland Virgin Media One 01-02-2020 18 Guinness 6 Nations Live: England v Ireland Virgin Media One 23-02-2020 19 DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland RTÉ One 25-10-2020 20 Mrs Brown’s Boys: Mammy’s Memories? RTÉ One 31-12-2020 21 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Wales Virgin Media One 08-02-2020 22 Election 2020 RTÉ One 09-02-2020 23 NYE Countdown Show RTÉ One 31-12-2020 24 European Qualifier Play-Off Live: Slovakia v Ireland RTÉ2 08-10-2020 25 Gerry Ryan: A Legacy RTÉ One 26-04-2020 26 Home of the Year RTÉ One 17-03-2020 27 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Italy Virgin Media One 24-10-2020 28 Crimecall RTÉ One 23-03-2020 29 Sunday Game Live (Semi-Final Hurling): Limerick v Galway RTÉ2 29-11-2020 30 Sunday Game Live (Semi-Final Football): Mayo v Tipperary RTÉ2 06-12-2020 31 Operation Transformation RTÉ One 15-01-2020 32 Great House Revival, The RTÉ One 15-03-2020 33 Fair City RTÉ One 15-03-2020 34 Tommy Tiernan Show, The RTÉ One 29-02-2020 35 RTÉ Investigates: Inside Ireland’s Covid Battle RTÉ One 30-06-2020 36 Guinness Series Live: Ireland v Wales RTÉ2 13-11-2020 37 Keys to My Life RTÉ One 29-03-2020 38 Saturday Game Live (Semi-Final Football): Dublin v Cavan RTÉ2 05-12-2020 39 Burnt by the Sun RTÉ One 30-03-2020 40 Guinness Series Live: England v Ireland RTÉ One 21-11-2020 41 Normal People RTÉ One 12-05-2020 42 Claire Byrne Live Leaders’ Debate RTÉ One 27-01-2020 43 MayDay – 24 Hours In Ireland’s Lockdown RTÉ One 07-05-2020 44 All Round to Mrs Brown’s RTÉ One 21-03-2020 45 Boys in Green, The RTÉ One 16-03-2020 46 Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, The RTÉ One 30-11-2020 47 Young Offenders, The RTÉ One 24-07-2020 48 RTÉ Does Comic Relief RTÉ One 26-06-2020 49 Late Late Toy Show Singalong, The RTÉ One 27-11-2020 50 Coronation Street Virgin Media One 14-12-2020

Source: TAM Ireland Ltd/Nielsen TAM. Top Programmes based on Individuals 4+, All Subscribing Channels, Averaging Option: Any Day, Any Time, Best Episode, Minimum Duration 10 Minutes, Consolidated data, 1 Jan 2020–31 Dec 2020. Please note: This list uses best episode of a series.

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RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 1 RÉAMHRÁ

Idir ghlasáil, oibriú ón mbaile agus cianfhoghlaim, rudaí a tháinig mar thoradh ar shrianta na paindéime Covid-19, ba bhliain dhúshlánach do gach duine í 2020. De réir mar a d’athraigh agus a d’fhorbair riachtanais an lucht féachana, thug RTÉ, in éineacht leis an earnáil neamhspleách, aghaidh ar an dúshlán lena chinntiú go mbeadh ábhar ar ardchaighdeán as Éirinn á sholáthar chun eolas, oideachas agus siamsaíocht a chur ar fáil. Bhí cláracha faisnéise agus cláracha siamsaíochta, ábhar ar stíl mhaireachtála, cláracha i nGaeilge, drámaíocht, greann agus cláracha do dhaoine óga ann. Cur chuige cuimsitheach a rinne RTÉ agus an earnáil neamhspleách mar fhreagairt ar na hathraithe, nach bhfacthas a macasamhail cheana, a tháinig ar saol laethúil na hÉireann agus ar an saol ar fud an domhain mhóir, trí ábhar a bhí ábhartha agus sainiúil a sholáthar.

Léirigh an líon ab airde riamh den lucht féachana in Éirinn spéis in ábhar as Éirinn i ngach seánra, agus tháinig méadú 1.7% go 27.2%1ar sciar uile-lae RTÉ den lucht féachana teilifíse. Is é RTÉ a sholáthar 43 as an 50 clár ab fhearr a bhí le feiceáil ar an teilifís in Éirinn in 2020, agus chuir an earnáil neamhspleách 14 ar fáil.

Bhí ról lárnach ag léiriúcháin neamhspleácha ar nós Ireland on Call agus RTÉ’s Home School Hub de chuid RTÉ ó thaobh freastail ar riachtanais nua an lucht féachana agus chuir siad leis an ábhar Nuachta & Cúrsaí Reatha a bhí á sholáthar ar an teilifís, ar líne agus ar an raidió. Chomh maith le hábhar agus formáidí nuálacha a chruthú chun freastal ar na riachtanais sin, léirigh an earnáil neamhspleách a chumasaí agus atá sí agus samhlacha á gcur in oiriúint don chomhairle agus do na srianta a bhí i bhfeidhm i dtaca leis an sláinte poiblí. Baineadh úsáid as modhanna dea-chleachtais i gcomhthéacs beartais sláinte poiblí chun sraitheanna dála Ireland’s Fittest Family agus Operation Transformation a chur i gcrích, rud a chinntigh sláinte agus sábháilteacht na rannpháirtithe agus an lucht taifeadadha araon. Ag an am céanna léirigh cláracha ar nós Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin, No Place Like Home agus Open for Business an t-athrú a tháinig ar an modh maireachtála agus ar riachtanais an lucht féachana le linn na paindéime.

1 Daoine aonair náisiúnta comhdhlúite: RTÉ One, RTÉ2, RTÉ One +1, RTÉ2 +1 agus RTÉjr

2 Thug ábhar a thugann ardú croí dúinn daoine le chéile, cé go raibh siad scartha ó chéile, agus bhí lucht féachana ollmhór ag sraitheanna ar nós DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, The Great House Revival agus Keys to My Life, agus in ainneoin iad a bheith i gcomórtas le cláracha idirnáisiúnta, comórtas atá ag éirí níos géire i rith an ama, d’éirigh leo áit a fháil ar an liosta de na cláracha ardchaighdeáin as Éirinn ba mhó a rabhthas ag faire orthu in 2020.

Faoin tAcht Craolacháin 2009, tá dualgas reachtúil ar RTÉ íosmhéid réamhshonraithe a chaitheamh gach bliain ar chláracha theilifíse agus raidió a tháirgtear go neamhspleách. Déantar an tsuim seo a lóisteáil i gcuntas bainc ar leith, cuntas na gClár Neamhspleách. Tá sé de dhualgas ar RTÉ faoin tAcht Craolacháin tuarascáil ar an gcuntas sin a eisiúint. Tugann an tuarascáil seo breac-chuntas ar an gcaoi ar úsáideadh an maoiniú a bhí sa chuntas in 2020.

€40.2m (2019: €39.9m) an t-uasmhéid chaiteachais a raibh gá le RTÉ a chaitheamh, de réir na reachtaíochta, a chaitheamh in 2020. Tugann Sceideal 1 míniú ar an gceanglas seo. In 2020 d’íoc RTÉ an tsuim iomlán, i gcomhréir le hAcht Craolacháin 2009, isteach i gcuntas na gClár Neamhspleách. Mar gheall ar phaindéim Covid-19, áfach, agus go leor léiriúchán curtha ar ceal nó curtha siar, ní raibh RTÉ in ann an t-iomlán a chaitheamh. Cé go raibh ar chumas go leor de na léiriúcháin a modhanna léirithe a chur in oiriúint, níor ceadaíodh cineálacha ar leith cláracha, bunaithe ar an gcomhairle maidir leis an tsláinte phoiblí agus srianta na paindéime. In 2020, ba ionann an caiteachas reachtúil iomlán agus €36.5m, caiteachas a bhí €3.7m faoi bhun an cheanglais reachtúil. I gcomhréir le hAcht Craolacháin 2009, is gá aon airgead nár caitheadh in 2020 a chaitheamh sa dá bhliain ina dhiaidh sin.

Chomh maith leis an gcaiteachas trí chuntas na gClár Neamhspleách, thabhaigh RTÉ €1.3m eile ar fhorchostais a bhí inchurtha le RTÉ agus ar chláracha sa bhreis, rud a d’fhág go raibh €37.8m san iomlán caite ar choimisiúnú in 2020. Déanann rannóg Ábhar RTÉ léiriú na gclár teilifíse agus na gclár raidió coimisiúnaithe a bhainistiú ó thaobh airgeadais agus ó thaobh conartha de.

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 3 ATHBHREITHNIÚ AR AN mBLIAIN TEILIFÍS

In 2020, chuir Teilifís RTÉ réimse leathan d’ábhar iontaofa ar fáil, rud a chuir an lucht féachana ar an eolas agus a chabhraigh leo dul i ngleic leis an bpaindéim. Bhí RTÉ One, go háirithe, ar bharr liosta na gcainéal ba mhó a raibh tóir ag daoine orthu nuair a bhí eolas tábhachtach den chineál seo á lorg acu.

RTÉ One Sraith faisnéise a bhí in Ireland on Call agus é á chur i láthair ag Katie Bhí an bhliain ab airde feidhmíochta ó bhí 2011 ann ag RTÉ One, Hannon agus Brendan Courtney. Bhíodh sé ar an aer faoi dhó sa agus méadú suntasach 3.3 pointe tagtha ar an sciar comhdhlúite tseachtain le linn na céad dianghlasála agus chuir sé eolas reatha ar náisiúnta i gcomparáid leis an mbliain roimhe sin. D’fhéadfaí a rá fáil don lucht féachana chun iad a threorú trí ghéarchéim Covid. gur bhain formhór do seo le níos mó spéise a bheith curtha i gcúrsaí nuachta agus i gcúrsaí reatha le linn paindéime. Léirigh sé freisin go D’fhill foireannOperation Transformation orainn le sraith speisialta dteastaíonn ón lucht féachana spás sábháilte iontaofa a aimsiú tráth a bhí dírithe ar dhaoine a choinneáil aclaí agus folláin tráth a raibh sé a mbíonn an saol ina chíor thuathail. Thacaigh na cláracha a léirigh ina dhúshlán do gach duine sa tír tabhairt faoin aclaíocht agus meon dearcadh dearfach i leith an tsaoil agus na cláracha faisnéise agus dearfach a choinneáil. Dála go leor clár eile a léiríodh le bliain anuas, éalúchais le héagsúlacht a chruthú i measc na gclár fíorscoth. b’éigean dó seo cúrsaí a chur in oiriúint go tapa do mhúnlaí nua scannánaíochta agus cur i lathair, agus a chinntiú ag an am céanna Sampla de seo is ea DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, a chuir gur leanadh na cleachtais agus na nósanna imeachta a bhain leis an Baz Ashmawy i láthair. Bhí sé mar sprioc ag an gclár athchóiriú tsláinte agus an tsábháilteacht phoiblí. a dhéanamh, taobh istigh de naoi lá, ar thithe teaghlaigh a mbeadh carthanas tuillte acu, agus é ag brath go hiomlán ar Is samplaí den scoth iad na sraitheanna seo den chaoi ar chuir an fhlaithiúlacht oibrithe deonacha. D’éirigh níos fearr leis an gclár ná earnáil neamhspleách cúrsaí in oiriúint le linn na géarchéime agus mar a d’fhéadfaí a shamhlú roimh ré agus sciar 39.3% den lucht ar éirigh leo cláracha ardchaighdeáin a léiriú faoi chúinsí a bhí an- féachana aige tráthnóna Domhnaigh. dúshlánach, agus sciar comhdhlúite den bhuaic-am féachana náisiúnta (RTÉ One, RTÉ One +1) 28.7% a fháil, rud a fhágann go bhfuil sé ar an gcainéal is mó tóir in Éirinn. Chuige seo ba chabhair iad na 863 uair an chloig de chláracha a léiríodh go neamhspleách agus meascán uathúil d’ábhar ag teacht ó dhaoine cruthaitheacha ar fud an tionscail.

4 Drámaíocht agus Greann Dráma úrnua éadrom do RTÉ One ab ea The South Westerlies. Bhí sé suite in iarthar Chorcaí agus foireann aisteoirí idirnáisiúnta In 2020 freisin deineadh ann. Lean sé an saol agus na himeachtaí a thiteann amach i sráidbhaile, a bhfuil deighilt ann de bharr cúrsaí comhshaoil, agus coimisiúnú agus cuireadh ina bhfuil dílseachtaí agus caidrimh go mór faoi bhrú. Ba é Deadpan tús leis an obair léiriúcháin Pictures a léirigh The South Westerlies agus fuair sé maoiniú ó RTÉ, Acorn TV, ZDF Enterprises agus Fís Éireann (Screen Ireland). ar Kin, mórshraith nua D’éirigh go hiontach ar fad le dráma grinn eile, Dead Still. drámaíochta coireachta Comhléiriúchán idir Cheanada agus Éire a bhí ann a rinne iniúchadh in ocht bpáirt. ar shaol aisteach na grianghrafadóireachta cuimhneacháin sna 1880idí: léiríonn an ghrianghrafadóireacht ar na mairbh saothar de chuid dúnmharfóir srathach, agus bíonn an triúr, Brock, Nancy agus Conall i mbun fiosrúcháin. Ba iad Deadpan Pictures agus Shaftesbury Films a léirigh Dead Still agus fuair sé maoiniú ó RTÉ, Acorn TV, ZDF Enterprises, Fís Éireann agus Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann.

In 2020 freisin deineadh coimisiúnú agus cuireadh tús leis an obair léiriúcháin ar Kin, mórshraith nua drámaíochta coireachta in ocht bpáirt. Tá an-obair ar siúl le roinnt blianta ar an tsraith ardbhuiséid seo atá suite gan dabht in Éirinn ach a bhfuil poitéinseal ollmhór idirnáisiúnta aici, rud a d’aithin an comhlacht fadscannán as na Stáit Aontaithe Bron Studios, a thug tacaíocht don tsraith in éineacht le Metropolitan Films, atá lonnaithe i gCill Mhantáin, agus an sruthóir pan-Lochlannach Viaplay. Feicfear Kin den chéad uair sa dara leath de 2021 ar RTÉ One.

The South Westerlies I gcúrsaí grinn, in 2020, bhí The Tommy Tiernan Show, á léiriú ag Power Pictures, ar ais ar RTÉ One do shraith a ceathair. Bíonn a stíl agallaimh uathúil féin ag Tommy agus é i mbun cainte le haíonna den uile chúlra is cineál. De bharr nach mbíonn a fhios aige roimh ré cé tá chun bheith ar an seó, is minic nach n-aithníonn sé na daoine nó nach mbíonn a fhios aige cén fáth a bhfuil siad ann. Bíonn go leor ábhar iontais sa tsraith do Tommy agus dá lucht féachana, agus éiríonn leis lucht féachana toirtiúil a mhealladh i gcónaí.

Bhí Amy Huberman ar ais ar RTÉ One leis an dara sraith grinn dá cuid, Finding Joy, sraith a scríobh sí féin ina leantar Joy atá athshaolaithe mar fhiontraí neamhspleách atá ag streachailt ag iarraidh a branda ar líne a chabhróidh le daoine sonas agus sásamh saoil a bhaint amach, a bhunú.

Chaith Oliver Callan, ar fearr aithne air mar gheall ar a shraith aorach ar RTÉ Radio 1, súil siar ar 2020 in Callan Kicks the Year, é ag fonóid faoi The Tommy Tiernan Show gach áiféis a thit amach, an t-aon bhealach a bhféadfadh sé déileáil leis.

Siamsaíocht agus Ceol In 2020, in ainneoin a dheacra a bhí an timpeallacht oibre, lean RTÉ ar aghaidh ag forbairt agus ag leathnú a rogha agus bhí léiriúcháin den scoth ann sna seánraí seo. Chothaigh agus dhaingnigh sé seo an cháil atá ar RTÉ mar léiritheoir clár siamsaíochta agus ceoil d’ardchaighdeán, agus é ag seachadadh ábhar den scoth chuig lucht féachana atá mór agus éagsúil. Is coimisinéir mór é RTÉ a dhéanann cláracha siamsaíochta príomh-ama a choimisiúnú ó léiritheoirí neamhspleácha, agus oibríonn sé i gcomhpháirt leis an earnáil chun ábhar den chéad scoth a thionscnamh agus a chur ar fáil.

D’fhill an ceathrú sraith deDancing with the Stars (Shinawil) in 2020 agus bhí an-tóir arís air ag lucht féachana RTÉ One sna déimeagrafaic go léir. Chuir Jennifer Zamparelli agus Nicky Byrne an tsraith i láthair agus rinne painéal saineolaithe moltóireacht ar Dancing with the Stars dhaoine cáiliúla a bhí cúpláilte le damhsóirí gairmiúla.

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Bhí trí eipeasóid uair an chloig as an dara sraith de thurais bóthair Marty agus Bernard le feiceáil chomh maith in 2020. Is iad Marty Morrissey agus Bernard O’Shea a bhí i gceist sa leagan is déanaí le haghaidh 2020 dar teideal Marty and Bernard – On the Road Again (Shinawil) agus an bheirt ag bualadh le daoine a chuireann rudaí iontacha i gcrích ar son an phobail.

Ar RTÉ One lean an ceol ar aghaidh leis an bhFleadh Cheoil (Red Shoe Productions), clár a mbíonn an-tóir air i gcónaí, nuair a d’fhill sé le sraith nua ina raibh ceol ó cheolchoirmeacha, comórtais agus seisiúin tithe tábhairne, chomh maith leis an ngnáthsholáthar líonmhar de shiamsaíocht sráide agus é ag teacht ó cheann de na Marty and Bernard – On the Road Again tionóil ceoil is fairsinge agus is tábhachtaí ar domhan.

Tugadh léargas don lucht féachana ar cheann de na halbaim ba mhó ráchairte riamh in Éirinn le After A Woman’s Heart (Mind the Gap Films). Anuas air sin in 2020 bhí scata clár ann a raibh coimisiúnú déanta go speisialta orthu ón earnáil neamhspleách, ina measc Dancing with the Stars – Puttin’ on the Glitz (Shinawil) agus New Year’s Eve Countdown (Kite Entertainment) ar RTÉ One.

Bhí an-ionchur ag an earnáil neamhspleách sa tionscadal RTÉ Does Comic Relief 2020, lena n-áirítear míreanna insáite ó Animo TV (Comic Relief Insert), Element (Normal People), Gable End (Pat Shortt sketch), Waka TV( Katherine Lynch sketch), Shinawil (Dancing with the Stars Insert) agus Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Bridget & Eamon Insert).

Cláracha Gaeilge After A Women’s Heart In 2020, chuir RTÉ go mór le líon na gCláracha Gaeilge inmheánacha le réimse leathan tograí a raibh coimisiúnú déanta orthu ón earnáil neamhspleách. Bhí dúshláin shuntasacha ag baint le cuid acu seo mar gheall ar phaindéim Covid-19.

Cuireadh ar athló de bharr cúrsaí sábháilteachta a d’eascair as Covid-19 Réalta na Gaeltachta (Big Mountain Productions), an tsraith In 2020, chuir RTÉ go siamsaíochta bunaithe ar dhaoine mór le rá a fuair tacaíocht ón BAI agus a bhíonn suite i nGaeltacht Dhún na nGall. Ní fhéadfaí dul chun mór le líon na gCláracha cinn ar na cúiseanna céanna le Banríon Sitges (Léirithe Rúnda), clár faisnéise aonuaire a fhaigheann tacaíocht ón BAI agus ina bhfeictear Gaeilge inmheánacha Mary Waugh Lamb, a bhfuil a saol caite aici ag cur oideachas ar leanaí le réimse leathan tograí atá faoi mhíchumas. Táimid ag súil go mbeidh an dá thionscadal seo in ann filleadh ar an bhfód agus go bhféadfar iad a chraoladh i bhfómhar a raibh coimisiúnú na bliana 2021. déanta orthu ón earnáil Sraith dhátheangach i gceithre chuid a bhfuil tacaíocht aige ón BAI is ea My Tribe – Mo Threibh Sraith 2 (Mind the Gap Films). Tugann an neamhspleách. dara sraith seo léargas ar an saol faoi thalamh a bhain le cuid de na gluaiseachtaí is sainiúla ceoil i gcultúr na n-óg - hip-hap, racairí, cultúr an damhsa / an réabh agus an ceol indie. Déanann sé iniúchadh ar na cartlanna chun bunús na bhfo-chultúr seo a aimsiú agus buailimid le baill an lae inniu chun buanseasmhacht na dtreibheanna seo a fhiosrú is a ceilúradh.

Sraith faisnéise breathnóireachta i gceithre pháirt a bhí in An Teach Seo Againne (Below the Radar Films), sraith a craoladh i bhfómhar na bliana 2020 agus a fuair ardmholadh ó na criticeoirí. Thug sé léargas ar shaol teaghlaigh aontuismitheora ar fud na hÉireann. Taispeánadh sa tsraith a dhéine agus atá sé don tuismitheoir aonair leanbh a thógáil agus na freagrachtaí comhthuismitheoireachta a roinnt. Tugtar léargas chomh maith ar ócáidí spraoiúla ar bhain na rannpháirtithithe súp agus sásamh astu. Fuair an tsraith seo tacaíocht ón gCiste Craoltóireachta Gaeilge (CCG). My Tribe – Mo Threibh

6 In Iarnród Enda (Sonas Productions) feictear an t-iar-thaoiseach Enda Kenny agus é ar aistear fiosraithe ar shean-bhealaí dúnta d’iarnróid na hÉireann, turas ina mbuaileann sé le carachtair shuimiúla, staraithe áitiúla agus pearsanachtaí cáiliúla ar an mbealach. Thacaigh an CCG leis an tsraith seo, atá ina sé chuid, a bheidh le craoladh in 2021.

Chomh maith leis sin, rinne RTÉ coimisiúnú ar na sraitheanna de Chláracha Gaeilge seo a leanas, a craoladh in 2020, do TG4: dhá shraith de Réalta agus Gaolta, Slí na mBeaglaioch, Cleas Act, Go Gasta agus An Ríl Deal. Bhí tionchar ag Covid-19 ar dhá léiriúchán, Cleas Act agus Go Gasta, agus táthar ag súil go gcríochnófar an dá léiriúchán in 2021. Iarnród Enda

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Cláracha agus Sraitheanna Faisnéise Bliain an-torthúil ba ea 2020 ó thaobh Cláracha Faisnéise agus Sraitheanna, agus solátharaíodh breis agus 45 uair an chloig de chláracha don sceideal buaic-ama. Bhí tionchar ag an bpaindéim ar Bhí tionchar ag an sholáthar agus ar roghanna coimisiúnaithe, ach níor cuireadh as do chaighdeán ná do líon na gclár a léiríodh agus a raibh seachadadh bpaindéim ar sholáthar agus déanta orthu. D’athraigh cláracha an bhéim ó thaobh eagarthóireachta de; cuireadh moill ar chuid acu ar chúiseanna praiticiúla agus ar cuid eile ar roghanna coimisiúnaithe, fós toisc nach raibh siad ag teacht a thuilleadh le taithí an lucht féachana ar an saol mar a bhí. Bhí cláracha á gcraoladh chuig lucht féachana a ach níor cuireadh as do bhí níos líonmhaire ná riamh, agus léiríodh níos mó suime sna léiriúcháin chaighdeán ná do líon na baile. Cé is móite de thréimhse gairid i ndeireadh mhí an Mhárta, lean an earnáil léiriúcháin neamhspleách fós ag cur cláracha ar fáil don sceideal gclár a léiríodh agus a raibh buaic-ama féachana in 2020. seachadadh déanta orthu. Thosaigh na hoícheanta Domhnaigh i mí Eanáir le Dr Eva’s Great Escape, clár a léirigh Tyrone Productions, agus a lean an Dr Eva Orsmond agus a fear céile Wyatt ar feadh dhá bhliain agus iad ag iarraidh ionad saoire sláinte a thógáil agus a oscailt sa Phortaingéil agus iad ag dul i ngleic ag an am céanna lena bhfadhbanna pósta. Bhí lear mór lucht féachana tiúnáilte isteach chun fáil amach conas mar a d’eirigh le Dermot Bannon agus a theach féin á dhearadh aige i Room to Improve: Dermot’s Home, an chéad cheann de dhá shraith a chuir an t-ailtire, a bhfuil an-tóir air, i láthair in 2020. Bhí sé i gceist go dteaspeánfaí an t-ailtire sa dara sraith, Dermot Bannon’s Incredible Homes, ó Coco Content freisin agus an t-ailtire i gceithre láthair shuaithinseacha. Mar gheall ar an bpaindéim b’éigean an tsraith a ghiorrú agus ba i gCeanada agus in Éirinn a bhí na tithe a bhí le feiceáil sa dá eipeasóid. D’inis Burnt by the Sun, clár faisnéise in dhá chuid ó Cornelia Street Productions, faoi eispéiris dhaoine as Éirinn agus iad ag ceannach maoine thar lear le linn an bhorrtha Dr Eva’s Great Escape eacnamaíochta. Bhí an chuid idirnáisiúnta den obair curtha i gcrích sular fógraíodh an dianghlasáil.

D’fhreagair Cláracha agus Sraitheanna Faisnéise don dianghlasáil le dhá shraith dírithe ar bhearnaí san eolas a bhí á sholáthar don phobal a líonadh agus cabhair phraiticiúil a thabhairt don lucht féachana. I dtús mhí Aibreáin a thosaigh Ireland on Call, sraith bheo ón Roinn Sláinte a craoladh dhá uair sa tseachtain agus a léirigh Indiepics agus Scratch Films. Chabhraigh sraith speisialta de Operation Transformation leis an lucht féachana teacht ar na cuir chuige praiticiúla a theastaigh chun maireachtáil go sláintiúil le linn na dianghlasála. De réir mar a bhí an bhliain ag dul ar aghaidh, thug cláracha faisnéise agus sraitheanna dála Citizens of Boomtown (Sideline Productions), Abbeyfealegood (Atom Films), Dana: The Original Derry Girl (Waddell Media) agus David Brophy’s Unsung Heroes (Tyrone Productions) faoiseamh do lucht féachana a bhí faoi chuing. Ireland on Call

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Sa ráithe dheireanach de 2020, lean ár gcláracha faisnéise singil ar aghaidh le The John Delaney Story ó Frontline Films, The Confessors ó Atom Films, A Big Week in September ó Scratch Films, The Francis Street Photographer ó That’s A Wrap TV, Fungie’s Kingdom ó Mahy Media agus The Real Field ó Dearg Films. Seoladh dhá shraith nua uair an chloig freisin: The Case I Can’t Forget ó Rare TV agus Green Inc agus DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland ó JMACTWO Productions. D’éirigh go maith leis an dá cheann acu, mheall DIY SOS, ina raibh meascán de scéalta daonna agus scéalta eipiciúla, sciar ní ba mhó ná 39.3% den lucht féachana a bhí ar fáil.

Cláracha Fíorasacha Móréilimh agus Cláracha The Francis Street Photographer Fiorasacha Siamsaíochta Ba bhliain chinniúnach í 2020, agus rinneadh roinnt formáidí nua a fhorbairt agus a choimisiúnú go foirfe, go príomha ar RTÉ One, agus ar RTÉ2 freisin. Bhí coimisiúnú déanta ar réimse de shraitheanna a bhain go sonrach le Covid-19 agus d’fhéach lear mór den lucht féachana orthu seo. Teistiméireacht a bhí anseo ar scil agus ar dhúthracht na gcuideachtaí léiriúcháin a bhí i gceist.

Ar RTÉ One, i Keys to My Life, a chuir Brendan Courtney i láthair agus Ba bhliain chinniúnach í a léirigh Waka TV, tugadh faoi bhealach nua chun saol daoine mór 2020, agus rinneadh roinnt le rá a chur inár láthair trí spléachadh a thabhairt dúinn ar na tithe a raibh cónaí orthu iontu. Bhí ardmheas ag lucht féachana agus ag formáidí nua a fhorbairt léirmheastóirí araon air. agus a choimisiúnú go foirfe, Bhí lucht instagram de gach aois mar inspioráid do dhá fhormáid nua go príomha ar RTÉ One, chun tallann nua a chur i láthair. Bhain Suzanne Jackson agus Eileen Smith úsáid as a dtuiscint shainiúil féin ar chúrsaí faisin i The Style agus ar RTÉ2 freisin. Counsellors ó Indiepics. Tugadh léargas in Cheap Irish Homes, clár a chuir Maggie Molloy agus Kieran McCarthy i láthair, ar rogha na dtithe atá ar an margadh ar fud na tíre agus bhí an-suim ag an lucht féachana ann agus iad faoi dhianghlasáil. Ba é Cameo Productions, atá lonnaithe i gCorcaigh, a léirigh é.

Bhí bealach nua le féachaint ar chúrsaí taistil le feiceáil againn in High Road, Low Road ó Green Inc Productions, áit ar thaistil beirt atá i mbéal an phobail chuig an áit chéanna, duine acu go dtí ionad cúig réalta agus an duine eile ag iarraidh an costas a choinneáil chomh híseal agus ab fhéidir.

Taisteal níos gaire don bhaile a bhí le feiceáil sa chéad cheann de thrí shraith a bhí dírithe ar Covid. In No Place Like Home (Frontier Films), á chur i láthair ag Kathryn Thomas le cúnamh óna hiníon Ella, tugadh an lucht féachana ar thuras bóthair ar fud na tíre. Choinnigh Open for Business, a chuir Richard Curran agus Ella MacSweeney i láthair agus a No Place Like Home léirigh Coco Content, an náisiún suas chun dáta maidir leis an mbealach a raibh gnónna ag déileáil leis an dianghlasáil. Tháinig Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin i dtír ar an spéis sa gharraíodóireacht a tháinig chun cinn le linn na dianghlasála agus ba chomhléiriúchán é idir RTÉ agus BBC Northern Ireland, á léiriú ag Waddell Productions.

D’fhillSuper Garden 2020 i bhfoirm bhreá fhada uair an chloig, agus ba é Vision Independent Productions (VIP) a léirigh é.

Ar ainmhithe atá díothaithe as Éirinn le fada an lá a bhí an tsraith bhreathnaitheach Return of the Wild: Bearman of Buncrana ó Moondance Productions dírithe, agus d’éirigh thar barr leis i sceideal an fhómhair. Tháinig an tsraith Home of the Year ó Shinawil agus How to be Good with Money ó Indiepics ar ais agus thug sé sceideal RTÉ One chun críche.

Open for Business

8 Sainchláracha Fíorasacha Bhí áit lárnach ag an Stair ar liosta na Sainchláracha Fíorasach in 2020. D’fhéachBloody Sunday, 1920 ó Twopair Films ar an ócáid thábhachtach seo agus céad bliain á chomóradh, agus rinne Christy Ring: Man and Ball ó Crossing the Line Productions doiciméadú ar shaol an iománaí mháistriuil seo (a rugadh i 1920). Bhain Hawks and Doves le Michael Portillo (Midas Productions), clár a bhí in dhá chuid i dtaobh Chogadh na Saoirse in Éirinn, Cogadh ar Mhná (Forefront) agus 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence MacSwiney (Forefront) úsáid as bunpháipéir stáit agus nótaí agus litreacha chun bun- ábhar den scoth a chuaigh go mór i bhfeidhm ar an lucht féachana a sholáthar do RTÉ One. Christy Ring: Man and Ball

Thug The Boys in Green (Loosehorse), a taispeánadh ina dhá chuid, léargas a bhí tráthúil agus oiriúnach ar an tréimhse a chaith Jack Charlton ina Bhainisteoir ar fhoireann Phoblacht na hÉireann, tréimhse ar leith i stair nua-aoiseach na Éireann. Bhí an-tábhacht freisin leis an tsraith ghairid Redress – Breaking the Silence (Loosehorse) i dtaobh scéim cúitimh dóibh siúd ar baineadh mí-úsáid astu agus iad i scoileanna faoi choimirce an stáit in Éireann. Thug The Boys in Green In 2020 bhí an dara sraith den tsnáithe comhshaoil What Planet (Loosehorse), a taispeánadh Are You On? (VIP) le feiceáil, sraith a bhí déanta i gcomhpháirt le Fondúireacht Eolaíochta Éireann, chomh maith leis an tsraith ina dhá chuid, léargas a tosaigh Big Life Fix (Kite Entertainment), inar tháinig na tionscnóirí a chruthaíonn rudaí nua is mó cáil in Éirinn ar réitigh an-chliste ar bhí tráthúil agus oiriúnach fhadhbanna laethúla a bhí ag daoine le riachtanais agus buanna ar an tréimhse a chaith speisialta. Le linn Seachtain na hEolaíochta, rinne Future Island (Loosehorse ), clár eolaíochta a bhí curtha i láthair ag Liz Bonnin agus Jack Charlton ina an tOllamh Luke O’Neill, ceiliúradh a bhí oiriúnach don teaghlach ar fad ar shaineolaithe agus nuálaithe na tíre. Bhainisteoir ar fhoireann

Bhí an ceol i lár an aonaigh freisin. Chuaigh David Gray: Ireland’s Greatest Phoblacht na hÉireann. Hit (Born Optimistic) siar ar bhóithrín na smaointe agus é ag cur síos, sa chlár aon uaire, ar White Ladder, an t-albam ba mhó ráchairte riamh in Éirinn, agus bhí an bhéim ar an taibhiú i The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street (The Collective) agus Ireland in Music (Born Optimistic) - dhá chlár aon uaire a chuir clabhsúr leis an mbliain.

Cláracha Reiligiúin In 2020, bhuaigh Life & Soul, sraith i gceithre chuid a choimisiúnaigh RTÉ in 2019 ó Scratch Films, an príomhdhuais i gcatagóir na teilifíse sa chomórtas is mó le rá do na meáin reiligiúnacha i Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá, The Wilburs – duais atá buaite anois ag RTÉ dhá bhliain as a chéile. Bhuaigh clár eile a raibh coimisiúnú déanta air, Guns & Rosaries de chuid Esras Films (ó 2019 freisin) duais ag Telly Awards 2020. The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street

Choimisiúnaigh RTÉ Masses and Services arís ó Kairos Communications; agus na heaglaisí dúnta mar gheall ar an bpaindéim, bhí na craoltaí seo níos tábhachtaí ná mar a bhí riamh. D’fhéach 248,200 (sciar 36.1%) ar an gclúdach a rinne Kairos ar an Liotúirge Sollúnta le haghaigh Aoine an Chéasta a tháinig chugainn ó Ardeaglais Chríost Rí, an Muileann gCearr, agus bhí Aifreann an Mheán Oíche a craoladh ó Chluain Ard Co. na Mí Oíche Nollag le feiceáil ar fud na hEorpa tríd an EBU. Tráth a raibh an Nollaig ag teannadh níos gaire dúinn, choimisiúnaigh RTÉ clár breise gairid ó Bo Media le craoladh Oíche Nollag agus Lá Nollag. In The Cork Nativity chuala muid ó bhéil daoine as gach cúlra i gCorcaigh an lae inniu, scéal na Nollag as an mBíobla 2,000 bliain ó shin.

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Rinneadh trí choimisiún eile in 2020 ar chláracha a bheadh le seachadadh agus le craoladh in 2021. Insíonn Ireland’s Dirty Laundry, le New Decade TV, a bhfuil dhá chuid ann, scéal Thithe Níocháin Magdalene, agus is comhléiriú le ARTE é a rinneadh le tacaíocht ón BAI. Scrúdaíonn Tukdam: The Living Insíonn Ireland’s Dirty Dead ó Wildfire Films comhléiriúchán ilpháirtí an feiniméan aisteach trína bhfuil, is cosúil, roinnt manach Búdach de chuid na Tibéide in ann, trí a dhul Laundry, le New Decade TV, isteach i ndomhainmhachnamh, lobhadh an choirp a chur ar atráth agus a bhfuil dhá chuid ann, scéal iad ag fáil bháis. Agus chuir Lifeblood Films tús le léiriú Dazzled by Daylight, clár faisnéise ar thacaigh BAI agus Fís Éireann leis, a dhéanann cur síos Thithe Níocháin Magdalene, ar an iarracht le teampall údarach Tibéadach a thógáil i Dzogchen Beara in Iarthar Chorcaí, in ainneoin ar thit amach nuair a fuarthas eolas faoin agus is comhléiriú le ARTE bhfoghlaíocht gneis a cuireadh i leith an Máistir Búdach Sogyal Rinpoche, an é a rinneadh le tacaíocht t-údarás ar a bhfuil Comhthionól Dzogchen Béara agus a gcuid cleachtaisí Búdacha bunaithe. ón BAI.

Na hEalaíona agus an Cultúr In Culture Night Inserts, clár speisialta de chuid Nationwide a craoladh ar Oíche Chultúir, thug Dyehouse Films léargas ar chuid de na himeachtaí cultúir a bhí ar siúl ar fud na tíre. Agus béim á cur ar an éagsúlacht, chuir siad ábhar breise le chéile freisin do rte.ie/culture agus do Raidió RTÉ. Chun críoch a chur leis an gclár bhí bunphíosa damhsa comhaimseartha le feiceáil ón gcóragrafaí Emma Martin agus a comhlacht United Fall, mar aon le cóiriú ceoil ó cheoltóirí traidisiúnta agus an t-amhránaí, Soulé, ceol a coimisiúnaíodh go speisialta agus é bunaithe ar Mise Éire Uí Riada.

Clár faisnéise teilifíse, a mhair uair an chloig, a bhí i Creative Kids a raibh Scoileanna Ildánacha, tionscadal píolótach a dhíríonn ar an gcruthaitheacht agus ar na healaíona i mbunscoileanna agus i meánscoileanna ar fud na hÉireann, mar spreagadh aige; léirigh Frontline Films é agus fuair sé maoiniú Ireland’s Dirty Laundry le tacaíocht ó Éire Ildánach. Lean sé cúig scoil i gcaitheamh na bliana acadúla agus iad ag spreagadh a ndaltaí le smaoineamh ar na healaíona agus ar an gcruthaitheacht ar bhealach nua ar fad.

In HERSTORY: Ireland’s EPIC Women, sraith faisnéise cheannródaíoch ina shé chuid, a raibh podchraolta and ábhar digiteach ag dul léi, chonaic muid cuid de na ceannródaithe ban is suntasaí in Éirinn ó thaobh cúrsaí gnó, polaitíochta, eolaíochta, ealaíon, eitlíochta agus teicneolaíochta. Chuaigh RTÉ i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an BAI, eagraíocht staire na mban Herstory, EPIC Músaem Eisimirce na hÉireann agus Underground Films chun scéalta nach raibh cloiste roimhe seo a thabhairt chuig scáileáin na hÉireann ar Teilifís RTÉ, RTÉ Digital agus Cláracha don Óige.

Clár faisnéise suntasach ina dhá chuid a bhí in O’Casey in the Estate a léirigh Shinawil do RTÉ agus don BAI. Tharraing sé aird ar Éirinn nua- aimseartha, uirbeach trí phriosma cheann de na drámaí nua-aimseartha is aitheanta dá bhfuil againn sa tír. Bhí sé i gceist go gcuirfeadh muintir HERSTORY: Ireland’s EPIC Women an Phoirt Thoir, le tacaíocht ó Chatriona McLoughlin ó Amharclann na Mainistreach agus lear mór daoine mór le rá i saol na n-ealaíon an dráma le Sean O’Casey The Plough and the Stars i láthair. Céad bliain ó shin, thug O’Casey, tríd an dráma céanna, guth don phobal imeallaithe seo, agus rinne an tsraith iniúchadh ar an gcaoi go bhfuil chuid de na fadhbanna a bhí ag muintir na háite san am sin ag cur as do phobal an cheantair sa lá atá inniu ann. Rinne daoine ón bPort Thiar trial aisteoireachta agus cleachtadh le go mbeadh léiriú aon uaire ar siúl i mí an Mhárta in Amharclann na Mainistreach, an áit ar cuireadh an dráma ar an stáitse den chéad uair. B’éigean é seo a chur ar ceal de bharr na Cóibhide, ach bhí daoine an-tógtha leis an tsraith le linn na dianghlasála.

Sa chlár An Post Irish Book Awards, a léirigh Coco Content agus a chuir Miriam O’Callaghan i láthair, bhí an t-ochtar iomaitheoir do ghradam Leabhar na Bliana le feiceáil. Fógraíodh gurbh í Doireann Ní Ghríofa a scríobh A Ghost in My Throat buaiteoir foriomlán an chomórtais. Soundtrack to My Life

10 In Soundtrack to My Life (Shinawil), a láithríonn Nicky Byrne, roghnaíonn agus léiríonn cuid de na healaíontóirí ceoil agus siamsaíochta is fearr in Éirinn na hamhráin is tábhachtaí dóibh féin, le tionlacan ó Cheolfhoireann RTÉ. Bíonn aíonna speisialta, a roghnaíonn na healaíontoirí, i ngach eipeasóid, agus cuireann siad seo a gcuid leaganacha féin de na hamhráin a roghnaíodh i láthair. Craoladh Eipeasóid 1 oíche Cinn Bhliana, agus beidh trí eipeasóid eile ar siúl in 2021.

Spórt D’fhéachNew Gaels (Poolbeg Productions), a coimisiúnaíodh in 2019 agus a craoladh i Meán Fómhair 2020, ar an éagsúlacht iontach a bhaineann le hÉirinn sa lá atá inniu ann agus an chaoi ar ghlac an New Gaels oiread den ghlúin nua d’imreoirí CLG chomh fonnmhar leis na cluichí náisiúnta, in ainneoin nach raibh siad eolasach ina dtaobh nó gur tháinig siad chun na tíre seo. I láthair na huaire agus tuairimí atá go mór ar an eite dheis chomh maith le dearcadh i leith ciníochais go mór sa nuacht, dhírigh an clár faisnéise orthu siúd a tháinig go dtí an tír seo ag iarraidh saol níos fearr dóibh féin. Roinn an dream a ghlac páirt sa chlár eolas maidir lena dtaithí ar pháirc na himeartha agus taobh amuigh di agus phléigh siad na buntáistí agus na míbhuntáistí a bhaineann leis an saol in Éirinn sa lá atá inniu ann.

RTÉ2 Bhí bliain an-dúshlánach ag RTÉ2. Bhí dea-chomharthaí ann roimh Cobhid maidir le 2020, le craobhchomórtais Euro 2020, a raibh cuid de le hóstáil i mBaile Átha Cliath, agus bhí na Cluichí Oilimpeacha ó Thóiceo chun borradh suntasach a chur faoin gcainéal. Nuair a cuireadh iad seo ar ceal, in éineacht le go leor imeachtaí spóirt eile, tháinig titim ar na pointí den sciar náisiúnta comhdhlúite uile-lae The 2 Johnnies Do America (RTÉ2, RTÉ2 +1) ó 6.3% go 4.9%. Chomh maith leis sin, de bharr dhianghlasáil an earraigh, b’éigean roinnt sraitheanna a bhí dírithe ar an gcainéal a chur siar agus a chur ar ceal.

Mar sin féin, d’éirigh le cuid de na cláracha is fearr dá bhfuil ar an gcainéal dul ar an aer, lena n-áirítear First Dates Ireland agus Special I dtús na bliana 2020, d’fhill Forces Ultimate Hell Week. Ba é The 2 Johnnies Do America an chéad sraith teilifíse ón mbeirt fhear grinn as Tiobraid Árann, a bhfuil lucht Other Voices (South Wind leanta rábach ag a gcuid podchraoltaí. D’éirigh cuid mhaith os cionn Blows), agus cuireadh 10 an mheáin leis an tsraith. n-uair an chloig de thogha Drámaíocht agus Greann Ar RTÉ2, i Laughter in the Eyre, a léirigh Theocrest, bhí na daoine is mó le an cheoil ar fáil dúinn ó rá sa bhfuirseacht ar na boinn le feiceáil ag Comedy Carnival na Gaillimhe. eaglais Naomh Séamas sa Cé go mbíonn RTÉ ag tacú leis an gcoiméide in Éirinn agus á forbairt i Daingean agus ó áiteanna rith an ama, ó thaobh ábhar le scriopt agus gan scriopt araon, tosóidh 2021 le seó painéil úrnua do RTÉ2. Feicfear ar Clear History, arna léiriú níos faide i gcéin. ag Kite Entertainment, tallann grinn seanbhunaithe agus tallann atá ag teacht chun cinn ar sheó painéil inar féidir rudaí a thit amach do na haíonna a chuir náire orthu a chealú.

Siamsaíocht agus Ceol I dtús na bliana 2020, d’fhillOther Voices (South Wind Blows), agus cuireadh 10 n-uair an chloig de thogha an cheoil ar fáil dúinn ó Eaglais Naomh Séamas sa Daingean agus ó áiteanna níos faide i gcéin.

I mí an Mhárta rinne RTÉ comóradh ar 12 mhí iontacha eile de cheol na hÉireann le RTÉ Choice Music Prize (Southpaw Pictures) a tháinig chugainn ó Shráid Vicar i mBaile Átha Cliath. Agus chun aird a tharraingt ar an tionchar a bhí ag Covid-19 ar shaol an cheoil bheo, craoladh Songs from an Empty Room (Shinawil), léiriú an-speisialta um thráthnóna de thaispeántais a tháinig chugainn ó láithreacha ceoil a bhí folamh, fud fad na hÉireann. Songs from an Empty Room

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Cláracha Fíorasacha Móréilimh agus Cláracha Fiorasacha Siamsaíochta Ar RTÉ2, chuaigh an tallann nua atá againn, The 2 Johnnies, ar camchuairt i Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá lena stíl uathúil féin agus bhí an-éileamh ag lucht féachana ar sheó dá gcuid a léirigh Straywave Productions.

D’fhillSpecial Forces Ultimate Hell Week ó JMACTWO Productions le tuilleadh daoine cróga a bhí earcaithe don chlár, daoine a ghlac leis na dúshláin rídheacra céanna a thugann Óglaigh na hÉireann dá chuid fórsaí féin. D’éirigh go maith leis an gclár agus fuair sé rátáil mhaith, go háirithe ón dream níos óige. Pulling with My Parents

I dtreo dheireadh na bliana chuaigh Pulling with My Parents Series 2, ó Alleycats Films, i mbun léiriúcháin agus rún acu a bheith ag craoladh i dtús na bliana 2021. Leanann sé arís daoine óga ar fud na tíre atá singil agus atá toilteanach a gcuntais gheandála, go ciallmhar nó go díchéillí, a chur ar fáil dá dtuismitheoirí.

Taobh amuigh de na cláracha spóirt is é First Dates Ireland an clár is mó a bhfuil tarraingt air, ar bhonn seasmhach, ar RTÉ2. Craoladh Sraith 5 i dtús na bliana 2020 agus chuir a dream a bhí páirteach, a raibh carachtair agus éagsúlacht ag baint leo, siamsaíocht ar fáil don náisiún. Tar éis go leor taighde ar an mbealach ab fhearr leis an tsraith a scannánú agus Covid-19 ann, rinneadh scannánú ar shraith 6 sa bhfómhar agus beidh sé le craoladh go luath in 2021.

Spórt In 2019 coimisiúnaíodh Brick Films le Horizon Tokyo, le léiriú agus First Dates Ireland seachadadh a dhéanamh ar shraith de chláracha faisnéise i dtrí chuid a mhairfeadh uair an chloig do RTÉ2 chomh maith le naoi ngearrscannán don RTÉ Player. Lean an tsraith na lúthchleasaithe ab fhearr in Éirinn agus iad ag iarraidh áit a bhaint amach le dul chuig na Cluichí Oilimpeacha agus na Cluichí Parailimpeacha sa tSeapáin in 2020. Bhí an clár ceaptha a bheith ar an aer i samhradh na bliana 2020. Cé go raibh na himeachtaí sa tSeapáin curtha ar ceal de bharr Covid-19, tá súil againn go bhféadfar dul ar aghaidh Thosaigh 2020 amach le le na Cluichí Oilimpeacha in 2021 agus go dtabharfaidh RTÉ2 na scéalta eisceachtúla seo chuig an scáileán. sceideal a bhí lán le haicsean

An Lucht Féachana Níos Óige beo agus le hábhar beochana Thosaigh 2020 amach le sceideal a bhí lán le haicsean beo agus a bhí in ainm agus a bheith le hábhar beochana a bhí in ainm agus a bheith craolta ar TRTÉ, áit a gcraoltar an t-ábhar a bhíonn ar fáil don aoisghrúpa 8-12 craolta ar TRTÉ, áit a gcraoltar agus ar RTÉjr, ár gcainéal réamhscoile. Ba é príomhaidhm 2020 an t-ábhar ab fearr a dhaingniú tuilleadh sna sceidil ar fad agus an t-ábhar a bhíonn ar fáil don an t-ábhar a bhíonn á thairiscint ar thras-ardáin a fheabhsú. D’fhill aoisghrúpa 8-12 agus ar RTÉjr, sraitheanna a bhí tarraingteach don lucht féachana is óige, ar nós RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars (Shinawil), Body Brothers ár gcainéal réamhscoile. (stop.watch) agus Bright Sparks (Macalla), agus d’éirigh leo arís na paistí sin a mhealladh, oideachas a chur orthu agus siamsaíocht a chur ar fáil dóibh.

Nuair a bhí an Nollaig thart, bhí sé in am don mhaidhm sin ar a dtugtar Dancing with the Stars teacht ar ais ar na scáileáin. Ina croílár, thug na láithreoirí Darragh & Darcy seó mór eile dúinn le seacainí agus gealáin in RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars (Shinawil).

RTÉjr Goes Dancing with the Stars

12 I mí Feabhra seoladh Herstory, tionscnamh fá scáth Ealaíon agus Cultúr RTÉ. Choimisiúnaigh Rannóg na nDaoine Óga in RTÉ scannáin saincheaptha ón earnáil beochana, scannáin a rinne cur síos ar mhná as Éirinn a bhí cáiliúil, ceannródaíoch, chun comhlánú a dhéanamh agus bonn a chur faoin ábhar a bhfuil ag éirí thar barr leis ar fud na n-ardán.

Nuair a cuireadh Éire faoi dhianghlasáil den chéad uair, bhí tionchar forleathan aige ar an earnáil chlosamhairc, rud a d’fhág gur cuireadh stop leis an léiriú i gcás cuid dár n-ábhar. Agus é ag freagairt do Covid-19, dhún an Rialtas scoileanna, coláistí agus áiseanna cúraim leanaí. Herstory Ba dhúshlán é freastal ar riachtanais na bpáistí bunscoile agus a dtuismitheoirí ó thaobh na foghlama a bheadh bunaithe ar an gcuraclam. Bhí sé ar chumas RTÉ, an craoltóir náisiúnta, thar aon dream eile, gnáthsheisiúin oideachais ar ardchaighdeán a chur ar fáil ar bhonn laethúil trí mheán na teilifíse. Chinn rannóg na nDaoine Óga in RTÉ coimisiúnú a dhéanamh ar School on the Telly, formáid oideachais/ siamsaíochta a dhéanfadh freastal ar leanaí, ar thuismitheoirí agus ar mhúinteoirí araon. Aithníodh na céimeanna tosaigh go sciobtha, agus bhí RTÉ’s Home School Hub ar an saol. Ó Mhárta go Meitheamh, chuir Macalla breis agus 70 uair an chloig d’ábhar ar fáil, rud a chabhraigh le páistí agus lena dtuismitheoirí teacht tríd an ngéarchéim.

Agus muid ag dul isteach i bhfómhar na bliana 2020 agus na sraitheanna éagsúla dianghlasála á gcur dínn againn, choimisiúnaigh rannóg na nDaoine Óga in RTÉ comhshraith chun dul leis an leagan RTÉ’s Home School Hub bunaidh RTÉ’s Home School Hub: After School Hub. Craoladh an tsraith seo san iarnóin ar RTÉ2 ó Dheireadh Fómhair go Nollaig, agus cuireadh siamsaíocht ar fáil do na páistí trí ghníomhaíochtaí iarscoile a bhí á láithriú ag na múinteoirí is fearr a thaitníonn linn ar RTÉ’s Home School Hub.

Bhí Fómhar na bliana 2020 thar a bheith gnóthach agus cuireadh ábhar den scoth ar fáil do na bpáistí i gcúinsí a bhí an-dúshlánach. Sa sceideal iomlán do pháistí bhí cláracha faisnéise nua, podchraoltaí, beochan, drámaí agus sraitheanna faoi eolaíocht, spórt, athrú aeráide agus ríomhchluichíocht.

After School Hub

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TRTÉ Tháinig Martin’s Shed (Fusion Films), sraith cláracha ‘mídhleathacha’ arna n-óstáil ag Martin an cat crainn & MC (Mary Claire Fitzpatrick), de sciotán ar ár scáileáin i mí Lúnasa. Bhí sé á chraoladh ó láthair rúnda, agus é lán d’amhráin, den mhéiseáil agus den gháire. Ina dhiaidh sin bhí sraith drámaíochta grinn úrnua Blasts from the Past againn, sraith a chruthaigh Firebrand Productions. Ba í Eleanor O’Brien a ghlac páirt Emily Blast sa tsraith, inar leanadh na heachtraí a thit amach do ghnáthdhéagóir a bhí in ann freangadh ama a dhéanamh siar trí stair na hÉireann.

Ba é Gamer Mode (Roundstone Media) an chéad chlár teilifíse Martin’s Shed ríomhchluichíochta a bhí againn in Éirinn, agus ba chluichirí a rinne é ar son cluichirí. Tháinig Squad Goals (Kite Entertainment ) ar ais le haghaidh an dara sraith agus ionad nua, cluichí nua agus óstach nua aige, Anna Geary. D’fhillAce My Space (Tailored Films) chomh maith, agus deis á thabhairt aige do pháistí athmhaisiú ar a seomraí leapa a bhuachan. Bhí na réaltaí YouTube Sean Treacy agus MC (Mary Claire Fitzpatrick) ar ais agus iad ag déanamh athrú ó bhonn ar sheomraí leapa ar fud na hÉireann.

Fabhalscéal faoi theacht in aois ba ea Tina Times Two, an léiriú drámaíochta is déanaí a tháinig ó Dyehouse Films, agus é dírithe ar Tina, cailín óg uaigneach a fhaigheann mian a croí nuair a aimsíonn sí cara draíochta atá ar nós leathchúpla di féin! Ach is drochbhrionglóid a bhíonn ann ina dhiaidh sin nuair a theastaíonn ón ‘leathchúpla’ saol dá cuid féin a bheith aici.

Chuir My Story, snáithe faisnéise RTÉ do pháistí, ina ndéantar Dorg Van Dango iniúchadh ar scéalta a mbíonn tionchar díreach acu ar lucht féachana óg, roinnt scannán ar fáil. Leanann From Sheriff Street to Delphi (Dyehouse Films) grúpa páistí ó Bhaile Átha Cliath a théann ar an eachtra is iontaí ina saol agus a fhoghlaimíonn conas iascaireacht a dhéanamh i gCo. Mhaigh Eo; i Tajus the Kickboxer (Ronin Films), bíonn an réalta meán sóisialta 12 bhliain d’aois Tajus ag brionglóideach ar bheith ina chicdhornalaí gairmiúil; agus in Dillon’s Adventures (Little Road Productions), glacann Dillon Lynch, atá 12 bhliain d’aois, agus atá ina chódóir, siúlóir agus eachtránaí suaithinseach lasmuigh, leis an dúshlán is mó dá bhfuil ann.

Bhí an tsraith beochana Dorg Van Dango le feiceáil ar RTÉ den chéad uair. Ba iad Cartoon Saloon agus WildBrain a chruthaigh é agus leanann sé eachtraí ghnáthdhéagóra atá ag fás aníos i mbaile Normill. Tosaíonn an saol ag dul craiceáilte nuair a éalaíonn ceithre neach draíochta as Cheantar 52 agus titeann go talamh ina ghairdín cúil. Téann Dorg i gcabhair orthu agus cuireann sé faoi cheilt iad Growing Up at the End of the World ar nós gur gnáthdhéagóirí atá iontu- ach ní fhéadfadh aon duine a mhaíomh gur gnáthdhaoine iad na cairde nua seo dá chuid.

In 2020 freisin, bhí an-dul chun cinn déanta nuair a thosaigh rannóg na nDaoine Óga ar ábhar a choimisiúnú do lucht féachana in aois aosaigh óga. Leanann an clár faisnéise fada, Growing Up at the End of the World (Brick Films), triúr déagóirí atá gníomhach ar son an athraithe aeráide, ar feadh bliain go leith, agus iad ag éileamh go gcuirfí athruithe i bhfeidhm ar mhaithe lena dtodhchaí a chosaint.

14 RTÉjr Bhí freastail déanta ar an lucht féachana is óige dár gcuid agus meascán beochana agus aicsean beo againn chun siamsaíocht a chur ar fáil dóibh i rith 2020. Bhí seó eolaíochta agus damhsa RTÉjr, Body Brothers (stop.watch) ar ais agus é ag tabhairt fíricí i dtaobh ainmhithe agus gluaiseachtaí damhsa. D’fhill Bright Sparks le sraith eile agus tuilleadh spraoi, drámaíochta agus gáire, agus cuireadh á thabhairt don lucht féachana dul isteach i saol lán le heachtraíocht agus taismí in éineacht le háitritheoirí Bright’s Park.

Is scannán láidir é My Story: Sophie (Fubar Films) faoi Sophie Corley cailín atá ocht mbliana d’aois agus í ag ullmhú dá taispeántas i Body Brothers gclub Glee ag deireadh na bliana. Thug Donncha’s Two Talented Christmas Special (Adare Productions) gliondar na Nollag chugainn leis an mbliain a thabhairt chun críche. Bhí Brian Redmond, an moltóir as Dancing with the Stars, an t-aisteoir as Fair City, Maclean Burke, an t-iriseoir le The Irish Times, Róisín Ingle agus an t-amhránaí ceoil tuaithe Cliona Hagan faoi mheantóireacht ag a gcuid ógánach cumasach agus amhráin na Nollag á gcanadh acu óna gcroíthe.

I measc na mbuaicphointí ó thaobh beochana dár lucht féachana Bhí freastail déanta réamhscoile, bhí sraith nua Hungry Bear Tales, ó Treehouse ar an lucht féachana Republic i gcomhpháirtíocht le Bionaut Animation, ina leantar beirt dlúthchairde, Ned agus Mikey. Eachtraí nua atá i Pablo (Paper is óige dár gcuid agus Owl Films) agus Book Animals ina ndéantar iarracht dul i ngleic le dúshláin an tsaoil, agus bhí Ollie (Ink and Light Films) ar ais againn meascán beochana agus le scéalta beaga faoi shaincheisteanna móra ar dhul fionnachtain, aicsean beo againn chun cairdeas, a bheith fágtha id aonar, agus araile, agus a thábhachtaí atá na rudaí beaga sa saol. siamsaíocht a chur ar

Scéalta faoi spiorad na Nollag a bhí i Shorts Yule Love, sraith de fáil dóibh i rith 2020. 10 mbeochan ghairide a ndearnadh coimisiúnú speisialta orthu.

Shorts Yule Love

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Chuir Raidió RTÉ cláracha eolasbhunaithe, a bhí práinneach agus tábhachtach, ar fáil d’éisteoirí, cláracha ar mhór an chabhair iad le linn ghéarchéim Covid. Bhí réimse leathan de chláracha ealaíon agus cultúir á soláthar freisin a chomhlánaigh iad sin agus a thug tacaíocht d’ealaíontóirí in 2020.

Tá fás agus athrú ag teacht i rith an ama ar réimse na gcláracha a RTÉ Radio 1 dhéanann an earnáil raidió neamhspleách. Tá seónna a bhfuil tóir In 2020 choimisiúnaigh RTÉ Radio 1 13 chlár ó 10 gcomhlacht orthu dála Callan’s Kicks agus The Business anois ina gcláracha léiriúcháin san earnáil neamhspleách. Chuir siad seo go mór leis an dílse ar sceideal RTÉ Radio 1, agus tá The Business le feiceáil anois sceideal i rith na bliana, bhí The Business, ó Old Yard Productions ar liosta na gcláracha is fearr a n-éiríonn leo ar JNLR. Leathnaíodh – a craoladh ag tráth craolta suntasach Dé Sathairn – fós ag go mór in 2020 ar réimse na gcláracha a bhaineann leis na healaíona seasamh an fhóid in éineacht le léiriúcháin intí ag barr na bhfigiúirí agus an cultúr, ó shraitheanna a tháinig ar ais ar nós The Book JNLR (Joint National Listenership Research). Show agus The Poetry Programme ar RTÉ Radio 1, Culture File ar RTÉ lyric fm agus An Cúinne Dána ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Lean Callan’s Kicks (Catchy Title) ag tarraingt lucht féachana agus go dtí sraitheanna úrnua dála The Almanac of Ireland agus Shine moladh. Bhí The History Show (Pegasus Media and Consulting) Your Light, an clár aon uaire i dtaobh an ghrianstad a d’oibrigh i fós ina chuid thábhachtach den sceideal tráthnóna Dé Domhnaigh. gcomhpháirt le clár teilifíse. Maidir le cláracha ar chúrsaí cultúir, d’fhillThe Poetry Programme le Olivia O’Leary (Rockfinch Productions) chugainn, agus bhí Ojo Productions freagrach as The Book Show le Rick O’Shea. Bhí The

16 South Wind Blows (South Wind Blows) fós ar an sceideal mar atá le fada, agus é ag teacht chugainn as Leithinis Chorca Dhuibhne. D’fhill Pantisocracy ó Athena Media ar an aer i rith an tsamhraidh agus ba í an chuideachta chéanna seo a sholáthar an clár aon uaire Shine Your Light – Solstice, a comhordaíodh leis an leagan teilifíse ar an 20 Nollaig.

I measc na gcláracha aon uaire eile bhí Gay Byrne Live on Stage (Tyrone Productions) agus 2020: A Quiz Looking Back on a Year Like No Other (Pegasus Media & Consulting) agus craoladh an dá cheann acu le linn sceideal na Nollag.

Callan’s Kicks Bhí cláracha a craoladh den chéad uair ar RTÉ Radio 1 i gceist chomh maith: The Almanac of Ireland le Manchán Magan (Red Hare Media) agus Keywords (New Normal Culture).

Chraol RTÉ Radio 1 Comedy Showhouse chomh maith le Colm O’Regan Wants a Word (Sideline Productions), agus fuair an dá cheann acu cómhaoiniú ón BAI.

RTÉ 2fm Is sraith seachtainiúil ionsáite faisnéise é The Music Biz a chraoltar ar sheó ceoil oíche 2fm, curtha i láthair ag Tara Stewart, agus léirigh Tinpot Productions é. Cíortar téama difriúil gach seachtain de thionscal an cheoil, idir innealtóireacht fhónta agus bhainistíocht bannaí, ina mbíonn agallaimh le ceannairí gnó ceoil.

RTÉ lyric fm The Book Show Cuireann Culture File (Soundsdoable), an clár laethúil ar RTÉ lyric fm a thugann eolas i dtaobh na n-ealaíon agus an chultúir, tuairisc atá uathúil agus inrochtana ar cheol, na meáin, an teicneolaíocht, an cheardaíocht, an ealaín, an drámaíocht, cúrsaí grinn, bia agus dhearadh agus déantóirí agus cruthaitheoirí ó áiteanna ar fud na hÉireann agus níos faide ó bhaile páirteach ann. Rinne an tsraith Culture File Debates agus a painéal aíonna a mhachnaimh ar chuid de na mórcheisteanna a tháinig chun cinn do na healaíona agus Rinne RTÉ Raidió na don chruthaitheacht sa bhliain rídhúshlánach seo. Tá láithreacht fhorleathan ar líne ag na tuairiscí laethúla agus na tuairiscí Gaeltachta trí shraith a seachtainiúla agus podchraoltaí laethúla, SoundCloud agus Twitter á n-úsáid. Tá Culture File fós ag cuardach daoine cumasacha nua choimisiúnú ón earnáil agus glún nua iriseoirí, taifeadóirí agus gairmithe fuaime á mealladh neamhspleách in 2020, agus á n-oiliúint, agus é ag cur leis an méid daoine a bhfuil scileanna acu, ní hamháin dá chuid cláracha féin ach ar mhaithe le daoine agus iad dírithe ar na cumasacha a sholáthar do na meáin in Éirinn i gcoitinne. healaíona agus ar an gceol. RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Rinne RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta trí shraith a choimisiúnú ón earnáil neamhspleách in 2020, agus iad dírithe ar na healaíona agus ar an gceol. Bhí An Cúinne Dána, a chuir Tristan Rosenstock i láthair, ar ais ar an sceideal, agus chruthaigh sé ardán chun poiblíocht a dhéanamh ar shaol na n-ealaíon agus é a phlé – go háirithe ealaíona agus litríocht na Gaeilge – agus teacht air ag lucht féachana nach mbeadh aon bhaint acu go hiondúil, b’fhéidir, leis na healaíona.

Is cuid lárnach d’fhéiniúlacht RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta é an ceol, agus is é an ceol traidisiúnta an seánra is mó atá ceangailte leis an stáisiún. Is cuid thábhachtach den sceideal ceoil thraidisiúnta é Cuireadh Chun Ceoil (Iontaoibheas Fodhla), a chuireann Peadar Ó Riada i láthair gach tráthnóna Aoine, ó 7pm ar aghaidh. Ní hamháin go meallann an tsraith seo, a coimisiúnaíodh trí Independent Radio Productions, lucht labhartha na Gaeilge a bhfuil suim acu sa cheol

Cuireadh Chun Ceoil

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traidisiúnta ach meallann sé freisin daoine a chuireann spéis sa cheol ach nach bhfuil aon Ghaeilge acu agus go leor éisteoirí atá thar lear. Go deimhin, tá pobal cruthaithe aige a bhíonn i dteagmháil go gníomhach leis an tsraith. Tá an-obair déanta ag Peadar Ó Riada Le linn na Nollag, ar chun an spiorad pobail sin a neartú agus stáitse a chur ar fáil do cheoltóirí agus is cuid lárnach den obair seo é an comórtas bliantúil, An Seomra Glas (Raven Bonn Óir Sheáin Uí Riada, comórtas a bhfuil ardmheas air agus a Productions) bhí Fiachna gcuireann ceoltóirí ó gach cearn isteach air. Ó Braonáin i mbun cainte Le linn na Nollag, ar An Seomra Glas (Raven Productions) bhí Fiachna Ó Braonáin i mbun cainte le haíonna ó shaol an cheoil, agus rinne le haíonna ó shaol an cheoil, siad cur síos ar an gcineáil ceoil a mbíonn siad ag éisteacht leis. agus rinne siad cur síos ar Thug an tsraith deis d’éisteoirí aithne a chur ar chuid de na ceoltóirí a dhéanann cur i láthair i nGaeilge go rialta agus cuireadh ceol ar fáil an gcineáil ceoil a mbíonn dóibh nach móide a dtiocfaidís trasna air uathu féin. siad ag éisteacht leis.

An Cúinne Dána

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Bhí mórthábhacht arís i rith na bliana 2020 le comhpháirtíocht na Scéime Fuaim agus Fís de chuid Údarás Craolacháin na hÉireann (BAI) maidir le cláir choimisiúnaithe ar Teilifís agus ar Raidió RTÉ. Bhí cistíocht faoi Alt Coimisiúnaíodh ceithre chlár déag, a craoladh nó a chraolfar ar theilifís RTÉ, a raibh cúnamh ón Údarás Craolacháin ina leith le 481 agus Fís Éireann ag linn na bliana. Is iad sin: 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence roinnt coimisiún maidir MacSwiney, Alva’s World, Cold Case Collins, Dazzled by Daylight, Ireland’s Dirty Laundry, Kin, My Tribe – Mo Threibh Sraith 2, le cláracha drámaíochta, Mya Go Sraith 2, North Sea Connection, Réaltaí na Gaeltachta, Richie Sadlier – Let’s Talk About Sex, The Epic West, The Island beochana, cláracha grinn agus Viking Empires. a raibh script leo agus Anuas ar na cláracha raidió a choimisiúnaigh RTÉ go díreach, bhí cláracha fíorasacha. 46 uair an chloig d’ábhar cláir le craoladh ar Raidió RTÉ a bhfuair Léiritheoirí Neamhspleácha cistíocht ina leith faoi Scéim Fuaim agus Fís IV BAI i rith na bliana 2020. Áiríodh ar na cláracha sin; Colm O’Regan Wants A Word, The Old Tune, Ireland Portrayed, Over Nine Waves, Morning, Noon and Night, Wild, Keywords, Buile Bhóthair agus Spooky FM.

D’oibrigh RTÉ go dlúth arís le Fondúireacht Eolaíochta Éireann chun cláracha a théadh i bhfeidhm ar lucht féachana nua agus lucht féachana níos mó a choimisiúnú trí scéalta a bhfuil eolaíocht, innealtóireacht agus teicneolaíocht mar bhonn acu. Ar na tionscadail ar cuidíodh leo i rith na bliana 2020 bhí What Planet Are You On? (VIP) agus Future Island (Loosehorse). Craoladh an dá chlár sin le linn buaicthráthanna ar RTÉ One. Mya Go Bhí cistíocht faoi Alt 481 agus Fís Éireann ag roinnt coimisiún maidir le cláracha drámaíochta, beochana, cláracha grinn a raibh script leo agus cláracha fíorasacha. Thug RTÉ faoi chomhléiriúcháin i rith na bliana 2020 in éineacht le BBC NI, ARTE agus roinnt lucht maoinithe eile. Tugtar anailís ar an gcistíocht ó fhoinsí eile ar leathanach 22.

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Lean RTÉ i rith na bliana 2020 de chúnamh taca a thabhairt Rinne RTÉ de réir an Chóid Cleachtais chun Comhlachtaí Stáit maidir le forbairt na hearnála léiriúchán neamhspleách trí pháirt a Rialú 2016 mar aon leis an dualgas a chomhlíonadh i ndáil le a ghlacadh sna scéimeanna forbartha, trí chainteoirí a chur ar fáil rialachas corparáideach agus oibleagáidí eile a leagtar ar an ag seimineáir do lucht an tionscail agus i gcoláistí oiliúna maidir eagraíocht faoin Acht Craolacháin 2009, faoin Acht um Eitic in le léiriúchán scannánaíochta agus teilifíse, trí pháirt a ghlacadh i Oifigí Poiblí 1995, faoin Acht um Chaighdeáin in Oifigí Poiblí 2001 gcomhdhálacha comhléiriúcháin idirnáisiúnta, trí chúnamh taca a agus faoin Acht um Cheartas Coiriúil (Cionta Éilithe 2018). chur ar fáil do léiritheoirí a bhfuil páirtnéirí comhléiriúcháin á lorg acu, agus trí bhualadh le comhlachtaí atá ag teacht chun cinn agus Tá RTÉ tiomanta maidir lena chinntiú go ndéantar an coimisiúnú lón comhairle a chur ar fáil dóibh. ar chláir a léirítear go neamhspleách don chraoladh poiblí ar bhealach follasach. Cloíonn RTÉ, san iarracht teacht ar chláir Déantar páirtmhaoiniú ar Léiritheoirí Scáileán Éireann, eagraíocht teilifíse agus raidió a léirítear go neamhspleách, a gcoimisiúnú ionadaíochta na léiritheoirí neamhspleácha in Éirinn, trí thobhach agus a n-athchoimisiúnú, le modhanna oibre atá foirmeálta soiléir, a ghearradh maidir le buiséid léiriúcháin i ndáil le cláracha a agus foilsítear iad sin lena gceadú ag léiritheoirí neamhspleácha ar choimisiúnaíonn RTÉ ó na comhaltaí. Is muirear an tobhach dá láithreán gréasáin RTÉ. bhrí sin a ghearrtar go díreach ar chuntas na gClár Neamhspleách. D’fhostaigh RTÉ Deloitte i rith na bliana chun bearta oibre sonraithe Is cumann ceirde atá in Animation Ireland a dhéanann ionadaíocht a dhéanamh maidir leis na gnáis oibre sonraithe a bhí le cur i thar ceann mórchuid stiúideonna anamúlachta in Éirinn. bhfeidhm i ndáil le hiarratais faoi chláir teilifíse agus raidió a cuireadh Cuireann RTÉ síntiús bliantúil ar fáil do Animation Ireland mar faoi bhráid i rith na bliana 2020. Rinne Deloitte na bearta oibre sin chuid den dúthracht i leith earnáil na beochana a fhorbairt. agus bhíothas sásta, i ndáil leis an sampla gnóthaí a cuireadh faoi thástáil, go léiríonn an fhianaise cháipéisíochta atá ar coimeád ag RTÉ go rabhthas ag cloí leis na modhanna oibre coimisiúnaithe a bhaineann le hábhar.

Bloody Sunday, 1920

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2020 - Achoimre ar an gCaiteachas Bhí de dhualgas ar RTÉ faoin reachtaíocht maidir le caiteachas ar choimisiúin neamhspleácha faoin Acht Craolacháin 2009 caiteachas €40.2m a dhéanamh sa bhliain 2020, i ndáil le cláracha don teilifís agus don raidió. B’ionann an caiteachas iomlán a tabhaíodh i rith na bliana 2020 ar bheartaíocht coimisiúnaithe don teilifís agus don raidió agus €37.8m.

2020 2020 2020 2019 Teilifís Raidió Iomlán Iomlán Caiteachas Tabhaithe €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000 Caiteachas Reachtúil (Sceid. 5) 35,225 1,241 36,466 40,071 Caiteachas Breise (Sceid. 6) 327 – 327 509 Caiteachas Díreach ar Chláir Choimisiúnaithe 35,552 1,241 36,793 40,580 Barrchostais Leithchurtha RTÉ 939 32 971 994 Caiteachas ar an mBeartaíocht Coimisiúnaithe 36,491 1,273 37,764 41,574

B’ionann an tsuim reachtúil a caitheadh ar léiriúchán neamhspleách trí chuntas na gClár Neamhspleách i rith na bliana 2020 i ndáil le cláracha coimisiúnaithe agus €35.23m ar ábhar teilifíse agus €1.24m ar ábhar don raidió, suim iomlán €36.5m lena n-áirítear costais riaracháin. Tá sin níos ísle ná an tsuim €40.2m atá dlite faoin reachtaíocht. De réir an Achta Craolacháin 2009, déanfar aon fuílleach gan caitheamh sa bhliain 2020 a chaitheamh laistigh de thréimhse dhá bhliain ina dhiaidh sin.

Chuaigh RTÉ i gcaiteachas €0.3m sa bhreis ar an tsuim sin ar chlár teilifíse agus sin anuas ar an gcaiteachas a luaitear maidir le cuntas reachtúil na gClár Neamhspleách, rud a fhágann go ndeachaigh Teilifís agus Raidió RTÉ i gcaiteachas iomlán €36.8m ar chláir choimisiúnaithe teilifíse agus raidió i rith na bliana 2020 (2019: €40.6m) gan barrchostais leithchurtha RTÉ a áireamh.

1,020 uair an chloig in iomlán (521 don Raidió, 499 don Teilifís) a coimisiúnaíodh leis an gcaiteachas reachtúil ar Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha i rith na bliana 2020, i réimse leathan catagóirí faoi mar a leagtar amach go mion i Sceideal 3. Coimisiúnaíodh trí uair an chloig d’ábhar Teilifíse sa bhreis air sin i rith na bliana 2020 mar chuid den chaiteachas ar léiriúchán neamhspleách nach dtagann faoin reachtaíocht agus tugtar sonraí faoi sin i Sceideal 4.

Déantar anailís ar an gcaiteachas de réir catagóir cláir i rith na bliana 2020 i Sceideal 5 maidir leis an gcaiteachas reachtúil agus i Sceideal 6 maidir le caiteachas neamhreachtúil.

Caiteachas ar Choimisiúnú agus ar Bharrchostais 2020 Leagtar amach anailís ar an gcaiteachas ar léiriúchán neamhspleách teilifíse agus raidió a thabhaigh RTÉ i rith na bliana 2020 sa tábla thíos. Tugtar briseadh síos níos mine de réir seánraí i Sceideal 5 agus i Sceideal 6.

2020 2020 2020 2019 Teilifís Raidió Iomlán Iomlán Caiteachas Tabhaithe €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000 Coimisiúin de chuid na Bliana 2019 arna dTabhairt ar Aghaidh 9,985 159 10,144 7,920 Athrú maidir leis an gCaiteachas ar Choimisiúin na Bliana 20191 2 (1,672) (19) (1,691) (56) Athlua ar Choimisiúin de chuid na Bliana 2019 arna dTabhairt ar Aghaidh 8,313 140 8,453 7,864 Coimisiúin nua i rith na bliana 2020 (féach thíos) 34,924 1,522 36,446 40,432 Lúide Coimisiúin le cur ar fáil i rith na bliana 2021 (9,939) (466) (10,405) (10,144) Costais Riaracháin (Sceideal 7) 3,142 77 3,219 3,216 Gradaim/Scéimeanna 51 – 51 206 Caiteachas ar an mBeartaíocht Coimisiúnaithe 36,491 1,273 37,764 41,574

1 Tá leasú déanta ar an gcaiteachas ar chláir a coimisiúnaíodh i rith na bliana 2019 arna dtabhairt ar aghaidh i ndáil le hathrú costais agus cláir a chur ar atráth, de réir mar a thit sin amach i rith na bliana 2020. 2 D’athraigh RTÉ a bheartas cuntasaíochta maidir leis an gcaoi a gcaitear le comhaontuithe forbartha drámaíochta le linn na bliana 2020. Bhí coigeartú aon uaire €1.3m mar thoradh air sin, inar léiríodh soláthar cuntasaíochta ó thréimhsí roimhe seo á scaoileadh.

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Is féidir anailís mar seo a leanas (féach an tábla thuas) a thabhairt ar na coimisiúin nua le linn na bliana 2020 dar luach €36.4m:

Caiteachas Caiteachas Iomlán Reachtúil Neamhreachtú Caiteachas Coimisiúin Nua €’000 % €’000 % €’000 % Coimisiúin don Teilifís1 2 32,502 90% 329 100% 32,831 90% Forbairt don Teilifís1 190 1% – 0% 190 1% Teilifís – Críochnaithe 1 2 1,903 5% – 0% 1,903 5% Teilifís 34,595 96% 329 100% 34,924 96% Raidió 1,522 4% – 0% 1,522 4% Iomlán RTÉ 36,117 100% 329 100% 36,446 100%

1 Féach Sceideal 1 maidir le sainmhíniú ar coimisiún, forbairt agus ciste críochnaithe. 2 Tugtar san áireamh maoiniú RTÉ i ndáil leis an Scéim Fuaim & Fís, arna rith ag an Údarás Craolacháin.

Deonaíodh coimisiúin maidir le cláir teilifíse dar luach €13.8m, suim is ionann agus 40% de luach na gcoimisiún nua don teilifís i rith na bliana 2020, do shé cinn de chomhlachtaí léiriúcháin neamhspleácha agus bhí suim sa bhreis air sin dar luach €7.2m nó 21% a deonaíodh do shé cinn eile de chomhlachtaí léiriúcháin neamhspleácha.

An Obair Coimisiúnaithe 2020 Tugtar sonraí thíos faoi na tograí maidir le coimisiúin a tháinig isteach i rith na bliana 2020:

Líon na Líon na dTograí a Líon na gCoimisiún Líon na nUaireanta an gComhlachtaí Cuireadh Isteach a Deonaíodh Chloig a Coimisiúnaíodh Suíomh Teilifís Raidió Teilifís Raidió Teilifís: Raidió Teilifís Raidió Baile Átha Cliath 131 28 592 41 87 17 394 245 An chuid eile de Phoblacht na hÉireann 82 11 199 12 22 6 63 276 Tuaisceart Éireann 14 – 73 – 14 – 37 – An Bhreatain Mhór 7 1 10 1 1 – 8 – Eile 5 – 8 – – – – – Iomlán 239 40 882 54 124 23 502 521

Foinsí eile Cistíochta don Earnáil Anuas ar an €34.9m a chuir RTÉ i leith na gcoimisiún nua teilifíse i rith na bliana 2020, ghnóthaigh léiritheoirí clár coimisiúnaithe RTÉ cistíocht ó fhoinsí eile. B’ionann luach iomlán na gcistí breise sin i ndáil le conarthaí na bliana 2020 agus €31.7m, de réir na hanailíse seo a leanas:

Drámaíocht & Cistíocht Tríú Beochan Seánraí Eile Páirtí Iomlán Foinsí Cistíochta €’000 €’000 €’000 Cómhaoiniú 18,504 2,436 20,940 Alt 481 6,160 1,001 7,161 Cistíocht BAI 1,750 1,894 3,644 Iomlán 26,414 5,331 31,745

Dá réir sin, b’ionann luach iomlán bheartaíocht RTÉ maidir le cláir teilifíse neamhspleácha i rith na bliana 2020, ar chistí tríú páirtí a thabhairt san áireamh, agus €66.6m. I gcás na gcláracha a rangaítear mar Dhrámaíocht nó Beochan nó cláracha a ndearnadh cómhaoiniú ina leith faoi Scéim Fuaim & Fís an BAI, áirítear sna suimeanna maidir le cistí ó fhoinsí eile thuas, tograí nár chuir RTÉ ach maoiniú maidir le forbairt/ críochnú amháin ar fáil.

Costais Riaracháin Leagtar amach go mion i Sceideal 7 anailís iomlán ar na costais riaracháin. Chuaigh Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha RTÉ i gcostas riaracháin díreach dar iomlán €2.2m i rith na bliana 2020, suim is ionann agus 6% den chaiteachas díreach iomlán a rinne Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha ar chláir choimisiúnaithe i rith na bliana 2020.

Bíonn Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha RTÉ ag brath ar réimse seirbhísí de chuid RTÉ, iad seo a leanas san áireamh mar shampla: spás oifige agus na seirbhísí fóntais a ghabhann leis, teicneolaíocht an eolais agus córais ina leith sin, ábhar oifige inchaite, seirbhísí teicniúla agus seirbhísí acmhainní daonna. Tá bonn cuí maidir le hionsúchán iomlán an chostais / úsáid leithchurtha in úsáid d’fhonn costas cóir réasúnta na seirbhísí idir-rannógacha sin a úsáideann Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha RTÉ a léiriú, suim ab ionann agus €1.0m i rith na bliana 2020 (2019: €1.0m).

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Caighdeáin Tuairiscithe Airgeadais Idirnáisiúnta (IFRS) Ullmhaíodh Tuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ agus Ráitis Airgeadais an Ghrúpa 2020 (Tuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ), de réir na gCaighdeán Idirnáisiúnta um Thuairisciú Airgeadais agus an léirmhíniú ar na caighdeáin sin atá aontaithe ag Bord na gCaighdeán Cuntasaíochta Idirnáisiúnta (IASB) agus glactha leo ag an Aontas Eorpach.

Faoi réir na gcaighdeán IFRS, luann RTÉ an costas a bhaineann le cláir choimisiúnaithe a craoladh seachas an caiteachas a tabhaíodh maidir le beartaíocht coimisiúnaithe. Luaitear i dTuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ na leibhéil maidir le fardal clár ar láimh, is é sin cláir atá déanta agus a ndeachthas i gcostas maidir leo le linn na tréimhse faoi chaibidil, ach gan iad craolta go fóill faoi dheireadh na tréimhse sin.

De réir mar a éilítear faoin Acht Craolacháin 2009, is ar bheartaíocht RTÉ i ndáil le cláir teilifíse agus fuaime neamhspleácha a choimisiúnú i rith na bliana agus ar oibriú chuntas bainc na gClár Neamhspleách ag RTÉ a shonraítear sa Tuarascáil Bhliantúil maidir le Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha. Ní mheastar gur chóir glacadh leis na caighdeáin IFRS chun críche na Tuarascála Bliantúla maidir le Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha. Leagtar amach thíos an réiteach idir an caiteachas a tabhaíodh maidir le beartaíocht coimisiúnaithe mar a luaitear sa tuarascáil seo agus costas na gclár mar a luaitear i dTuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ 2020.

Teilifís Raidió Iomlán Réiteach 2020 €’000 €’000 €’000 Tuarascáil Bhliantúil i ndáil le Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha: Caiteachas ar Bheartaíocht Coimisiúnaithe1 36,491 1,273 37,764 Móide: Stoc Clár ag tús na bliana 15,522 – 15,522 Lúide: Stoc Clár ag deireadh na bliana (16,230) – (16,230) Costas Iomlán na gClár a Craoladh 35,783 1,273 37,056

Tuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ: Costas na gClár a Craoladh Costas na gClár Coimisiúnaithe2 35,783 1,273 37,056 Costas Iomlán na gClár a Craoladh 35,783 1,273 37,056

1 Féach an Tábla ar l. 21. 2 Tuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ agus Ráitis Airgeadais an Ghrúpa 2020, Nóta 2(d).

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Tuarascáil na gcuntasóirí Neamhspleácha do Bhord RTÉ faoi Bhearta Oibre Aontaithe i ndáil le Tuarascáil Bhliantúil Aonad Léiriúchán Neamhspleách RTÉ maidir leis an mBliain dar Chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020.

Tá na bearta a aontaíodh libh, faoi mar a shonraítear thíos, i ndáil le Tuarascáil Bhliantúil Aonad Léiriúchán Neamhspleách RTÉ (“an Tuarascáil Bhliantúil”) maidir leis an mbliain dar chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020 agus na Sceidil a ghabhann léi sin (“na Sceidil”) déanta againn. Rinneadh obair na fostaíochta de réir an Chaighdeáin Idirnáisiúnta maidir le Seirbhísí Gaolmhara (ISRS 4400) a bhaineann le fostú maidir le bearta oibre aontaithe. Is chun cuidiú leis an mBord a mheas an rabhthas ag comhlíonadh na ndualgas a leagtar ar an mBord faoin reachtaíocht i ndáil le Riachtanais Tuairiscíochta maidir le Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha, agus chun na críche sin amháin, a rinneadh na bearta.

Tugadh faoi na bearta oibre sin bunaithe ar an bhfaisnéis airgeadais a chuir bainistíocht RTÉ ar fáil agus is ar Bhord RTÉ atá an fhreagracht ina leith sin. Leagtar amach thíos na bearta oibre a rinneadh agus toradh an tsaothair sin:

Nósanna Imeachta 1. Sheiceálamar gur go cruinn a baineadh an t-eolas a luaitear i Sceideal 2 “Oibriú Chuntas Bainc na gClár Neamhspleách i rith na bliana dar chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020”, as an eolas mionsonraithe sa mhórleabhar ginearálta faoi idirbhearta a bhain le cuntas bainc na gClár Neamhspleách i rith na bliana dar chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020.

2. Sheiceálamar gur go cruinn a baineadh an t-eolas a luaitear i Sceideal 5, Sceideal 6 agus Sceideal 7 as na taifid is bonn leo agus as an anailís mhionsonraithe a hullmhaíodh chun críche Tuarascáil Bhliantúil na bliana dar chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020 a ullmhú.

3. Sheiceálamar na Sceidil maidir le cruinneas ó thaobh na matamaitice.

Toradh an tSaothair Rinneamar na bearta a leagtar amach in 1-3 thuas agus níor tugadh aon ábhar eisceachta faoi deara le linn na hoibre sin.

Mar gheall nach ionann na bearta oibre thuasluaite agus iniúchóireacht ná athbhreithniú arna dhéanamh de réir na gCaighdeán Idirnáisiúnta Iniúchóireachta ná na gCaighdeán Idirnáisiúnta maidir le Fostú Athbhreithniúcháin, níl aon dearbhú á lua againn i ndáil le Tuarascáil Bhliantúil RTÉ maidir le Léiriúcháin Neamhspleácha don bhliain dar chríoch an 31 Nollaig 2020.

Is chun na críche sin amháin a luaitear sa chéad alt den tuarascáil seo, agus mar eolas don Bhord, an tuarascáil atá á cur ar fáil againn agus ní le húsáid chun críche eile í. Is leis na nithe sin amháin a shonraítear thuas a bhaineann an tuarascáil seo agus ní théann sí chomh fada le haon ráitis airgeadais de chuid RTÉ arna léamh go cuimsitheach.

Richard Howard Ar son agus thar ceann Deloitte Ireland LLP Cuntasóirí Cairte agus Comhlacht Iniúchóireachta Reachtúil Deloitte & Teach Touche, Ardán Phort an Iarla, Baile Átha Cliath 2

31 Márta 2021

24 SCEIDEAL 1: AN DUALGAS MAIDIR LE LÉIRIÚCHÁN NEAMHSPLEÁCH ATÁ AR RTÉ FAOIN REACHTAÍOCHT

1. Dualgas maidir le Caiteachas Faoi Alt 116, fo-alt (2) den Acht Craolacháin 2009 (an tAcht), leagtar de dhualgas ar RTÉ faoin reachtaíocht íosmhéid airgid réamhshonraithe (an tsuim reachtúil) a chaitheamh gach bliain ar chláir teilifíse agus cláir raidió arna léiriú go neamhspleách agus an t-airgead sin a lóisteáil i gcuntas faoi leith ar a dtugtar an cuntas Clár Neamhspleách (an cuntas).

2020 2019 Caiteachas Reachtúil €’000 €’000 Caiteachas Reachtúil Iomlán 40,185 39,909

B’ionann an tsuim reachtúil i leith na bliana 2009 agus €40m agus bíonn athrú, maidir le gach bliain ó shin, ar an tsuim i gcomhréir leis an Treoiruimhir Praghsanna bliantúil do Thomhaltóirí (CPI) arna meas ó mhí Lúnasa 2008 go dtí mí Lúnasa na bliana díreach roimh an mbliain airgeadais atá i gceist. Ó b’ionann an CPI arna meas ó mhí Lúnasa 2008 go dtí mí Lúnasa 2019 agus +0.5%, rinneadh an tsuim reachtúil i leith na bliana 2020 a mhéadú dá réir. Faoi Alt 116, 3% an t-íoschéatadán atá le caitheamh ar chraolachán fuaime in 2020 (€1.206m).

2. Dualgas maidir le Tuairiscíocht Mar a éilítear faoi réir Alt 116, fo-alt (9) den Acht Craolacháin 2009, déanfaidh RTÉ tráth nach déanaí ná 3 mhí tar éis dheireadh gach bliana airgeadais tuarascáil a thabhairt don Aire:

• maidir lena ghníomhaíochtaí i gcaitheamh na bliana airgeadais sin i ndáil le coimisiúnú clár craolta fuaime agus teilifíse neamhspleácha • maidir le hainm nó céannacht chorparáideach na ndaoine sin atá coimisiúnaithe chun cláir chraolta fuaime nó teilifíse neamhspleácha a dhéanamh • maidir le feidhmiú ar an gcuntas i gcaitheamh na bliana airgeadais sin (tá mionsonraí feidhmithe an chuntais do 2020 leagtha amach i Sceideal 2) agus • maidir le haon nithe eile a bhaineann leis na nithe thuas a ordaíonn an tAire.

3. Sainmhíniú maidir le Coimisiún, Forbairt agus Cistí Críochnaithe Déantar an tsuim a luaitear mar chaiteachas ar ‘Choimisiúin’ a shonrú de bhun an choinníll de réir Alt 116, fo-alt (11) den Acht Craolacháin 2009, nach mór, ionas go measfaí gur coimisiúnaíodh clár, go rachadh RTÉ ‘faoi oibleagáid dhlíthiúil 25% faoin gcéad ar a laghad de chostas’ déanta an chláir a íoc sula gcuirtear tús leis an obair ar dhéanamh an chláir.

Déantar suimeanna a luaitear mar chaiteachas ar “Fhorbairt” agus ar “Chríochnú” a shonrú de réir Alt 116, fo-alt (2)(a)(ii) agus fo-alt (2)(a) (iii), eadhon, “foirmliú tograí ag daoine a thabhairt i gcrích” maidir le cláir teilifíse nó raidió neamhspleácha ar coimisiún ag RTÉ agus “cuidiú le críoch a chur le cláir teilifíse neamhspleácha agus le cláir craolacháin fuaime nár choimisiúnaigh RTÉ a ndéanamh” faoi seach.

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 25 SCEIDEAL 2: OIBRIÚ CHUNTAS BAINC NA gCLÁR NEAMHSPLEÁCH I RITH AN DÁ MHÍ DHÉAG ANUAS GO DTÍ AN 31 NOLLAIG 2020

€’000

Iarmhéid Tosaigh de réir RTÉ amhail 1 Eanáir 2020 9,223

Lóisteáil Fáltais ó RTÉ, lena n-áirítear ús Bainc a fuarthas 40,185

Lúide Íocaíochtaí Íocaíochtaí (44,238) Iarmhéid Deiridh de réir RTÉ amhail 31 Nollaig 2020 5,170

26 SCEIDEAL 3: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig

Fíorasach Coco Content First Dates Ireland Sraith 6 14.0 JMACTWO Productions Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week Sraith 3 & Sraith 4 12.0 Rare TV / Green Inc Crimecall Sraith 17 10.0 Indiepics Ear to the Ground Sraith 28 8.0 Vision Independent Productions Operation Transformation Sraith 14 8.0 Coco Content Room to Improve Sraith 13 7.0 Indiepics / Scratch Films Ireland on Call 6.5 Alleycats TV Pulling with My Parents Sraith 2 6.0 Animo TV Productions The Great House Revival Sraith 3 6.0 Scratch Films The Rotunda Sraith 3 6.0 Vision Independent Productions Super Garden 2020 6.0 JMACTWO Productions Build Your Own Home 5.0 Kairos Communications Masses and Services 2020 4.5 Animo TV Productions From Blight to Bliss – Story of the Irish Bungalow 4.0 Cameo Productions Cheap Irish Homes Sraith 2 4.0 Indiepics How to be Good With Money Sraith 3 4.0 Inproduction / Telegael Great Lighthouses of Ireland Sraith 2 4.0 Moondance Productions The Zoo 4.0 New Decade TV The Island: I.8 Billion Years in the Making 1 (Críoch.) 4.0 Shinawil Home of the Year Sraith 7 4.0 Vision Independent Productions Operation Transformation – Keeping Well Apart 4.0 Vision Independent Productions What Planet Are You On? Sraith 2 4.0 Waddell Media At Your Service Goes Large 4.0 Waka TV Keys to My Life Sraith 2 4.0 Coco Content Home Rescue Sraith 3 3.0 Coco Content Open for Business 3.0 Crossing the Line Productions Islands (Críoch) 3.0 Indiepics The Style Counsellors Sraith 2 3.0 Loosehorse Future Island 3.0 Mahy Media Wingman Sraith 2 3.0 Pounce Pictures Dr Cassidy’s Case Book 3.0 Rare TV / Green Inc The Case I Can’t Forget 3.0 Straywave Media The 2 Johnnies Do America 3.0 Waddell Media Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin 3.0 Waka TV The Way We Were 3.0 Sideline Productions Citizens of Boomtown (Críoch.) 2.0 Frontier Films No Place Like Home 2.0 Moondance Productions Return of the Wild: Bearman of Buncrana 2.0 New Decade TV Ireland’s Dirty Laundry 1 (Críoch.) 2.0 Tile Films Viking Empires 1 2.0 Tyrone Productions Richie Sadlier – Let’s Talk About Sex1 (Críoch.) 2.0 Waddell Media The Rich List 2020 2.0 Drumlin Pictures Marian 1.5 Loosehorse Cold Case Collins1 (Críoch.) 1.5 Wildfire Film and Television Tukdam: The Living Dead (Críoch.) 1.5 Lifeblood Films Dazzled by Daylight1 (Críoch.) 1.3 Atom Films The Toy Shop 1.0 Angelo Films Let the Rest of the World Go By 1.0

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 27 SCEIDEAL 3: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA AR LEAN

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig Born Optimistic Ireland in Music (Críoch.) 1.0 Broadstone Films What Happened to Eircom? 1.0 The Collective The Busk: A Decade of Christmas on Grafton Street 1.0 Crossing the Line Productions Christy Ring: Man and Ball 1.0 Dearg Films The Real Field 1.0 Forefront Productions 74 Days: The Hunger Strike of Terence MacSwiney1 1.0 (Críoch.) Frontline Films The John Delaney Story 1.0 Loosehorse Holy F*** 1.0 Loosehorse The Other Side 1.0 Mahy Media Baz and Nancy’s Last Days 1.0 Mahy Media Fungie’s Kingdom 1.0 Scratch Films A Big Week in September 1.0 Screenworks The Dead Zoo 1.0 SoilsiúTeo Young Plato (Críoch.) 1.0 Twopair Films Bloody Sunday, 1920 1.0 Venom Productions Cocooned 1.0 Waddell Media Dana: The Original Derry Girl 1.0 Bo Media The Cork Nativity 0.1

Conarthaí forbartha éagsúla le Bang Bang Teo, Camel Productions, The Collective, Cornelia St Productions, Curious Dog, Finepoint, Frontline Films, Indiepics, Little Wing Films, New Decade TV, Red Pepper, Scratch Films, Tyrone Productions, Waddell Media agus Waka TV 214.9

Ealaíon Shinawil Soundtrack to My Life 4.0 agus Cultúr Crossing the Line Productions The Epic West1 (Críoch.) 2.0 Below the Radar Films Colm Tóibín 1.0 Coco Content An Post Irish Book Awards 1.0 Dyehouse Films Culture Night Inserts 0.3 8.3

Cláracha Tyrone Productions An Cúinne Cheoil 10.0 Gaeilge Adare Productions Réalta agus Gaolta Sraith 3 8.0 Sonas Productions Iarnród Enda 3.0 Big Mountain Productions Réaltaí na Gaeltachta1 (Críoch.) 2.0 Mind the Gap Films My Tribe – Mo Threibh Sraith 21 (Críoch.) 2.0 25.0

28 SCEIDEAL 3: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA AR LEAN

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig

Siamsaíocht Animo TV Productions Ireland’s Fittest Family Sraith 8 11.0 agus Ceol South Wind Blows Other Voices Sraith 19 10.0 Shinawil Songs from An Empty Room 2.0 Kite Entertainment New Year’s Eve Countdown 1.5 Shinawil Dancing with the Stars – Puttin’ On The Glitz 1.0 Southpaw Pictures RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2020 1.0 Straywave Media The 2 Johnnies Christmas Spectacular 1.0

Míreanna do RTÉ Does Comic Relief 1.0 Animo TV Productions Míreanna Comic Relief Brothers Gonna Work It Out Bridget & Eamon Element Pictures Normal People Gable End Media Pat Shortt Shinawil Dancing with the Stars Waka TV Katherine Lynch 28.5

Drámaíocht Power Pictures The Tommy Tiernan Show Sraith 5 10.0 agus Greann Bron Releasing UK Ltd Kin1 8.0 Mopar Media Group / Subotica North Sea Connection1 (Críoch.) 6.0 Kite Entertainment Clear History 4.0 Wonky Chair Media Callan Kicks the Year 1.0

Conarthaí forbartha éagsúla le Deadpan Pictures, Grand Pictures, Kite Entertainment, Merman, O’Sullivan Productions, Peer Pressure, PGMTV, Screenworks, The Film Workshop, Treasure Entertainment agus Waka TV 29.0

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 29 SCEIDEAL 3: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA AR LEAN

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig

Daoine Óga Macalla Teo RTÉ’s Home School Hub 72.5 Macalla Teo After School Hub 45.0 Kavaleer Productions Alva’s World1 (Críoch.) 11.0 Adare Productions Donncha’s Two Talented Sraith 3 8.0 Kite Entertainment Squad Goals Sraith 2 8.0 Fusion Films After School Hub Inserts 6.0 Piranha Bar Mya Go Sraith 2 1 (Críoch.) 5.5 JAM Media Nova Jones 5.0 Stopwatch Television Let’s Find Out Sraith 2 5.0 Tailored Films Ace My Space Sraith 2 5.0 Macalla Teo Bright Sparks Sraith 3 3.0 Macalla Teo Keep It Up 3.0 Stopwatch Television Body Brothers Animals Sraith 2 2.9 Fusion Films Martin’s Shed 2.5 Fubar Films Wild Atlantic Kids 2.0 Turnip & Duck Critters TV Series 2 (Críoch.) 2.0 Treehouse Republic Hungry Bear Tales (Críoch.) 1.5 Brick Films Growing Up at the End of the World 1.0 Event Fuel Junk Kouture 1.0 Ladybird and Bee Series One Ltd Bóin agus Beach (Críoch.) 1.0 Macalla Teo Tar Linn ar RTÉjr 1.0 Ronin Films My Story – Tajus the Kickboxer 0.3 Tailored Films Tell Me A Secret: X Marks the Spot 0.3

Shorts Yule Love 0.5 Alt Animation Little Cardel Entertainment Gunter Falls in Love Flickerpix Da Humbug JAM Media Mistletoe & Stubbs Magpie 6 Media The Wee Littles Christmas Eve Eve Pink Kong Studios Urban Tails: The Big Christmas Song Studio 9 An Oíche is Speisialta Studio Meala Bear With Me Treehouse Republic Naughty vs Nice Turnip & Duck Critters TV: Tiny’s Santa List

Conarthaí forbartha éagsúla le Crawford McCann, Adare Productions, EZ Films, Kite Entertainment, Little Moon Animation, Lucky Punch Productions, Michael Walsh Productions agus Tailored Films 193.0

IOMLÁN NA nUAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH DE RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA SA BHLIAIN 2020 499

1 Coimisiúin a bhí páirt-mhaoinithe ag Scéim Fuaime agus Físe an BAI (Críoch.) Conarthaí Críochnaithe

30 SCEIDEAL 3: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA RAIDIÓ A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA AR LEAN

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig

Fíorasach Old Yard Productions The Business 2020/2021 43.0 Pegasus Media and Consulting The History Show 23.0 Ojo Productions The Book Show 9.0 Athena Media Pantisocracy 8.0 Old Yard Productions The Business 2019/2020 (Síneadh) 6.0 89.0

Ealaíon Soundsdoable Culture File 2021 56.0 agus Cultúr South Wind Blows South Wind Blows 52.0 Soundsdoable Culture File Weekly 2020 26.0 Rockfinch The Poetry Programme 2020 11.5 Rockfinch The Poetry Programme 2021 10.0 New Normal Culture Keywords 4.0 Athena Media Shine Your Light – Solstice 1.0 160.5

Cláracha Iontaoibheas Fodhla Cuireadh Chun Ceoil 2021 104.0 Gaeilge Iontaoibheas Fodhla Cuireadh Chun Ceoil 2020 92.0 Tristan Rosenstock An Cúinne Dána 2021 25.5 Raven Productions An Seomra Glas 16.0 Tristan Rosenstock An Cúinne Dána 2020 15.5 253.0

Siamsaíocht Sideline Productions Colm O’Regan Wants A Word 3.0 agus Ceol Tinpot Productions The Music Biz 1.5 Pegasus Media and Consulting 2020: A Quiz Looking Back on a Year Like No Other 1.0 Tyrone Productions Gay Byrne Live on Stage 1.0 6.5

Drámaíocht Catchy Title Callan’s Kicks Spring 2020 6.0 agus Greann Catchy Title Callan’s Kicks Autumn 2020 6.0 12.0

IOMLÁN NA nUAIREANTA RAIDIÓ A COIMISIÚNAÍODH DE RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA SA BHLIAIN 2020 521

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 31 SCEIDEAL 4: 2020 CLÁIR/UAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, A CRÍOCHNAÍODH AGUS A FORBRAÍODH NACH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA É

Catagóir Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir Iomlán Uaireanta an Chloig

Fíorasach Stellify Media Goodbye House Sraith 2 3.0 Firebrand Productions Brain Hacks 0.3

IOMLÁN NA nUAIREANTA TEILIFÍSE A COIMISIÚNAÍODH, NACH FAOI RÉIR NA REACHTAÍOCHTA É, SA BHLIAIN 2020 3

32 SCEIDEAL 5: 2020 CAITEACHAS REACHTÚIL AR CHLÁIR CHOIMISIÚNAITHE DE RÉIR CHATAGÓIR AN CHLÁIR

TEILIFÍS Iomlán Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Costas Uaireanta an 2019 Tugtha Nua 2020 Tugtha Iomlán Catagóir Cláir Chloig arAghaidh 2020 ar Aghaidh 2020 €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Fíorasach 214.9 4,372 20,754 (6,662) 18,464 Ealaíon agus Cultúr 8.3 124 657 (439) 342 Cláracha Gaeilge 25.0 1,552 831 (439) 1,944 Siamsaíocht agus Ceol 28.5 2,305 2,995 (75) 5,225 Drámaíocht agus Greann 29.0 (781) 3,742 (1,125) 1,836 Spórt – 170 – (55) 115 Daoine Óga 193.0 573 5,616 (1,144) 5,045 Móriomlán: 499 8,315 34,595 (9,939) 32,971

Gradaim - Scéimeanna 51

Barrchostais agus costais eile (Sceideal 7) 2,203

Caiteachas Díreach a Tabhaíodh 35,225

RAIDIÓ Iomlán Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Costas Uaireanta an 2019 Tugtha Nua 2020 Tugtha Iomlán Catagóir Cláir Chloig arAghaidh 2020 ar Aghaidh 2020 €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Fíorasach 89.0 87 542 (140) 489 Ealaíon agus Cultúr 160.5 43 433 (187) 289 Cláracha Gaeilge 253.0 14 216 (128) 102 Siamsaíocht agus Ceol 6.5 (2) 64 (11) 51 Drámaíocht agus Greann 12.0 (2) 267 – 265 Spórt – – – – – Daoine Óga – – – – – Móriomlán: 521 140 1,522 (466) 1,196

Barrchostais agus costais eile (Sceideal 7) 45

Caiteachas Díreach a Tabhaíodh 1,241

CAITEACHAS DÍREACH AR CHLÁÍR CHOIMISIÚNAITHE TEILIFÍS & RAIDIÓ 36,466

Nóta 1: Tugtar san áireamh le costais CBL nach féidir a ghabháil ar ais (NRV) Nóta 2: Tá athlua á dhéanamh ar choimisiúin ón mbliain 2019 maidir le hathrú costais nó gealltanais maidir le cláir a chur ar atráth Nóta 3: D’athraigh RTÉ a bheartas cuntasaíochta maidir leis an gcaoi a gcaitear le comhaontuithe forbartha drámaíochta le linn na bliana 2020. Bhí coigeartú aon uaire €1.3m mar thoradh air sin, inar léiríodh soláthar cuntasaíochta ó thréimhsí roimhe seo á scaoileadh. Nóta 4: Ní áirítear barrchostas leithchurtha RTÉ i bhfigiúirí sa tábla

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 33 SCEIDEAL 6: 2020 CAITEACHAS NEAMHREACHTÚIL AR CHLÁIR CHOIMISIÚNAITHE DE RÉIR CHATAGÓIR AN CHLÁIR

TEILIFÍS Iomlán Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Coimisiúin Costas Uaireanta an 2019 Tugtha Nua 2020 Tugtha Iomlán Catagóir Cláir Chloig arAghaidh 2020 ar Aghaidh 2020 €’000 €’000 €’000 €’000

Fíorasach 3.2 (2) 329 – 327

Móriomlán: 3 (2) 329 – 327

Gradaim - Scéimeanna –

Caiteachas Díreach a Tabhaíodh 327

Nóta 1: Tugtar san áireamh le costais CBL nach féidir a ghabháil ar ais (NRV) Nóta 2: Tá athlua á dhéanamh ar choimisiúin ón mbliain 2019 maidir le hathrú costais nó gealltanais maidir le cláir a chur ar atráth Nóta 3: Ní áirítear barrchostas leithchurtha RTÉ i bhfigiúirí sa tábla Nóta 4: Tugtar san áireamh leis an gcaiteachas nach caiteachas faoin reachtaíocht é na costais maidir le coimisiúin nach gceadaítear faoin Acht Craolacháin 2009 a chur i leith an Chuntais Reachtúil

34 SCEIDEAL 7: COSTAIS RIARACHÁIN AGUS BARRCHOSTAS EAGRÚCHÁIN INCHURTHA 2020

Cur Síos ar an gCaiteachas Teilifís Raidió Iomlán €’000 €’000 €’000

Costais Pá-rolla 1,812 39 1,851

Féilte/Ranníocaíochtaí Tionsclaíochta 254 – 254

Stóráil Seiteanna 101 – 101

Costais Fógraíochta agus Comhairleoireachta 23 6 29

Costais Oifige agus Costais Ilghnéitheacha 13 – 13

Fo-iomlán: 2,203 45 2,248

Barrchostas Eagrúcháin Leithchurtha 939 32 971

Móriomlán: 3,142 77 3,219

RTÉ TUARASCÁIL BHLIANTÚIL LÉIRIÚCHÁIN NEAMHSPLEÁCHA 2020 35 SCEIDEAL 8: GRADAIM 2020

Comhlacht Léiriúcháin Teideal an Chláir

(a) Frameworks 1 And Maps and Plans Bardo 2 Memento Mori Productions Memento Mori 3 My Aunt Sally Productions Park

36 SCEIDEAL 9: AN 50 CLÁR BA MHÓ LUCHT FÉACHANA 2020

Ord Teideal an Chláir Cainéal Dáta Craolta

1 Late Late Toy Show, The RTÉ One 27-11-2020 2 Taoiseach Leo Varadkar Ministerial Broadcast RTÉ One 17-03-2020 3 RTÉ News: Nine O’Clock RTÉ One 17-03-2020 4 RTÉ News: Six One RTÉ One 30-12-2020 5 Saturday Game Live (All Ireland Football Final): Dublin v Mayo RTÉ2 19-12-2020 6 Late Late Show, The RTÉ One 27-03-2020 7 Guinness 6 Nations Live: France v Ireland Virgin Media One 31-10-2020 8 RTÉ News Special RTÉ One 27-03-2020 9 Room To Improve: Dermot’s Home RTÉ One 05-01-2020 10 Saturday Game Live (All Ireland Football Final): Limerick v Waterford RTÉ2 13-12-2020 11 Dancing with the Stars RTÉ One 15-03-2020 12 Prime Time RTÉ One 17-03-2020 13 Prime Time – The Leaders’ Debate RTÉ One 04-02-2020 14 Reeling In The Years RTÉ One 17-03-2020 15 Claire Byrne Live RTÉ One 19-10-2020 16 I’m a Celebrity Get Me out of Here Virgin Media One 15-11-2020 17 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Scotland Virgin Media One 01-02-2020 18 Guinness 6 Nations Live: England v Ireland Virgin Media One 23-02-2020 19 DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland RTÉ One 25-10-2020 20 Mrs Brown’s Boys: Mammy’s Memories? RTÉ One 31-12-2020 21 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Wales Virgin Media One 08-02-2020 22 Election 2020 RTÉ One 09-02-2020 23 NYE Countdown Show RTÉ One 31-12-2020 24 European Qualifier Play-Off Live: Slovakia v Ireland RTÉ2 08-10-2020 25 Gerry Ryan: A Legacy RTÉ One 26-04-2020 26 Home of the Year RTÉ One 17-03-2020 27 Guinness 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Italy Virgin Media One 24-10-2020 28 Crimecall RTÉ One 23-03-2020 29 Sunday Game Live (Semi-Final Hurling): Limerick v Galway RTÉ2 29-11-2020 30 Sunday Game Live (Semi-Final Football): Mayo v Tipperary RTÉ2 06-12-2020 31 Operation Transformation RTÉ One 15-01-2020 32 Great House Revival, The RTÉ One 15-03-2020 33 Fair City RTÉ One 15-03-2020 34 Tommy Tiernan Show, The RTÉ One 29-02-2020 35 RTÉ Investigates: Inside Ireland’s Covid Battle RTÉ One 30-06-2020 36 Guinness Series Live: Ireland v Wales RTÉ2 13-11-2020 37 Keys to My Life RTÉ One 29-03-2020 38 Saturday Game Live (Semi-Final Football): Dublin v Cavan RTÉ2 05-12-2020 39 Burnt by the Sun RTÉ One 30-03-2020 40 Guinness Series Live: England v Ireland RTÉ One 21-11-2020 41 Normal People RTÉ One 12-05-2020 42 Claire Byrne Live Leaders’ Debate RTÉ One 27-01-2020 43 MayDay – 24 Hours In Ireland’s Lockdown RTÉ One 07-05-2020 44 All Round to Mrs Brown’s RTÉ One 21-03-2020 45 Boys in Green, The RTÉ One 16-03-2020 46 Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, The RTÉ One 30-11-2020 47 Young Offenders, The RTÉ One 24-07-2020 48 RTÉ Does Comic Relief RTÉ One 26-06-2020 49 Late Late Toy Show Singalong, The RTÉ One 27-11-2020 50 Coronation Street Virgin Media One 14-12-2020

Foinse: TAM Ireland ltd/Nielsen TAM. Tá na Cláracha is Mó Lucht Féachana bunaithe ar dhaoine aonair 4+, Gach Cainéal a nÍoctar Síntiús ina leith, Rogha Meánaithe: Lá ar Bith, Tráth ar Bith, Eipeasóid is Fearr, 10 Nóiméad ar Fad ar a Laghad, sonraí comhdhlúite, 1 Ean 2020-31 Noll 2020. Tabhair ar aird: Baineann an liosta seo úsáid as an eipeasóid is fearr as sraith.

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