Annual Report 2011 Annual Report 2011 Mission, Vision and Core Values 3 TG4’s Commitments for 2011 5 Key TG4 Performance Highlights of 2011 11 The Board of Teilifís na Gaeilge and Other Information 23 Chairman’s Report 24 Director General’s Report 26 Corporate Governance 31 Finance Review 2011 33 Financial Statements 35 Mission, Vision and Core Values TG4’s mission is to provide an attractive and TG4 Core Values ‘‘TG4 has been innovative television and content service in arguably the finest Irish, that celebrates Irish creativity and Connection: Irish network since it identity — language, culture, music and sport, G To provide a daily link for the Irish language started up. Hand on packaged and presented to be accessible and to every household in the country. heart, I wrote appealing in order to connect to audiences in G To put our audiences at the centre of every- Ireland and worldwide. thing we do. negatively about it TG4’s vision is “to continue to promote G To offer an alternative viewpoint on national from the get-go successfully the Irish language and culture and international affairs. and was quite using television and web content so as to Quality and Value-for-Money: comprehensively ensure a central place in Irish people’s lives, G To provide a high quality programme proved wrong .’ ’ both in Ireland and abroad”. schedule. Irish Independent Review While TG4’s vision and mission set out what G To operate a cost effective and efficient 13/08/2011 the organisation will achieve and the strat- structure. egies it will use to deliver on its public service Creativity: objectives, TG4’s values influence the way in G which they will be achieved, the manner in To be creative in our output and everything which it works with its key stakeholders and we do. G overall reflect the principles which are the To continue to deliver innovative and unique founding characteristics of the organisation. programmes. The culture of the TG4 organisation is built Proactive: on these values. TG4 employees are expected G To maintain the can do attitude cultivated to subscribe to these values and to use them and now established within our organis- as the guiding principles for their daily work. ation and staff. ANNUAL REPORT 2 01 1 3 TG4’s commitments for 2011 For 2011, TG4 presented 45 commitments across six defined areas of performance: (i ) Programming outputs (ii) Irish language and culture (iii) The Irish language independent production sector (iv) Strategic and operational development (v) The national economy (vi) Governance, risk and compliance management. Programming Outputs In 2011, TG4 will: 1. Commission and broadcast a minimum of 1544 hours of new high quality, innovative Irish language content across all prog- ramming genres, ensuring it has TG4’s distinctive súil eile perspective. 2. Remain committed to delivering new high-quality, entertaining, interactive and educational children’s and young people’s Irish language content and through it, continue to encourage a positive attitude to the Irish language. 4.2 hours of original/new Irish language ‘‘Look fair play to 3. Provide independent and in-depth cover- content every day. TG4. On limited age and analysis of, and an alternative 9. Progress towards a 35 week core tele- viewpoint on, news and current affairs resources, it does a vision programming schedule. throughout the island of Ireland and the magnificent job with 10. Continue to strengthen our services for world. its sports coverage .’ ’ audiences in Ireland and abroad through —Corkman 4. Continue to reflect the vital role that sport, maintaining the on-going development of 10.11.2011 particularly Irish sports, holds in Irish life our TG4 BEO service (TG4 Player), and culture. We will broadcast a number of continually improving content, picture major and live sporting events and overall, quality and download speeds. sport will continue to play a key role in 11. Provide sub-titling on TG4 programmes in our 2011 programming schedule. accordance with Broadcasting Authority 5. Continue to engage audiences (existing and of Ireland Codes and Guidelines and take new) with strong Irish language drama, whatever measures we can to increase the documentary and entertainment/lifestyle accessibility of programming to audien- programming including our flagship soap ces with physical, sensory or intellectual Ros na Rún . disability. 6. Deliver programming which reflects the 12. Leverage additional financial support for importance of music and the arts in Irish programme projects from external sources life and culture. such as the Sound & Vision fund, the ILBF 7. Feature programming which supports the and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish learning and personal development of aud- Film Board, with the objective of further iences, including religious and science strengthening our programming quality and technology programming. and hours. 8. Deliver content mainly in the Irish lang- 13. Maintain current programming per hour uage and strive to broadcast a minimum of costs and ensure value-for-money. ANNUAL REPORT 2 01 1 5 Promotion and Development Gaeltachtaí. We will also ensure that our services reflect the requirements of the of the Irish Language and Gaeltacht communities and households Culture whose daily language is Irish. 18. Position ourselves at the core of the Govern- In addition to broadcasting a minimum of ment’s 20 year Strategy for the Irish lang- 1544 hours of new and original Irish language uage (2010-2030). content during the year, in 2011, TG4 will : 19. Spend at least 70% of current funding on 14. Deliver a high quality broadcast and con- Irish language content, a further 15% on tent service that promotes and celebrates its broadcast and 15% on overheads. We the Irish language and identity in an access- will limit our use of our public funding ible and engaging manner. to the achievement of our public service 15. Deliver programming primarily in the Irish objects and duties. language and provide a daily link for the 20. Endeavour to make TG4’s website the def- Irish language to every household in the initive Irish language website and source island of Ireland. for Irish language content online and in 16. Deliver an Irish language service world- particular, for children’s Irish language wide through our web and Player services, content. achieving 1.2m unique visitors and 7m 21. Continue to make TG4 available on an all- page impressions online and 2.6m prog- island basis, by ensuring our availability ramme streams in 2011. across all broadcast platforms in the North. 17 . Ensure that our programming reflects the 22. Develop an archive to best-in-class industry culture of the people of the island of standards to support the Irish language, Ireland and in particular, those of the culture and heritage. Comhrá 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2 01 1 Feirm Factor Development of the Irish Strategic and Operational ‘‘TG4 has long been Language Independent Performance serving up some of Production Sector the best made In 2011, TG4 will: documentaries on In 2011, TG4 will: 28. Maintain and if possible increase our Irish television and 23. Commission from the Irish language national audience share taking account of are very good at independent production sector, a mini- all means of viewing the service across all what they do .’ ’ mum of 495 hours of new/original Irish digital platforms (traditional and deferred viewing, online etc.). In addition, we will Clare Champion language content. In addition, commiss- Friday 08.07.2011 ion over 200 hours of re-voiced material endeavour to improve TG4 shares where and 400 hours of subtitling. possible, in key-targeted demographic sec- 24. Commit a share of Irish language program- tors including children, young adults and ming spend to Gaeltacht-based companies. adults. 25. Strengthen the Irish language production 29. Continue to embrace new content distrib- sector by ensuring that a minimum of ution technologies to extend and enhance €3m is secured by the sector from the TG4’s presence across, not only broadcast BAI and £1.95m from the ILBF, for TG4 and online platforms, but also mobile. comm issioned programmin g/content. 30. Continue to work on the rollout of Digital 26. Play a pivotal role in supporting the Irish Terrestrial Television (DTT) and Digital language independent production sector Satellite Television (DST). In particular, — in conjunction with other agencies, we will work with RTÉNL on the deliv- develop and implement initiatives to ery of TG4 on MUX 1 on the RoI DTT advance the talent and creative resources network and with the UK authorities for of the sector. the launch of TG4 on MUX 7 in the North. 27. Work with the ILBF to further develop We will also continue with the process of the Irish language production sector in migrating towards High Definition TV the North by targeting a small number of (HDTV) by 2013. companies for joint programming project 31. Strengthen TG4 through delivery of strong development. marketing and branding campaigns. ANNUAL REPORT 2 01 1 7 Corp agus Anam 32. Maximise commercial revenues in 2011. Impact on the National 33. Maintain a culture of continuous improve- Economy ment through our on-going investment in talent and HR management/development. In 2011, TG4 will: 34. Go live with our Digital Asset Management 38. Provide some 100 jobs directly and (DAM) system, commence the develop- support approximately 300 full-time jobs ment of DAMs Phase 3 (the archive). We in the independent production sector, will also continue to upgrade critical enhancing Ireland’s capability in the broadcasting and administrative systems knowledge-based creative sectors. and related processes/work practices. 39. Build on the previous year’s contribution 35. Continue to operate as cost effectively as to the national economy by adding approx- possible.