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Nemeton TV, is the Irish television and film production company. It is based in An Rinn in the Waterford Gaeltacht, and it also has an office in Glasgow. [1] [2] Nemeton produce over 600 hours of sports coverage each year and 20 hours of documentaries. [3] A significant proportion of the content produced is in the Irish language, with a number of programmes being produced for TG4 such as live Gaelic Athletic Association GAA and rugby. [4] Nemeton also produces content for RTÉ, BBC, Sky Sports, and ESPN, through the Glasgow office for BBC Scotland and Scottish Gaelic channel BBC Alba. [5] Nemeton produces content (covers games) for the GAAGO streaming service. [6]

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History

Nemeton was founded by former journalist Irial Mac Murchú in 1993. The company has supplied sports coverage to TG4 since 1996. [7] This has included Gaelic Athletic Association competitions. [8] [9] They produced the series Laochra Gael (Heroes of the Gaels) which first aired on TG4 in 2001 and has continued for more than twenty series. [10]

In 2017 a three-year deal for sports on BBC Alba with Nemeton Scotland Ltd was announced. [7] The BBC Alba coverage would include Guinness Pro12 rugby, Scottish Premiership football (SPFL) and shinty. [11]

Waterford Institute of Technology and Nemeton TV run a Higher Diploma in Arts in Television Production supported by Údarás na Gaeltachta. [12] [13] Classes were planned to take place both at WIT (now Southeastern Technological University) and in the Nemeton TV training studios in An Rinn. [14]

Maidhcí Ó Súilleabháin serves as the outside broadcast director and executive content director. [15] The company is employing the equivalent of 50 full-time staff.[ citation needed ]

In an interview in The Guardian, Mac Murchú stated that a strategy, to incorporate the Irish language as a core part of Nemeton's marketing, has highlighted the broader business potential of minority languages. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Nemeton Expands to Scotland". Sport for Business. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Directory > Nemeton TV". Screen Producers Ireland. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  4. ↑ PJ Browne (3 April 2022). "How TG4 And Nemeton Bought Us GAA Redzone". Balls.ie . Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Fogarty, John (28 April 2018). "Speaking the language of sporting TV". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Waterford GAA & Nemeton to stream live Co. SHC games from Friday". Waterford News & Star . 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Cùmhnantan riochdachaidh ùra MG ALBA". BBC News (in Scottish Gaelic). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Gaelic sport gets major refresh at Nemeton TV with Open Broadcast Systems". Sports Video Group Europe. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  10. ↑ O'Toole, Fintan (6 January 2022). "Six more GAA greats to feature in new series of Laochra Gael on TG4". The 42 . Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. ↑ Brennan, Laura (3 April 2017). "Nemeton TV Secures Contract to Deliver 200 Hours of TV Sport on BBC ALBA". IFTN. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  12. ↑ McGuire, Peter (9 March 2021). "Postgrad Options 2021: Spotlight on courses around the country". The Irish Times . Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Nemeton Training". www.nemeton.ie. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Another record year for SETU's Television and Media Production course at the National Student Media Awards". SETU. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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