{"id":216603,"date":"2025-12-29T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216603\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:03:11","slug":"tg4-announces-e10m-in-funding-for-irish-language-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/216603\/","title":{"rendered":"TG4 announces \u20ac10m in funding for Irish language programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TG4 will commission new creative content as part of its commitment to championing original Irish language programming\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cfe97dc1-5ae2-4588-82ba-7217b2bab6dc.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">TG4 will commission new creative content as part of its commitment to championing original Irish language programming<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">TG4 has announced a \u20ac10 million funding package to commission new creative programming and strengthen its commitment to original Irish language content in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The funding will be available for the development and production of new projects, across a range of genres, including entertainment, arts, current affairs and young people drama, with a strong focus on supporting new production companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">TG4 director general Deirdre N\u00ed Choist\u00edn announced the funding saying: \u201cThis \u20ac10 million investment underlines our ambition as a Publisher Broadcaster for TG4\u2019s content slate and our confidence in new creative talent across the production sector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">&#8220;By supporting new ideas and new producers, while continuing our existing funding commitments, we are investing in the future of great storytelling and in the next generation of Irish language creative voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The funding will be rolled out through open commissioning rounds including an open commissioning round which closed before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TG4 will commission new creative content as part of its commitment to championing original Irish language programming\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cfe97dc1-5ae2-4588-82ba-7217b2bab6dc.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">TG4 will commission new creative content as part of its commitment to championing original Irish language programming<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; 29th December 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">TG4 is hoping to engage with both new and existing production companies, and will offer clear pathways for new producers to engage with TG4\u2019s content team, in an effort \u201cto champion innovation, plurality and originality in content creation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In relation to the funding, there will be a focus on on developing the production sector in the Gaeltacht to allow for better distribution of funds across all Gaeltacht regions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">In 2026, TG4 will also commence a new multiplatform digital news service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TG4 will commission new creative content as part of its commitment to championing original Irish language programming TG4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[25666,93,61,60,15337,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-216603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-deirdre-barry","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tg4","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}