News – February 2009
Posted in News on February 20th, 2009Movie Extras.ie wins Fair City deal
MovieExtras.ie has won the contract to supply all extras for hit soap, Fair City.
Derek Quinn, Managing Director of MovieExtras.ie, says, “We’re delighted to be working so closely with Fair City, and to be able to offer our members an exclusive opportunity to be involved with this Irish institution!” Shooting of the soap takes place from Tuesday to Friday in RTE studios and at various locations around Dublin City.
MovieExtras.ie members are also eligible to take part in lots of other productions including adverts. A member recently played the lead character in a high profile TV advert for which he will receive E3,000 for his day’s work!
Other productions that the organisation are involved with include George Gently 3, Primetime and Podge and Rodge. Roles are available for those who are available part time, and there is no need for members to have any experience or be a member of Actors Equity.
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Aer Lingus accused of misleading ads
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) in Britain has confirmed that it has received a number of complaints about an Aer Lingus advert.
The ad, which is still on their Website, offer an “all-in” fare to several european destinations for £9.99. Although some one-way flights are on offer at the £9.99 price, dates and availability are limited.
The £9.99 price also fails to include a “handling fee” of £4 for each flight. The complaints claim that Aer Lingus should clarify whether the flights are single or return and that the price should read “from £9.99″ to adhere to advertising regulations. Concerns were also raised over the failure to include the £4 handling fee in the headline price.
“We have really brought operators into line on these sort of issues, so complaints regarding airline have become quite a rarity,” said an ASA spokesman
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BCI signs contract with 4FM radio
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has signed a contract with Choice Broadcasting (trading as 4FM) for a music driven Multi-City FM service.
The first service of its kind, 4FM will broadcast to Dublin City, County and Commuter belt, Cork City and County, Limerick City and County, Galway City and County and Co. Clare. 4FM will commence broadcasting on February 27th and will provide a broad mix of music ranging across five decades, as well as specialist programmes on specific music genres including jazz, songs from films and shows and, soul.
Speech output will include regular news bulletins, sports, travel and traffic reports and a range of information and features. 4FM’s primary target audience is the over-45’s.
Speaking about the contract signing, Conor Maguire, Chairperson of the BCI said “We are delighted to sign this contract with 4FM, the first contract of its kind in Ireland. The Commission believes that this multi-city service is a unique offering which will bring diversity from a content and listenership perspective.
I would like to wish all involved in 4FM every success in launching the station and for the duration of their contract”.
4FM were represented at the contract signing by Martin Block, Chief Executive Officer and Howard Block, Director. Celene Craig, Secretary and Conor Maguire, BCI Chairperson, signed on behalf of the Commission
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