260 firms pitch for slice of €40m RTÉ content cash

Up to 260 independent production companies made almost 1,000 different pitches to RTÉ to secure some of the €40m available to make television and radio programmes, last year.

Some of the best known independently produced work includes hit dramas such as Love/Hate, Amber and Clean Break which currently occupies RTÉ’s primetime Sunday night slot.

The annual report from RTÉ’s Independent Production Unit confirms that from the 997 proposals for TV and radio work, the unit commissioned 132 TV programmes and 12 radio shows.