Nemeton are delighted to be the recipients of the Technology Award, in this years West Waterford & Dungarvan Chamber & FBD Awards.

“Our business is driven by our technology, without which we could not exist so far away from our largest cities.  Developing this technology in-house is an integral part of our strategy, as we have to keep up to date with evolving solutions on an almost weekly basis .” says Irial Mac Murchú, NemetonTV’s CEO.

“Our use of technology makes us stand out in the crowd and has allowed us to deliver a unique service to our clients.  We create and deliver content every week via our studio & productions facilities here in An Rinn and are proud to be involved with the Chamber”

The Technology Award was sponsored by TQS Integration.

The Nemeton production team are working hard this week in preparation for the inaugural Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year Award Ceremony which will be televised live on TG4 on Saturday, 12^th October at 8.30pm

This hour long broadcast hosted by TG4 presenter Micheál Ó Domhnaill will look back over the 2013 Bord Gáis Energy U-21 Hurling Championship with contributions from current and former U-21 players and managers.

The highlights of the ceremony will include the Team of the Year announcement, as well as the Bord Gáis Energy Player of the Year award that will be presented in both the ‘A’ and the ‘B’ championships.

Fans of the championships have also been having their say by casting their votes for the ‘Bord Gáis Energy Score of the Year Award’ on the Bord Gáis Energy U-21 Hurling’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.  The winners of this award will also be announced live on the night.

Speaking recently, Ger Cunningham, sports ambassador at Bord Gáis Energy said, “It’s a fantastic way to finish up what has been a championship full of excitement, passion and hurling of the highest quality. To narrow the list down to forty-five players was a mammoth task and we now have to finalise the final fifteen which is not going to an easy task.

“It will no doubt be a wonderful night for all involved and Bord Gáis Energy is delighted to be involved in recognising the best young hurlers in 2013.”

Yesterday’s live coverage of the TG4 Ladies Football Finals 2013 from Croke Park saw TG4 get its highest viewing figures to date for the occasion.
Official figures provided by Nielsen report that 625,000 people tuned into TG4’s coverage during the afternoon, with 328,000 watching the exciting climax to the Senior final as Cork edged out Monaghan to win their 8^th TG4 Senior title in 9 years, a unique achievement in modern Irish sport.

This viewing made TG4 the highest watched channel in Ireland yesterday afternoon with a share of viewing double that of its nearest competitor.  It was also TG4’s highest ever viewership for this fixture, the 13^th year it has been shown on the channel.

Viewing for each of the three 2013 Finals broadcast was well up on the previous year.  Earlier in the afternoon Cavan won a hard-earned Intermediate final over Tipperary while Offaly came out on top over Wexford in the Junior decider.

“We were in Listowel recently to cover the annual Listowel Races for the 9^th year in-a-row on TG4.  The north Kerry town is always a bustling hive of activity for the Harvest Festival and this year was no different.  We started our broadcast from the Monday through the week until the final ‘Slán Abhaile’ Race on the Saturday evening.  During the week there is racing on 7 straight days, there was 53 races that took place and a crowd of over 90,000 attended the venue!

Monday and Tuesday are traditionally quiet days but the crowds came out in force again on the Wednesday for the big race of the week, The Guinness Kerry National which was won this year by ‘White Star Line’ in the 5:10pm.  We did an interview with Leo Powell from the Racing Post aswell as an interview with Andrew McNamara who was there promoting a charity day of racing for his injured cousin JT McNamara and also fellow jockey JonJo Bright that will take place at Limerick Racecourse on the 14^th of October. Continue reading →

Laochra Gael has been quoted as ‘the defining GAA documentary series’ by Ger Gilroy, Sports Editor at Newstalk  and has a  well established place in Irish language television & culture.

Now in its 12^th series, the show profiles and celebrates the careers of some of the greatest names in Gaelic games.  The series originally started way back in 2001 with an hour long feature on the mercurial Ger Loughnane.

This year the programme will include players from Mayo, Clare, Down & Dublin to name but a few.  With the final shoot of the series happening within the next 2 weeks, it’s time to watch this space to find out which players are featured this time around.

When asked about the challenges Continue reading →

The Nemeton sports production team will be in the thick of the action making sure the viewer gets the very best seat in the park.  So be sure to tune into TG4 for ‘GAA Beo’ every weekend for the beginning of another action packed new sporting season.   We have exclusive live coverage of everything from the ‘Allianz Leagues’ and ‘AIB Club Championships’ to the ‘International Rules Series’, All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling and Football Championships, for Ladies Football All Ireland Championships and this year we’ll also have coverage of many other competitions including Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta, College Finals and third level Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup finals.

Micheál Ó Domhnaill introduces the action from the sideline with match commentary by Brian Tyers, Mac Dara Mac Donncha and Marcus Ó Buachalla who will be joined each week by top analysts.

The new season of Rugbaí BEO kicked off last weekend with the Nemeton sports production crew broadcasting Munster V Edinburgh in the RaboDirect PRO12 Live on TG4 from Musgrave Park in Cork.

Last season Nemeton broadcast 22 Live RaboDirect PRO12 games from some of the biggest stadiums in the country including the Aviva, the RDS and Thomond Park as well as live broadcasts from our state of the art HD studio in Waterford.

Nemeton also broadcast exclusive highlights of the Heineken Cup in Ireland which will be back on TG4 screens from the 11^th of October.

Watch this……

On Friday this week we will be broadcasting from our studio with presenter Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill.  The  live game is Cardiff Blues V Connacht and we’ll be showing highlights of the Zebre v Munster join us on TG4 at 1830hrs for all the action.

Each month Colm writes an exclusive piece for the GAA Just Play app charting his agonising road to recovery as well as offering his insights on current events in Gaelic football.

Colm O’ Nell is a Cork senior footballer and was selected on last years All Star team at number 13.

He captained the Cork U-21’s to All Ireland glory in 2009 and made his senior championship debut the same year.

Earlier this year in a league match against Donegal he suffered a cruciate injury for a third time in his career.

This week writing in the Just Play GAA Blog Colm writes…..

“Like the rest of the country, I was thoroughly impressed with last weekend´s clash between Kerry and the Dubs in Croke Park. Two great sides went at it hammer and tongs in front of a full house, and the skill, drama and athleticism on show was a credit to both counties.

With a few minutes to go, it looked like the Kingdom might edge a thriller; Kevin McManamon yet again had other ideas……..”

To read more download the GAA Just Play App

This years Higher Diploma in Television and Digital Media course kicks off  on the 16^th of September.

Students are travelling from Cork, Waterford & Galway along with six local An Rinn and Dungarvan students and will be welcomed by Nemeton CEO Irial Mac Murchú and Nemeton Staff. The students are very fortunate to have a very special guest speaker during the week TG4 Director General  Pól Ó Gallchóir  Ardstiúrthóir TG4.

The course is unique in that it is delivered by both WIT and in a live production company Lead tutors include industry professionals Moira Sweeney, Mark Long and Deaglan de Paor. The company’s strong emphasis on training means that they are also committed to nurturing new and emerging talent and have run this course since 2006 with Udarás na Gaeltachta and Waterford Institute of Technology

In their first term students on the course will be expected learn all the skills of film making in order to make to make a short film. In the second term they make a half hour film ( drama, documentary or corporate)

Like other years we will have various industry experts Producer Cilian Fennell,  Director /Writer – Darach Mac Con Iomaire of “Corp + Anam” and crew from the new RTÉ production “The Hit” who will be hosting workshops & talks to help the students gain greater understanding into the world of production.

Anyone interested in the course please contact Course Director BláithIn on 058 46499 or email to blaithin@nemeton.ie

International Rules Gold 2013 is a new 7 part series produced by Nemeton TV for TG4.

The series looks back at the history of the clashes bewteen Ireland and Australia and will act as a lead in to the recommencement of the International Rules Test Series later on this year.

TG4 will exclusively broadcast the upcoming tests between Ireland and Australia.  The first test is scheduled for Kingspan Breffni Park in Cavan on October the 19th  with the 2nd test being played in Croke Park a week later on October 26th.

‘International Rules Gold’ programme will showcase the pivotal games from the history of the International series and will include the first test in Ireland way back in 1984 up to the most recent games from Melbourne and the gold coast in 2011.

The first programme will be shown on TG4 this Saturday at 7.15pm

View some of the action here