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Nemeton TV, is an 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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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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