Please see notification of deadline received from RTÉ today:
Please note that we have added a deadline of 5pm on Friday 26th September to the call for ideas advertised on our website below
YOUNG PEOPLES' PROGRAMMING: TRTÉ
ONE-OFF EVENT or SPECIAL
No. of Episodes: 1
Duration: Half Hour (with cross platform)
Transmission: Christmas Holidays 2014
Target Audience: 11-15 year olds
Budget: To a maximum of €60,000
What are we looking for?
We are seeking ideas for a one-off special event project which will combine elements of online and broadcast television. Successful proposals will have a strong concept, feature strong stories and youngsters from the target audience group.
Recent success in this area saw 'LIFE'S LIKE THIS' - a user generated documentary project which invited youngsters to capture a moment in their day on video and upload to the production website.
The project was broadcast as 12 x 3 minute short films over twelve hours on a special event day in November 2012 and simultaneously broadcast online on the TRTÉ 'LIFE'S LIKE THIS' website.
The content was also repurposed to produce a half hour documentary for the Christmas schedule.
One-off documentary stories find it difficult to find and hold an audience in the busy young people's schedule.
Event or stunt ideas around which a campaign or publicity can be built will be favoured. We are not looking for Christmas themed programme ideas.
While the brief is for a half hour of content, the format need not be a half hour block.
If you have an idea for this we'd like to hear from you by 5.00pm on Friday 26th September 2014.
We ask, in the first instance, that producers submit ideas into the eCommissioning system: under the programme category Young Peoples "TRTÉ One Off Event or Special"