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THE SILENCE

The winner of the gong in ‘The One That Got Away’ category belongs to the hit BBC TV drama series, The Silence, which featured among 37 feature films and 47 documentaries refused funding by the Irish Film Board over the past two years, The Sunday Times reports.

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TV LICENCES



They may have heard all the excuses and we know none of them work but TV licence inspectors may about to have an even bigger incentive to knock on more doors, according to The Sunday Business Post.

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ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA OUTLOOK

Irish Entertainment & Media to grow by a billion dollars over the next five years to 2014 – says PwC at the launch of its 11th Entertainment & Media Outlook

Overall, Irish E&M will grow by 4.1% compounded annually over the next five years to 2014 reaching US$5.6 billion.

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MARIO ROSENSTOCK

It may not represent the kind of smart economy the government is so desperately punting as the panacea for all our economic ills but it is undeniably smart and eminently exportable.

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FESTIVE ADS ON RTE

It looks like Christmas will be coming earlier to a TV screen near you – whether you like it or not. RTE is apparently considering lifting its self-imposed ban on early festive ads, according to a front-page story in The Sunday Business Post.

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INVESTING IN MOVIES

‘You don’t have to be super-rich to invest in films – generous tax relief means that an investment of the maximum €50,000 would save you €20,500, and even better, you get the benefit up front’.

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FINANCIAL GURU GETS IT WRONG

Sometimes it’s hard not to feel like a complete fool when viewing life from hindsight. Why O why didn’t we see this coming – how differently life would have turned out. Well, console yourself with the thought that it wasn’t just you!

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IRISH WEB AWARDS

We are delighted www.taxation.ie has been shortlisted in the following categories in the Irish Web Awards:

Best Practice – Sponsored by Surveys.ie

Most Useful Website in Ireland – Sponsored by DoneDeal.ie

We are also pleased to see our associated websites have also made the shortlists:

www.i-finance.ie

Best New Web Application/Service – Sponsored by Red Cardinal

www.twelvedoors.com

Best Microsite – Sponsored by ArgusCarHire.com

Best (Guerilla) Social Media Campaign – Sponsored by ebow

TWEAK.COM

A Kerry-based entrepreneur who trousered €103m in 2006 when he offloaded his Stockbyte stock photography business to US giant Getty Images is ready to launch his first new business since becoming a multimillionaire, The Sunday Times reports.

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LOVEFILM

Amazon in the UK has tabled a €240m offer to buy out Lovefilm, the online movie rental business, in a bid to increase its grip on all aspects of Britain’s entertainment industry, according to The Sunday Times.

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