Commissioning Brief:

Commissioning Editor - Cliona O'Leary

Assistant Commissioning Editor - Paula Fahy

Updated: 08th April 2011

RTÉ Sport is seeking new ideas for our GAA midweek programming.

No of Episodes/Duration: 18 episodes - Half Hour (8pm-8.30pm or 8.30pm-9pm)

Transmission: RTÉ TWO - Wednesdays or Thursdays from 8.00-8.30 or 8.30-9.00

Budget: The maximum budget available for this series of 18 programmes is €160,000 together with RTÉ studio (incl EFPs), facilities/resources - details are available upon request by contacting Lorraine McFadden, c/o RTÉ Sport lorraine.mcfadden@rte.ie . In addition, RTÉ Sport will provide a programme set, opening animation and programme graphics for the series, subject to further discussion with the successful company.

Programme Brief: We are looking for a midweek series of 18 programmes to compliment RTÉ Sport's GAA Championship coverage in 2011.

We are looking for programming of 26 minutes, running for 18 consecutive weeks starting on the 18th or 19th of May and running up to and including the 14st/15th of September. We are also open to submissions for programmes 52' in duration.

Please include in your submission the following: A proposed title, a running order for the first programme along with a list of guests/packages for the series; details of the production team including previous experience and suggested presenter(s).

The series will be hosted from our Donnybrook studio but we would like to hear your ideas on how best we might use facilities at our regional studios. Thought should be given to introducing an interactive element that will enhance the editorial content of the programme. This should be within budget outlined above.
Evidence of an understanding and knowledge of the GAA at county and club level will be crucial to our final decision.

This programme will be transmitted live on Wednesdays or Thursdays on RTÉ TWO and we would like to hear your views on which day you see working best. Please see attached for detail on facilities.

We ask, in the first instance, that producers submit ideas into the eCommissioning system:
https://e-commissioning.rte.ie/SWIFT.Web/skins/rte/login.aspx
under the programme category "Sport - Tender - GAA Midweek Programming" by 12 Noon on Monday 11th April 2011.

Please note:

The discussion of, or initial interest in, a proposal does not represent a commitment to commission by RTÉ and should not be understood as such. Commissioning decisions will reflect the quality of proposals received and the scheduling priorities operating at the time. RTÉ's financial position will also be a factor.

Any proposals previously submitted to RTÉ in categories listed here, and which were rejected on a first reading in a previous Round, should not be re-submitted and will not be reconsidered.