What are the advantages of partnering with public broadcasters? What is the importance of co-productions for RTE? What are the differences in partnering with a public broadcaster like RTE compared to a global SVOD service? Dermot discusses with Jack Davison, our Executive VP, about all this as well as Intellectual Property, the packaging of major drama co-productions, international content acquisitions and other topics. 

Dermot Horan is Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions at RTÉ, Ireland’s Public Service Broadcaster. In his acquisitions role he has secured for RTÉ the likes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, The People Vs O.J.Simpson, The Big Bang Theory, and Homeland. He is also responsible for international co-productions, and pre-buys including the likes of Normal People, The Fall, and Death and Nightingales. He has recently put together the deals on behalf of RTÉ for Smother with BBC Studios and Kin with Bron Studios.

He has the role at RTÉ to invest in Irish feature films, including the likes of Oscar nominated Brooklyn with Saoirse Ronan, Rosie with Sarah Greene and The Guard with Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. He co-ordinates RTÉ's partnerships with outside bodies and represents RTÉ in its dealings with the Screen Ireland (formerly the Irish Film Board), SPI (Screen Producers Ireland) and Animation Ireland. He is also a Vice President of the EBU TV Committee which commissions the Eurovision Song Contest and has its own co-production and development fund.

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