Bill Malone

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Siobhán McSweeney stars in Holding, the ITV-Virgin Media adaptation of Graham Norton’s novel
Graham Norton novel adaptation set for Virgin spring schedule

“Hard-hitting” factual series The Criminal Assets Bureau, a first full run for lifestyle format Generation Dating and Lucy’s Tribes, a “heartwarming” (...)

In RTÉ’s The Case I Can’t Forget, detective inspector Pat Marry retraces his investigation into the murder of Rachel Callaly. Photograph: RTÉ
Murder pitch: How Netflix has sparked a wave of true crime on TV

Television is in the midst of a crime wave that shows no sign of crashing soon. Its origins can be traced to Making a Murderer, a 10-part Netflix doc(...)

Bill Malone, director of content at Virgin Media Television: ‘It’s not as easy to be creative in a world where it’s screen-to-screen as opposed to person-to-person.’ Photograph: Andres Poveda
Virgin Media Television’s Bill Malone: ‘New talent is our lifeblood’

Virgin Media Television (VMTV) plans to increase its investment in programming in 2022 as it seeks to “make money go further” on screen through intern(...)

The Big Deal judges – singers Jedward and Lyra and comedian Deirdre O’Kane – at Virgin Media Television’s new season launch event. Photograph: Virgin
The Big Deal and Redemption lead new season on Virgin Media Television

Virgin Media Television’s new season will be led by “the biggest entertainment show we have ever done” and “the biggest drama we have ever done”, dire(...)

Republic of Ireland manager Jack Charlton following Ireland’s World Cup match against Mexico in Orlando, Florida, in 1994. The documentary Finding Jack Charlton will be shown on Virgin Media Television this spring, along with a raft of escapist entertainment. Photograph: Joe St Leger/The Irish Times
Big Jack leads the pack as Virgin Media unveils its new TV schedule

The television premiere of Finding Jack Charlton, an acclaimed documentary on the late Republic of Ireland football manager, is set to be the standout(...)

Virgin Media Discovers: As part of the €150,000 total prize pot, a shortlist of 10 entries will receive €9,000 each for the development of their script, while two scripts will win €30,000 each to fund the production of a 10-minute short film.
Virgin Media film competition judges include Abrahamson and McGee

Director Lenny Abrahamson and screenwriter Lisa McGee are among the judges on this year’s Virgin Media Discovers short film competition, the broadcast(...)

Gogglebox Ireland’s Dale and Dawn watch the week’s TV highlights and lowlights for the Virgin Media Television show, commissioned from the independent sector.
Virgin objects to ‘aggressive’ RTÉ behaviour in TV market

RTÉ is behaving “aggressively” and undermining competition in the broadcasting market even as it flags its financial woes to Government, Virgin Media (...)

Paul Mescal stars in Virgin Media Television’s Irish drama The Deceived starting on September 7th. Photograph: Virgin Media
Normal People’s Paul Mescal stars in Virgin Media One drama

A new Irish drama featuring Normal People actor Paul Mescal will begin next month on Virgin Media One. The Deceived, which also stars Peaky Blinder(...)

Outgoing Virgin Media Television MD Pat Kiely, pictured mid-way through a revamp of its Ballymount newsroom in 2017. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Pat Kiely steps down as MD of Virgin Media Television

Pat Kiely is stepping down as managing director of Virgin Media Television this summer after four years in the role and 22 years at the broadcaster, f(...)

MJ, a 71-year-old recently returned to Ireland from the US, and 23-year-old student Declan help each other find dates in Virgin Media One’s Generation Dating.
Virgin Media’s Generation Dating set to travel to Australia after Cannes interest

Generation Dating, a Virgin Media Television format developed from a staff ideas workshop, has been optioned in Australia after generating interest am(...)

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