At Home and Abroad

Jackie Neill: Bernie Dwan; Padraic Flaherty; Brian Kenny; Claire Cunningham: Julie-Meg Ni Chinneide Sound & Vision 4 is a funding scheme for broadcasters and independent producers that funds the production of high-quality programmes about Irish culture, heritage, and experience and programmes to improve adult literacy. The vision of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is for an Irish media landscape that reflects and shapes who we are. In an increasingly globalising world, that aspiration acknowledges Ireland·s distinctive heritage and traditions while also embracing the inevitability of change and transformation. The Sound and Vision Scheme is central to our vision and to our related strategic objectives · increasing culturally relevant audio and audiovisual content for Irish audiences; fostering a media landscape that is representative of and accessible to the diversity of Irish society; and, supporting quality programming in the Irish language. Established under the Broadcasting (Funding) Act 2003, the Sound and Vision Scheme has made an invaluable contribution to Irish broadcasting and Irish life. The extent of that contribution has been affirmed in the recent review of Sound and Vision 3 conducted by Mediatique on behalf of the Authority. Since 2015, eleven funding rounds have been completed under Sound and Vision 3 providing funding to 1,322 projects totalling ·60.7m. The scheme has helped fund 2,654 hours of Irish content broadcast across TV and radio. Sound and Vision facilitates the production of culturally relevant content for Irish audiences that would not otherwise be made, including programmes in the Irish language, and is a fundamental part of the funding infrastructure for the independent production sector. Operating on an open basis, the scheme facilitates the engagement of a diverse range of programme-makers, from a small local business making programmes for community and local broadcasters, to large production houses making films for national and international audiences. Through its ancillary measures, the scheme also supports much needed skills training and development. https://www.cnam.ie/app/uploads/2023/11/SchemeSoundVision4.pdf