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GallCommTV arrives in 23rd
April 2007
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Group is to set up facilities in the Republic of Ireland. The announcement came during a
night of celebrations in Gaston's Restaurant in Peterborough involving
crews and staff on the occasion of the CEO's 60th Birthday.
Breaking the news, GallCommTV Group Chief Executive Officer Vinny Gallagher said "the proposal to open the Irish office has been on the agenda for some considerable time. Final arrangements are now complete and the Irish company is at last set up and ready to roll" On the subject of staffing the Irish operation he went on to explain " Recruiting of staff is on-going locally. However key personnel will, especially in the production and acquisition areas, be headed by staff from our UK Group. |
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This will ensure continuity of standards on which our clients have come to rely. Initially some freelance crewing may be hired locally on occasions, but overseen by one of our own staff." See the TV Concepts website GallCommirl page for more info
The GallCommTV
(Ireland) offices are located in Bray, County Wicklow. Just 15 miles from
Dublin City centre, and 10 minutes drive from the Ferry port in Dunlaoire.
Wicklow is well known as "the garden of Ireland" and the home of Bray's
Internationally renowned
Ardmore Studios. Famous the world over for
many Oscar winning productions including ...
The Blue Max; My left foot;
Excalibur; Brave Heart; The Commitments, and many more.
Visit the website at
HTTP://www.gallcomm.ie
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21 Feb. 2007 DVD update
Work has been suspended on the Streetboarding DVD due to pressure
of work on other projects. "Funding has always been a problem with this project"
says Vinny Gallagher our Director of Operations...
"Right from the start the
project was a big drain on our production division budget. With no funds
available from the other participants, and with crewing and equipment costs
provided from our own funds, including catering costs of the full production
crew for the four days in the SK8 park, plus the overnight editing of the day's
rushes in preparation for press packs etc, we incurred quite a substantial 'bill
of costs' on this project. Then there's the cost of the Inverness shoot to add
to the spreadsheet, ... it doesn't make for good reading!"
He goes on to say ....
"Coupled with this, there's the matter of our cash sponsorship of the USA's
Brinton Gunderson's appearance, (though I feel that was money well spent as
Brinton delighted us all with his antic's, and especially his ascending to
the rafters in his attempt to take home the "Best Trick" trophy).
Due to the
fact that we have no real guarantee of a profitable return on investment in the
near future, we have decided to put this project 'on hold' until we have more
free time to devote to finishing this project. Right now our priority has
to be to our regular revenue generating clients, and with our expanding client
base, not to mention the newly formed
TV Concepts incorporating
WTNews.tv and
News-Crews.tv we are set for a
very busy and exciting few months ahead to be sure!"
As to the situation regarding the completion of the
DVD.. it is still an on-going project, and considering the amount of work,
man-hours, equipment, tape stock/editing etc. that has been borne to-date, we
are very anxious to complete this venture and see it to it's profitable end.
We'll keep you posted on developments. email production @
tvconcepts.eu if you have any queries on this subject
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Drawing on our founders long association with the TV News industry, and with our
sights firmly set on expansion in Broadcast TV, we have set up two new
divisions.
WTNews 2007 will concentrate it's resources in the supply of all technical
facilities to Broadcast News clients. Ranging from supply of Technical
Equipment; Personnel (camera/sound) studio or location to providing full
Broadcast Services and rate cards for Breaking News and Future
Event stories. Click on the button to visit the site for more info
News-Crews2007 does what it say's on the box. Provides fully trained, fully equipped
one or two man (person!) News Crews. Prepared to go anywhere at the drop of a
hat. See the site, click on the button
Ruth Peasgood A
Senior Producer with a masters degree from
the University of Salford.
Ruth joined us in Decmber2006 and we are delighted with
Ruth's arrival, as previously our producer division was by far our weakest and
not nearly up to our other departments standards. We now look forward to even better
growth in the immediate future.
Assistant Producer Craig Simmonds M.I.B.S. handles the sound
department's technical equipment as well as his normal duties.
You can email him
at craig@gallcomm.tv
Our
Senior Cameraman & Director of Photography is
Richard Peart.
A Member of the Guild of Television Cameramen,.. Rich has a list of credits we don't have enough space here to list , but
you can contact /email him at
rich at gallcomm.tv
Rich, as he is known to his friends, headed a crew of camera men
Vinny; Keith; Jim & Craig.
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Issued 22 Nov 2006
Streetboard Championship
The Streetboard Championship held at the
wonderful
Y2SK8 Park
in Peterborough over the three days 17th 18th 19th Nov. was
a great success, with amazing displays of riding from the worlds greatest
exponents of the sport.
The competition opened with the warm-up sessions taking place right through
Thursday, allowing the competitors ample time to get familiar with the various
ramps etc. that the venue has to offer.
UPDATE ... Unfortunately
this excellent facility is now closed .. resulting in a great loss
to the young riders of Peterborough and the surrounding areas
Competition proper got under way Friday morning with the 'mini-ramp' qualifiers, followed by the 'Street' qualifiers in the afternoon. As there were fewer entrants for the 'VERT', it was decided to run that event straight through on Saturday. Also on Saturday were the finals of the STREET; MINI-RAMP; and the competition finale was the very exciting BEST TRICK.
Winner of the Mini-Ramp was Germany's champion rider Max Maier. with a routine that was more of a blur - and kept our cameramen in a spin
The 'Street' competition was won by Britain's Max Anderson. 19 year old winner of the last two UK Championships!
The 'VERT' was won by Spain's well renowned Gabi Munoz who later shocked everyone with an attempt at an amazing double back-flip during the BEST TRICK section of the competition. Gabi almost pulled it off, but crashed out spectacularly. Luckily without any real lasting injury except for a smashed Streetboard.
Best Trick was won by the GallComm. TV sponsored Brinton Gunderson. Arguably USA's top rider, and five times world champion.
A judges special award was given to Japan's Yuichi Miyazaki who delighted everyone as he competed dressed in full Samurai attire .. complete with sword!!
GallComm.TV covered the event using a four camera setup, with a further camera in our mini studio (set up adjacent to the main building) for reports and interviews with riders and other VIPs. see the photos
During the three days we provided edited
footage and highlights of the days event for broadcasters on Beta SP and
DVCAM, and provided footage to the BBC for Children -in - Need, for inclusion in
their broadcast on
Fri evening.
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Last updated:
Friday, 26 March 2010
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