Riverside Television

10/06/2024

May you live in interesting times, so the reputed Chinese curse goes but for us, interesting times are bread and butter and democracy in action is no exception. We are delighted to be facilitating the RTÉ News and Current Affairs broadcasts of the results of the local and European Parliament elections from the RDS Simmonscourt count centre.

17/05/2024

You may have heard the news that OT won’t be back on RTÉ in January next year.

We would like to thank all the people who have shared their journey as leaders on Operation Transformation, in doing so we know they have inspired many to take positive steps to a healthier life. As the producers we will continue to work with the friends we have made in the GAA, Sport Ireland, The School of Health & Human Performance at DCU and the local Sport Partnerships in County Councils across the country who together created a powerful movement every January and February to encourage people to improve their physical and mental health. We are already working on exciting plans that will bring us together again in 2025.

17/05/2024

Since 2008, and for 17 seasons, we’ve worked on this show. We have made so many friends and learned so much that it is one of those life events that can only be described as formative. We’re sad that it will not be returning for an 18th season in January 2025, we truly believe that it has been a force for good and has improved the health and wellbeing of many thousands of people, our own included, and it will be missed.

To all those past leaders we’ve worked with on the show over the years, thank you, you’ve been inspirational to us and to a nation.

To the experts, our friends, Eddie, Sumi, Karl, Sophie, Aoife, Ciara, Eva, Ian, Pat, the ever wonderful Kathryn Thomas, and the late great, Gerry Ryan, thanks for the laughs, the memories, and your wisdom.

To Philip Kampff and the entire team of Vision Independent Productions over the years, this show was public service broadcasting to the core and one of the most fulfilling experiences of our professional television careers, from camera operations, sound, lighting, broadcast engineering, hot head operations, post production, and studio directing, we appreciate every opportunity that working on this programme presented to us.

To RTÉ, especially rank and file employees, keep the faith, the course is not yet run.

And now we look forward to the next great adventure. Onwards, ever onwards.

You may have heard the news that OT won’t be back on RTÉ in January next year.

We would like to thank all the people who have shared their journey as leaders on Operation Transformation, in doing so we know they have inspired many to take positive steps to a healthier life. As the producers we will continue to work with the friends we have made in the GAA, Sport Ireland, The School of Health & Human Performance at DCU and the local Sport Partnerships in County Councils across the country who together created a powerful movement every January and February to encourage people to improve their physical and mental health. We are already working on exciting plans that will bring us together again in 2025.

02/05/2024

We’ve been fortunate over the years to have been involved with many programmes and projects that have either received nominations or won IFTAs. It’s always a huge endorsement of what we do and the pride we take in our work, no matter what it is.

This year we were delighted to facilitate the live recording of the IFTAs on behalf of RTÉ, ShinaWiL, and, of course, the Irish Film & Television Academy, to whom we are grateful for the trust they placed in us to deliver another great awards show.

11/03/2024

One of the most satisfying parts of our work is simply ‘being there’.

Being there when tries are scored, being there when the pitch perfect high note is hit, being there when the last vote is counted and the declaration is made. Being there and bringing it into sitting rooms across the country and sometimes far afield across Europe and the world.

It’s a privilege we never take for granted and we are always grateful to our clients for their trust in our ability to facilitate the broadcast of these moments, many of which are historic and unrepeatable, that’s live television.

Many thanks to RTÉ News for trusting us with the live broadcast of the results programmes for the 39th and 40th referenda to the Constitution. We really appreciate it.

23/11/2023

2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In

Riverside ingredients

1 Ger, 1 Simon, another Johnny, 1 Vinny, 1 Domhnaill, 1 John, 1 Speedy, 1 Kuba, 1 Marek, 1 Dave, 1 Robbie, 1 Stuart, 3 Stephens, 1 Owen, 1 Áine, 1 Martin, 1 Aidan, 1 Tommy, 1 Mark, 1 Emily, 1 James, 1 Nigel, and 1 Cyril.

Method

Lock in a pub, cook for 12 hours, serve immediately.

Thanks to Johnny Smacks, Johnny B, James, and all at Green Inc for the recipe.

Tune in to the season finale, tonight at 21:30, on RTÉ 2.

29/08/2023

We were delighted to be asked by Iris Productions and NEP to facilitate the live broadcast of two rounds of the Women’s Interpros 2023 for TG4. From cameras to sound, replay to direction and vision mixing, engineering to Wagon Wheels, we threw everything at it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Looking forward to more sporting opportunities in the months ahead. 🏉

29/08/2023

19/07/2023

W nowym programie, szybkie traktory i wszechstronni rolnicy udowodnią, że efektowne wyścigi nie muszą odbywać się tylko na torach Formuły 1! Pracujemy nad se...

25/04/2023

10/04/2023

… and that’s a wrap. So long Béal Feirste.

10/04/2023

Seacht Lá, live from the Titanic Quarter of Belfast tonight, the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

07/04/2023

For the day that’s in it, we’re broadcasting live from Stormont on RTÉ and TG4.

22/03/2023

Just home from our holidays… working on one of our favourite shows with Big Mountain, season 3 of Peataí for RTÉ and BBC NI Gaeilge.

Never work with children and animals they say, nonsense we say, bring it on!

17/03/2023

All set for the Leinster Schools Senior Rugby Cup Final in the RDS Main Arena for Premier Sports… the grass is looking a little long though… 😁

09/03/2023

Riverside Television’s Gerard Hughes (Head of Sound) discusses choosing the Calrec Brio 36 audio console and Br.IO stageboxes for their OB truck 'BOB'.

03/03/2023

/// CASTING CALL ///

Big Mountain Productions are looking people and their pets to take part in series 3 of Peataí 🐶🐭🐐🐍🐢🐱

Medical condition? Glamorous groom? Unusual behaviour? Hidden talent? What makes your pet the best? 🐾

📧 [email protected]

28/02/2023

28/02/2023

Well that’s a wrap on Operation Transformation Series 16. Riverside Television are proud to have supplied Offline Post Facilities for a fifth series to Vision Independent Productions on this mammoth production, with remote production teams and editors all connecting and working collaboratively to turn this show around weekly for broadcast. Congratulations to the Editors ,the post team and the production team for another wonderfully inspiring series.

24/02/2023

And so we say farewell to Stradbally, Co. Laois, the home of Operation Transformation 2023.

As usual, an emotional rollercoaster of a series, with tears, laughter, and inspirational people. We have had the pleasure of working on this programme since its television inception and look forward to continuing our relationship with it into the future.

We are grateful for Vision Independent Productions’ continuing confidence in our ability to adapt as the programme evolves from series to series, with new technological challenges, venues, and the odd surprise.

Here’s to OT 2024 and the new adventures that will come with it.

21/01/2023

The experts are ready to help this year’s Operation Transformation Leaders guide the nation on its health and wellness journey… and our skilled Lego camera operators are ready to capture it all. 😁

01/11/2022

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28/09/2022

Both camera operators are 6’11”, the same height as Devin Toner, he just looks taller because he’s near the camera and they’re further away. Adam, behind Devin’s right elbow, is actually 7’9”, he’s just really, really far away.

Delighted to see back on Virgin Media Ireland, always a pleasure working with Vision Independent Productions on this very entertaining programme.

07/05/2022

Another successful live outside broadcast for RTÉ News and Current Affairs; Primetime NI Assembly Election Special, the Six One, and the Nine News from the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast where history was being made.

02/05/2022

Repeat business is the best business, it means that you are doing something right.

Delighted to be back in Belfast for another Northern Ireland Assembly Elections UTV Election Debate.

03/12/2021

Another URC clash with huge promise. Leinster v Connacht, live on TG4.

27/11/2021

More rugby, less rain… hopefully! 🙏

26/11/2021

The Ospreys come to the Sportsground this evening and while the Riverside team working on the match are impartial they are praying that it will be Connacht that will be doing the preying on those visiting birds… 😂

16/10/2021

Behind the scenes. RTÉ Munster vs Connacht.

04/10/2021

We are delighted that the second series of family pet show, Peataí, will begin tonight at 22:00 on BBC NI and on RTÉ on Friday in the primetime slot of 19:30.

We facilitated the Big Mountain production for both seasons and our in-house director, Stephen Macken, ran the multi camera location shoot once again. He also acquired an inexplicable desire to get another dog, or two, or three… and maybe a pig, and a goat…

For the curious, the photo is of one of the stars of the show, Lollipop, a cross between an Old English Sheepdog and a Bernese Mountain Dog.