| Practice Area's Profile: |
Flynn O'Driscoll's Media and Entertainment team handles the full spectrum of media and entertainment law issues spanning contentious and non-contentious matters. It advises the largest newspaper publishers, broadcasters, all the major book publishing houses, and video producers, both domestic and international. It is the leading legal media firm in Ireland. |
| Services: |
- Content acquisition and distribution and licensing arrangements
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Infrastructure and technology arrangements
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Conditional access services agreements including EPG arrangements
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Corporate acquisitions and debt finance
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Joint ventures and strategic alliances
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Internet advertising
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Licensing, brand protection and passing off
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Production and distribution arrangements
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Film production finance, ‘Section 481 Financing’
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Publishing agreements
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Licence and label agreements
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Brand issues
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Infringements
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Copyright breaches
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| Deals: |
The Firm acts for the largest and most successful media publishers in the country including: The Sunday Independent, Irish Independent, Irish Daily Star, The Sunday World, Hot Press Magazine, Iconic Newspaper Group, Virgin Media TV, UTV and book publishers such as Penguin Ireland, Gill Books, Hachette Ireland, Merrion Press and Atlantic Books. |
