''TV50'' was a series of special events throughout 2012, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the launch of

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, then known as Telefís Éireann, on 31 December 1961.

Launch

''TV50'' was officially launched on 26 December 2011 when a pre-launch placeholder website went online at RTÉ. The full ''TV50'' site went live at noon on New Year's Eve 2011. The broadcaster intended TV50 to be a year-long celebration. The festivities saw as many as twenty archive programmes launched each month on

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Controversy

RTÉ offended viewers by depicting a dog having its legs tied together and being tossed overboard into the sea off the coast of

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as part of its ''TV50'' celebrations in a broadcast on 3 January 2012.

List of ''TV50'' programmes

The following is a list of programmes broadcast under the ''TV50'' label.

Associated events

Books

*''Window and Mirror: RTÉ Television 1961–2011''

Nationwide search

There was a nationwide search initiated by RTÉ.

''Doc on the Box''

RTÉ described this as "a forward-looking initiative designed to encourage a fresh, emerging voice in video documentary direction and production". However, it was only open to those over the age of eighteen years and with experience.

References

External links

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