Gráinne McAleer appointed as RTÉ’s new Acquisitions Editor to strengthen global content deals

RTÉ has announced the appointment of Gráinne McAleer as its new Acquisitions Editor, following an internal competition.

In her new role, McAleer will work closely with Dermot Horan, Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions, supporting negotiations with major Hollywood studios and international distributors.

The position involves securing thousands of hours of content for both RTÉ television and the RTÉ Player across a broad range of genres, including feature films, drama and comedy series, documentaries, and children’s programming.

McAleer has spent over two decades commissioning factual programmes for RTÉ and currently serves as Commissioning Editor for Documentaries and Features. Her extensive portfolio includes hit series such as Operation Transformation, Room to Improve and The Traitors Ireland, as well as acclaimed documentaries like Quinn Country, The Killing of Father Niall Molloy, The Skinny Jab and Bad Nanny.

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Steve Carson, RTÉ’s Director of Video, praised the appointment, describing McAleer as “an exceptionally experienced commissioner with deep knowledge of global content trends and a keen understanding of Irish audiences.”

Dermot Horan added: “We are so lucky to be able to appoint Gráinne, who has such a wealth of knowledge and experience, not just of Irish programming, but of the international marketplace. As viewers move more and more to an on-demand world, the role of acquisitions becomes paramount and Gráinne will be instrumental in growing this offering.”

Commenting on her new role, McAleer said she was “delighted” to join the Acquisitions team, adding: “There has never been such a rich vein of international content, and I’m looking forward to playing my part in bringing our viewers as much of that as we can to complement our fantastic home-produced programming.”

Gráinne McAleer will take up her new position as Acquisitions Editor with RTÉ in the coming months.