It’s never easy to close any chapter of your life that you enjoyed to the fullest. Yet this is the career point every player in every code comes to at some point. It’s with great sadness that the Ballywire crew learned that Irish rugby star Jamie Heaslip has hung up the boots on medical advice. […]
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Silver Screen Debut for Tipp Man and Ballywire Colleague Tom Ryan
Heard about the movie ‘Twice Shy? …….. It’s getting rave reviews and we’re very proud of the man behind it. Whatever the scale of production you are involved in, when you are getting set to give others a look at it there is always a bit of nervousness about their likely reaction. Will they like […]
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Like rugby? Want to edit video? No money involved though!
Fair play to the team at IP&TV News who got a real global exclusive in the video content and sports space in their latest newsletter. The question of how to police broadcast content and more to the point monetize it is something bedeviling every media and content publisher today. Broadcast companies pay big bucks for […]
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Ballywire goes 360 degrees!
It was like Christmas morning at Ballywire Towers when this yoke arrived… Looks like a snooker ball but it’s one of a new breed of video camera which like a lot of the toys Santa delivers sounds great in principle. A 360° HD video recorder. You’ve heard of a Go Pro? This is aimed at […]
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Will there ever be a better sporting/brand ambassador?
A sporting icon. A Leader. A Warrior. There are about a thousand words on the list to describe Paul O’Connell. Ballywire was lucky enough to spend a day in the Limerick man’s company for a trip to the North Tipperary town of Nenagh when even more qualities emerged. The man who injected ‘manic aggression’ into […]
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What Makes A Good Video?
It’s a question that bedevils everyone. How can I make this video project compelling? Needless to say every client has their own hopes, dreams, aspirations and video objectives but here’s something that may be of interest. It’s not that often that you get good advice on how your timeline should come together or how major […]
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Capturing Hope, Emotion & Inspiration
Not an easy thing to do… But……when it all comes together it makes for memorable content. In the world of today it’s hard enough being a teenager. If you’re involved in sport you can expect self doubt and peer pressure to be turned up to the max. Ahead of the 2016 World Youth Winter Olympics […]
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