Dermot Horan is Director of Acquisitions & Co-Productions at RTÉ, Ireland’s Public Service Media organisation. In his Co-Production role, he is responsible for creating partnerships with other broadcasters, platforms, and international distributors. Recent credits include KIN, THE WALSH SISTERS, THE DRY, THE GONE, THE BOY THAT NEVER WAS and SMOTHER.

As head of acquisitions, he negotiates with all the world’s major distributors and has been responsible for securing for RTÉ the likes of Killing Eve, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Yellowstone. He has the role at RTÉ to invest in Irish feature films, including the likes of Oscar nominated Brooklyn with Saoirse Ronan.

He co-ordinates RTÉ's partnerships with outside bodies and represents RTÉ in its dealings with the Screen Ireland, SPI (Screen Producers Ireland) and Animation Ireland. He is a Vice Chair of the EBU TV Committee, which has its own co-production and development fund, as well overseeing the Eurovision Song Contest. At RTÉ he has taken on the responsibility for the RTÉ Archive, which is the largest audio and audiovisual library in Ireland, and he is leading a major project to digitise the entire catalogue.