All S4C articles – Page 27

  • Welsh_National_Assembly_2.jpg
    News

    Assembly should 'control TV in Wales'

    2010-08-06T12:11:00Z

    Plaid Cymru’s leader has said the Welsh Assembly Government should take control of broadcasting in Wales.

  • Arwel Ellis Owen
    News

    S4C: cuts not yet finalised

    2010-08-04T12:29:00Z

    The new chief executive of Welsh language broadcaster S4C says that all options are open regarding its £101m annual government funding and that reports claiming its budget will be cut by a quarter are “hypothetical”.

  • Arwel Ellis Owen
    News

    S4C names interim chief exec

    2010-08-02T12:26:00Z

    Welsh language broadcaster S4C has appointed Arwel Ellis Owen as its interim chief executive following the abrupt departure of Iona Jones last week.

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    News

    BBC Alba boss wants more public money

    2010-08-02T12:14:00Z

    The BBC’s Gaelic language service has called for extra public funding to commission original content such as drama series, as regional public service channels face widespread cuts.

  • Rownd a Rownd
    News

    Regulator to work closer with S4C bosses

    2010-07-30T10:56:00Z

    The authority that oversees Welsh broadcaster S4C has pledged to work closer with the channel, following the departure of chief executive Iona Jones.

  • Iona Jones
    News

    S4C chief executive Iona Jones quits

    2010-07-29T08:00:00Z

    The chief executive of S4C has abruptly left her post after a meeting with the Welsh-language channel’s governing body.

  • Hana's Helpline
    News

    Calon TV folds after funding falls through

    2010-07-29T00:01:00Z

    Calon TV, the Cardiff-based producer of Five and S4C kids shows Igam Ogam and Hana’s Helpline, is to go into voluntary liquidation.

  • BBC iPlayer
    News

    iPlayer to link direct to rivals’ VoD services

    2010-05-27T08:58:00Z

    After the failure of Project Kangaroo and the scrapped plans to share iPlayer technology, the BBC has found a third way to partner with other PSBs online - and has invited Sky to join the fray.

  • Rownd a Rownd
    News

    S4C awards £7m indie contracts

    2010-05-17T12:31:00Z

    S4C has awarded two indies contracts worth more than £7m to produce children’s content over the next three years.

  • Digital Switchover
    News

    Wales first to go digital

    2010-03-31T00:01:00Z

    Wales has become the UK’s first digital nation with all analogue television signals switched off at midnight.

  • S4C Clirlun
    News

    S4C to launch HD channel

    2010-03-30T11:04:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C is to launch a new high definition service.

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    News

    Five opts not to launch Freeview HD channel

    2010-03-15T16:31:00Z

    Five has delayed plans to launch its Freeview HD channel until 2012 due to the high costs involved.    

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    News

    Boomerang signs £4m deal with S4C

    2010-03-05T11:11:00Z

    Indie Boomerang Plus has signed a three-year £4m deal to produce content for S4C’s pre-school service Cyw.

  • News

    Boomerang profits fall but future looks rosy

    2010-02-25T16:44:00Z

    Boomerang Plus’s profits for the six months to 30 November tumbled to £490, 000, but the production company has £50m in commissions and revenues in the pipeline over the next few years.

  • Collision
    Features

    Peak performance for unstoppable ITV

    2010-01-28T10:38:00Z

    The BBC will have to find consolation with its dominant Christmas slot as its rival stole the show in the fi nal quarter. By Stephen Price.

  • Rownd a Rownd
    News

    S4C unveil kids TV plans

    2010-01-26T18:28:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C has pledged to boost its home-grown children’s programming in the wake of a House of Lords report that called for an increase in shows for kids.

  • Britain's Got Talent: Susan Boyle
    Ratings

    Ratings: Top 100 of 2009

    2010-01-21T12:05:00Z

    Despite the economic meltdown, 2009 was a bumper year for ratings. But, as Stephen Price reveals, it was ITV that took the peaktime plaudits as talent show fever gripped the nation.

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    News

    TSL wins S4C HD facility deal

    2010-01-18T14:30:00Z

    Systems integrator TSL has been awarded a consultancy agreement that will see it play a key role in taking the Welsh language channel S4C to HD.

  • Angharad Jones
    News

    Former S4C commissioner found dead at sea

    2010-01-11T10:54:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster S4C has paid tribute to a former commissioner whose body was pulled from the sea in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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    News

    Mwnci opts for The MatrixStore

    2010-01-05T12:45:00Z

    Object Matrix has sold its pre-production rushes and nearline archive technology The MatrixStore to Cardiff based post-production facility Mwnci.