All S4C articles – Page 28

  • News

    APC seeks to sign digital players to code of practice

    2009-08-20T07:00:00Z

    The Alliance for the Protection of Copyright (APC) has updated its code of practice and is courting multichannel broadcasters after signing up History Channel operator AETN UK.

  • Digital Switchover
    News

    Wales digital switchover begins

    2009-08-12T10:03:00Z

    More than 130,000 homes in Wales lost their analogue BBC2 signal this morning as the nation began its programme of digital switchover.

  • Torchwood: Children of Earth
    Features

    Crunch time for Welsh TV

    2009-08-03T14:39:00Z

    Crimewatch and Casualty, a ‘drama village’ and the promise of more network commissions are positive moves for Wales. So why are the nation’s indies concerned, asks Michael Rosser.

  • News

    Boomerang wins £12m S4C contract

    2009-07-31T12:09:00Z

    Welsh indie Boomerang has received a timely boost by securing a three-year contract with S4C worth £12m.

  • Sali Mali
    News

    C4 acquires Welsh toon voiced by Rhys Ifans

    2009-07-28T12:41:00Z

    Channel 4 has picked up the broadcast rights to Welsh animated series Sali Mali, narrated by actor Rhys Ifans.

  • Casualty
    News

    BBC Wales: the next Salford

    2009-07-23T09:24:00Z

    The BBC is planning a new drama village in Cardiff Bay that is likely to become the cornerstone of a “Salford for Wales”.

  • Dragon's Eye
    News

    BBC's local output "letting Wales down"

    2009-07-21T10:22:00Z

    The BBC’s localised Welsh television output has fallen 15% since 2004 – prompting claims the corporation is “letting Wales down”.

  • Clive Jones
    News

    Top-slice licence fee by 5%, says ex-ITV exec

    2009-07-13T10:23:00Z

    Former ITV news and regions chief executive Clive Jones has accused the BBC of suffering “delusions of grandeur” and called for the licence fee to be top-sliced by 5% going forward.

  • Iran and the West
    News

    Norma Percy scoops One World award

    2009-06-23T10:15:00Z

    Norma Percy’s Iran and the West was named best TV Documentary at last night’s One World Media Awards.

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    News

    Five wins final Freeview HD slot

    2009-06-11T11:36:00Z

    Five has been allocated the fourth and final HD Freeview slot by Ofcom.

  • News

    ITV Wales veteran latest cuts casualty

    2009-05-18T01:45:00Z

    ITV Wales national director Elis Owen will leave the broadcaster after 30 years of service, following a restructure of the Wales and English regions commissioning team.

  • News

    Freeview HD plans in doubt

    2009-05-14T21:49:00Z

    Free-to-air HD could become the latest victim of the crisis in TV funding as ITV and Channel 4 reconsider plans to launch HD channels on Freeview.

  • News

    Welsh indie Calon to list on AIM

    2009-04-29T16:43:00Z

    Calon TV, the Welsh indie behind Five’s Hana’s Helpline, is poised to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

  • News

    Boomerang wins£3.5m order

    2009-04-16T07:00:00Z

    Boomerang Plus has won a raft of commissions from Welsh language broadcaster S4C.

  • News

    S4C moves to secure digital future

    2009-03-30T11:53:27Z

    Welsh-language broadcaster S4C is hunting more programmes focused specifically on Wales, to ensure that viewers seek it out after digital switchover.

  • News

    Winners: RTS Programme Awards 2008

    2009-03-18T10:09:39Z

    Full list of winners and nominees at the RTS Programme Awards 2008, presented on 17 March 2009 at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. Wayne Garvie, RTS Chair, presented the awards.

  • News

    Concerns over S4C's English ambitions

    2009-03-16T10:28:07Z

    Campaigners have raised concerns about S4C's ambitions to take over English language news services on ITV, warning that any bid should not distract the broadcaster from its core purpose of providing Welsh programmes.

  • News

    RDF's Presentable secures 35 hours of orders

    2009-03-11T16:46:31Z

    Presentable, RDF Media Group's Cardiff-based subsidiary has won 35 hours of commissions and recommissions, including a Gabby Logan-fronted sports show for BBC Wales.

  • News

    BBC dominates RTS nominations

    2009-03-03T12:32:55Z

    BBC1 drama Criminal Justice and Channel 4's The Devil's Whore are to go head-to-head at this year's RTS Awards.

  • News

    Nominees: RTS Awards 2009

    2009-03-03T12:18:15Z

    Full list for the RTS Awards 2009