All S4C articles – Page 28

  • Peppa Pig
    News

    Nickelodeon triumphs at Children's Baftas

    2009-11-30T11:35:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK was named channel of the year at the Children’s Baftas last night, beating CBBC and CBeebies to the prize for the first time ever.

  • Ben Bradshaw
    News

    Indie classification rules may change

    2009-11-05T14:43:00Z

    More television production companies will be classified as independent producers under new proposals from the Culture Secretary.

  • Royal Welsh Agricultural Show
    News

    Boomerang wins £3.2m S4C contract

    2009-10-28T10:17:00Z

    Welsh indie Boomerang Plus has won a lucrative four-year contract with S4C worth £3.2m to film and broadcast events from the Royal Welsh Showground.

  • Richard Hammond
    News

    Children's Bafta list announced

    2009-10-27T09:26:00Z

    TV presenter Richard Hammond is in the running for a Bafta after being nominated for his children’s show Blast Lab.

  • Amazon
    News

    Boomerang Plus profits down 19%

    2009-10-26T09:01:00Z

    Welsh indie Boomerang Plus saw a 19% drop in operating profits in the year to 31 May because of delayed and cancelled projects, commissions which underperformed financially, and a “general downward pressure” on programming budgets.

  • tigh_dudley.jpg
    Features

    Tigh Dudley

    2009-10-15T10:43:00Z

    Titles for a S4C cookery programme in which contestants are eliminated during the show.

  • Amazon
    News

    Boomerang closes in on Indus

    2009-10-15T07:37:00Z

    Listed indie Boomerang Plus is poised to buy Amazon producer Indus Films.

  • News

    Rondo cooks up fourth food show for S4C

    2009-09-10T07:00:00Z

    Welsh indie Rondo Media will serve up a fourth schools cookery show with chef Dudley Newbery for S4C.

  • 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.