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S4C and BBC Wales launch joint channel
Welsh language broadcaster S4C is gearing up to launch a joint-venture digital channel with BBC Wales to provide coverage of the Welsh Assembly, write Alice Macandrew and Wale Azeez.The new channel,
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TX - TRULY WEIRD
Producer: Granite ProductionsBroadcaster: Sky OneStart: 20.00, 5 AugustLength: 3 x 30-minutesCommissioned by: James Baker, Jamie RobertsExecutive producer: Simon WelfareProducer/directors: Kerry McKibbin, Simon WestcottWhere can you find a cockroach Hall of Fame,
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WELSH DENIED POWERS
The new Welsh Assembly will not be allowed to appoint people to the broadcasting regulation bodies, the BBC, ITC, S4C and the Broadcasting Standards Commission. The proposal that the assembly should
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S4C POACHES HTV'S JONES
S4C has poached HTV Wales head of entertainment and arts Emlyn Penny Jones to be its head of channel management. From September, Jones will oversee S4C's strategy for digital terrestrial and
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S4C diverts funds to programming
S4C is to free up an annual minimum of£3.4 million in extra programme funding for 2000 and 2001, by diverting government money that was previously used to cover administration and
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EX-RUGBY PLAYER JOINS S4C AS SPORTS ADVISER
Former Welsh rugby international and BBC Wales head of sport Gareth Davies has joined S4C as a sports adviser on a part-time basis. Reporting to S4C director of programmes Huw Eirug,
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S4C WALES LURES RASUL FROM PANASONIC
S4C Wales has lured Panasonic Broadcast Europe's head of systems engineering, Arshad Rasul, to become its director of engineering and technology. Rasul, who is expected to join S4C officially towards the
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Siriol to create animation of kids' book classic for S4C
S4C has commissioned Cardiff-based production firm Siriol to make an animated version of the classic Welsh-language children's book character, Sali Mali, writes Lexie Goddard.
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S4C INTERNATIONAL SELLS EGYPT TO NHK IN JAPAN
S4C International has made its first major sale to Japan, with the licensing of John Gwyn Productions' documentary series Egypt (left) to state broadcaster NHK. The 5 x 60-minute series, which
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BROADCAST RATINGS - TX
APPLE OPERABroadcaster: BBC 2Producer: BBC features (Bristol)Start: 21.50, 27 JuneLength: 10 x 10-minutesSeries producer: Jeremy HoweDirector: Wiz HokApples may not sound like the most enticing of subjects to kick off the
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Brits triumphant at Banff
UK producers have scooped five of the 16 prizes at the 1999 Banff Rockie Awards in Canada, including best overall programme, which went to BBC Northern Ireland/Parallel Films drama Amongst Women,
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INDIE TAKES ON BBC WALES CURRENT AFFAIRS SLOT
BBC Wales has commissioned an indie to produce current affairs output for the first time. The Welsh-language documentary, Dathliad Gwag? (Empty Celebration?), will look at the work of human rights organisation
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TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time
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CELTIC C0-PRO TO AIR IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has started work on a co-production with RTE in Ireland and the Gallic Broadcasting Corporation. The 3 x 60-minute series, with the working title Celtic States, is
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ANIMATION - Toon planning
The UK animation sector is witnessing a surge in production but pressure on funding heralds problems ahead.
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AGENDA GOES ALL-DIGITAL WITH D-9 FORMAT
Agenda, one of the UK's largest regional production companies, has converted almost entirely to JVC's D-9 tape format. The company, one of the key programme-makers for S4C, recently moved to new
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RTS COUNCIL ELECTS JONES
S4C chief executive Huw Jones has been elected to the Council of the Royal Television Society (RTS). The move comes three months after he was awarded the RTS Fellowship.
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FILM FESTIVAL HIRES HEULYN
Next year's Celtic Film & Television Festival will be produced by media marketing consultant Menna Heulyn. Until last year Heulyn was S4C's head of marketing, responsible for the channel's branding and
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BBC to pay SDN to carry Knowledge
The BBC is planning to pay digital terrestrial (DTT) operator S4C Digital Networks (SDN) for carriage of its licence fee-funded education channel, BBC Knowledge.BBC sources have confirmed that the corporation is