All S4C articles – Page 34
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NewsOfcom confirms junk food ad ban
Ofcom has confirmed it will go-ahead with plans to ban junk food advertising to children under 16.
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NewsComment - News from another era
Clive Jones looks back at the changes he's seen in his career in news broadcasting
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NewsOfcom launches kids TV review
Ofcom has started its review into the future of children's programming with an investigation into the extent to which the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five and Teletext are fulfilling their PSB responsibilities.
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NewsTV-Loonland inks raft of deals for Little Princess
German distributor TV-Loonland has secured a string of broadcast and home entertainment deals for The Illuminated Film Company's pre-school series Little Princess.
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S4C unveils kids' channel and rebrand
Welsh broadcaster S4C is planning to launch a children's channel by the end of the year in a move that its chief executive Iona Jones said would bring 'greater diversity' to the genre.
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PKF to review options for Green Bay
Cardiff indie Green Bay has appointed business advisor PKF to consider its strategic opportunities including buying other production companies or a sale to another indie.
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Green Bay wins three S4C orders
Cardiff indie Green Bay has won a trio of commissions from S4C. Cardiff's Cupis a 60-minute programme which recreates Cardiff City's 1927 FA Cup victory and is scheduled to air in March.
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NewsHit lines up new deals for Bob and friends
Hit Entertainment has unveiled a raft of deals with broadcasters across Europe for its portfolio of pre-school properties, including Bob the Builder, Pingu, Thomas & Friendsand Fireman Sam.
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Asian sales for Parthenon docs
Parthenon Entertainment has secured package deals with various broadcasters in Thailand, Indonesia, and Hong Kong through its new agent in Asia, Bomanbridge International.
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Barcud pumps£3m into HD OB
Welsh facility Barcud Derwen is investing£3m in a high-definition outside broadcast truck in a bid to win new BBC Wales contracts.
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Commissioner's Q & A - Ceri Sherlock
The commissioning editor for music at S4C on his channel's attempt to raise the standard of rugby terrace singing and upcoming documentaries about the inventor of the saxophone and Cerys Matthews
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NewsThe Apprentice shows its value for BBC2
BBC2's hit format The Apprenticehas helped give a powerful boost to the channel's Wednesday night performance in what has turned into a fierce ratings battleground with Channel 4.
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Ofcom lifts free-to-air rule
Ofcom this week opened the door for more pay-TV services on the Digital Terrestrial TV platform. The regulator has decided to lift a requirement that all channels carried on the digital multiplexes B, C, and D are free to air.
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S4C sells pre-school pair to Al Jazeera
S4C International has sold pre-school series Sali Mali and The Baaasto Al Jazeera's children's channel. The distributor hassold 52 x 5-minute episodes of Sali Mali,an animated series from indie Calon, and ...
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NewsS4C in£8m recommission
8am: S4C has handed an£8m three year deal to indie Nant for two new series of Welsh language children's drama series Rownd a Rownd.
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NewsNew chair for S4C
8am:Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has appointed John Walter Jones as chair of the S4C Authority, replacing Elan Closs Stephens who is leaving after eight years in the post.
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NewsITV's Allen joins Skillset
ITV chief executive Charles Allen has become a patron of Skillset, the body charged with improving training and skills in the television industry.
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NewsTinopolis takes Wedi 7 into HD
8am:Llanelli-based indie Tinopolis is to start making its long running weeknight magazine programme for S4C, Wedi 7, in high definition (HD).
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Top 100 of 2005
Philip Reevell reflects on a year in which reality shows may have dominated the schedules but the big ratings stories were to be found in drama, with the triumphant return of Doctor Who, and in comedy, as Little Britaintook the ...
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Doing the business in 2005
Steve Hewlett on how the major commercial channels are finally rising to the challenges posed by multichannel and new media - and how rights will be key in 2006.