All S4C articles – Page 38

  • News

    S4C Takes a second trip up the Aisle

    2004-09-23T08:30:00Z

    Welsh channel S4C has commissioned a second run of wedding-themed format Y Briodas Fawr. It will again see six Welsh celebrities organise a real wedding and pitch in by baking the cake, taking the photos and playing the organ during the service. S4C commissioning ...

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    Commissioners Q&A

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Angharad Jones S4C's commissioning editor, drama and film is looking for plot-driven stories, reckons her channel could do with more humour and is excited by a choir drama filled with songs and sex

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    Lygo handed£20m for C4 content push

    2004-08-19T07:50:42Z

    Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has been handed an extra£20m to plough into drama, comedy and current affairs.

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    C4 overtakes BBC2 in ratings

    2004-08-12T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has reasserted its ratings dominance over BBC2 after a decade of playing second fiddle.

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    S4C prepares to go digital

    2004-07-29T08:30:00Z

    Welsh channel S4C is to bolster its art, current affairs and children's output in preparation for its switch to a digital-only Welsh language service.

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    S4C prepares for analogue switch-off

    2004-07-26T09:56:54Z

    Welsh channel S4C is to reposition itself as a provider of live-events, including music sport and rural programming ahead of its switch to a digital only Welsh-language service.

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    S4C report: BBC should increase Welsh output

    2004-07-23T10:49:47Z

    The BBC should increase its supply of programmes to Welsh channel S4C, a new report from the department of culture media and sport has argued.

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    ITV called on to guarantee Welsh service

    2004-06-24T08:30:00Z

    A Welshembly member has called on ITV chief executive Charles Allen to give assurances on the amount of programming and the scheduling of programmes made in Wales.

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    Midas to delve into celtic mythology

    2004-06-10T08:30:00Z

    Dublin-based indie Midas Productions is to look at Celtic mythology for a new documentary series for broadcasters in Ireland and Wales. The 3 x 60-minute Celtic Monsters aims to investigate the demons and supernatural spirits that 'inhabit the Celtic consciousness'. The series, which will cost£500,000 in total, is a co-production ...

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    Sky Freesat Channels

    2004-06-09T15:01:07Z

    There is to be 197 Free to air television and radio services available in the UK on digital satellite.

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    S4C restructures

    2004-06-03T08:30:00Z

    Welsh channel S4C has completed a three-month restructure of its commissioning department with two new appointments. Lowri Gwilym will join as commissioning editor for general factual from BBC Wales and handle all documentary and current affairs output for the channel. In addition, film, TV, theatre and opera director Ceri Sherlock ...

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    Digital switchover moves step closer

    2004-05-20T07:51:05Z

    The government is to take its first tentative step towards analogue switch-off with a trial scheme in Wales to give away free set-top boxes to households.

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    S4C demands BBC ups Welsh programmes

    2004-05-19T09:19:02Z

    Welsh public service broadcaster S4C has called for its 22-year-old programme supply arrangement with the BBC to be beefed up.

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    S4C rejigs team in bid to boost co-pros

    2004-04-15T08:30:00Z

    Welsh channel S4C has reshuffled its international team as part of a bid to shift its focus onto co-productions, writes Michael Rosser.

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    S4C rejigs international team

    2004-04-13T09:49:32Z

    Welsh channel S4C has reshuffled its international team as part of a bid to shift its focus onto co-productions.

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    Ofcom tackles switch-over

    2004-04-07T07:58:00Z

    Ofcom this week outlined a radical package of proposals to make digital switch-over a reality - including measures that could see the BBC, Channel 4 and S4C face multi-million pound bills for spectrum space.

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    S4C REORGANISES.

    2004-04-05T09:04:30Z

    S4C has restructured its commissioning department. Factual output will be separated into three areas: co-productions, headed

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    S4C reorganises

    2004-03-18T08:30:00Z

    S4C has restructured its commissioning department. Factual output will be separated into three areas: co-productions, headed by Cenwyn Edwards; factual entertainment, headed by Nici Beech; and a new yet to be filled post for general factual. Commissioning editor, light entertainment Huw Chiswell is leaving and will not be replaced. Meirion ...

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    Commissions - S4C TO AIR MASS FOR PEACE AT EASTER.

    2004-03-05T16:29:04Z

    S4C is to broadcast a performance of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, by Welsh

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    WALTERS RISES AT S4C.

    2004-03-05T16:29:02Z

    Welsh distributor S4C International has promoted Huw Walters to the newly created role of head of