All S4C articles – Page 39
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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PRODUCTION - Let me entertain you... please!
Kevin Hilton asks the OB market whether anyone still wants to produce live events and music and how they go about it.
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PRODUCTION - SPECIAL: CARTOON FORUM - The top of the class.
Reporting from last month's 14th annual Cartoon Forum in Italy, Bob Swain selects his top 10 most promising European animation projects for the future.
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FORMATS & DEALS - RAFT OF SALES FOR THE KOALA BROTHERS.
Spellbound Entertainment has made several new sales of its debut pre-school series The Koala Brothers. The
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Raft of sales for the Koala Brothers
Spellbound Entertainment has made several new sales of its debut pre-school series The Koala Brothers. The 52 x 10-minute series, made by UK animation studio Famous Flying Films, will be shown on kids channel TiJi in France, TVP in Poland, TV3 in New Zealand and ...
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S4C's Grace retires
Chris Grace, one of the founders of S4C and a key figure in animation production in Wales, is to retire from the channel later this year, writes Gavin Stamp.
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S4C appoints new programming chief.
S4C has hired a new director of programmes just weeks after announcing its programming budget was to be squeezed for 2004, writes Penny Hughes.
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Channel Report - Setanta's Irish eyes are smiling.
Setanta Sport began life broadcasting Irish football games to crowds in London, but has since expanded with sports channel launches in the UK and US. The company's next move is a major sports offering on Freeview.
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Digital costs force S4C to cut 2004 programming spend
Welsh language broadcaster S4C has been forced to cut its programming budget for 2004 by 2.5%, writes Penny Hughes.
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Cicada to look at pre-roman civilisation
Indie Cicada Films is making a 50-minute programme about a new archaeological site in northern Italy that reveals how the Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilisation, funded their hedonistic life. The Etruscans, for Discovery Channel and Welsh language broadcaster S4C, is executive produced by Frances Berrigan and directed by Ian Denyer for ...
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EIRUG TO LEAVE S4C.
S4C director of programmes Huw Eirug will leave his post at the end of August when
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PROGRAMMING - S4C GETS PAVAROTTI CONCERT EXCLUSIVE.
S4C has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast opera star Luciano Pavarotti's UK farewell concert to
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S4C gets Pavarotti concert exclusive
S4C has bagged the exclusive rights to broadcast opera star Luciano Pavarotti's UK farewell concert to be staged at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. S4C is likely to air the performance within days of the event, which will be held on 5 July. It will also be broadcast on S4C ...
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Welsh Assembly backs animation venture.
A new animation studio, partially funded by a grant from the Welsh National Assembly, will open in Cardiff Bay this week, writes Sam Espensen.
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History Channel and S4C sign two-series deal.
A documentary on Irish political party Sinn Fein is part of an output deal signed between The History Channel UK and S4C International (S4CI) for 10 hours of co-produced programming, writes Penny Hughes.
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Welsh Assembly backs animation venture
A new animation studio, partially funded by a grant from the Welsh National Assembly, will open in Cardiff Bay this week, writes Sam Espensen.
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History Channel and S4C sign two-series deal
A documentary on Irish political party Sinn Fein is part of an output deal signed between The History Channel UK and S4C International (S4CI) for 10 hours of co-produced programming, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsWelsh indies call for S4C quota
The Association of Welsh Independent Producers (TAC) has called for the government to impose a 75% indie quota on Welsh public service broadcaster S4C amid fears that it is taking more production in-house, writes Hayley Treacy
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CHANNEL REPORT - STOPPING HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
When the BBC launched UK History, many thought the History Channel would go the same way as Artsworld - but so far it's holding its own.
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CREATIVE BRIEFS.
Big Squid was behind the graphics for Killer Bees - Taming the Swarm, a Tigress documentary