All S4C articles – Page 45

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    S4C appeals for cash injection

    2002-03-07T11:32:00Z

    Welsh broadcaster warns that cost of developing digital programming is hampering its public service duties

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    S4C poaches producer from Pop Factory.

    2002-03-01T00:00:00Z

    S4C has appointed producer Siwan Jobbins as commissioning editor, children's programmes, writes Penny Hughes.

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    S4C appoints new commissioning editor, children's

    2002-02-28T14:49:00Z

    Siwan Jobbins to be responsible for the broadcaster's 12 weekly hours of kids' programming

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    VLV HEADS TO WALES.

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    BBC Wales controller Menna Richards will be one of the key speakers at pressure group Voice of the Listener & Viewer's fifth annual conference on broadcasting in Wales on 28 February.

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    Call for regional ITV to go digital.

    2002-02-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV should forget trying to fulfil its regional commitments on its main network and should instead launch a separate digital channel to serve the regions, according to Campaign for Quality Television

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    Call for regional ITV to go digital

    2002-02-07T10:43:00Z

    Campaign for Quality Television chairman Ray Fitzwalter says a separate digital channel to serve the regions would ease ITV's financial burden of supporting low-rating regional shows

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    FIREMAN SAM ADDS MUSCLE TO GULLANE

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Gullane has added to its children's TV character portfolio after buying 50 per cent of the rights to Fireman Sam from S4C International (SC4I), writes Steve Aston.

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Govt to review digi spectrum

    2001-12-14T00:00:00Z

    The Government has this week invited comments on the future of spectrum for digital terrestrial TV (DTT) over a three-month consultation period.The move follows publication of a digital action plan by

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    Government to review digital spectrum

    2001-12-13T13:41:00Z

    New review will gauge industry opinion on future spectrum allocation

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    S4C to flush out new Welsh talent

    2001-12-06T14:23:00Z

    S4C kid's commissioning editor Meiron Davies charged with finding new performers, writers and producers in the region

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    Einstein signs space deal

    2001-11-30T10:29:00Z

    Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon ElleryEuronauts will follow the prospective astronauts through their training, as well

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    S4C BOOSTS CHILDREN'S

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    S4C is doubling its children's output to one hour in the afternoons and to 45 minutes from 30 minutes at lunchtime from January. The Welsh language broadcaster is extending its children's

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    S4C'S JONES REORDERS TALCEN CALED

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    S4C commissioning editor for drama Angharad Jones has commissioned Ffilmiau'r Nant to produce a third series of drama Talcen Caled. The 6 x 60-minute series is being filmed in Gwynedd and

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    Einstein goes into space

    2001-11-30T00:00:00Z

    Einstein Entertainment has sealed a deal with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a series on astronauts, writes Simon Ellery.

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    BBC takes digital to Wales

    2001-11-02T11:29:00Z

    Corporation says new English language service BBC2W is 'most significant development in Welsh broadcasting for decades'

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    BBC lines up Welsh service

    2001-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The BBC is set to launch a new digital service for Wales which the corporation claims is the biggest broadcasting advance in the country since the launch of Welsh language channel S4C 20 years ago, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    S4C International invests in factual

    2001-10-26T00:00:00Z

    S4C International, the commercial arm of the Welsh-language broadcaster, is pumping£8m into a factual co-production initiative that is expected to generate£16m worth of output over the next five years, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Regionals boost Cardiff firm

    2001-10-25T16:02:00Z

    Cardiff-based indie Green Bay has secured a raft of new commissions for the three major broadcasters in Wales, writes Leigh HolmwoodBBC Wales head of English language programmes Clare Hudson and commissioning

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    BAFTA UNVEILS KIDS LIST

    2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Bafta has revealed the shortlist for its sixth Children's Awards, with ITV dominating the nominations with 14 entries. The BBC has picked up 13 nominations while Channel 4 has garnered 11.

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    TWO JOIN BFI BOARD

    2001-10-19T00:00:00Z

    S4C chairman Elan Closs Stephens and documentary film-maker John Akomfrah have been appointed to the British Film Institute board. They join a 15-strong board chaired by writer and broadcaster Joan Bakewell