All S4C articles – Page 46

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    C4 orders morality stories for children

    2001-06-07T13:26:00Z

    Channel 4 commissioning editor, schools and programmes John Richmond has ordered five-part series The Beaconsfrom Cardiff-based indie Wild Dream Films.The 15-minute morality tales, which aim to further

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    JONES ADDRESSES EBU

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    S4C chief executive Huw Jones warned on Thursday (17 May) that public service broadcasters need the commitment and support of national governments if homegrown programming in Europe is to meet the

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    Interactive TV polls are a waste of time

    2001-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Britain's leading pollster has slammed broadcasters for their use of online and interactive TV (iTV) polls in the run up to the election, branding the services 'crap'.Mori Polls chairman Professor Bob

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    And finally ..

    2001-05-04T00:00:00Z

    S4C commercial managing director Wyn Innes thinks it's wrong to shoot people with crossbows ...If you weren't in TV what would you be up to?Acting - aged 14 I starred in

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    RUGBY EXTENDED ON S4C

    2001-04-20T00:00:00Z

    S4C is extending its rugby coverage after securing exclusive coverage of the first match in The Barbarians Scottish Amicable Tour against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 20 May.

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    S4C seals two North American factual deals

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    S4C has finalised two major North American factual production deals with a consortium of US PBS broadcasters and Canada's Alliance Atlantis, writes Penny Hughes.Secrets of The Inquisition, a 4 x 60-minutes

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    MIP-TV IN BRIEF - S4C'S SALI MALI BOUGHT BY NICKELODEON

    2001-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Nickelodeon UK has bought Sali Mali, a 26 x 5-minute animated pre-school show from S4C, narrated by Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans, to run on its Nick Jr pre-school channel from

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    S4C will avoid privatisation says Hague

    2001-04-06T10:43:00Z

    Conservative leader says plans to privatise Horseferry Road would not extend to S4C

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    Anderson slams BBC current affairs re-jig

    2001-04-06T10:43:00Z

    ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts accuses corporation of 'dumping' news and current affairs without consultation

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    Hague in S4C safety pledge.

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    Opposition leader William Hague has pledged that Welsh channel S4C would survive Tory plans to sell off Channel 4 if the Conservatives confound pollsters and win the general election, writes David Rose.

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    News Analysis - The British abroad.

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    As programme funding is increasingly tied to overseas sales, the British Television Distributors Association must get the promised backing of the government to develop the muscle it needs to fight the UK's corner.

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    BBC accused of 'dumping' news.

    2001-04-06T00:00:00Z

    ITV controller of news, current affairs, religion and arts Steve Anderson has criticised the BBC's reorganisation of its current affairs schedule and called for the corporation to be more accountable over decisions to move key programmes, writes Steve Ast

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    LAST EVER PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: REGIONAL ITV AT A GLANCE.

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Anglia - First-run regional material was higher than ever before at 10 hours 15 minutes a week. Supplied 300 hours of programming to the network, including Trisha - its second highest

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    ITC faces accusations of going soft

    2001-03-29T15:56:00Z

    ITV almost escapes censure in regulator's final annual performance review, despite little change among some genres criticised last year

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    S4C expands activities.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    S4C is poised to expand its commercial activities and has appointed Eina McHugh to the newly created role of head of project development, S4C Commercial, writes Penny Hughes.

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    S4CI ties with Einstein for series of docs.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    S4C INTERNATIONAL (S4CI) and Einstein Entertainment have struck a£1m deal to make a series of primetime documentaries for both the domestic and international markets, writes Simon Ellery.The two companies plan

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    Carlton mulls further HTV/Westcountry collaboration

    2001-03-04T16:59:00Z

    South-west franchises to become major suupplier of non-ITV programming

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    Carlton invests in south-west.

    2001-03-02T00:00:00Z

    Carlton is thrashing out plans for further collaboration between its HTV and Westcountry franchises as part of a long-term strategy to turn its south-west ITV stronghold into a major supplier of

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    Carlton confirms HTV job losses

    2001-02-26T16:50:00Z

    28 to go, but jobs will be created as HTV is integrated

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    PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Where do we go from here?

    2001-02-16T00:00:00Z

    While the broadcasting revolution has ended the cosy days of shared viewing and listening, the government is clinging to the public service ethos - but what is it? In a three-page special Broadcast seeks industry views.