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S4C Digidol - news archive

This is an archive of news about S4C Digidol. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Welsh-language channel invests in TV-on-PC venture
From Media Guardian. Posted June 4 2008, 11.04pm
S4C backs telephone, broadband and television platform called Freewire, for students (more)

Al-Jazeera Children's to co-produce TV series with S4C
From Media Guardian. Posted April 7 2008, 4.52pm
Al-Jazeera Children's is to join with the Welsh public broadcaster S4C to co-produce a live-action series about a group of singing multiracial sheep. By Leigh Holmwood in Cannes (more)

S4C boosts children's programming
From Media Guardian. Posted February 29 2008, 10.58am
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C is launching an extra five-and-a-half hours of pre-school shows. By Mark Sweney (more)

MP calls for more English-language show on S4C
From Media Guardian. Posted October 29 2007, 7.45am
Welsh channel S4C should include more English-language shows and have its budget devolved to the Welsh assembly, a Labour MP said today. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

S4C Digital Text comes to DTT
From Digital Spy. Posted September 6 2007, 4.37pm
S4C's bilingual digital text service becomes available via digital terrestrial television. (more)

S4C secures Welsh football deal
From Digital Spy. Posted September 3 2007, 10.36am
The Football Association of Wales and S4C agree a four-year deal over terrestrial television rights to Welsh international and domestic football until 2012. (more)

First World Indigenous TV Broadcasting Conference planned
From Media Network Weblog. Posted June 4 2007, 11.45am
The leader of Welsh-language channel S4C will be a featured guest speaker at the inaugural World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference to be hosted by Maori Television in Auckland, New Zealand early next year. John Walter Jones OBE is chairman of the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority which was established to provide a wide-ranging, varied and high-quality programme service [...] (more)

S4C Show will Have Polish Subtitles
From Merry Media. Posted June 4 2007, 12.29am
The Welsh language channel S4C is to be the first tv show in the UK to use Polish subtitles on a current affairs programme that is produced by the BBC.. (more)

Ex-ITV News man moves to S4C
From Digital Spy. Posted April 23 2007, 12.00pm
Former ITV News chief executive Clive Jones has joined the Welsh broadcaster's board of directors. (more)

Clive Jones joins S4C board months after leaving ITV
From Media Guardian. Posted April 20 2007, 1.00am
11.30am: Clive Jones is joining the S4C board in his first new role in the media since leaving ITV earlier this year. By Jason Deans. (more)

Taro Naw on S4C Investigates Musical Cutbacks
From Merry Media. Posted March 20 2007, 2.19pm
As international musicians speak out against the lack of musical opportunities available for children in Wales, Taro Naw investigates the recent cutbacks and asks if the Welsh Assembly Government is endangering the future of our young musicians.. (more)

S4C gets a rebrand
From Digital Spy. Posted January 9 2007, 3.33pm
The channel unveils a new on-screen identity, its first in fourteen years. (more)

Wales' S4C to adopt BBC-style commissioning
From The Stage. Posted October 25 2006, 10.15am
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BBC ups S4C budget by £3 million
From Digital Spy. Posted October 17 2006, 10.55am
The BBC increases the amount it spends on original programming for S4C by 14%. (more)

BBC and S4C announce new strategic partnership
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 17 2006, 10.19am
The BBC Governors and the S4C Authority today announced a new strategic partnership for the development of programming and services for Welsh language television audiences. The governing bodies described the settlement as a “significant milestone” in the relationship between the two public service broadcasters.  The agreement sets out how the corporation will strengthen and extend its support [...] (more)

BBC to increase spending on Welsh-language programmes
From Media Guardian. Posted October 17 2006, 1.00am
8am: The BBC is to increase its spending on Welsh-language programmes for S4C by £3m. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

BBC's Gibson moves to S4C
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2006, 2.06pm
2pm: Welsh language broadcaster S4C has hired Rhian Gibson, BBC Wales' deputy head of news, as its director of commissioning. By Jason Deans. (more)

S4C strikes rights deal with indies
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2006, 7.22am
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has negotiated a new media rights deal with independent producers, while Channel 4 and ITV are still locked in dispute with suppliers. By Maggie Brown. (more)

S4C strikes deal with indies
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2006, 7.22am
8am: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has negotiated a new media rights deal with independent producers, while Channel 4 and ITV are still locked in dispute with suppliers. By Maggie Brown. (more)