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S4C
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Deals round-up: BBC, RTL buy ‘The Investigation’; S4C welcomes Walter Presents; Pantaya pounces on ‘Ana’
BBC, RTL look into The Investigation The UK’s BBC and RTL in Germany have struck…
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BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund: a fund indeed for a nation in need
The UK children’s industry is already feeling the benefit of a new $70m fund but…
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SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
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Acorn is Keeping Faith with BBC, S4C drama
Acorn Media Enterprises (AME) has become a coproducer on BBC Wales and S4C thriller drama…
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Producers welcome new S4C chief
Welsh indie production body the TAC has welcomed the appointment of senior civil servant Owen…
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Ex-BBC producer becomes S4C factual chief
Welsh pubcaster S4C has hired a former BBC producer to become its content commissioner for…
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DRG backs Wildseed to grow
London-based distributor DRG is to provide funding for talent and content incubator Wildseed Studios. The…
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Ian Jones leaving S4C
Ian Jones will leave his role running S4C at the end of the year. His…
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UK terrestrials to simulcast nets on TVPlayer
The UK’s three commercial terrestrial channels have struck licensing deals with online TV service TVPlayer…
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BBC commits to S4C funding
UK pubcaster the BBC has agreed to fix its level of funding of Welsh counterpart…
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S4C names indie boss as new content chief
Welsh pubcaster S4C has hired a new content chief in the shape of Amanda Rees,…
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TV’s Big Questions: what is shaping the world of content?
Platforms, technology and marketing aside, what really drives the international TV industry is content. We…
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S4C, BFI victims of government cutbacks
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has had its budget cut in the latest round of cost cutting…
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Sony, S4C renew formats pact
Sony Pictures Television has renewed a formats development pact with Welsh pubcaster S4C. This pact…
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UK PSB programme spend, viewing figures drop
British public service broadcasting is “performing well” despite falls in both programme spend and viewing,…
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How coproduction returned to Wales
S4C’s CEO Ian Jones explains the conditions that have seen internationally-coproduced drama return to Wales….
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S4C joins BBC iPlayer as first third-party channel
Welsh-language channel S4C has joined the BBC iPlayer service. The move marks the first time…
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Networks combine to construct Berlin Wall
Networks in the US, UK and Australia are coproducing a documentary about the construction of…
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Landmark German deal for All3’s Hinterland
ARD has acquired Hinterland, marking the German public broadcaster’s first acquisition of a UK drama…
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S4C launches on TVPlayer streaming service
Welsh public broadcaster S4C has launched on streaming service TVPlayer, making its programming available on-demand…
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Netflix US buys Welsh drama series
Netflix has acquired Welsh drama series Hinterland for its North American streaming service. The cop…
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News brief: Broadcasters buy ZDF’s Carthage special
Wales’ S4C, SBS in Australia and New Jersey public station WNET have all prebought Carthage’s…
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S4C invests in Miles Bullough’s Wildseed
Welsh pubcaster S4C has taken a stake in IP incubator Wildseed Studios. S4C will take…
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The War Report
With the 100th anniversary of the most terrible conflict in world history coming in 2014,…
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Rastamouse studio Dinamo goes into administration
Dinamo Productions, the Wales-based kids’ TV firm that counts Rastamouse and Abadas among its credits,…
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Pact: Channel 5 attitude toward indies ‘worrying’
UK producer body Pact has labelled the terrestrial broadcaster Channel 5’s relationship with local indies…
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BBC and S4C agree governance plans
The BBC Trust and S4C have reached a deal to secure funding and accountability for…