The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy, has confirmed Delyth Evans as the new Chair of S4C. Evans assumed the role on May 1st, taking over from Guto Bebb. The confirmation comes after Evans appeared before the Welsh Affairs Committee for a pre-appointment hearing on April 23rd. The UK Government’s […]
Delyth Evans is the Government’s preferred candidate for the S4C Chair, the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced. Evans started her career as a journalist at HTV Wales, working on the flagship current affairs programme Y Byd ar Bedwar for British Welsh-language free-to-air television channel S4C. She subsequently worked as a reporter on BBC Radio […]
The DTG Summit 2025 is set to deliver an exploration of the forces shaping the future of television and media. The Summit will bring together thought leaders from across the media, technology and business landscapes to challenge assumptions, spark debate, and deliver fresh insights into a rapidly evolving sector. The DTG has announced the first […]
S4C’s prison-based drama Bariau will return for a second series on April 13th. The long anticipated six-part drama series will be shown on Welsh language TV channel S4C and also available to watch on BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic as a boxset. The first series of Bariau was broadcast on S4C in January 2024 and […]
S4C has appointed three non-executive board ,embers to its Commercial Board. After an open process, Richard Johnston, Luci Sanan and Oliver Lang will join the Board this February. Johnston is the former Chief Executive Officer of Endemol Shine UK – the content production and distribution group. He was also Chair of ScreenSkills, the skills body […]
Llion Iwan has been appointed as S4C’s Chief Content Officer. Iwan is currently the Managing Director of Cwmni Da – one of Wales’ leading independent production companies – which he joined in 2019 and, under his leadership, the company has increased turnover, was the first to place Welsh language content on Prime Video and developed […]
Children’s rights management company Hoho Rights (Cloudbabies, Toad & Friends) today has cooked up a deal with Canal+ in France for the acquisition of its popular preschool property Shane the Chef. The series has also been sold to MTV in Hungary and RTV in Slovakia. The Canal+ deal will see the 52×11’ CG animated series […]
As part of its role to support and strengthen the quality of public service broadcasting (PSB), regulator Ofcom has a duty to review periodically how television services provided by the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C have delivered against the PSB purposes and objectives set by Parliament. This includes, among other things, […]
International children’s television favourite, The Smurfs, are set to return to S4C – under their Welsh name, Y Smyrffs – for the first time in 40 years. The Welsh-language channel has acquired a licence to broadcast the animated series from owner Peyo Company. It will be dubbed in Welsh by production company Cwmni Da and […]
Welsh-language public service broadcaster S4C and Welsh media consortium Media Cymru have announced that they have called “the most ambitious research and development project in S4C’s history”. It will explore the future of S4C’s audiences, its distribution and public service broadcast prominence in the digital age. The channel’s ultimate aim is to ensure its Welsh-language content is easily discoverable […]