S4C, the Welsh public broadcast television channel, is offering production companies a fresh opportunity to produce some its most popular series and events as it implements its strategy – ‘More than a TV Channel’. From October, S4C will launch an open tender process for the following. Pawb a’i Farn – Current Affairs debate programme. Cân i […]
S4C has commissioned Signal – a new vertical drama for TikTok. Principal photography on the 60 episode love story, which follows the blossoming relationship between a boy from Cardiff and a girl from rural Wales, begins at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells this week. The new commission, produced by Mojo Productions, comes after […]
BT and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society are using 5G+ network slicing at this year’s Royal Welsh Show to help power mission-critical services, support local businesses and enable real-time content sharing at one of the UK’s largest agricultural events. From helping Welsh food and drink businesses process payments during peak trading periods to enabling reliable livestreaming and real-time […]
S4C’s streaming hours have reached their highest level with significant growth across its social media, the Welsh broadcaster’s annual report reveals. It comes after S4C announced its new five-year strategy in September – More Than a TV Channel – with transforming to a digital-first broadcaster one of its key pillars. Monthly viewing hours of S4C […]
S4C reports that it has invested over £136 million (€158.6m) in drama in Wales over the last decade. S4C’s dramas have found audiences arounf the world in the last 10 years, with Dal y Mellt (Rough Cut) the first Welsh language series to be released on Netflix and Bariau reaching audiences in Australia, New Zealand […]
The Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that the debut feature from writer-director Simon Ryninks Out There will premiere as part of this year’s Festival lineup. When a 16-year-old astronomy enthusiast (Nerys Amber Stocks) spots a UFO over her sleepy Welsh seaside town, she ropes in her sceptical best mate (Tom Moya) and an unhinged […]
S4C has secured the rights to broadcast the Tour de France in 2026, giving viewers in Wales the chance to follow the biggest cycling race in the world through a combination of live stages and highlights. Welsh language coverage of the 2026 race will run from July 4th to 26th, with highlights and live race […]
The BBC has extended its rights agreement with UEFA for a further two years, ensuring every Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland senior men’s international football match remains live and free-to-air until June 2028. The new agreement will see the BBC broadcast around 60 live matches across the next two years, including this autumn’s UEFA Nations […]
Y Llais will return for a third season on S4C in 2027. The announcement comes ahead of Tafwyl, one of Wales’s biggest music festivals. Y Llais is the Welsh language version of the global hit TV series The Voice, an ITV Studios-owned format, which is currently broadcast in 77 territories. Y Llais was first broadcast […]
John Peter Turner, the licensee of the Dolphin Inn pub in Llanymynech, Powys, in Wales, has been found guilty in his absence of two offences in relation to the dishonest broadcast of Sky televised programming. In this case, Turner televised Sky Sports football matches with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable commercial subscription […]