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Welsh-language public-service boob tube channel

This article is about the Welsh-language public broadcaster. For the UK public broadcaster, see Channel 4.

Sianel 4 Cymru

S4C logo used from 10 Apr 2014
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Wales
Headquarters	Canolfan S4C Year Egin, Carmarthen, Wales
Programming
Language(s)	Welsh (English language audio and English language linguistic communication subtitles available on some programmes)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to xvi:ix 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	S4C Authority
History
Launched	1 November 1982; 39 years ago  (1982-11-01)
Links
Website	s4c.cymru/cy (in Welsh) s4c.cymru/en (in English)
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview (Wales only)	Channel 4 (SD) Channel 110 (Hd) (weekday evenings and weekend afternoons/evenings)
Streaming media
S4C Clic	Watch live (UK and Republic of ireland; with adverts)
BBC iPlayer	Sentry alive (UK only; without adverts)

S4C (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌɛs ˌpɛdwar ˈɛk], Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning Channel Four Wales) is a Welsh-language free-to-air television aqueduct. The starting time television set channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audition, S4C is the fourth-oldest terrestrial idiot box channel in Wales after BBC One, ITV and BBC 2. Every bit of 2019–20, S4C had an average of 101 employees.^[1] Information technology launched on 1 November 1982, with Channel 4 following on the adjacent twenty-four hour period (2 November).

S4C'southward headquarters are based in Carmarthen, at the Academy of Wales Trinity Saint David's artistic and digital heart, Yr Egin. ^[ii] Information technology too has regional offices in Caernarfon and Cardiff.

When commencement established, the channel – initially broadcast on counterpart television – was bilingual (Welsh and English) outside peak hours, with English language-language content consisting of the simultaneous or deferred transmission of programmes from Channel four (analogue reception of which was unavailable in well-nigh of Wales). When digital terrestrial idiot box arrived several years later, S4C added a second, total-fourth dimension Welsh-language channel chosen S4C Digidol ('digital') on one November 1998. With the completion of the digital switchover in Wales on 31 March 2010, which fabricated English-language Aqueduct 4 available beyond Wales, S4C's bilingual analogue channel airtight; what had been S4C Digidol became the default S4C aqueduct, available on Freeview and pay-television, and broadcasting entirely in Welsh. S4C does not commission programming in English, but when English is used on the aqueduct, information technology is left untranslated. Moreover, the aqueduct includes an English subtitle-rails bachelor for some programmes, which viewers can access using their television set set's remote control.

Pre-history [edit]

Before the launch of S4C on Monday 1 November 1982, Welsh speakers had been served past occasional programmes in Welsh, broadcast as regional opt-outs on BBC Cymru Wales and HTV Cymru Wales (the ITV franchise in Wales), unremarkably at off-meridian or inconvenient times. This was unsatisfactory for Welsh speakers, who saw the organisation as a sop, and at the same time an annoyance for not-Welsh speakers, who found the English language-linguistic communication programmes seen in the rest of the U.k. often rescheduled or non transmitted at all.^[3]

On 14 September 1962, the ITV network had created a licence expanse for North and West Wales, which was awarded to Wales (West and Northward) Limited. This traded as Teledu Cymru and provided pregnant levels of Welsh-language programming. However, problems with transmission infrastructure and poor market research led to financial difficulties within two years, and later going broke, the station was taken over by its neighbour Goggle box Wales and the West.

During the 1970s, Welsh-language activists had campaigned for a television receiver service in the linguistic communication, which already had its ain radio station, BBC Radio Cymru. Both the Bourgeois and Labour parties promised a Welsh-linguistic communication fourth channel, if elected to government in the 1979 full general ballot.^[4] Before long after the Conservatives won a bulk in the election, the new Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, decided against a Welsh quaternary channel, and suggested that, except for an occasional opt-out, the service should exist the same as that offered in the balance of the UK. This led to acts of civil disobedience, including refusals to pay the television licence fee, thereby running the hazard of prosecution or fifty-fifty a prison house judgement, and sit down-ins in BBC and HTV studios. Some took more extreme measures, including attacking television transmitters in Welsh-speaking areas.

On 17 September 1980, the former president of Plaid Cymru, Gwynfor Evans, threatened to go on hunger strike if the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher did not honour its commitment to provide a Welsh-language tv set service.^[v] S4C started dissemination on 1 Nov 1982.

Programming [edit]

S4C'southward remit is to provide a service which features a broad range of programmes in the Welsh language. Like Channel 4, S4C does non produce programmes of its ain; instead, it commissions programmes from BBC Cymru Wales and contained producers^{[half dozen]} (although the quantity purchased from ITV Cymru Wales has greatly reduced since the early years of S4C), and information technology has particularly developed a reputation for commissioning children's animation, such as SuperTed, Rocky Hollow, Fireman Sam (likewise broadcast by the BBC), Gogs, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Animated Tales of the World and the 1992–1996 French co-production Natalie.

BBC Wales fulfils its public service requirement by producing programmes in Welsh, including Newyddion, S4C's news bulletin, and a soap opera, Pobol y Cwm, and providing them to S4C free of charge. It has likewise provided (or licensed) Welsh-language versions of English-language programmes, such as the original Teletubbies. On the counterpart service, S4C showed programmes produced for Channel 4 in the rest of the United Kingdom – either simultaneously or time-shifted – outside of peak hours. These programmes were provided to S4C by Channel 4, complimentary of charge.^[seven]

To brand content more attainable to English speakers, all Welsh-language programming carries English subtitles. Originally these were on Sbectel teletext page 888, with Welsh subtitles on folio 889, with both subtitle languages at present also available on digital television platforms. For speakers of English who are learning Welsh, certain programmes, particularly children'south programmes Planed Plant Bach (at present Cyw) and Planed Establish (now Stwnsh), carry subtitles featuring Welsh subtitles with additional English translations in brackets next to more difficult Welsh-language words. Tv set films produced for S4C have received some good strange reviews; Hedd Wyn was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar in 1994^[8] and Solomon & Gaenor was nominated in 2000.^[9]

The S4C counterpart betoken also spilled over on to the east declension of Ireland. In the past it was rebroadcast in a number of areas at that place on UHF terrestrial signals past and then-called 'deflectors'. Upwardly until the 1990s, S4C was likewise carried by some Irish cablevision and MMDS providers before being replaced by Channel 4.^[10] The S4C channels continue to be available in the Republic of Ireland via the Freesat satellite service.

Up until 2009, S4C ran its own teletext service, Sbectel ("Sbec", Welsh for "a peek" or "a glimpse", and a reference to an S4C schedule insert formerly included in the TVTimes problems for the HTV Wales region).

Relocation of S4C Headquarters [edit]

In September 2013 S4C began a study into the possible relocation of its headquarters. In March 2014 it was announced that Carmarthen was the winner with a bid led by the Academy of Wales Trinity Saint David. The university owns the land where the Canolfan S4C Yr Egin (S4C Yr Egin Centre) would be congenital. The building would also exist abode to other companies in the creative industries.^[eleven] In that location was a potent bid for relocation to Caernarfon but there was disappointment that the bid was unsuccessful.^{[12] [13]}

In 2016 information technology was revealed that S4C was paying £3 1000000 upfront rent to UWTSD, it will pay rent over the adjacent 20 years. Concern was expressed well-nigh the arrangement and the lack of transparency around commercial payments between two publicly funded bodies. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David applied for funding for the building work and received £3m from the Welsh Government and a further £3m from the Swansea Bay city deal.^[14]

In June 2018 it was revealed that more staff would be leaving the channel than moving to work in Carmarthen. S4C started relocating to the new building from September 2018 and 54 jobs moved to the new HQ. An role in Cardiff was retained for technical purposes until total change over to the new BBC Wales Headquarters with 70 staff in that location. A significant percent of the technical posts will transfer to the BBC.^[15] In September 2018, S4C committed to ten years of lease on its Caernarfon office, which has 12 full-fourth dimension staff.^[16]

In January 2021 S4C'due south Presentation, Library, Promotion and Commercial departments moved to BBC Wales headquarters in Primal Square, Cardiff. The commencement programmes were circulate from in that location 27 Jan 2021, beginning with the channel's children's service, Cyw, at 6:00 a.m. Liz Scourfield's first live presentation aired after that morning, before the news bulletin at 12:00.^{[17] [18]}

Viewing figures [edit]

13.5 million people throughout the UK watched S4C on telly at some time during 2020–2021. The number of people who watched S4C on Goggle box every week throughout the UK increased from 702,000 in 2019–2020 to 823,000 in 2020–2021.^[xix] On an average week in 2020–2021, approximately 321,000 people in Wales watched S4C on TV.^[20] 150,000 Welsh speakers in Wales watched S4C each calendar week during this menstruum. 20,200 was the boilerplate audience in the meridian hours during 2020–2021.

The BARB rolling four calendar week viewing figures for January 2022 were 0.05% across the Uk. If scaled up for Wales lonely, this would be just a 1.0% audition share.^[21]

The programme that enjoyed the channel's highest viewing figures in 2019-2020 was Sgorio'southward coverage of Wales' Euro 2020 qualifier match against Hungary in November 2019, which drew 366,000 viewers.^[22]

There were besides 38.2 million viewing sessions of S4C content on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in 2018–2019, with 8.6 million viewing sessions of S4C content on S4C Arlein and BBC iPlayer.

Digital channels [edit]

Following the switch-off of analogue terrestrial signals on 31 March 2010, Wales became the outset fully digital region in the UK, with both S4C and Channel 4 condign available to all homes.^[23] Equally a result, S4C now broadcasts solely in the Welsh language and, likewise as on Freeview in Wales, is available throughout Britain, Ireland and the rest of western Europe on Freesat and Sky. A review deputed by the Section for Civilisation, Media and Sport in 2004 suggested that "S4C should operate a single cadre service subsequently digital switchover".^[24]

Logo of the former channel S4C2

In improver, S4C likewise operated a sister channel, S4C2 until 2010. Information technology formerly broadcast coverage of the National Assembly for Wales when in session. The programme content was provided by the BBC who, from January 2010, at present brand it available online and via BBC Parliament. Like the chief channel, S4C2 was bachelor inside Wales on Freeview and throughout the UK and Ireland on Freesat and Heaven. S4C2 had two sound feeds, allowing viewers to select betwixt an untranslated version and an English-only version where all Welsh spoken is translated into English. Delayed coverage of Assembly proceedings is at present broadcast overnight on S4C's primary channel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In addition to the analogue TV point transmitted throughout Wales, S4C, along with United News & Media, endemic the visitor S4C Digital Networks (SDN). SDN was awarded the United kingdom-wide contract to provide half a digital multiplex worth of programming. The other one-half continues to belong to the broadcaster Channel 5.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 27 Apr 2005, S4C sold its share of SDN to ITV plc for approximately £34 1000000, though it nonetheless has the half-multiplex as of right in Wales. ITV already endemic some of SDN due to the consolidation of the ITV industry: Granada bought UNM's stake in SDN, and this was so incorporated into the united ITV plc. In January 2007, S4C announced plans to launch a Welsh-language children's service.^[25] The new service, in the course of a programming block, launched on 23 June 2008. Under the name Cyw (chick), it brings together a wide range of programmes for nursery-age children, and S4C plans eventually to extend the service to include the Stwnsh strand for older children and a tertiary service for teenagers and young people. The service currently airs on weekdays from 7 am to 1.xxx pm on S4C.

S4C launched a high-definition simulcast of S4C called 'Clirlun' on nineteen July 2010 to coincide with terrestrial digital switchover in Wales.^[26] Clirlun was broadcast on Freeview channel 53 only, and not via other platforms.^{[27] [28]} Nonetheless, following funding cuts and a review of core services information technology was announced on xi July 2012 that Clirlun would close before the end of the year.^{[29] [30]} Clirlun closed at midnight on the evening of ane December 2012, with Channel iv HD taking over its transmission chapters with effect from the next solar day, 2 December 2012.^[31]

It was announced on twenty May 2016 that S4C would relaunch a loftier-definition service S4C Hard disk on Freesat and Heaven in Wales and across the UK from 7 June onwards.^[32] Following the 2016 relaunch of S4C Hard disk, the channel returned to Freeview in HD from 7pm on Wednesday 19 January 2022.^[33] It will broadcast for peak viewing hours merely, from 7pm on weekday evenings and from 2pm on weekends, sharing chapters with the Hard disk drive version of the BBC's children's service CBBC.

In December 2014, S4C became available on the BBC iPlayer website, both live and on demand, equally office of an 18-month trial.^[34]

Presentation [edit]

1982–87 [edit]

S4C's first logo, used from 1 November 1982 to 1 May 1987

S4C launched on 1 November 1982 (the mean solar day before Channel four started in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland), its on-air advent has always been a representation of the Welsh club and people, merely this representation has changed several times. Initial idents featured clips from the natural landscapes of Wales with a basic logo animation and a synthesizer fanfare, with the logo forming every bit WALES4CYMRU.^[35]

1987–93 [edit]

S4C's second logo, used from ii May 1987 to ix Feb 1995

On two May 1987, the ident inverse to a computer-generated ident featuring an animation of the streamlined S4C logo and the colours of the logo were blueish, green and ruddy. The font used for this logo was Bodoni MT Bold. On 7 September 1990, the new ident was introduced, depicting a piece of Welsh slate with colours blue, green and crimson washing over the letters S4C until 31 May 1993.

1993–2007 [edit]

S4C'southward third logo, used from ten February 1995 to 17 January 2007

On i June 1993, S4C introduced a new series of idents, which depicted inanimate objects as having characteristics of dragons (such every bit flight or breathing fire), as a reference to the red dragon on the flag of Wales. On x February 1995, the aqueduct introduced a new logo (in the Futura typeface) replaces the original serif logo, featuring a tilde representing a dragon with a flame next to the "C" as if were breathing fire. The idents were designed, created and directed past Charlotte Castle, Brian Eley and Martin Lambie-Nairn.

Inanimate objects in the regular idents contained a dragon made of flages, a kite, an oxy-acetylene, a pair of pair of scissors, a shepherd dragon man, a sousaphone, a standpipe, an extinguisher, an iron, a pencil, a flashlight, a pedal bin, a fan, a sport screen, a spray can, a vacuum cleaner, a stapler, a computer mouse, a garlic crusher, a lawnmower, a magic hat, a shower, an egg cup and a loudspeaker.

Regular idents [edit]

Many variants were made over the course during its xiii-year existence (such every bit the shots, angles and music) until the dragon idents were withdrawn on 31 December 2006:

• Dragon Standard: On different angles, fire is spreading around some sticks (with flags); the screen so proceeds to show the whole object, which is a floating blood-red standard in the shape of a dragon made of flags. It was used for the S4C Video Classics ident from 1993 to 1997.
• Oxy-acetylene: The upper function of an oxy-acetylene rotates then blows fire. The screen so shows the entire object. A mirrored version was likewise produced.
• Dragon Human: A human being dressed as a dragon with his shepherd staff with a dragon'southward tail every bit a claw in a mountainous region blows fire.
• Scissors: A pair of crimson scissors open up upwards and blow xanthous and orange pieces of cloth to represent fire. A short version had a closer view of the scissor's blades, which has smoke coming from it.
• Kite: A kite fabricated to await like a dragon floats effectually in the sky.
• Clockwork Dragon: On a grey groundwork, a 3D mechanism countdown clock with bouncing red assurance shows red pieces of a dragon scattered in loop in 10 minutes or 40 seconds and in last few frames, it reveals a reddish dragon. It was used for schools programming until June 1999. Welsh and English versions were made.
• Sousaphone: A camera pans around a brass sousaphone, which blows burn. A brusque version had the entire view of a sousaphone blowing fire, over a table.
• Standpipe: A standpipe that looks similar an onetime-fashioned water pump is turned on and emits burn.
• Extinguisher: A sentient fire extinguisher sees a flame and gain to put it out. A brusque version had a closer view of the extinguisher'due south pressure judge, which is constantly moving.
• Iron: A red clothes iron moves forwards and then backwards on the cerise cloth over a table, which makes steam.
• Pencil: A crimson pencil draws (forming burn) around the floor. Then, the screen shows a shut view of the pencil. A curt version had a fire version.
• Curly Light: A ruby-red flashlight, fastened with a long ruddy pipe wire around the pole turns on and moves effectually the screen.
• Pedal Bin: A pile of rubbish falls into a red pedal bin, which eventually blows fire.
• Fan: A fan is located well-nigh an open window on a room, working. Eventually, it blows fire rather than wind. A short version was also produced.
• Spray Can: A spray tin sprays carmine graffiti around the rusty dark-brown background.
• Vacuum Cleaner: A ruby vacuum cleaner is seen performing on the stage.
• Screen: A big red countdown sport screen shows fire in the stop. It was used for sports programming until October 2004.
• Tiled Carousel: A picture of a Welsh landscape moves with the square pieces of puzzle of a dragon and a landscape inside and out until the last few frames, the pieces reveal a brown Welsh dragon. 2 versions were made, one in coloured version until June 2000 and the monochrome version in September 2000 onwards. Information technology was used for schools programming.
• Stapler: A ruby-red stapler gets the cherry-red ribbon and sways it at the stop.
• Mouse: A estimator mouse moves around and pulls the connector out at the end. A special preview screen was also produced.
• Garlic Crusher: A chili pepper falls onto the garlic crusher, which blows burn down.
• Lawnmower: A lawnmower is seen cut the grass, setting sparks out and running around in the finish with blackness smoke.
• Shower: A bath door opens (with the S4C logo and the web address turning carmine) and a bath pall reveals a red shower head, which blows fire.
• Magic Hat: A magic top chapeau blows burn down and pours little red hearts out. A special St. David'due south Solar day version was also produced with daffodils.
• Egg Cup: Three eggs are seen in the row, ane of them in between cracks and blows fire. A short version with two eggs removed was also produced.
• Loudspeaker: A loudspeaker is seen dancing and blowing fire in the end.
• Special idents were the Christmas idents, Saint David's Solar day idents, a kangaroo dragon flag ident for the 2003 Rugby Globe Cup, Mawr (besides the ITV ident in 2004), Cofio 60, Eisteddfod idents and the Big Brother vii last.
• The new sports ident named Chwaraeon S4C Sport replaced the inaugural screen in October 2004.
• From 1–16 Jan 2007, temporary idents were used which gave a nod towards what was to come for the new presentation on the station, and it was called 'A new management'. The 1995 logo was withdrawn on 17 Jan 2007.
• The clock idents changed in 1993, 1995 (the same clock from 1993, with the new logo), 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2006 (this was the last logo to include the clock ident). There were also Christmas versions for the clock idents.
• In 2012 (during the channel's 30th anniversary), two idents were revived (the Dragon Standard and Stapler variants). These idents, again, were adapted to widescreen and used the same special logo previously mentioned.

Christmas idents [edit]

• 1993: A toy dragon looks effectually, inside a greenish snowfall globe with a tree and some presents. The groundwork is slightly brownish.
• 1994: A Welsh dragon dressed as Male parent Christmas comes down the chimney with a sack full of toys, leaves the footprints across the living room where the toys come to life and enters the doorway to the bedroom.
• 1995: A Christmas themed-kaleidoscope includes an angel, a present, a cracker, a snowflake, a candle and a ribbon.
• 1996: Aforementioned as 1995, with Begetter Christmas in the promos.
• 1997: A house contains a family unit of parents and their children. The children run downstairs to open their presents in one ident and their parents buss under the mistletoe in the other.
• 1998: Several close views of green leaves are shown, from either a holly or a mistletoe. The groundwork is more orange than red.
• 1999: The children play the Nativity with the baby as infant Jesus.
• 2000: An animated yellowish star blows fire. The background is red with yellow stars and a yellow moon.
• 2001: A red S4C lorry covered with lights (similar to the Coca-Cola Christmas lorry) travels at nighttime as the S4C'south Magical Grotto.
• 2002: Aforementioned equally 1998.
• 2003: On a red background, there are white Christmas themed symbols such equally the star, mistletoe, French horn, angle, Christmas tree and two new year's day symbols including a man dancing and a glass of wine.
• 2004: A agglomeration of bluish and calorie-free bluish pieces are moving and re-ordering to grade a tree, with a yellow glow resembling a star. The background is white.
• 2005: A scarlet/white calorie-free glow moves to the right side of the screen, on a dark background. Live-action idents were also produced featuring Welsh actors interpreting Nativity scenes.
• 2006: A pile of 19 sets of televisions of pre-2007 idents shows a Christmas tree in different angles on different televisions screens. Daytime, evening and nighttime versions were made. This was the last S4C Christmas ident to apply a 1995 logo.

2007–14 [edit]

S4C'southward fourth logo, used from 18 January 2007 to 9 Apr 2014

On eighteen Jan 2007, S4C announced that their digital channels would be refreshed with a new corporate logo and make. The new branding was implemented online on 17 Jan, with S4C's telly channels adopting it the side by side day. The new branding, developed by the London-based firm Proud Creative, was intended to portray S4C every bit a more "contemporary" multi-platform broadcaster, and downplayed "traditional" Welsh imagery such equally dragons. Its idents were filmed around various parts of the country, and themed around magnetism—representing the "uncontrollable allure" of Welsh people and their "emotional affinity to the homeland, whether near or far".^{[36] [37]} The magnetism-themed idents were afterwards accompanied by a new ready developed in collaboration with the bureau Minivegas, consisting of live-activeness scenes with dynamic, animated elements that tin react to the voice of the continuity announcer.^[38]

2014–nowadays [edit]

A new S4C logo and brand adult by Carbohydrate Creative Studio was introduced on 10 April 2014; the new design was adult around a concept of providing "context" to S4C's target audition and programming. The blueprint revolves heavily around a trapezium shape used within the channel'south new logo, which is prominently used within aspects of the channel'southward overall marketing and branding.^[39]

Criticisms [edit]

S4C has faced criticism for poor viewing figures since its launch.^[40] Leaked internal reports in March 2010 showed that 'over the xx-day period from February fifteen to final Saturday, March 6, every bit many as 196 of the 890 programmes put out by S4C were rated as having aught viewers'. The story was widely reported beyond the U.k. and was referenced in Parliament by the then Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt.^[41] In response, an S4C spokesperson stated that xc% of those programmes were aimed at pre-school children, and that Affront (the system that compiles tv ratings in the UK) but takes into account viewers aged four years and over. The remaining 10% consisted of repeats and daytime news bulletins which did non attract the minimum 1,000 viewers necessary to register on a U.k.-wide assay.^[42]

On 28 July 2010, S4C's chief executive, Iona Jones, left her post without explanation. Assembly members and Members of Parliament requested an independent investigation into the circumstances leading upwardly to her departure. The S4C Potency refused to comment farther and commissioned a review into how the broadcaster was governed in Baronial 2010.^[43] On iii Feb 2011, information technology was announced that issues between Iona Jones and S4C had been settled.^[44] Eight days afterward, the Shortridge Report on corporate governance was fabricated public.^[45]

Personnel [edit]

S4C appointed its first female CEO, Iona Jones, in 2005.

Owen Evans, previously the deputy permanent secretary to the Welsh Government, became chief executive in October 2017.^{[46] [47]} Siân Doyle, a former managing director of telecommunications company TalkTalk, succeeded Evans as CEO on 1 January 2022.^[48]

Funding and regulation [edit]

From its inception, S4C was in office publicly financed: funding came both from its advertising revenue and a stock-still annual grant from the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), receiving £102m in 2010 and and then £90m in 2011 subsequently the Conservative Party won the full general elections in 2010^[49] which consequently made considerable cuts to its funding.^{[50] [51]} Additionally, some Welsh-linguistic communication programming (including Newyddion and Pobol y Cwm) was produced past BBC Wales as part of the BBC's public service remit, and provided to S4C free of charge. There is an understanding in identify until 2022 for x hours a week of programming to be provided to S4C, which is valued at £19.4m annually.

From 2013, responsibility for funding S4C began to transfer to the BBC, with the DCMS reducing its funding by 94% by 2015.^[52] The BBC will provide around £76m of funding to S4C by this appointment, resulting in a cut of effectually 25% to S4C'south annual upkeep.^[53] In 2016, information technology was agreed that the BBC would provide £74.5m a year funding to S4C from the licence fee until 2022.^[54] The UK government announced in 2018 that it would keep providing £vi.72m until 2020, with the aim of S4C being funded wholly from the licence fee from 2022.^[55] This would encounter S4C'south funding being decided every bit part of the licence fee settlement, for x-year periods.^[56]

Prior to 2011, S4C received ~£102m (which would exist an estimate of ~£122.8m in January of 2022 subsequently aggrandizement), with the new allocated funds of 2022 (which is £82m), the loss in 2022 lonely compared with 2010 is estimated to exist ~£40.8m and an overall loss of ~£450m betwixt 2011 and 2022.

In addition to public funding, S4C generates effectually ii% of its income through commercial sources, such every bit advertizing.^[57]

S4C is controlled by the S4C Authorisation (Awdurdod S4C), an independent body unconnected to Ofcom. Ofcom are the regulator for S4C's content, as they are with other U.k. tv set channels such as ITV and Channel 4.^[58]

Catch-upward service [edit]

Screenshot of S4C's catch-up service, Clic

S4C maintains its ain catch-up service called Clic. Clic is a gratuitous online video on need service^[59] which offers alive-streaming, signed programming, a 35-day catch-up service, and archive programming. Clic is available across the UK merely too contains a limited pick of worldwide programming. Clic's catch-upwardly service is split into seven categories: Drama, Entertainment, Factual and Arts, Music, Sport, and two Children's categories, Cyw (ages 3–half-dozen) and Stwnsh (ages vii–thirteen). A Clic app was released for Apple's iOS devices on 18 August 2011.^[60]

In late 2014, S4C'due south programmes and live-streaming also became bachelor to view on the BBC'due south catch-up service, BBC iPlayer.^[61] Both services offer English and Welsh subtitles to some shows.

There were viii.2 million viewing sessions to S4C content on Clic and BBC iPlayer in 2017–2018.^[62] This was an increment of 600,000 from the 7.6 million viewing sessions on those platforms in 2016–2017.^[63]

Run into as well [edit]

• Fourth UK television service
• Timeline of television in Wales
• Timeline of S4C
• List of Welsh-language programmes
• List of Welsh-language media
• Celtic Media Festival

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