Welsh language broadcaster S4C has secured two industry leading mentors to work with companies that receive investment through its Commercial Growth Fund, which launched in September 2023. Nick Catliff and Stuart Baxter both have held high profile positions across the entertainment industry. The mentors will work with the fund’s advisor Laura Franses, to identify and […]
S4C, the public broadcaster and only Welsh language television channel, has commissioned Boom Cymru (co-producers of the BBC’s Christmas feature length drama, Men Up) to produce Creisis, a six-part drama. Creisis uses dark humour and breaks the fourth wall to immerse the viewer in the life of psychiatric nurse Jamie Morris, who isn’t only struggling with the mental […]
S4C digital content studio and media network, Little Dot Studios, has announced a partnership to bolster the public service media provider’s YouTube offering. The move reinforces S4C’s commitment to future-proofing its output and showcasing Welsh language and culture. S4C has received £7.5 million of additional funding from the UK Government’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sport […]
BBC Wales news has appointed a new Culture Correspondent, covering the arts, entertainment and culture in all its forms for TV, radio and online. Lorna Prichard, originally of Abergele, has been appointed to the new position and started her new role immediately. Prichard started her journalism career at the Cynon Valley Leader before working as […]
S4C saw the highest number of viewing sessions on BBC iPlayer during the first week of 2024. There were close to 350,000 viewing sessions between January 1st and 7th. As well as a 22 per cent increase in the viewing of S4C programmes on BBC iPlayer during this period compared to last year, S4C Clic […]
The Northern Space Consortium (NSC) has announced specialist Marketing and PR agency, Radical Moves, as its latest member. The Northern Space Consortium (NSC), is a not-for-profit organisation set up to help the Space Industry in North West England and North Wales develop. Based in Wales, the latest member, Radical Moves, provides specialist marketing and PR […]
Sky, in partnership with Cardiff Council’s Youth Services, has opened a new digital Hub in Cardiff, the first one in Wales. The Hub provides access to digital devices, free Sky WiFi connection and regular digital skills workshops, run by volunteers. The project included the refurbishment of Eastmoors Youth Centre community space in Splott which sees […]
S4C has announced that filming has started on Cleddau/The One That Got Away; a new, six-part, drama series that combines a gripping murder mystery with an electrifying love story. The series from BlackLight Television (a Banijay UK company) in collaboration with Banijay Rights, is being filmed in Welsh for S4C for broadcast in late 2024, […]
Sian Doyle, the fired chief executive of Welsh-language public broadcaster S4C, has criticised her dismissal by chairman Rhodri Williams as “an unprecedented lack of governance for a public body”. Doyle was sacked following an investigation into allegations of “bullying and a toxic culture” at the channel. Doyle released a statement on November 24th in which […]
While Nokia plans to launch the first mobile network on the moon, reliable 4G coverage is still difficult to come by in certain areas of the UK – as the Isles of Scilly may be the worst UK region for 4G coverage, according to analysis by Uswitch. This region records no indoor premises with a […]