{"id":6491,"date":"2016-02-17T10:29:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T15:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/"},"modified":"2016-02-17T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:09:37","slug":"funding-confirmed-for-s4c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Confirmed for S4C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will receive \u00a374.5 million ($106.4 million) in funding from the BBC in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Trust has pledged to continue the current funding level, which runs to March 2017, to 2018. The government had previously announced it would review the channel in 2017. The funding from the BBC provides financial stability to S4C during that review. The financing is in addition to 520 hours of programming provided to S4C by the BBC each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted that we can provide stable funding for Welsh-language broadcasting on S4C during this important time for the channel,&#8221; said BBC Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead. &#8220;We are absolutely committed to ensuring that audiences in Wales are well served in both languages and I hope that the BBC and S4C\u2019s successful partnership will continue into the next Charter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BBC Trustee for Wales Elan Closs Stephens said, \u201cI am pleased that the BBC\u2019s strong partnership with S4C will continue to deliver for audiences, with a stable income into 2018. In the next Charter period we hope to set the foundations for a renewed relationship with S4C and the continuation of high quality Welsh-language programs for audiences across Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will receive \u00a374.5 million ($106.4 million) in funding from the BBC in 2017-18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[170,212,213],"class_list":["post-6491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-trust","tag-s4c"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Funding Confirmed for S4C - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funding Confirmed for S4C - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CARDIFF: Welsh-language broadcaster S4C will receive \u00a374.5 million ($106.4 million) in funding from the BBC in 2017-18.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-17T15:29:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-02-17T20:09:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansha Daswani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/\",\"name\":\"Funding Confirmed for S4C - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-17T15:29:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-17T20:09:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/02\/17\/funding-confirmed-for-s4c\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funding Confirmed for S4C\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/83da304c8bad8bfdb3edd7eb47cfe5ad\",\"name\":\"Mansha Daswani\",\"description\":\"Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. 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