Preserving Wales

Article Abstract:

Regional TV output in Wales by specialist broadcasters HTV and BBC Wales totalled more than 1,300 hours in 1994. Welsh broadcasting is dominated by Welsh-language broadcaster S4C, said to be the most expensive channel in the world, with a government subsidy of 63 million pounds sterling in 1995. Its most successful show is soap opera Pobol y Cwm, supplied by the BBC. There are several Welsh independents supplying programmes to S4C, including Ffilmiau'r Nant and Gaucho. Local program producers find it difficult to sell nationally because of the misconception that Welsh programs are either about rugby or coal-mines.

Wales

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ITV spends to beat shortfall

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ITV is planning to increase its 1996 budget to 583 million pounds sterling in an attempt to win back viewers and offset a predicted 20 million pounds sterling advertising revenue shortfall. A variety of new programmes will include an adaptation of Emma, a Jane Austen novel and another weekly edition of Coronation Street, the Granada soap. The company is also thought to have signed several new Warner Bros movies.

ITV PLC

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UKTV to bring in new blood

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UKTV is expected to announce new shareholders with the announcement of the Channel 5 licence thought to be imminent. The consortium, led by Can West, has indicated that MAI may join, and other sources suggest that Boradcast Communications, the Guardian Media Group's TV division, may also link with UKTV>

UKTV Interactive Ltd.

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