Infobox TV channel name Sianel Pedwar Cymru Channel Four Wales logosize 250px logofile S4C logo.svg logoalt S4C logo launch 1 November 1982 picture format 576i SDTV 16 9 br 1080i High definition television ... serv 1 S4C Online online chan 1 http www.s4c.co.uk clic e live.shtml Watch live UK only S4C lang cy ... service, branded lang cy S4C Digidol S4C Digital . The analogue version of S4C closed on 31 March ... in the United Kingdom Wales digital switchover . After this, S4C Digidol became the default S4C channel ... definition service called S4C Clirlun clear picture , simulcast ing S4C Digidol, began broadcasting ... e press level2.shtml?id 324 title S4C launches new High Definition channel Clirlun publisher S4C date 2010 03 29 ref ref cite web url http www.s4c.co.uk clirlun e index.shtml title Clirlun publisher S4C accessdate 2010 04 12 ref By the end of 2012, S4C has indicated that it plans to produce all of its programming in high definition. ref name Clirlun Pre history Before the launch of S4C ... 4 s opening. S4C appointed its first female CEO, Iona Jones in 2005. Programming S4C s remit is to provide a service which features a wide range of programmes in the Welsh language. Like Channel 4, S4C ... although the quantity purchased from ITV Wales has greatly reduced since the early years of S4C , and it has ... lang cy Newyddion , S4C s news bulletin, and a soap opera, lang cy Pobol y Cwm , and providing them to S4C free of charge. It has also provided or licensed Welsh language versions of English language programmes e.g. The Tweenies . On the analogue service, S4C showed programmes produced for Channel ... to S4C by Channel 4, free of charge. ref cite book title The Making of Channel 4 first Peter last ... difficult Welsh language words. TV films produced for S4C have received some good foreign reviews ... television have been known to point their aerials at the nearest English transmitters to avoid S4C ... back before the start of S4C in 1982, when Welsh language programming was included on BBC1 Wales ... more details
S4C has the rights to many sporting events, which it covers in the medium of Welsh. Coverage Rugby Union S4C s rugby coverage has been at the heart of the Saturday evening schedule for over a decade. S4C has joint rights, along with BBC Wales and Setanta Sports , to broadcast matches from the Magners League , which it does under the Y Clwb Rygbi brand. The Saturday night coverage starts at 6pm, with the match kicking off around 30 minutes later. The matches involve at least one Welsh regional team in them. Games are also shown on selected Sundays at 5pm during the season. S4C also have the rights to live matches from the Anglo Welsh Cup LV Cup and the conclusion of the Konica Minolta Cup and the Welsh Premier Division Principality Premiership at club level, as well as the Welsh Autumn Internationals and Six Nations Championship Six Nations at international level. Highlights of the Heineken Cup are also shown. BBC Wales produces most of the sporting coverage on S4C, as part of obligation to provide several hours of Welsh language programming each week. In the past, the channel has shown ... 14 in Le Rygbi . Rugby League S4C began its second foray into rugby league in June 2007, when they broadcast ... club. The only other time that S4C have screened the 13 man code was when they showed all three of Wales ... League competition, this coverage has now ceased. Association Football S4C broadcasts highlights ... is broadcast on Tuesday nights, usually at 10 pm. For the 2010 11 season, S4C will broadcast live ... football from the English League Pyramid and the rest of the Welsh club matches. Harness Racing S4C .... Rallying Due to the Wales Rally GB , S4C bid for and successfully won rights to broadcast highlights .... Cricket From 2010, S4C will introduce coverage of county cricket from Glamorgan, including 5 live matches ... e index.shtml S4C Sports Page S4C DEFAULTSORT S4c Sport Category Television channels in the United Kingdom Category Welsh language Category Television in Wales Category S4C ... more details
SDN S4C Digital Networks is a company that operates multiplexer Multiplex A, one of the six groups of channels on digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom . Despite its name, the company is now owned by ITV plc . History When digital terrestrial television was first launched in the UK, it was decided that Multiplex A must carry Five TV Channel 5 nationally, S4C in Wales and TeleG in Scotland. The right to operate the multiplex and therefore the rest of the space was to be given to the highest bidder. S4C who were already guaranteed their gifted space on the multiplex , United News and Media and NTL set up S4C Digital Networks each owned one third of the company and bid for the right to operate Multiplex A. In the event, they were the only bidder and, after having their business plan approved, were awarded the licence to operate Multiplex A by the Independent Television Commission in 1997. Before their licence became active, the name of the company was changed from S4C Digital Networks to SDN. ref http onhistory.mattaustin.co.uk GOlink ?linkid 113&category 04 ONhistory Timeline ref Upon the activation of the licence in 1998, SDN began broadcasting Multiplex A in 64 QAM mode at 24 megabits second which allows many channels to broadcast, though makes it more difficult to get a good signal . They rented out their capacity to various free and subscription channels though S4C did keep their gifted space in Wales to launch S4C2 . After the launch of Freeview UK Freeview to replace ITV Digital , the free services carried on Multiplex A became effectively part of Freeview. As SDN was not a member of the Freeview consortium, they were technically not part of the service though they were available to all Freeview viewers . In 2004, Top Up TV launched on Multiplex A, though it sub let its capacity from Five, and not SDN directly. Multiplexes A and 2 were the only options ... Kingdom DEFAULTSORT S4c Digital Networks Category Television in the United Kingdom Category S4C ... more details
The Welsh Fourth Channel Authority lang cy Awdurdod S4C regulates S4C Sianel Pedwar Cymru , the Welsh language television station of Wales . It is not connected to Ofcom , or any other regulator, and exists purely to ensure the quality of the channel. The Authority s Chair and members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport . It is currently chaired by Rheon Tomos, who was unanimously voted as Chair following the resignation of John Walter Jones. The Authority s future is unclear at present, due to a recent announcement Vague date March 2011 regarding the channel s integration with BBC Wales. The 2010 Spending Review, presented in the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, gave the BBC responsibility for the World Service, Monitoring and S4C. External links http www.s4c.co.uk abouts4c authority e index.shtml S4C Authority Navboxes list1 S4C Department for Culture, Media and Sport Media in the United Kingdom comporg Category Public bodies and task forces of the United Kingdom government Category Organisations based in Wales Fourth Channel Authority Category S4C UK tv channel stub Wales org stub ... more details
Sbectel IPA cy sp kt l is the name of S4C s former ancillary teletext service. It was named after the Welsh language S4C programme magazine called Sbec Welsh for peek which was originally a pull out of the TV Times in the ITV Wales & West ITV Wales area. Content Sbectel provides listings and information about S4C s programmes, such as previews of programmes and further information related to the programmes. Pages are provided in both Welsh language Welsh and English language English . The service is separate from the auxiliary and separately licensed teletext service also available on the channel. Sbectel also provides subtitles for S4C s programmes on page 888 in English and page 889 in Welsh. History Future Sbectel was first run in conjunction with ORACLE teletext ORACLE , the auxiliary teletext provider on Channel 4, in the 1980s. Sbectel occupied pages 410 499 within the page space. When ORACLE lost its licence and was replaced by Teletext Ltd. in 1993, Sbectel moved to its own page space on pages 300 399 and became directly run by S4C . In 2003, Sbectel moved to pages 400 499 which replaced pages 300 399 as S4C s page space . This was due to Channel 4 the equivalent of S4C in the United Kingdom outside Wales closing their Sbectel equivalent, FourText formerly 4 Tel , and launching a new teletext service in conjunction with Teletext Ltd, Teletext on 4 , on pages 400 499. In September 2007 the bilingual digital text service available on S4C Digidol was launched only to Freeview viewers in Wales. When the first area in Wales most of South West Wales completed its Digital switchover dates in the united kingdom Wales Digital Switchover on 9 September 2009, Sbectel also ceased ... Service publisher S4C date 2009 06 03 ref See also T acs TG4 Irish language teletext service External links http teletext.mb21.co.uk gallery ancillary c4 s4c 4 Tel and Sbectel gallery References references S4C Category Teletext Category S4C Category 1982 in British television Category 2009 disestablishments ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Infobox television show name Wedi 3 image caption genre Magazine format picture format runtime 60 minutes including advertisements voices location presenter John Hardy br Elinor Jones br Branwen Gwyn channel S4C first aired last aired present num series num episodes country Wales executive producer producer Tinopolis br S4C related website http wedi7.com Wedi 3 is S4C s daily magazine programme featuring specialties from around Wales. It s produced by Tinopolis and as the show s title suggests it s broadcast at three o clock. It has a sister show called Wedi 7 . Category S4C television programmes ... more details
Cnex is a programme on the Welsh channel S4C . Cnex animates Welsh celebrities including, Bryn Terfel , Glyn Wise , Rhodri Morgan , Charlotte Church , Gavin Henson , Dai Jones , Iolo Williams and Si n Lloyd Writers Paul Lewis Keith Rees External links http www.s4c.co.uk cnex Cnex s website on S4C cy icon Category British animated television series ... more details
UK tv prog stub Y Byd ar Bedwar is a Welsh language current affairs news format current affairs television programme, which has broadcast on S4C since the channel was launched in 1982. Produced by ITV Wales & West ITV Wales , the programme has a reputation for hard hitting, investigative journalism of the highest standard. Production team Editor Geraint Evans Journalists Eifion Glyn, Gwyn Loader, Ian Edwards, Sian Morgan, Linda Parry, Category S4C television programmes ... more details
Iona Jones is a Welsh people Welsh television executive, the former head of Welsh language channel S4C . ref name BBC10797358 Born in Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , ref name BBC10797358 she was brought up in Lampeter , Ceredigion , before moving to Cardiff with her family when she was six. ref name BBC10797358 Jones graduated in economic and social history from Exeter University . ref name Indp518224 On graduation in 1986, she joined BBC Cymru Wales as a trainee journalist. She later became editor of the current affairs programme Taro Naw and daily news programme Newyddion , produced by the BBC for S4C. In 1995, Jones joined S4C as the director of corporate affairs. In 2000 she joined ITV Wales , where she represented Carlton Television s regional companies throughout the UK on the Communications Act 2003 . ref name Indp518224 Jones was appointed Director of Programmes at S4C in 2003, and became Chief Executive in 2005, the fourth S4C CEO and first woman to hold the position. ref name Indp518224 citeweb url http www.independent.co.uk news media iona jones my life in media 518224.html title Iona Jones My Life In Media publisher The Independent date December 5, 2005 accessdate July 28, 2010 ref Jones left S4C in July 2010, after discussion over the future funding of S4C. ref name BBC10797358 citeweb url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk wales 10797358 title S4C chief executive Iona Jones leaves her post publisher BBC Wales date July 28, 2010 accessdate July 28, 2010 ref She has three children and lives in Cardiff. ref name Indp518224 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Iona ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, Iona Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category People from Haverfordwest Category Welsh speaking people Category Alumni of the University of Exeter Category Welsh television executives Wales bio stub cy Iona Jones ... more details
This is a list of television channels that broadcast in Welsh language . Current channels S4C general entertainment channel, news, documentaries, children s programmes, dramas, sport and films broadcasting in Wales. Cyw Children s channel on satellite with programmes in Welsh, with a range of home produced and foreign dubbed programmes. S4C 2 Welsh parliament channel, broadcasting in both Welsh and English. See also List of Welsh language programmes Television in Wales List of television channels in Celtic languages External links http www.s4c.co.uk S4C website http www.s4c.co.uk abc Cyw website Category Television in Wales Category Lists of television channels by language Welsh ... more details
programming and alternate programming that couldn t be aired on the main S4C channel, such as uninterrupted ... programme entitled Y Dydd yn Y Cynulliad The Day in the Assembly on S4C from Tuesday 20 April 2010. ref http www.s4c.co.uk e press level2.shtml?id 322 S4C to broadcast from the Assembly , S4C press release, 26 March 2010 ref ref http www.s4c.co.uk e press level2.shtml?id 328 S4C to broadcast the day at the Assembly , S4C press release, 15 April 2010 ref On 16 September 2010, S4C2 was removed from ... 06 12 10 publisher Join Freesat date 6 December 2010 ref S4C confirmed the channel s closure in January ... be more heavily featured on the main S4C channel, whilst recorded coverage of the Assembly would continue ... http www.webcitation.org query?url http 3A 2F 2Fwww.s4c.co.uk 2Fc how s4c2.shtml&date 2011 01 15 S4C ... S4C Category Legislature broadcasters cy S4C2 fr S4C2 ... more details
about the Welsh television program Bandit disambiguation Bandit was a Welsh language music television show on S4C , produced by Boomerang Plus Boomerang . It included live performances, videos and interviews and was presented by Huw Stephens , Sarra Elgan and Huw Evans . The programme aimed to raise the profile of Welsh language popular music but also included music from Wales with lyrics in other languages usually English language English . The last episode of Bandit was broadcast on December 28, 2011, after a decade of being on the air. The special show was presented by Stephens and Evans. The Bandit team also used to organize several gigs each year and the show was considered to be S4C s flagship music programme. Their multiple nominations for BAFTA Cymru awards each year demonstrated the programme s appeal. ref http www.s4c.co.uk sched e press level2.shtml?id 82 S4C receive 38 BAFTA Cymru nominations , S4C Press release 17 April 2007 ref One of their BAFTAs was won for Best Title Sequence Best Motion Graphics the attention to detail had also been carried over to their website. External links http bandit247.com bandit247.com old show site http www.s4c.co.uk e press.shtml News from the Press at S4C References Reflist Category Welsh language television shows tv prog stub cy Bandit rhaglen deledu ... more details
Infobox television show name Sgorio Cymru image caption genre Sports format creator S4C developer starring theme music composer opentheme endtheme composer country flagicon Wales Wales language Welsh English Subtitles num seasons num episodes list episodes executive producer camera runtime 30 35 minutes Approx company S4C distributor network S4C picture format audio format first run first aired last aired present status preceded by followed by This may eventually be used so don t delete related This may eventually be used so don t delete website http www.s4c.co.uk sgorio production website http www.s4c.co.uk Sgorio Cymru is a Welsh language football television programme on S4C , featuring comprehensive highlights from the Welsh Premier League and the Welsh Cup . The show is broadcast every Saturday night throughout the season. Several live matches are broadcast throughout the year. Morgan Jones and Alun Williams present the weekly highlights show on a rotating basis with main match commentary from Bryn Tomos, reports on other games from Emyr Davies, Mike Davies, Llyr Huws Gruffydd & Gary Pritchard and a regular news round up from Malcolm Allen footballer Malcolm Allen . The show was previously known as Y Clwb Pel Droed until previous producers BBC Cymru lost the rights to Welsh domestic football to S4C. During the season, an interactive service was introduced on digital satellite for English language commentary, produced by Sunset and Vine Cymru. External links http www.s4c.co.uk sgorio e home Official website S4C Category Welsh language television shows Category Television in Wales Category S4C television programmes Category British sports television programmes ... more details
John Walter Jones was the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board , a post which he held between 1993 and 2004. ref name S4C John Walter Jones was born in Moelfre , Anglesey ref name S4C cite web url http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 143940157.html title 11 more viewers turned on by S4C Welsh station bucks a trend. publisher Liverpool Daily Post HighBeam accessdate 13 March 2010 date 1 April 2006 first Hywel last Trewyn ref and educated in Bangor and the Uwic University of Wales Institute Cardiff . An economics graduate, he worked in the Welsh Office in Cardiff and London, where he was a private secretary to three Welsh Office Ministers. In 1981 John was responsible for setting up the Government s first ever grants regime in support of the Welsh Language and in 1988 he was seconded to establish the non statutory Welsh Language Board. He became the first Chief Executive of the statutory Welsh Language Board in 1993. Jones retired from the Welsh Language Board in 2004, ref name S4C and that year he was ordained to the Order of the Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales National Eisteddfod in Newport . He also received an OBE for services to the Welsh language in the same year. In April 2006, he was appointed as Chair of Welsh language television channel S4C . ref name S4C References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, John Walter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, John Walter Category Living people Category People from Anglesey Wales bio stub ... more details
Infobox television show name Wedi 7 image caption genre Magazine format picture format runtime 30 minutes including advertisements voices location presenter Angharad Mair Branwen Gwyn, John Hardy channel S4C first aired last aired present num series num episodes country Wales executive producer producer Tinopolis br S4C related website http wedi7.com Wedi 7 After 7 is S4C s nightly magazine programme. Produced by Tinopolis , it is the half hour sister programme to a full hour Wedi 3 After 3 . Show contents The show is presented by the programme s editor, Angharad Mair , and includes Wales news including leisure , entertainment and all the local events. She is joined by studio guests ranging from well known celebrities to the up and coming stars of tomorrow and those with a story to tell. A team of correspondents based in Llanelli and Caernarfon report live into the programme every night. External links http www.wedi7.com default.asp?Locale EN Official Website Category S4C television programmes Category Tinopolis Wales stub UK tv stub Nonfiction tv prog stub cy Wedi 7 ... more details
CLIC can refer to Clathrin independent carrier a subtype of endocytic membrane CLIC Sargent , a cancer charity in the United Kingdom Compact Linear Collider , a proposed particle accelerator at CERN Company Level Intelligence Cell , a group of infantry Marines who form a small intelligence unit. Mandriva Linux CLIC , is a dedicated version of Mandrakelinux Community Leadership Independence Coalition, a party formed by Peter Lewis politician Peter Lewis in the 2002 South Australian legislative election Clic album an album by Italian experimental musician Franco Battiatio Cooperating Libraries in Consortium, a non profit consortium of the libraries of eight private colleges and universities in Minneapolis Saint Paul S4C Clic , a video on demand service from Welsh broadcaster S4C Clic Nygaard , a company servicing computeres, wireless sound and more disambig fr Clic ... more details
File Debating Chamber.jpg thumb right 150px The main debating chamber of the Senedd CF99 is a Welsh language politics programme on S4C named after the unique post code of the National Assembly for Wales from where the programme is broadcast live. The programme is presented by Bethan Rhys Roberts and Vaughan Roderick. External links http www.s4c.co.uk ffeithiol e cf99.shtml Official website Media in Cardiff Category S4C television programmes Category Welsh language television shows Category Television shows set in Cardiff Wales stub UK tv prog stub ... more details
primarysources date December 2010 Infobox television show name Rapsgaliwn image format Children s television series Children s , entertainment runtime 15 minutes location Various creator Fflic presenter Rhodri Meilir Rapsgaliwn country United Kingdom network S4C first aired start date 2010 last aired present num episodes Unknown Rapsgaliwn is an S4C programme for pre school children. It is shown on the Welsh language children s television programming opt out, Cyw ref http cyw.s4c.co.uk en gwylio a gwrando rapsgaliwn ref Reflist Category Children s television series ... more details
Refimprove date August 2007 Sgorio is a Wales Welsh Football soccer football television programme broadcast in Wales on S4C and produced by Rondo Media. The regular presenter is Nic Parry , but the programme is sometimes presented by Morgan Jones or Alun Jones. It is broadcast on Monday evenings and specialised in highlighted coverage of Europe an football particularly in the Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga football Bundesliga premier leagues. Sgorio was first aired in 1988 and for the first decade or so included Rallying and other minority sports. For the past 10 years or so however it has concentrated solely on football. The success of Sgorio , also extended outside Wales as avid English football fans, before cable or satellite television services, attempted to pick up S4C on their aerials just so they could watch the international football games being shown on Sgorio . The popularity of the show led Channel 4 to creating their own international football show in 1992. Sgorio regularly used the famous Italian football cultural line Golaccio . On 14 December 2009, an edition of Sgorio got the lowest rating in S4C s history, when it recorded a zero rating fewer than 2,500 viewers , according to the Broadcasters Audience Research Board BARB . ref http www.walesonline.co.uk news wales news 2010 01 07 s4c s sgorio scored nil with welsh viewers 91466 25543548 ref References reflist External links http www.s4c.co.uk sgorio S4C Sgorio page Welsh site http www.s4c.co.uk sgorio e home English site Category S4C television programmes Category Sports television in Wales Category British sports television programmes Wales sport stub nonfiction tv prog stub cy Sgorio ... more details
Infobox television show name C r Cymru image caption Caption not needed for a logo format Talent show picture format 16 9 runtime 60mins creator presenter Nia Roberts presenter Nia Roberts br Gareth Owen presenter Gareth Owen br Heledd Cynwal presenter Heledd Cynwal judges channel S4C first aired 2003 last aired num series 5 num episodes country Wales company Opus tf Rondo preceded by followed by website C r Cymru is a Wales Welsh TV Competition searching for the best choir in Wales, and airing every 2 years on S4C . The first series was presented by Aled Jones and Heledd Cynwal, but all subsequent series have been fronted by Nia Roberts presenter Nia Roberts and Gareth Owen presenter Gareth Owen . The show sees choirs competing against each other in knockout style semi finals in five different categories Male Voice Choirs Female Voice Choirs Mixed Voice Choirs Youth Choirs 16 25 years Children s Choirs 16 years and younger The winners in each category then compete in the live final for the grand title of Choir of Wales . The winners of the title so far are 2003 The Ceredigion School of Music 2005 Serendipity 2007 Cywair 2009 The Ceredigion School of Music 2011 Cywair Despite a similar show being developed by the BBC in the form of Last Choir Standing , S4C recently revealed C r Cymru returned for a brand new series in 2009 ref http www.s4c.co.uk sched e press level2.shtml?id 180 S4C Press Release ref . Facilities supplied by The Barcud Derwen Group . References Reflist External links http opustfcom.site.securepod.com events cor cymru Official Site from Opus UKGameshow C r Cymru DEFAULTSORT Cor Cymru Category S4C television programmes Category Television in Wales Category British reality television series Category 2003 television series debuts Category Singing competitions ... more details
the screen. The future In a press release, S4C announced that the plan would be eventually for Cyw to launch as a standalone channel, separate from S4C, whose airspace it currently shares on Sky Digital ... programmes Category S4C television programmes Category Entities with Welsh names ... more details
title S4C launches 2010 C n i Gymru songwriting competition date 2009 10 15 publisher S4C accessdate ... canigymru C n i Gymru website http www.s4c.co.uk S4C website C n i Gymru DEFAULTSORT Can I Gymru Category 2010 in Wales Category Welsh language music Category S4C television programmes Category British ... more details
Image Planedplant.png right Planed Plant Children s Planet was a strand of Welsh language television programming for children broadcast by S4C . It is similar to CBBC & CITV Although it included such imported animated programmes as Yu Gi Oh and Sabrina, the Animated Series Sabrina , Dubbing filmmaking dubbed into Welsh language Welsh , Planed Plant also featured a number of Welsh produced programmes. Uned 5 , the channel s flagship youth magazine show, was often introduced by Planed Plant until April 2005 when the programme moved to a new prime time slot. Planed Plant was shown on S4C weekdays between 16.00 & 17.00 on analogue and 16 00 & 18 00 on digital. In 2010, S4C replaced it with a similar children s block called Stwnsh . Presenters Continuity presenters in the past include br Branwen Gwyn Elain Edwards Lisa Gwilym Sarra Elgan Rhydian Bowen Phillips Glyn Wise as a guest presenter Alex Jones presenter Alex Jones Mari Grug Alun Williams Rhodri Owen Revamped service On Friday 26 October 2007, in house production of Planed Plant ceased and was replaced by a service produced by independent production company Boomerang the following Monday. As part of the changes, the previous presentation team Alex Jones, Mari Grug, Alun Williams were replaced by a new team of announcers presenters. Newcomers Geraint Hardy and Meleri Williams began presenting the 4 6pm strand for older children Planed Plant . Williams left the presentation strand after eleven months and was replaced by Lois Cernyw and Tudur Phillips. See also S le Similar strand of programmes on Irish language TG4 External links http www.s4c.co.uk planedplant Official Planed Plant site http www.s4c.co.uk e press level2.shtml?id 134 Press release with details on presentation changes http www.s4c.co.uk stwnsh Stwnsh Category British children s television programmes Category S4C television programmes Category Television in Wales cy Planed Plant ... more details
Image ETP 1.jpg thumb right 175px ETP 1 ETP 1 or Electronic Test Pattern One was a test card designed and used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority IBA . After test transmissions from the IBA s Engineering Regional Operations Centre ROC in Croydon from 1978 it was phased in on ITV over a period starting from 1979, replacing Test Card F . After ITV went 24 hours in 1988, the card ceased to be seen on the channel. It was also seen extensively on both Channel 4 and S4C during both the pre launch tests and during the downtime of those channels, due to their limited hours early on. After launch, it was alternated with in vision teletext services from ORACLE teletext ORACLE and 4 Tel Sbectel . On these channels, it was captioned either IBA CH4 or IBA S4C, with lines above and below this indicating the card was being generated by the channel, the absence of these lines meant it was generated at the transmitter. After the splitting up of the IBA in 1990, the captioning was changed to Arqiva NTL CH4 NTL S4C. ETP 1 was last broadcast on December 31, 1992 after which Channel 4 showed 4 Tel on View and gradually increased its late night programming eventually going 24 hours a day in 1997. S4C now broadcasts black screen and tone when off air. On April 18, 2012, ETP 1 made one final appearance on Channel 4 to announce the loss of analogue television services in the London region. The card was shown from the Crystal Palace transmitting station Crystal Palace transmitter only, and was the last thing broadcast by analogue Channel 4 before the signal was switched off. Category Test cards ... more details
unreferenced date March 2012 Bumper Films was a children s stop motion production company founded by John Walker and Ian Frampton in 1982. It is best known for creating Fireman Sam in 1987 1994. It also created Joshua Jones TV series Joshua Jones in 1991 1992, Starhill Ponies in 1998 2001 and Rocky Hollow in 1983. The company was also used for S4C and BBC . In 2000, all the rights to Bumper Films with Fireman Sam only were sold to HiT Entertainment and Bumper Films was shut down. The logo was two children on a bumper boat with a yellow flag and black writing saying BUMPER FILMS . The boy was enjoying the ride and the girl was looking through a telescope. The music or sound was a splashing sound or a whooshing sound. The logo can still be seen on Fireman Sam classic DVDs with HiT Entertainment and S4C logos at the copyright credit. Some people think it s scary because of the splash or the whoosh and the boy. and some may be scared of the whole logo. In 1992 when Joshua Jones aired on the BBC and in 1994 when fourth series of Fireman Sam aired on the BBC, the flag was changed to blue, the flag s writing was changed to white and the splash on the back was changed to smoke whooshes. only Joshua Jones and Fireman Sam were the only two Bumper Films and S4C shows to be conjected by Prism Art and Design Ltd. When Starhill Ponies aired on CBBC in 1998, Bumper Films had a new logo, the boat was gone and just says Bumper Films in turtqoiuse blue Graffiti bubble type writing along with the Mike Young Productions, BBC Worldwide and S4C logos In Welsh, Bumper Films is called Ffilmial Bumper . List of shows Rocky Hollow first aired 1983. Fireman Sam first aired 1987. Joshua Jones TV series Joshua Jones first aired 1991. Starhill Ponies first aired 1998. Category Companies established in 1982 Category Companies disestablished in 2000 ... more details
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