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Thought it might be better to set up a separate thread about S4C programming, especially after all the upheaval documented on the News thread.

Voting for the annual Can i Gymru (Song for Wales) contest on St David’s Day was hit by phone line troubles.

BBC Cymru Fyw reported today that some viewers had claimed they received higher than usual phone bills even after being unable to vote.

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S4C, for its part, said a record 17,000 votes had been cast - substantially higher than last year (and the result doesn’t appear to have come under question)

There’s been a considerable revival of interest in the contest in recent years, largely driven by the (largely mocking) social media commentary.

Couldn't find an established thread for discussing the music channels that That's TV run, apart from the discussion about the entertainment channels in the Industry News local tv thread, so here's one…

Alongside their existing 60s, 80s and 90s channels, it seems that including, or in addition to, acquiring the former Trace Vault channel slot of Sky, That's have also acquired the 'Chart Show' brand, today launching 'Chart Show Retro', essentially just a mix of the 80s and 90s music played on the other channels.

It's been testing for the last week and a half, and it's interesting to see how they've altered the look. Originally, the idents were modelled in the style of the old ITV Chart Show, using the same music with a recreated logo and early 90s looking 3D models of the rollercoaster, bumper cars, space rocket 'thingys', but now the channel has launched, they're using some of the more recent mid 2010s idents used on both Chart Show TV and Chart Show Dance, just with some new music.

They also tested a 'Play' graphic in a sort of VHS style at the start of videos before the lower right song information appeared, though they look to have removed it before launching

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Readers might be interested to know that Any Answers on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday had to go to a backup tape.

If you don't know, Any Answers is a phone-in show, a sister programme to Any Questions, that goes out live on a Saturday.

There were problems with the phones from the start which is a problem for a phone-in show. They eventually (from about 13:38 in the link below) went to a backup tape before moving studios and coming back on air with working phone lines a bit later. The presenter, Anita Anand, said that the whole system had melted. I'm not sure that was true.

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Fresh off changes to Radios 1, 2 & 3, BBC Radio 4 has announced some changes. It looks like primarily some programme will be extended.

Presumably this is related to budget cuts - it must be cheaper to produce one 60 minute show than two 30 minute programmes.

- Desert Island Discs will be extended to an hour and air on Sundays at 10am
- The Media Show will be extended to an hour and begin at 4pm on Wendesdays
- The Food Programme is extended to 42 minutes duration and airs on Fridays at 11am
- File on 4 is also extended to be 42 minutes long
- The way investigative programmes will appear on Sounds will be simplified under one page
- The Archers omnibus will be released on Sounds ahead of linear broadcast
- Free Thinking and The Verb moves from Radio 3
- Comedy to air at 11pm on Saturdays

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And, earlier in the week, it was announced that Martha Kearney will step down from the Today programme after the general election.
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Martin Lewis won a award yesterday and made a rather powerful speech. He praised ITV for given over enough airtime to cover the topics he's on about ( to be fair I dare say that its all linked to licence)

However it was his comment about the BBC and its downgraded Consumer affairs as a concession. I think this is the first time in BBC has been given telling off for its offering since the 2019 offering?

It was covered on the blue place at the time: www.tvforum.co.uk 

Martin has proved that Social media is no match for his type of operation, and this is the type of broadcast telly is badly need and should expanded.


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A modest break bumper to mark Saint David's Day 2024 on S4C - theident.gallery 

Prepare to fall into the streaming rabbit hole known as Tubi. Its just got a new idents and logo from a London based branding company. Tubi supposedly has the largest library of any streamer. It will interesting to see how big that is when its expands to the UK
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This has possibly been the strangest pre-season build-up since the program started 12 seasons ago. Its been completely quiet. The fandom has fled and the producers have done little to nothing to hype up one of longest running reality shows in Canadian history. Most of the lack of fan engagement comes down to the bone-headed decision to end the live feeds and offer up what they called Digital Dailies. Which the producers called "curated hours" of footage which retained the fun and strategy the fans love. It was none of that. Instead there were hours of chopped of conversations and hours of people cleaning, cooking or talking about simply nothing. In the middle of a good strategy talk the feed would change to nothing. Infuriating fans even more. And they would be released at odd times with no time stamps so there was no clue when it happened.

So up to this point with one promo released that gave absolutely nothing away about the theme. We go the first 4 images images inside the new house. From what I can see its mountains, marble and gold and a huge star on the floor in the middle of the living room. Could this be an All-Stars seasons. The website has been re-skinned but the new look again gives nothing. Fans has noticed that that "Digital Dailies" tab is now gone. Does that mean LIVE feeds will be back. Again producers are tight-lipped. In years past host and now one of the executive producers would have been running from news outlet to news outlet giving loads of interviews about what to expect from the upcoming season. Nothing. The show begins on 5th MARCH.

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A new look schedule coming to Radio 3 this Spring.

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Among the things that jump out immediately, the long-running Friday Night is Music Night moves from Radio 2 and returns to a a regular slot having been disrupted by Covid for the past few years.

It has been running occasional specials on Sunday - and those will continue on R2 during the year.

Jools Holland presents a new show on Saturday lunchtime called “Earlier” (not surprisingly) while there’s a new late night jazz show on weekdays and Clive Myrie joins to present a new feature series called ‘Music on the Frontline’.

Two of Radio 3’s speech shows are also moving to Radio 4.

Just announced on air. Said we would "still hear his voice occasionally" in the future on Virgin Radio.