12-09-2023, 10:23 PM
(12-09-2023, 10:47 AM)Brekkie Wrote: Do S4C still have the rights to a second channel on Freeview (S4C2 was closed many years ago). I could see Cyw (if it's still called that) existing similarly well as a channel in it's own right.S4C DO have the right to half a digital multiplex worth of channels in Wales, and being a PSB I wouldn’t have thought it would be too difficult to invite/force Sky and Virgin on-board…
BUT now S4C are more or less funded entirely out of licence fee money, coupled with the general shift to online in general, I’m not sure a kids’ channel would do that well, if it was to be launched.
I think S4C are focusing more on trying to grow their profile nationally and do more drama co-productions. One’s already been sold to Netflix, and I imagine the partnership with Ryan Reynolds’ FAST TV service in the US will do some good as well.