These Are the Facts About S4c, but Why Let Them Spoil a Good Headline? ; As Questions Continue Over the Independent Future of S4c, Misconceptions About the Station Demand to Be Addressed Urgently, Argues Head of Research Carys Evans Thursday Essay

Western Mail › November 04, 2010

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MENTION something often enough and people will believe you.

This has been the case with S4C's viewing figures, starting with the claim of "zero ratings" for almost 200 of its programmes back in March to the popular misconception now quoted by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, among others, that the number of people viewing S4C today can be fairly and justifiably compared to the figures a year ago and earlier.

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These Are the Facts About S4c, but Why Let Them Spoil a Good Headline? ; As Questions Continue Over the Independent Future of S4c, Misconceptions About the Station Demand to Be Addressed Urgently, Argues Head of Research Carys Evans Thursday Essay

I'll begin with the second false argument.

Up until the onset of Digital TV in the late '90s, S4C was the sole provider of Englishlanguage Channel 4 programmes for a large part of the Welsh population. This included popular Channel 4 programmes like Countdown, Big ...

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