S4C Funding and Governance

Gwenda Thomas said: ‘It is well known that there have been problems with S4C and its regulation. However, S4C has always provided a high quality Welsh language TV channel, stimulated Wales’ creative industries, and provided an alternative to the other broadcasters in Wales’.

‘I do not believe that the change to funding through the BBC license fee which the Westminster government has imposed is fair or equitable’.

‘These changes should be subject to a review which recognises the quality of S4C’s Welsh language programming, and provide a secure funding source for S4C. This would maintain its independence. As there have been problems with S4C’s governance, this review should also devise new methods of regulating it’.