What is S4C?
[[File:S4C logo 2014.svg|right|200px]] '''S4C''' ({{IPA-cy|ˌɛs ˌpɛdwar ˈɛk}}, from the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a [[Welsh language|Welsh-language]] free-to-air [[television channel]]. It first started in 1982 in [[Wales]] only, as the fourth analogue channel (after [[BBC One]], [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]], and [[BBC Two]]). It was the first Welsh-language television channel. The rest of the [[United Kingdom]] had [[Channel 4]] instead. S4C did also show some Channel 4 programmes in [[English language|English]] at first, but both channels can now be watched in Wales.<ref>{{cite news|title=S4C Holds a Special Position in the TV Advertising Market|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-222523953.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504171132/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-222523953.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 May 2016|work=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]]|date=31 March 2010|access-date=7 April 2016|via=[[HighBeam Research]] }}</ref> S4C can be watched in all of the [[United Kingdom]] on [[Freeview]] and other services since 2010.<ref name=Laughton>{{cite journal|last=Laughton|first=Roger|title=S4C:An Independent Review|page=32|publisher=Department for Culture, Media and Sport|date=July 2004|access-date=29 January 2009|url=http://www.s4c.co.uk/abouts4c/authority/pdf/e_adolygiad_laughton.pdf}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK television channels|state=collapsed}} [[Category:1982 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:British television channels]] {{Multistub|TV|UK}}