The Welsh Fourth Channel Authority, known in Welsh as Cyfrifoldeb Awdurdod S4C, controls the S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, Channel 4 Wales) television station. It is not connected to Ofcom, or any other regulator, and exists purely to ensure the quality of the country's Welsh language channel. It is currently chaired by John Walter Jones OBE. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, which is Welsh for Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... John Walter Jones was the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board, a post which he held between 1993 and 2004. ...
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Spoken by 18.7% of the Welsh population, it is the strongest of the surviving Celtic languages.
Welsh has been in decline in the face of English expansion since the accession of the Welsh Henry Tudor (as Henry VII) to the throne of England in 1485.
According to a survey, in 1995 21% of the Welsh population spoke the national tongue; of that number, it was the mother tongue of 55%.
S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru - 'Channel Four Wales') is a Welsh-language television channel broadcasting in Wales, United Kingdom, which was established in response to demands for a channel to cater for the Welsh-speaking minority population in Wales.
It is the equivalent of Channel 4, which broadcasts to the rest of the United Kingdom.
S4C is controlled by the WelshFourthChannelAuthority (Awdurod Sianel Pedwar Cymru in Welsh), an independent body unconnected to the bodies which regulate the other UK television channels such as the BBC, ITV, or Channel 4.
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