The Future of Welsh-language broadcaster S4C: Funding and Remit

In March 2018 the long awaited independent review of S4C under the chairmanship of Euryn Ogwen Williams was published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Its aim is to assess the current remit, funding arrangement and governance structure of S4C and provide recommendations on how S4C can continue to provide a Welsh-language service that can ‘thrive and flourish in the 21st century’ . Responding to the review’s call for written evidence in advance of publication, the Centre for Media and Culture in Small Nations undertook a comparative study between S4C and other minority-language PSBs in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, focusing on the key themes identified by the review. In response to the review, Dr Helen Davies and Dr Christina Papagiannouli of the Centre for Media and Culture in Small Nations at University of South Wales explore some of the recommendations and main challenges facing minority language PSBs in the digital age.