S4C needs to make more impact, says Ed Vaizey
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S4C needs to make more impact, says Ed Vaizey
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Welsh language TV channel S4C is failing to to make a sufficient impact, says UK Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.
He made the comments as he gave evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee's inquiry into the channel.
He told the committee that he felt low viewing figures were at the heart of the issue.
The channel says almost 1m people in Wales watched S4C during the last four weeks of 2010, with an additional 400,000 outside Wales.
Addressing questions in the House of Commons committee, Mr Vaizey told MPs: "The concern the department has is, that with such low viewing figures, that maybe it is not making the impact on the Welsh language and on Welsh culture that it could.
"You would want to see an organisation like that, like S4C which has significant and generous funding make a significant impact on the Welsh language and Welsh broadcasting."
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Nearly a million people in Wales watched S4C during the last four weeks of 2010”
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The inquiry into the channel was prompted by the UK government's decision to change the way S4C will be funded in the future.
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