The S4C Authority () is an independent public body appointed by the

United Kingdom Government His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government or otherwise UK Government, is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to oversee the management of the Welsh-language television channel

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speakin ...

. Although an independent body, the authority works in conjunction with the UK-wide broadcasting and telecommunications regulator

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, who have responsibility for regulating S4C's output. In the

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which he presented to the

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on 20 October 2010, the

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, George Osborne, announced that part of the responsibility for funding S4C was to be transferred to the

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. On 10 August 2012, the BBC Trust,

and the S4C Authority launched a public consultation on a draft Operating Agreement concluded between the two broadcasters and setting out their relationship from 1 April 2013, the date following which it is intended that most of S4C's funding will come from the BBC

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.BBC Trust: "The public gets its say on BBC and S4C operating agreement"
Retrieved 10 August 2012.

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