The Joint News Review Board will meet at least once every four months, with chairmanship rotating between the S4C director of commissioning and BBC Wales head of Welsh language programmes
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A Joint News Review Board is to be set up in order to monitor the BBC News service on S4C, as part of a renewed agreement between the two broadasters.
The agreement covers the partnership between the BBC Trust and the S4C Authority until 2013, when new fundings arrangements agreed in the licence fee settlement will come into effect. One of the new provisions is for the establishment of a Joint News Review Board, the BBC Trust said in an announcement, "which will discuss and consult on the performance and strategic development of the BBC's News service on S4C".
The board will meet at least once every four months, with chairmanship rotating between the S4C director of commissioning and BBC Wales head of Welsh language programmes. The agreement also confirms the previously announced reduction in funding for the 10 hours of weekly programming the BBC must supply S4C with, from £23.5 million in 2010/11, to £19.4 million in 2012/13.
"The renewed partnership builds on our strong relationship with S4C and underpins the BBC's existing long-standing commitment to Welsh language broadcasting," BBC Trust Chairman Sir Michael Lyons says in the announcement.
Rheon Tomos, vice-chairman of the S4C Authority added that the authority is looking forward to working in partnership with the BBC.
