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{{Short description|Independent public body in Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox organisation
| name                     = S4C Authority
| type                     = [[Statutory corporation#United Kingdom|Statutory corporation]]
| purpose                  = Regulation authority for [[S4C]]
| formation                = 1981<br />[[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]
| native name              = Awdurdod S4C
| native_name_lang         = cy
| location                 = [[Carmarthen]], [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]
| area_served              = [[Wales]]
| key_people               =
}}
The '''S4C Authority''' ({{langx|cy|'''Awdurdod S4C'''}}) was an independent public body appointed by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom Government]]'s [[Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] to oversee the management of the [[Welsh-language]] television channel [[S4C]].<ref>[http://www.s4c.co.uk/abouts4c/authority/e_index.shtml S4C Authority official website] Retrieved 7 July 2012.</ref> Although an independent body, the authority worked in conjunction with the UK-wide broadcasting and telecommunications regulator [[Ofcom]], who have responsibility for regulating S4C's output.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.s4c.cymru/en/about-us/page/34600/s4c-regulation/ |title=S4C Regulation |website=S4C}}</ref>

In the [[spending review]] which he presented to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] on 20 October 2010, the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[George Osborne]], announced that part of the responsibility for funding S4C was to be transferred to the [[BBC]].<ref name="Guardianreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/20/spending-review-2010-key-points|title=Spending review 2010:key points at a glance|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|access-date=21 October 2010|date=20 October 2010|location=London}}</ref> On 10 August 2012, the [[BBC Trust]], [[Ofcom]] 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 was intended that most of S4C's funding was to come from the BBC [[licence fee]].<ref>
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2012/S4C_operating_agreement.html BBC Trust: "The public gets its say on BBC and S4C operating agreement"] Retrieved 10 August 2012.</ref>

Following an [[Independent reviews in the United Kingdom|independent review]] of S4C, the S4C Authority was replaced with a unitary board in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-43569372 |title=S4C set to lose UK government funding by 2022 |website=BBC News}}</ref> The new S4C board operated in shadow form until it was put into law by the [[Media Act 2024]], with the S4C Authority being formally replaced on 23 August 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878de7d2bad77c3dae4dd72/ACCESSIBLE_S4C_ARA_2024-25.pdf |title=S4C Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25 |website=GOV.uk}}</ref>

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