S4C2
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| S4C2 | |
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| Launched | September 1999 |
| Owned by | S4C |
| Country |  Wales |
| Sister channel(s) | S4C |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 86 (Wales only) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 507 |
| Freesat | Channel 507 |
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| Virgin Media | Channel 195 (Wales only) |
S4C2 (Sianel Pedwar Cymru Dau, which is Welsh for Channel Four Wales Two) is a free British television station owned by S4C that broadcasts coverage of the National Assembly for Wales.
The channel broadcasts from 9am to 6pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday across all platforms, and shows coverage of the National Assembly for Wales whenever it is in session along with key committee meetings and discussion and analysis. All programming is produced by the BBC.
As the Assembly is bilingual, with members allowed to speak in both English and Welsh, the service carries two audio feeds on Freeview and satellite: an untranslated feed that broadcasts proceedings in their original language (be it English or Welsh) and an English feed that translates any Welsh speech into English.
The channel launched in September 1999 as a free channel on the ONdigital platform using S4C's gifted capacity on multiplex A, and later Sky Digital and NTL. Today it forms part of the Freeview service and cable throughout Wales, but is available throughout the United Kingdom on satellite.
S4C2 has more recently been used for many interactive features, such as The National Eisteddfod's Preliminary Rounds and Goreuon Can i Gymru (Best of Can i Gymru, a Competition held every year)'s Sing-along feature.
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