BBC Wales reports record numbers for network television and for many online services
BBC Wales reveals record levels of network television production in Wales as it publishes its Management Review for 2015/16 today. The report – published in parallel with the Audience Council of Wales’ review of the year – also shows record growth for many of BBC Wales’ online, social media and mobile services.

BBC Wales reveals record levels of network television production in Wales as it publishes its Management Review for 2015/16 today. The report – published in parallel with the Audience Council of Wales’ review of the year – also shows record growth for many of BBC Wales’ online, social media and mobile services.
The review reveals that mobile devices - including tablets - now account for almost two-thirds (62%) of online consumption, with computers and laptops falling to 33%.
With 3.46 million unique browsers a week now accessing BBC Wales’ English language online services, the review also highlights strong growth in BBC iPlayer, BBC Cymru Fyw and social media services.
- The number of weekly unique browsers for English language BBC Wales content on BBC iPlayer has increased to 290,000, up from 74,000 in 2014-15, driven by programmes that appeal to younger audiences.
- The number of weekly unique browsers accessing Welsh language online services has more than doubled to 193,000 in 2015-16 (compared with 89,000 the previous year), with S4C's introduction to BBC iPlayer making a big contribution.
- The number of people following BBC Wales accounts on social media has doubled to 1,016,000.
- In the week Wales qualified for Euro 2016, BBC Wales Sport on Facebook attracted 3.8m views.
In a strong year of output, highlights included the return of Sherlock and Hinterland, the globally acclaimed War And Peace, and a glorious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. BBC Wales introduced a brand new competition, BBC Young Dancer, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales thrilled audiences across South America as part of Patagonia 150 anniversary celebrations.
The reviews also reveals that in 2015/16, the BBC commissioned more than £59m of network programming from Wales - the highest ever level. This accounted for 7.1% of all BBC network television expenditure. This included Sherlock, Doctor Who, Crimewatch, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, The Wanted and BBC Young Dancer.
Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director of BBC Wales, says: “I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed to the BBC’s ongoing success in Wales over the past year. I believe Wales is one of Europe's most exciting creative communities and the review rightly celebrates the achievements of so many talented individuals and teams inside and outside the BBC.
“It is also gratifying to see the progress we are making in serving our audiences on mobile devices, and we are determined to accelerate our innovation in this area.
“The past year has also seen a passionate debate about the future of the BBC in Wales. That is to be warmly welcomed. Public broadcasting will only thrive and sustain if we are passionate in its defence, robust in its scrutiny, and unapologetically ambitious for what it can deliver and the change it can drive.
“The challenge we have been set is clear: to hear more of the stories of Wales on our screens across Wales, and right across the UK. This is just the sort of creative challenge we relish.
“Finally I'd like to say an enormous thank you to our National Trustee, Elan Closs Stephens and all those who've served on Wales’ Audience Council. Their commitment to public broadcasting has driven progress on so many fronts, increasing the availability of our two national stations across Wales, improving the prominence of Welsh language services online, and focusing attention on the challenges facing English-language television in Wales. It is a track record of real achievement.”
Notes to Editors
Copies of the BBC Wales Management Review 2015/16 are available online:
- English: bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/reports
- Welsh: bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/reports?lang=cy
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Welsh-language version
ADRODDIAD BBC CYMRU YN DANGOS Y LEFEL UCHAF ERIOED O RAGLENNI RHWYDWAITH A THWF EITHRIADOL YN NIFER DEFNYDDWYR GWASANAETHAU AR-LEIN
Mae Arolwg y Tîm Rheoli 2015/16 BBC Cymru, gyhoeddwyd heddiw (dydd Mawrth), yn dangos fod mwy o gynyrchiadau teledu rhwydwaith yn dod o Gymru nag erioed o’r blaen. Mae’r adroddiad - a gyhoeddwyd ochr yn ochr ag adolygiad Cyngor Cynulleidfa Cymru o’r flwyddyn - hefyd yn dangos fod nifer o wasanaethau ar-lein, cyfryngau cymdeithasol a gwasanaethau symudol BBC Cymru wedi tyfu’n eithriadol.
Mae’r adolygiad yn dangos fod dyfeisiadau symudol - gan gynnwys dyfeisiadau tabled - yn hawlio bron i ddwy ran o dair (62%) o ddefnydd ar-lein, gyda chyfrifiaduron a gliniaduron yn gostwng i 33%.
Gyda 3.46 miliwn o borwyr unigryw wythnosol yn defnyddio gwasanaethau ar-lein Saesneg BBC Cymru, mae'r adolygiad hefyd yn tynnu sylw at dwf BBC iPlayer, BBC Cymru Fyw a gwasanaethau cyfryngau cymdeithasol.
- Mae’r defnydd o’r BBC iPlayer i wylio cynnwys Saesneg BBC Cymru wedi cynyddu’n sylweddol i 290,000 o borwyr unigryw wythnosol, i fyny o 74,000 yn 2014-15, diolch i raglenni sy’n apelio at gynulleidfaoedd iau.
- O ran gwasanaethau Cymraeg ar-lein, gwelwyd cynnydd mawr hefyd yn nifer y porwyr wythnosol, i fyny o 89,000 i 193,000. Mae blwyddyn lawn gyntaf S4C ar BBC iPlayer wedi gwneud cyfraniad mawr.
- Mae dilynwyr cyfrifon BBC Cymru ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol wedi dyblu i 1,016,000.
- Yn ystod yr wythnos lle gyrhaeddodd Cymru Euro 2016, fe gafodd tudalen BBC Wales Sport ar Facebook 3.8m o sesiynau gwylio.
Mewn blwyddyn yn llawn o uchafbwyntiau creadigol, daeth Sherlock a Hinterland yn eu hôl, gwelwyd llwyddiant byd-eang War & Peace, a chyfres ragorol BBC Canwr y Byd Caerdydd. Cyflwynodd BBC Cymru gystadleuaeth newydd sbon, BBC Young Dancer, a bu Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC yn swyno cynulleidfaoedd ar draws De America fel rhan o ddathliadau pen-blwydd Patagonia yn 150 oed.
Mae’r adolygiadau hefyd yn datgelu bod y BBC, yn 2015/16, wedi comisiynu mwy na £59m o raglenni rhwydwaith o Gymru - y lefel uchaf erioed. Roedd hyn yn cyfrif am 7.1% o holl wariant teledu rhwydwaith y BBC. Roedd yn cynnwys Sherlock, Doctor Who, Crimewatch, BBC Canwr y Byd Caerdydd, The Wanted a BBC Young Dancer.
Dywedodd Rhodri Talfan Davies, Cyfarwyddwr BBC Cymru:
“Hoffwn i ddiolch i bawb sydd wedi cyfrannu at lwyddiant parhaus y BBC yng Nghymru yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Cymru yw un o gymunedau creadigol mwyaf cyffrous Ewrop ac mae’r adolygiad yn dathlu cyflawniadau cymaint o unigolion a thimau talentog y tu mewn a thu allan i'r BBC.
“Mae’n dda gweld y cynnydd ry’n ni’n ei wneud o ran gwasanaethu ein cynulleidfaoedd ar ddyfeisiadau symudol, ac ry’n ni’n benderfynol o gynyddu ein harloesedd yn y maes.
“Mae’r flwyddyn ddiwethaf hefyd wedi gweld dadl gref ynglŷn â dyfodol y BBC yng Nghymru. Mae hynny i’w groesawu’n wresog. Dim ond drwy ei amddiffyn i’r carn y gall darlledu cyhoeddus dyfu a ffynnu. Bydd rhaid craffu’n fanwl a pheidio â bod ofn bod yn uchelgeisiol ynglŷn â’r hyn y gallwn ei gyflawni a’r newid all ddod o hynny.
“Mae’r sialens ry’n ni wedi’i gosod yn glir: i glywed mwy o straeon am Gymru ar y sgrîn ar draws Cymru, ac ar draws y DU. Dyma’r math o sialens greadigol ry’n ni’n ei mwynhau.
“Yn olaf, hoffwn i ddiolch yn fawr i’n Hymddiriedolwr Cenedlaethol, Elan Closs Stephens, a phawb sydd wedi gwasanaethu ar Gyngor Cynulleidfa Cymru. Mae eu hymrwymiad i ddarlledu cyhoeddus wedi sbarduno cynnydd mewn sawl maes, gan gynyddu argaeledd ein dwy orsaf genedlaethol ledled Cymru, gwella amlygrwydd y gwasanaethau Cymraeg ar-lein, a chanolbwyntio ar yr heriau sy’n wynebu teledu cyfrwng Saesneg yng Nghymru. Mae’n gofnod o gyflawniadau gwych.”
Nodiadau i Olygyddion
Mae copïau o Arolwg y Tîm Rheoli 2015/16 ar gael ar-lein:
- Cymraeg: bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/reports?lang=cy
- Saesneg: bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/cymruwales/about/reports
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