BBC release statement about its slimmed down future

mike65

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15165926

Main points

BBC2 daytime schedule to be scrapped and replaced with "premium" repeats and news.
BBC1 will host all new daytime shows.
BBC3 and 4 to be refocused to support BBC1 and 2
BBC radio budgets cut except for BBC4 (FM), BBC4 LW investment to end.
Red Button services scaled down

Plenty of detail missing,

Pat Gleeson

The main impact for viewers here is the proposed axing of the BBC HD channel with a BBC 2 HD service. Sky subscribers to lose BBC HD - replaced by BBC 1 or 2 HD?

hangon

From Mike 65's article what exactly does this mean?

, and digital channels BBC Three and Four will become feeder channels for BBC One and Two respectively.

the full article and its links within make me think a BBC TV channel should have been shut down rather than dumb down all of them.

i see the proms and other what many would see as highbrow will be untouched,i have no problem with that but it does seem to indicate that many of the cuts are to please for want of a better term the Tories or snobs who watch these shows because it is a very bad thing in their circles to admit they don't like them.

why not sell off Eastenders and other soaps if they want to be a highbrow Public Service Broadcaster?
boring but politicly correct as in French PSB's,bad day for BBC IMO.

mike65

Feeder channel is odd as it suggests making programmes for 3 & 4 but then screening them on 1 & 2 as standard practice. Which means why bother showing them on 3 & 4.

Elmo

mike65 wrote: »

Feeder channel is odd as it suggests making programmes for 3 & 4 but then screening them on 1 & 2 as standard practice. Which means why bother showing them on 3 & 4.

Choice of schedule.

Good to see them axing daytime BBC 2 and keeping BBC 4.

BBC 3 will need to stop being the young adult TV station if it is to feed into BBC 1.

Tabnabs

Very relieved to see BBC 6 Music has been spared the chop, it's a first class radio station.

Freddie59

mike65 wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15165926

Main points

BBC2 daytime schedule to be scrapped and replaced with "premium" repeats and news.
BBC1 will host all new daytime shows.
BBC3 and 4 to be refocused to support BBC1 and 2
BBC radio budgets cut except for BBC4 (FM), BBC4 LW investment to end.
Red Button services scaled down

Plenty of detail missing,

Who cares? BBC/ITV are now a moot point in the Digital world. I rarely watch them anymore. And that recent programme where ITV 'substituted' computer game footage for an 'IRA helicopter attack' made me lose any respect I had for them.

maygitchell

Tabnabs wrote: »

Very relieved to see BBC 6 Music has been spared the chop, it's a first class radio station.

Is Huey from FLC still presenting a show on it? was a few years back every sunday used to give it a listen

Pat Gleeson

Freddie59 wrote: »

Who cares? BBC/ITV are now a moot point in the Digital world. I rarely watch them anymore.

I do for one (the BBC) I agree with you on ITV - a once great example of a regional TV model, now one of many pap digital TV channels.

byte

maygitchell wrote: »

Is Huey from FLC still presenting a show on it? was a few years back every sunday used to give it a listen

Yeah, Sunday's 1-4.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0162gs3

Mike 1972

Pat Gleeson wrote: »

Sky subscribers to lose BBC HD - replaced by BBC 1 or 2 HD?

Presumably the same for Freesat/FTA box users yes ???

Mike 1972

mike65 wrote: »

BBC2 daytime schedule to be scrapped and replaced with "premium" repeats and news.

Whats the point in more news on BBC1/2/3/4 when theres news 24 ?

Surely after ASO anything (other than regional) news on these channels becomes redundant ?

LostChild

Pat Gleeson wrote: »

The main impact for viewers here is the proposed axing of the BBC HD channel with a BBC 2 HD service. Sky subscribers to lose BBC HD - replaced by BBC 1 or 2 HD?

BBC 1NI has been replaced by BBC 1HD today on the SKY EPG. No more using other channels to get that channel now. Going on this, I'd say when BBC 2HD launches we'll get it on SKY too.

Pat Gleeson

LostChild wrote: »

BBC 1NI has been replaced by BBC 1HD today on the SKY EPG.

They've been switched rather than replaced, i.e. BBC 1 HD is on 141 and BBC 1 NI is on 234.

LostChild

Pat Gleeson wrote: »

They've been switched rather than replaced, i.e. BBC 1 HD is on 141 and BBC 1 NI is on 234.

Ah cool, hadn't noticed that. Cheers!