BBC Trust provisionally decides to close BBC Three, but no BBC One+1

icdg

Provisional decision of the BBC Trust today to close BBC Three and allow CBBC to extend it's hours to 20:00. Denied the Executive's proposal for a BBC One+1 channel, which leaves the BBC in a bit of bind in that it'll have a transponder that it's paying for going spare right in the evening peak.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33328907

Harry Palmr

Well that's just daft.ie, what they could do is use the transponder for a red button channel I suppose.

ftakeith

icdg wrote: »

Provisional decision of the BBC Trust today to close BBC Three and allow CBBC to extend it's hours to 20:00. Denied the Executive's proposal for a BBC One+1 channel, which leaves the BBC in a bit of bind in that it'll have a transponder that it's paying for going spare right in the evening peak.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33328907

will RTE scrap rte1+1, give us rte plus asap

bbc1+1 is a waste of time with bbc I-player for UK viewers

Elmo

Good to see them decide against the +1 service.

Imagine it took just 6 months how long would it take over here if RTÉ wanted to make a schedule change.

Is six months "soon"?

JDxtra

I'm not their target audience, but all I seem to ever stumble across on BBC Three is repeats of Family Guy and Eastenders, plus the odd kids animated movie.

BBC Four seems like a daft name for that channel if Three is gone!

Elmo

JDxtra wrote: »

I'm not their target audience, but all I seem to ever stumble across on BBC Three is repeats of Family Guy and Eastenders, plus the odd kids animated movie.

BBC Four seems like a daft name for that channel if Three is gone!

They are keeping the brand online. Which also seems daft.

Why don't they just put their online/bbc 3 programmes on after 9pm? What savings to they get from not broadcasting between 9pm and 6am.

Hasn't Family Guy and American Dad moved to ITV2?

My mam is in her 70s she loves Russell Howard's Good News, Russell Howard better stay away from my Mam!

icdg

Elmo wrote: »

Why don't they just put their online/bbc 3 programmes on after 9pm? What savings to they get from not broadcasting between 9pm and 6am.

I think the plan is to commission a lot less content and that which they do commission will be more YouTube lenght stuff. What long form stuff they do still commission will have to be shown on BBC One/Two.

Hasn't Family Guy and American Dad moved to ITV2?

from the Autumn they will have the UK first run rights of Family Guy and repeat rights of American Dad. BBC will retain repeat rights until 2017. Fox UK retains its first run rights to American Dad and repeat rights of Family Guy. And if all that really isn't enough McFarlane for you, don't forget 3e.

Elmo

icdg wrote: »

I think the plan is to commission a lot less content and that which they do commission will be more YouTube lenght stuff. What long form stuff they do still commission will have to be shown on BBC One/Two.

Why not repeat long form programmes between 9pm and 2am? After all the BBC point out that it is a flickers channel. Only 20% of the budget is going on short form stuff.

dublinman1990

icdg wrote: »

What long form stuff they do still commission will have to be shown on BBC One/Two.

from the Autumn they will have the UK first run rights of Family Guy and repeat rights of American Dad. BBC will retain repeat rights until 2017. Fox UK retains its first run rights to American Dad and repeat rights of Family Guy. And if all that really isn't enough McFarlane for you, don't forget 3e.

Don't tell the Bride is on BBC One.

Bluestone 42, Russell Howard's Good News and Family Guy, from now until the autumn beginning from 9:45pm this Sunday, will be shown on BBC Two.

An Ciarraioch

The red button idea would be useful for the few sporting rights the BBC retain, such as the snooker, Wimbledon, etc. For the rest of the year, they could perhaps use the space as a BBC Local Programming service, sticking up the NI, Scottish and Welsh regional programmes that otherwise wouldn't be aired in the rest of the UK.

Elmo

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

The red button idea would be useful for the few sporting rights the BBC retain, such as the snooker, Wimbledon, etc. For the rest of the year, they could perhaps use the space as a BBC Local Programming service, sticking up the NI, Scottish and Welsh regional programmes that otherwise wouldn't be aired in the rest of the UK.

They still have the ability to use CBBC for any sports as they did with BBC 3. Particularly after 9pm.

An Ciarraioch

In a somewhat bizarre move, it seems the BBC are also considering scrapping their News Channel and moving it online. Considering their international brand has been built on news coverage, and they consistently outrate Sky News, such a move would be shooting themselves in the foot!

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/07/bbc-considering-move-news-channel-online-only

Elmo

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

In a somewhat bizarre move, it seems the BBC are also considering scrapping their News Channel and moving it online. Considering their international brand has been built on news coverage, and they consistently outrate Sky News, such a move would be shooting themselves in the foot!

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/07/bbc-considering-move-news-channel-online-only

We'll pay for over 75's licence fee but drop the channels, the very people who are still using TV.

Harry Palmr

The Tories have clearly decided to take the BBC out, bit by bit.

icdg

It would be an absolutely daft move. The BBC News Channel (or BBC News 24 as UPC for some reason still insists on referring to it) is currently for me the best UK based news channel, or perhaps second only to its sibling BBC World. Sky News has become a shadow of its former self in the last few years and it would be sad if the BBC exited this area - though ultimately I don't think they will, because politicians hate to lose a vehicle for exposure and I don't think the Trust will approve this if a formal proposal is made.

OldRio

ftakeith wrote: »

will RTE scrap rte1+1, give us rte plus asap

bbc1+1 is a waste of time with bbc I-player for UK viewers

Rumours afoot about the BBC charging for the iplayer.