Was it just my imagination, or did someone tell me that in the future, probably when analogue broadcasting ends, all BBC Channels will be renamed and simply assigned a number instead of the actual name - for example: News 24 could become BBC Three, Knowlege comes BBC Four, etc?
I think News 24 would stay as News 24. BBC CHOICE would become BBC THREE, and BBC KNOWLEDGE would be BBC FOUR
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RW
This renaming is due to take place if and when the government approves the changes, and will probably not be until next year now. There's more information at http://www.bbc.co.uk/consult
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Big Phil
I got an email off the BBC saying that it has all been approved already. This was quite a while ago as well.
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Steve Naylor
As far as I know it hasn't been approved - the new Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, is expected to give her verdict in the coming months.
And it would be good if they made News24 into a tv version of 5 Live in my opinion (I share Chesh's view on this) so it would therefore make sense for it to be BBC Five!
(Edited by Steve Naylor at 12:07 pm on July 4, 2001)
The BBC have called on the government again to get a move on with their decision on the changes , but the Department of Culture have confirmed today that a decision is
not imminent!
For goodness sake, they've had since January!
What do they need government approval for BBC3 & BBC4 anyway when the channels are effectively already in existence?
