I think a BBC Three hybrid service could work well, 60 Seconds could easily work as a "on the run" program for those on social media and in a need of quick news, while this could go out
TOTH on BBC Three every hour.
That, or turn Newsbeat into a TV program, tying the Radio 1 and BBC Three brands close together.
I definitely think a radically "new BBC Three" could work well enough if the BBC looked at what other youth oriented networks and brands across the world have already done:
NPO3
allows new talent in with the
3LAB experimentation platform, as well as including
NPO Zapp (their children's network) in the experimentation on the same transponder space.
FLUX/QOOB
, MTV Italia's attempt at a video-generated user platform while already done over here with MTV Flux in 2006 and shut down in 2008, can be done on BBC Three showcasing the independent talent of short film makers and animators across the UK far better than low quality "HD" cameras.
Adult Swim also involves it's audience in it's bumpers, programming, as well as engaging with them online through their online shows and podcasts.
But to be fair though, these are just a bunch of ambitious dreams that could easily boost the prescence of BBC Three and the budget, although bigger than last time, would probably require a much bigger boost, not anything the BBC would be willing to do and the last time BBC attempted to involve their audience was when flip phones and low-quality webcams were all the rage, with continuity announcers basically being... well,
pretty abysmal