An interesting idea, I'd have been more impressed by cameras around the perimeter of the set so you could spin around it (like the time slice thing they use on the Cube).
But Beeb bosses are discussing moving it to digital station CBBC to help cut costs.
Sorry I don't see how this reduces costs. They state it's repeated on the CBBC Channel. How does removing it from BBC1 reduce cost. Surely any fees involved in a repeat are going to be lower than producing alternative content to fill the slot.
But Beeb bosses are discussing moving it to digital station CBBC to help cut costs.
Sorry I don't see how this reduces costs. They state it's repeated on the CBBC Channel. How does removing it from BBC1 reduce cost. Surely any fees involved in a repeat are going to be lower than producing alternative content to fill the slot.
Does it (according to the article) attract higher audiences on the CBBC Channel than on BBC One?
I wonder if things would increase if it went back to a later slot. I see the brand as being too big to move from the main channel.
But Beeb bosses are discussing moving it to digital station CBBC to help cut costs.
Sorry I don't see how this reduces costs. They state it's repeated on the CBBC Channel. How does removing it from BBC1 reduce cost. Surely any fees involved in a repeat are going to be lower than producing alternative content to fill the slot.
Does it (according to the article) attract higher audiences on the CBBC Channel than on BBC One?
I wonder if things would increase if it went back to a later slot. I see the brand as being too big to move from the main channel.
Does it (according to the article) attract higher audiences on the CBBC Channel than on BBC One?
I wonder if things would increase if it went back to a later slot. I see the brand as being too big to move from the main channel.
People said that about Top of the Pops in fairness.
By mentioning BP specifically, The Sun's article's written (deliberately?) as if it's BP alone which might become CBBC only - that would be a very odd move indeed.
But doesn't the quote in the article (from a 'Beeb spokesman', no less!) give a few more clues as to what's actually being suggested (and flatly denied)?
"There are no immediate plans to remove children's content from the BBC's terrestrial channels."
So the suggestion is about ALL kids content, perhaps?
In amongst all these slightly flaky ideas about how to save a few bob - News channel simulcasts on BBC2, primetime repeats filling up latenight hours, etc etc - maybe someone's put forward replacing children's programmes on BBC1 with something cheaper, so that kids output becomes CBBC only.
It would still be a bad move, but now at least the article starts to make a bit more sense.
By mentioning BP specifically, The Sun's article's written (deliberately?) as if it's BP alone which might become CBBC only - that would be a very odd move indeed.
But doesn't the quote in the article (from a 'Beeb spokesman', no less!) give a few more clues as to what's actually being suggested (and flatly denied)?
"There are no immediate plans to remove children's content from the BBC's terrestrial channels."
So the suggestion is about ALL kids content, perhaps?
In amongst all these slightly flaky ideas about how to save a few bob - News channel simulcasts on BBC2, primetime repeats filling up latenight hours, etc etc - maybe someone's put forward replacing children's programmes on BBC1 with something cheaper, so that kids output becomes CBBC only.
It would still be a bad move, but now at least the article starts to make a bit more sense.
Thinking about that, wouldn't it be cheaper to show the same content on BBC One as on the CBBC Channel, therefore having to spend the same amount as on the CBBC channel only.
I think that this would be the end for Blue Peter as we know it ( whatever that is nowadays ). This seems a strange move after the BBC Trust's review of children's programmes and the earlier finish. It's like Tomorrow's World / Top of the Pops et al - there's no problem with taking something off the air IMO, if you've got something decent to put in its place. And by decent I don't just mean similar. But I'd hate the BBC to go down the same route as ITV and show repeats of detective dramas to fill in the slot.
Blue Peter is just starting to get back on track - this seems an odd thing for the BBC to contemplate.
