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What's your source for Murdoch being jealous of Children's BBC? Sky have hardly bothered (except for children's programmes on Sky One, which was a success in the 90s but dropped by the end of the early 00s) and Fox Kids was always a very cheap unambitious operation, again summarily disposed of to Disney with little fanfare. Neither strike me as being particularly focussed efforts by Murdoch's standards.
Clearly and obviously a combined CBBC/Cbeebies would not be able to simultaneously show CBBC and CBeebies content. The point is that it matters decreasingly thanks to iPlayer.
I also disagree with your point about repeats. Tell me why Thunderbirds was so successful in the 90s and 00s (and will probably be again at some stage) if awareness of content being not new is an issue. It was new to me in 1993.
When I explained to one of my (non-stupid) nephews that the kids' programme he was watching on Netflix was made before he was born, he was surprised.
That is a simultaneous example of kids shifting to online channels rapidly and the fact that the age of programmes does not matter to kids.
I also think the BBC Children's as it is world class. It is something that Murdoch is jealous of. The two channels are for two different age ranges. Merging the two channels will effect both. I would like someone to explain how one CBBC could show the bedtime hour and young dracula at the same time. Also to think children would not notice repeats is stupid. Of course they know. Just because they are young does not mean they are stupid. Also some children's show mainly off CBeebies sell well round the world. in terms of CBBC daytime it is a difficult one but schools around the UK have different times of the year off. So when you take that into account there are less days for the BBC to show nothing.
What's your source for Murdoch being jealous of Children's BBC? Sky have hardly bothered (except for children's programmes on Sky One, which was a success in the 90s but dropped by the end of the early 00s) and Fox Kids was always a very cheap unambitious operation, again summarily disposed of to Disney with little fanfare. Neither strike me as being particularly focussed efforts by Murdoch's standards.
Clearly and obviously a combined CBBC/Cbeebies would not be able to simultaneously show CBBC and CBeebies content. The point is that it matters decreasingly thanks to iPlayer.
I also disagree with your point about repeats. Tell me why Thunderbirds was so successful in the 90s and 00s (and will probably be again at some stage) if awareness of content being not new is an issue. It was new to me in 1993.
When I explained to one of my (non-stupid) nephews that the kids' programme he was watching on Netflix was made before he was born, he was surprised.
That is a simultaneous example of kids shifting to online channels rapidly and the fact that the age of programmes does not matter to kids.