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Coronavirus: BBC to deliver biggest push on education

From the 20th April (April 2020)

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JO
Jon
Hatton Cross posted:
I'm advocating 3 hours of daytime schedule at most per weekday, and on one channel given over to this, not the 6 hours of Television for Schools and Colleges programming blocks of ye olde 625 line times.

Putting it between 10-1pm will still leave enough time both before and after the programming block to cater for the older audiences.

Surely the CBBC channel is the more obvious choice though.
JA
james-2001
Jon posted:
Surely the CBBC channel is the more obvious choice though.


Bring back Class TV Razz
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
Still think "The Learning Zone" is an ideal strand name.
After all, when Bitesize first started it appeared on said strand...
RD
RDJ
10-1pm on BBC Two would be a perfect fit. They’re only simulcasting the News Channel during this time.

It depends how they’re going to stagger the different age groups and curriculums.
BBCME, Jeffmister and Josh gave kudos
JO
Jonwo
Given the different age ranges, it's probably a lot easier for teachers and parents to have resources online.
BA
bilky asko
dvboy posted:
BBCME posted:
Would this be a good time to drop the Red Button name?

Rename as BBC Extra/Plus/More/Choice and bump up the EPG number.

As far as I am aware on Sky Q the red button doesn't take you to the live stream of the Red Button channel anymore. You can still watch the content but it is streamed through iPlayer.

Can you tune to channel 981 on a Sky Q box?

Yes.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Jonwo posted:
Given the different age ranges, it's probably a lot easier for teachers and parents to have resources online.

They will be there as well, but many households are juggling parents working from home and kids trying to do school work at the same time with limited devices and bandwidth.
IS
Inspector Sands
Jon posted:

Surely the CBBC channel is the more obvious choice though.

No because while the schools programmes are on for one age group, the kids in the other age groups wouldn't have anything to watch
JA
JAS84
Plus, programmes for GCSE students would be out of place on CBBC, as the channel no longer caters to teenagers.
JO
Jon
Inspector Sands posted:
Jon posted:

Surely the CBBC channel is the more obvious choice though.

No because while the schools programmes are on for one age group, the kids in the other age groups wouldn't have anything to watch

Well more appropriate than BBC One I meant.

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