BBC One, BBC Two kept, CBBC and Cbeebies merged into one 24 hour channel, shared between the two brands. BBC News Channel kept. BBC Parliament should go online, like BBC Three. BBC Four programming moved to BBC Two, closing down BBC Four. This means three channel spaces of BBC Parliament, Cbeebies and BBC Four can be let go by the BBC, saving money, and offering those channel spaces to other channels, especially those who would like to get on the Freeview Lite platform (transmitters which do not have the full channel line up).
Be careful what you wish for. We could end up with a repeat of what has just happened to DR in Denmark!
This.
Problem is that what Daytime budget BBC Two did have, such as later afternoon was switched to BBC One when CBBC was ditched at the end of 2012. Whilst I do not object BBC Two showing repeats during the day, they need to be of value and offer an alternative to BBC One, not a similar service.
I would favour a later start for Newsnight and give it the 11pm-12am slot to allow BBC Two to develop the 10pm slot, even if it was merely to showcase some programmes from BBC Three.
Long term I could see CBBC and BBC Parliament being online only, so that would be interesting to see what would be done with any spectrum. BBC Four is valuable for culture programming on a nightly basis, and CBeebies is very valuable for parents of young children.
Going back to BBC Two it’s been in limbo for years, but it gets by well enough in prime time and people still watch it.
The cuts mean that DR’s six television channels will be scaled back to three. DR3 and DR Ultra will be reduced to streaming services by 2020, while cultural channel DRK will be merged with second station DR2, the broadcaster confirmed in a press statement.
Radio stations P6 Beat, P7 Mix and P8 Jazz will also all close due to the budget cuts as the number of radio channels is shrunk from eight to five.
DR have reduced their TV channels from 6 to 3, and their Radio services from 8 to 5, closing the stations they launched as digital only about 7 years ago.
375-400 staff cut. Most areas seeing significant cut backs.
Does older content cost more to show? I remember hearing Christopher Biggins say that every time an episode of Porridge is shown on BBC One or BBC Two (that he featured in) he receives a royalty payment, though he doesn’t if it’s on Gold or any other channel; these payments must come from somewhere and I expect there are similar terms with other old programmes.
Yes it can do, these are talent contracts that were signed in the era when tapes were routinely wiped. The idea of a buy out deal rather than repeat fees was not considered viable.