Good news that it's returning and essentially being promoted - but sounds like the death knell for Saturday morning tv. Doubt that anything will replace it that's long-form and live, unless CBBC suddenly find a lot more money! Would love to be proved wrong though...
How 'slashed' has CBBC's budget become in comparison to before the cuts?
It's a proposal that's been touted for years. Another article states that there would have to be consultation with parents before any changes to CBBC's broadcasting hours were made. Plus, where are they going to magic the DTT bandwidth from this time?
Given the conditions, I'd say that BBC Three would be given a later start, not satisfactory I know but probably the only answer really, Perhaps Weekdays till 9 and weekends till 7 could be the eventual deal, one the BBC Trust have gone over today's announcement.
I'm guessing it will be BBC 4 which loses the two hours of air time, with BBC 3 sharing spectrum with CBeebies instead, especially as BBC 4 is also having it's budget reduced slightly.
I'm guessing it will be BBC 4 which loses the two hours of air time, with BBC 3 sharing spectrum with CBeebies instead, especially as BBC 4 is also having it's budget reduced slightly.
Considering the BBC have more content of worth on BBC4 than BBC3 pre-9pm, it shouldn't be BBC4 losing hours.
I don't think there is any huge demand for CBBC to be extended beyond 7pm - and considering the BBC are reigning in their radio services I don't see how increasing the budget of their already popular children's stations and increasing the hours of CBBC can be justified as it surely makes things even more difficult for their commercial rivals.
I don't think there is any huge demand for CBBC to be extended beyond 7pm - and considering the BBC are reigning in their radio services I don't see how increasing the budget of their already popular children's stations and increasing the hours of CBBC can be justified as it surely makes things even more difficult for their commercial rivals.
Parents are demanding it. That's why it's been included in the report. The BBC are increasing their spending on children's programmes because commercial bodies aren't interested in co-producing programmes and so that they can reduce the number of repeated programmes on the channels. CBBC does not take any audience away from programmes like Hannah Montana or Spongebob. Trust me on that!