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On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:26:45 -0000, "JohnT" wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089

http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/06/its-of...tures-4441339/

BBC3 is being axed in autumn 2015, it has now been confirmed.

The news comes as a petition on Change.org to 'save BBC3' hits over
80,000 signatures.

BBC bosses finally announced the closure of their sister channel
today, revealing over half of the £50million savings will be
ploughed back into enhancing BBC1.

While the savings will enable the corporation to launch a BBC1+1
service, £30,000 is expected to be invested in BBC drama.

Long-standing BBC3 programmes will now be given a new home on either
BBC1 or BBC2, while other BBC3 shows will move onto the iPlayer.

And while BBC3 will be moving online-only, its £90million budget
will be cut.

It has also been reported that the BBC has worked out a deal with TV
ratings body Barb to ensure viewing figures on the iPlayer are
included in the official ratings figures – something that has not
been done before.

The Guardian also reports that BBC is likely to announce BBC3's
original programming will now air on BBC1 from 11pm but will be cut
from one hour to 30 minutes.

While these new plans have been backed by BBC's executive board, the
BBC Trust will carry out a public consultation before approving it.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

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On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:00:09 +0100, "tim....."
wrote:



"David" wrote in message ...

When this BBC3 closes does that mean the children's programs closed too on
the daytime that shares with it?

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seems not

(that's one of the reasons why the savings don't make sense)

tim


It seems that the BBC3 bandwidth will be used for a BBC1+1 service. That
will presumably be during the evening rather than daytime.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

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In article ,
Peter Duncanson writes:
http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/06/its-of...xed-in-autumn-
2015-as-petition-to-save-channel-gets-over-60000-signatures-
4441339/

BBC3 is being axed in autumn 2015, it has now been confirmed.

The news comes as a petition on Change.org to 'save BBC3' hits
over
80,000 signatures.

BBC bosses finally announced the closure of their sister channel
today, revealing over half of the £50million savings will be
ploughed back into enhancing BBC1.

While the savings will enable the corporation to launch a
BBC1+1
service, £30,000 is expected to be invested in BBC drama.
snip

I assume that is an error and it should read £30 million. £30,000
wouldn't go very far!
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

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On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 15:00:25 -0000, UnsteadyKen wrote:


Martin wrote...

On steam radio it is called reading a script.

But the do it so well, you hardly ever hear the pages rustling.

They're probably all using iPads for their scripts now.
Can't use paper as it costs too much only to be thrown away at the end
of the day.

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On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:04:56 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:

So broadcasting BBC3 on some DTV band-width costs 50 million and
broadcasting BBC1+1 on the same bandwidth costs zero then?

Don't believe it myself

Nor me

Perhaps they're getting rid of the bean counters to save the money.

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On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:56:27 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:
Maybe some of those not
on freeview but free on the sat could be put on the freeview channels

Seems that space is destined to be taken by BBC 1+1

So, no great change there then. Stuff that's unique to BBC Three's
programming could be shown in a single evening's worth of air time.

BBC Four's programme content would probably need 3 evening's worth of
air time so it would be possible to repackage BBCs 3 & 4 into just one
channel with time to spare.

If they choose to call the BBC ONE plus channel BBC ONE +2, they
could logically retain the BBC Three name for this use.
--
Regards, J B Good

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"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:00:09 +0100, "tim....."
wrote:
"David" wrote in message ...

When this BBC3 closes does that mean the children's programs closed too on
the daytime that shares with it?

-----------------------------------------------------

seems not

(that's one of the reasons why the savings don't make sense)

It seems that the BBC3 bandwidth will be used for a BBC1+1 service. That
will presumably be during the evening rather than daytime.

Here is a bit more information from the horse's mouth (or nearby orifice):

==================================================
Why is the BBC closing a TV channel?

BBC News, UK, 6 March 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26469085

The BBC has announced sweeping changes to youth channel BBC Three, which
will disappear from the EPG in autumn 2015.

The channel will continue in a truncated form on the iPlayer, while some of
its more popular programmes could transfer to BBC One and Two.

Overall, its programme budget will be cut from the current £85 million to
£25 million.

The closure will make way for an extension of CBBC's broadcasting hours, and
a BBC One + 1 channel.
[...]

==================================================

--
Max Demian

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Martin wrote:
//

iPlayer TV is geo locked. It's not very effective as all that is needed to
get around the lock is a proxy server with a UK IP address. There are
plenty of non-UK websites that demonstrate this. Astra 2E has stopped
viewers watching BBC in Spain, forcing UK criminals on the run to return
to UK :-) Large areas of Europe including most of France as far south as
the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees can still receive Freesat using an 80
cm dish.
//
Funnily enough I am in Oz as I write. I tried using a UK sited proxy server
for UK streams but downloads were so painfully slow that I gave up. It does
give me reservations about coverage at home though.

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In message , Martin
writes
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:31:40 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:

On 06/03/2014 11:15, Martin wrote:

Filmed in grey made in Scandinavia with English subtitles beats them all.
Somebody commenting on a very negative Guardian review of Death in
Paradise said
that if DiP had been filmed in grey, made in Scandinavia with
English subtitles
the reviewer would have given it a rave review.

Perhaps, though I thought 'The Bridge' was superb, made 'Spooks' look
very superficial in comparison. 'Line of Duty' running at present is
good stuff though.

I agree. We still have another two hours of The Bridge II to watch.
Continuity is shaky snow comes and goes, on snow covered roads a Porsche
hurtles around corners making screeching tyre noises that TG would be
proud of.
My wife commented on them cycling through different forms of sex, one per
episode. There is no sign of a Great Dane or Wallander yet though. :-)

Line of Duty is excellent, BBC at its best, the use of colour hasn't ruined it
and of course we get Keeley Hawes and not a Swedish detective, who
appears to be
an alien from out of space.

They look alike though, don't you think?

The "alien from outer space" suffers from Asperger's Syndrome I believe.
--
Ian

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Martin wrote:

On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:09:25 -0000, "JohnT" wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
. ..
On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:26:45 -0000, "JohnT" wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089

Even that was in the Daily Mail yesterday.

I am probably not sufficiently intelligent to read the Daily Mail.

The Online DM has the best photos and is the first with breaking news,
even if it is often a distorted version of reality.

If the BBC is wanting to save money they should take a good look at the
service BBC News provides. Perhaps they could get it back to the standard
that it had 20 or 30 years ago, when it was the envy of the world.

It is with great sadness that I have to endorse that.