BBC Three Kaput

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

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On 05/03/2014 14:26, JohnT wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089

Hopefully BBC 4 HD will now be promoted to PSB 3 (to be available for
all of the UK)


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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.
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On 05/03/2014 15:32, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:07:57 +0000, Mark Carver

Hopefully BBC 4 HD will now be promoted to PSB 3 (to be available for
all of the UK)

I hadn't realised that BBC4 HD isn't available for all of the UK. Do you mean
via Freeview?

Yus, it's only available on COM 7 which is still being rolled out, but
even when it has been (by June this year) it'll only be 30 transmitter
sites (about 70% population coverage)

Do you think they will renumber the channels or is the next step to merge BBC 2
and BBC4?

Dunno, to be honest I'm surprised by this move (and I speak as someone
who never watches BBC 3) but I suspect this could all be a publicity
stunt to promote the channel, already there are 'save BBC 3 campaigns'
on Twitter etc. Remember when they attempted to close 6-Music Radio
a couple of years ago, big fuss, big increase in listeners, and it's
still there, after the BBC Truss saved it.


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In article , Mark Carver
wrote:
On 05/03/2014 15:32, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:07:57 +0000, Mark Carver


Hopefully BBC 4 HD will now be promoted to PSB 3 (to be available for
all of the UK)

I hadn't realised that BBC4 HD isn't available for all of the UK. Do
you mean via Freeview?

Yus, it's only available on COM 7 which is still being rolled out, but
even when it has been (by June this year) it'll only be 30 transmitter
sites (about 70% population coverage)

Do you think they will renumber the channels or is the next step to
merge BBC 2 and BBC4?

Dunno, to be honest I'm surprised by this move (and I speak as someone
who never watches BBC 3) but I suspect this could all be a publicity
stunt to promote the channel, already there are 'save BBC 3 campaigns' on
Twitter etc. Remember when they attempted to close 6-Music Radio a couple
of years ago, big fuss, big increase in listeners, and it's still there,
after the BBC Truss saved it.


and, in any case, the main cost is making the programmes. Switching off
the Freeview version is only going to save peanuts.

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On 05/03/2014 15:49, charles wrote:
In article , Mark Carver

Dunno, to be honest I'm surprised by this move (and I speak as someone
who never watches BBC 3) but I suspect this could all be a publicity
stunt to promote the channel, already there are 'save BBC 3 campaigns' on
Twitter etc. Remember when they attempted to close 6-Music Radio a couple
of years ago, big fuss, big increase in listeners, and it's still there,
after the BBC Truss saved it.


and, in any case, the main cost is making the programmes. Switching off
the Freeview version is only going to save peanuts.

Yes, I wonder what the freed up bandwidth will be used for, they must
have some plan for it already ?


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On 05/03/2014 16:02, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:40:37 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:

On 05/03/2014 15:32, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:07:57 +0000, Mark Carver

Hopefully BBC 4 HD will now be promoted to PSB 3 (to be available for
all of the UK)

I hadn't realised that BBC4 HD isn't available for all of the UK. Do you mean
via Freeview?

Yus, it's only available on COM 7 which is still being rolled out, but
even when it has been (by June this year) it'll only be 30 transmitter
sites (about 70% population coverage)

Do you think they will renumber the channels or is the next step to merge BBC 2
and BBC4?

Dunno, to be honest I'm surprised by this move (and I speak as someone
who never watches BBC 3) but I suspect this could all be a publicity
stunt to promote the channel, already there are 'save BBC 3 campaigns'
on Twitter etc. Remember when they attempted to close 6-Music Radio
a couple of years ago, big fuss, big increase in listeners, and it's
still there, after the BBC Truss saved it.

Being another one who never watches BBC 3 and thought the same thing, may I say
that we both have very devious minds. :-)



is this also referring to BBC3 HD or just the sd channel

On 05/03/2014 16:03, Martin wrote:


Recently a lot of BBC 3 material has been films. Otherwise I agree with you.

Thing is, films and 'bought in' content, are the sort of things that are
frequently not allowed on i-player

Case in point for BBC3's two most popular progs:-

http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/programmes/familyguy_americandad_avail



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In article ,
"JohnT" wrote:

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

Let's hope they don't start shunting the stuff that comes out on BBC3 (I
never watch it, but we do get the Radio Times!) on to BBC4.

J.

On 05/03/2014 15:32, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:07:57 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:

On 05/03/2014 14:26, JohnT wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26447089

Hopefully BBC 4 HD will now be promoted to PSB 3 (to be available for
all of the UK)

I hadn't realised that BBC4 HD isn't available for all of the UK. Do you mean
via Freeview?

Do you think they will renumber the channels or is the next step to merge BBC 2
and BBC4?



bbc 4 is what bbc 2 is supposed to be.

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