BBC Three Kaput

On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:07:20 +0100, "tim....."
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"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
BBC 1 plus 1? Anyway, one can now see one of the reasons they wanted to
cancel Sky at night. They are running out of our dosh. Perhaps its time
to get a new model. Surely the BBCs job as a public service broadcaster
is to cater for things the commercial folk cannot as they cannot sell
adverts in it. Then if any of the stuff gets popular, they should have a
commercial wing that can carry on making sid shows and put them out with
adverts to help with funding the rest of the BBC.

The problem with this idea is that the licence fee should provide
programmes for everybody. If the BBC doesn't provide programmes for hoi
polloi, then they won't pay the licence fee. As a senior BBC man once said
in my hearing to a question from a journalist whoa sked who were the
programmes aid at: "We're publicly funded, who do you suggest we miss out?"

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That justifies why they make "low brow" programs

but it doesn't begin to justify why they think that they need to pay market
leading salaries to celebs to front said low brow programs

sarcasm
Perhaps they want a better class of vacuous celebrities than the
commercial channels?
/sarcasm
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:11:11 -0000, "Max Demian"
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"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:00:09 +0100, "tim....."
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"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)

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):

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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.
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Who wants yet another +1 channel? (hint: not me)
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I hope so, maybe some of the money can be spent on engineers and some kind
of working complaints procedure as well.
Brian

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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!
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:18:16 +0000, Mark
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Who wants yet another +1 channel? (hint: not me)

I don't either. They serve no purpose since DVR was developed.

Steve

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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:04:45 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:18:16 +0000, Mark
wrote:

Who wants yet another +1 channel? (hint: not me)

I don't either. They serve no purpose since DVR was developed.

Steve

Yes they do if your DVR can only record one thing at a time.
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:53:49 +0000, Dave W
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:04:45 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:18:16 +0000, Mark
wrote:

Who wants yet another +1 channel? (hint: not me)

I don't either. They serve no purpose since DVR was developed.

Steve

Yes they do if your DVR can only record one thing at a time.

Yes that's true but I have never needed to record more than one
program.

Steve

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On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:03:56 +0100, Martin wrote:

This is consistent with other DM health articles anything that is said
to be good for you in one article is often said to be bad for you in
another article published months later.

I don't think people go to the DM for facts but to have their prejudices
supported.



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On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:17:53 +0000 (UTC), Wymsey
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:03:56 +0100, Martin wrote:

This is consistent with other DM health articles anything that is said
to be good for you in one article is often said to be bad for you in
another article published months later.

I don't think people go to the DM for facts but to have their prejudices
supported.

And to obtain new prejudices.
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:18:06 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 12:53:49 +0000, Dave W
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:04:45 +0000, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 09:18:16 +0000, Mark
wrote:

Who wants yet another +1 channel? (hint: not me)

I don't either. They serve no purpose since DVR was developed.

Steve

Yes they do if your DVR can only record one thing at a time.

Yes that's true but I have never needed to record more than one
program.

Can't most (modern) PVRs record more than one programme at once?
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On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:58:33 +0100, Martin wrote:

On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:11:23 +0000, Peter Duncanson
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snip

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.

Eastenders repeats currently shown on BBC 3 have to go somewhere too.


At least they are on when I'm sleeping.

Avoiding the first showing is more difficult. I can't sleep that
early!

Steve

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