#SaveBBC3 - BBC Three 'to become online channel'

[Tyler]

wtf how will i watch family guy and stuff like that.

[MKR&*42]

Wtf why dont they just axe the 10 billion radio channels they have alongside bbc4 and tbh bbc2 isnt that great either but hey. Bbc3 has had some good stuff on it and moving it all online just er

[lemons]

just axe the whole of the bbc lol

[peteyt]

I think BBC3 is kind of hit and miss. It has some good content, but I've found lately a lot of its newer content, comedies especially, haven't really been that great. I don't think the BBC would close bbc4 or bbc2 as some have suggested as they kind of are aimed at a different audience although bbc2 and bbc4 kind of have similar type shows so maybe they could be merged into one channel instead

[GommeInc]

Makes sense. It spends half the day doing nothing and doesn't feature anything particularly good. What I don't understand is why doesn't BBC Three merge with Four? Four can have content in the morning until whenever BBC Three begins showing its programmes.

[Kardan]

Makes sense. It spends half the day doing nothing and doesn't feature anything particularly good. What I don't understand is why doesn't BBC Three merge with Four? Four can have content in the morning until whenever BBC Three begins showing its programmes.

The half the day spent doing nothing is because CBBC is broadcasting on that frequency (if that's how TV even works anymore), so even if they ask BBC3, they still need to pay for whatever frequency they are using for the whole 24 hours (although CBBC is being extended to an hour to 8pm, so I suppose that's one hour less wasted).

And BBC2 and BBC4 can't merge, because when will BBC2 find time to air all it's repeats?

[Jordan]

BBC One drama is to receive a £30m boost from the closure of BBC Three as a TV channel, director general Tony Hall has announced.
He confirmed BBC Three would be moved to the iPlayer in autumn 2015, with its budget slashed from £85m to £25m.

Lord Hall said moving the channel online was "the right thing to do" and also "financially necessary".

The proposal will create space for a BBC One +1 service and a one-hour evening extension of CBBC to 2000 GMT.

"I want younger and less affluent audiences to be better served by the BBC. Younger audiences are increasingly moving online and on demand. The challenge is to take the brilliance of BBC Three into that world," he said.

The director general said "tough decisions" needed to be made to face up to the fiscal challenges of the BBC, but said the plan was "strategically right and financially right too".

He stressed that cuts were necessary because the licence fee had not increased, while the BBC was "absorbing extra costs" for running the World Service and S4C.

Lord Hall said he was "not prepared to compromise on the quality of what I think is at the heart of the BBC, and that is drama", adding he had noticed BBC One's drama budget was in need of a boost.

It's annoying that they are getting rid of a channel and opening up a +1 channel when you can do that on iPlayer already, especially a 30m boost on BBC1. The petition on change.org is near enough 100k.

[Ardemax]

wtf how will i watch family guy and stuff like that.

Because £85m a year is worth it for repeats of Family Guy.

At first I was shocked and a little angry, just like every other teenagers but then I thought about it for 5 minutes: BBC3 is literally full of absolutely nothing. Half of the programmes on there are AWFUL (like properly, properly awful), about 40% are repeats and the rest are actually worth watching.

If the Beeb needs to save money then it's not exactly a difficult decision. RIP Snog, Marry, Avoid.

[zombies]

over 100k+ people signed the petition so far

[lemons]

YESSSSSSSS im so happy CBBC will be extended to 8pm!


now i can watch even more tracy beaker