Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

The poster only posts about Sky own Channels when they post.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

BBC Cuts Rumour: Staff told BBC Oxford and Cambridge TV news will shut down later this year.

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/stat...75216917889024

Jim Waterson is Media editor at The Guardian.

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Jake Kanter who is Media correspondent at The Times says BBC Four may close as TV Channel and move to BBC Iplayer.

He says BBC will reveal all sometime today (May 26th).

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Also "more programme sharing across BBC local radio."

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Sounds like the same 'mistake' the BBC made with exiling BBC Three to iPlayer.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

BBC News Channel and BBC World to be merged

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BBC4 and CBBC to close as TV channels.

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BBC Radio 4 LW to close on Virgin Media. (and LW)

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Here is the full release

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...ital-first-bbc

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

BBC Radio 4 Extra to close on DAB, Sky, Freeview and Virgin (TiVo).

And stay on BBC Sound - only on V6, TV360 and Stream boxes.

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

Which they were supposed to be moving away from and having more local content. I wonder where this leaves the planned new local radio opt-out services, some of which have already been trialled in Bradford, Sunderland & Wolverhampton. The vicious cycle of proposed local radio improvements followed by cutbacks followed by..

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

My Sources has just told me "Viacom/Paramount are going to revamp Channel 5 within the next 3 years they plan to bring more exclusive dramas, and US content and return the movie at 10pm every night, they also plan to bring more live sport onto the channel 5 channels."

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

They have Paramount+ now so can't so can't see them bringing back US content ,they also already commissioned 6 UK Dramas for Paramount+

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

I feel this may happen:

*Merge Channel 5 & 5USA as Ch. 5.
*Merge 5Star & 5Select as 5Star (Women base channel)
*Keep 5Action as now (Men and Sport base channel)
*^Adding Paramount back catalogue.
*^New Shows Premiere on Paramount+ when shown on Paramount own channels later.

^Like Sky are doing just now with SYFY.
^WBD do broadcast Discovery+ shows appeared on Quest sometimes.

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Alternatively, they could close 5USA & 5Select. Maybe?

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Bit odd isn't it that BBC 3 a youth based channel (where majority of users can use online streaming) has come back to linear tv and bbc 4 which must have an older audience are now pushed to use streaming....

CBBC being axed is a bit sad. Should merge it with CBeebies. Cbeebies till 3pm and then CBBC 3pm till 6pm like the old days on BBC1

Re: Changes to Virgin TV (2022)
 

That's a good move IMO. The BBC News channel broadcasts far too much (expletive deleted) domestic politics and not nearly enough real-world events.

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5USA is the highest rating of their spin-offs so it's the least likely to be one of the first of theirs to close.
CBeebies is significantly higher rating, they'd be reluctant to interrupt the schedule for that audience I'd imagine. I'd suggest they return a CBBC strand to the afternoons on BBC1, or more likely, BBC2. There's a lot of repeats on the latter, which this would reduce, and it would keep a regular broadcast element to CBBC content for those households for who on-demand streaming isn't an option.

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Sure. I was really just commenting on Media Boy's suggestion that they merge Channel 5 & 5USA and call it Channel 5!