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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
...And as I said, the BBC could write such provisions into their contracts. It's no big deal, IMHO.
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Of course they could. But they haven't.
Why do *you* think that is?
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If the BBC is that worried about saving money, they could just close BBC1 and 2 down after 2am rather than simply duplicate what their other channels are doing.
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Actually they couldn't. A digital broadcast frequency carries several channels as a multiplex. You can't "close down" one of them. You can only close down the whole multiplex. Seeing as the multiplex continues to broadcast, that slice of it that carries BBC2 might as well carry something. Given that the BBC's contracts with its performers and other suppliers are what they are, the most useful thing they can do is advertise their less well used digital channels by airing them where (a few) more people will see them.
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... which Richard has already just said.
