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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
No - where did you get that idea?
I said before that putting BBC3 alone online was not the brightest idea the Beeb ever had. It should be all or nothing. That’s why Disney ceased to allow its material to be available on TV channels in favour of the streamer.
But it is a pretty wacky idea for them to bring back BBC3, a young person’s channel, because of disappointing viewing figures, and then putting a channel predominantly aimed at older viewers, to on line only.
One wonders who the hell is making these decisions if they are not being made simply to have a go at the government.
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I think the BBC is constrained from acting like Disney because it's a PSB. I think those without broadband or without good quality broadband would be unhappy to pay a licence fee without the guarantee of reliable access outside a web-based platform.
As regards BBC 3, I get the irony here but due to cut-backs, I think there would be insufficient new content to maintain BBC 4 as a linear channel.