Are The BBC & CHANNEL 4 Going To Merge...?

[@Ramtamtama]

It's amazing how many people go onto the BBC articles with HYS sections and bragging about not paying their TV Licence because they don't use any BBC services. They go onto a website funded by the TVL to say they don't use anything funded by the TVL.

[@scottpeacock5492]

It amazes me with critics going on BBC Social media to say they do not pay their TV licence because they do not watch their programmes, I wonder if any BBC Staff read those comments.😂

[@magentaskies]

As a Yank who gets a big chunk of news and entertainment from the Beeb, if it goes, its presence will definitely be felt internationally.

[@ScottyJ1122]

Dont bother with the news, they lie through there teeth,

[@TheJosephPrice]

BBC used to be great, they've really gone downhill since the early 2010's.

[@garyturner5739]

I've been one of those 500,000 who've opted out of BBC licence.

[@TayWoode]

Don’t get the news from BBC, it’s very left wing, it used to be balanced, not anymore, even the so called comedy panel shows are the same left comedians making the same jokes

[@Rleatfitness]

I haven’t paid the license fee in about 5 or 6 years. Personally I’d be more inclined to pay if they introduced a cheap monthly membership that just covered iplayer. I have no interest in paying for channels I don’t watch live when my tv is primarily used for streaming services and non bbc catch up services

[@djmattblack]

Or they could open up the Iplayer to international markets and im sure plenty of people would pay to watch classic BBC content

[@itskdog]

​@djmattblack they probably make more money from licensing their shows via BBC Worldwide (who also run the U - formerly UKTV - repeat channels & streaming service) than doing a direct streaming service.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

@@djmattblack That's what Britbox is, basically.

[@AngelaGallagher-mp1ht]

In 2002, It Was Thought There Was Mergers Between Channel 5 And Channel 4

[@WeAreSTV1_Inc]

Luckily, the merger was denied by the BBC

[@smogmonster1876]

Oh well that’s that then. It’s absolutely definitely not happening then. Watch this space ……….

[@questioned54]

Not sure about luckily

[@phill6859]

​@@smogmonster1876so you have a theory about a conspiracy?

[@smogmonster1876]

@@phill6859 No but sometimes when things are denied it means discussions are happening that’s all

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

I have full confidence in the manager ~ says the owner of the football club. Next day, he's booted out the door.

[@questioned54]

As long as they don't interfere too much with journalism and creative decisions, I think a BBC Channel 4 merger is a brilliant idea, especially in a world without a licence fee.

[@qrianalipa]

best pfp

[@ntvalt4361]

​@@qrianalipaITV have always had a casual attitude to their News at Ten - always gets bumped for I'm A Celebrity on most nights it is on, and also for other big shows.

[@richardmattocks]

I’d say the BBC needs Ch4 more than the other way around. If I was Ch4, I’d run away from any suggestion of a merger as they would instantly be thought of as just as dodgy as BBC (because why else would they merge unless they are in agreement)

[@owl.mp4]

it better not happen because imagine the amount of show cancellations, can you imagine the bbc airing don't hug me i'm scared?

[@elladesigns9609]

or Naked Attraction 🤣🤣🤣

[@painters04]

The thought of our televising tax going towards Naked Attraction is a horrifying thought.

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

Don't be silly, it'll go towards Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown. And slightly different naked television. Maybe Naked Gogglebox one day.

[@PaulJaYmes]

The assumption that bigger organisations are somehow more efficient can be easily dismissed by anyone who's worked for both large and small organisations!

[@jjcoolaus]

The BBC is already a massive organisation though, bigger than you know. They have dozens of for profit production companies

[@ntvalt4361]

Will all main ITV channels get the 2006 logos with current colours on September 16th?

[@Motorhawk2]

If the BBC tv licence becomes a tax on my wage I will instantly put in for a tax rebate.

[@TheHorrorking]

If the BBC stopped talking about "the message" & started going back to what made people watch them in the first place then I think they'll regain a lot of the people they lost.

[@Nostalgic80s-nd3qb]

That would be very interesting. I am concerned about how this will affect the creative decisions and journalism. Still, an interesting subject. Great video Adam as usual.👍👍👍

[@Springamatul]

Asda and Sainsburys were thought to merge however it didn't happen I think the idea was cancelled.

[@rajnirvan3336]

I remember that too

[@MrSmith1984]

In hindsight, the ASDA-Sainsbury Merger should have been allowed, especially when it would have only been the same size as Tesco and in light of what the current owners of ASDA have been doing of late.

[@RebeccaPhythian]

Deffo a pipe dream. Channel 4 create so much wonderful content, be in drama fun TV shows and their journalism full stop is something people often turn too before the BBC, so as long as that remains, I wouldn't mind 😊

[@Test_Card_Tom]

What would happen to all Ch4's side channels like Film Four, E4, More4, 4Seven etc?

[@Dexter037S4]

Wouldn't be surprised if this becomes the "Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation" and also takes over the CBC (of Canada) and ABC (of Australia).

[@diamochang]

Fact: UKTV now is a part of BBC Studio, according to their new corporation website.

[@Darkest_matter]

so you're telling me channel 4 is gonna go down the hill?

[@jacamo1993]

Just watched you on channel 4 on pop master

[@picoultimate7707]

The merger could be an interesting idea, but whether or not the BBC are ready for it is another matter. The mention of AI being used to write transcripts for programmes has already gotten me wary about the company's future (and OTHER companies actively trying to push AI into the public conscience). I wish we could go back to the days when we had actual writers doing that stuff without AI input, like we currently do.

[@tgheretford]

In 2021/22 there were 24.8 million TV licences in force (latest figures I could find, not necessarily one licence per household). If the decline of 500,000 per the article cited is sustained, they've got fifty years left mathematically.

[@SoundSlug]

I agree 50 years until no one is paying the licence fee, but the point where it becomes financially impossible would come much sooner than that.

[@eIucidate]

The decline would accelerate rapidly.

[@DJRickDawson]

it'll be like when analog tv broadcasts got switched off. getting ppl to change to whatever replaces.

[@Darkest_matter]

​@@SoundSlugbruh bbc is owned by the government anyway. they don't need an extra licence

[@Pepek94]

Channel 4 shall be privatised. In 2nd half of 1980s in France. FR3 (France 3 and ICI) would be privatised in 1986, but finally TF1 has been privatised next year. In Bulgaria in 2000 Efir 2 has been privatised and transformed into bTV.

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

I expected your take on this Adam, well done

[@AdamMartyn]

Cheers Roger!

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

@@AdamMartyn No worries!

[@Ozymandi_as]

The way that people consume media has changed massively over the last couple of decades, and the internet has ushered in new brands in production and distribution. Even without the rising tide of political antipathy, from the right in particular, the BBC's funding model would be facing scrutiny, and it's hard to see how it can survive without some fairly radical changes. As audiences of fragmented, the affection in which it is held by the public seems to have waned significantly. The Savile scandal, the fall from grace of other celebrity presenters such as Huw Edwards, hysteria over salaries for talent, accusations of wokeness, and many other travails have increasingly brought the Corporation into disrepute, though not always fairly, in my opinion (it's become a sort of voodoo doll for the noisy old gits who watch GB news, egged on by the likes of Nigel Farage and Lord Rees of Mogg, who have brought a new meaning to Grandstand over the last few years). Such attacks, successive rounds of licence freezes, and the shame associated with some of the scandals seem to have knocked the confidence of many in the BBC, and it seems much less assured in its programming and journalism. I am of an age that I have considerable nostalgia for what might be regarded as a golden age of British TV in the 70s and 80s. However I also think its important to recognize that for 70 years or so, the BBC was Britain's most important cultural organization, and as a model of public service broadcasting it was respected, admired and envied around the world. Across its tv channels and regional studios, national and local radio stations, and ventures into film production and other activities, it produced an enormous range of output, adhering to high editorial standards. It balanced popular programming with an enormous variety of minority interests, and it was training ground and showcase for writers, actors, journalists, documentarians, and a whole range of production staff, musicians, orchestras, etc., that would go on to work for channels, in the film industry, and internationally. Britain's strength in expirting cultural products has been sustained in one way or another by the BBC. People have always whinged about the licence fee, but the BBC produced and suppirte all the things that it did for really not very much money at all. It's still less than £18 a month, which is the cost of Netflix Ultra HD. And if you want to see a show on Amazoon, and something else on Disney, and alm the other streaming platforms, then the costs really staet to rack up. Of course if people dont watch free to air tv channels, they shouldn't be obliged to pay for them, except there are doubtless a lot of freeloaders. Consumers have become very transactional and they only want to pay for the things they consume. Some of them only want to hear information that suits with their world view, and rage at any covdrage being given to politicians or issues they don't like. But I've been watching a lot of US news recently, because of the election, and I'm often shocked by the obvious political bias of 'news' programmes one way or the other, the shameless librrties that are taken with facts on channels like Fox, and the much more deferential style of political interviewers who often elicit answers from politicians (and one in particular) that are obviously at odds with the facts and yet go unchallenged. They don't have a Robin Day, a Paxman, or an Emily Maitliss. Those journalits epitomised BBC news and current affairs programming, though I'm not sure they have an obvious successor. But I'm very much in favour of journalists, and clear editorial standards to which they are held accountable. I dont want British news organizations to become imitations of US Media. I'm rambling a bit, but in essence I'm saying that the BBC did a lot of things to a very high standard, for relatively little cost; it has been an internationally renowned cultutal and journalistic institution; it has set a standard for other British media organisations: and it adds value to Britain's cultural industries far beyond its own output. Its Charter, which requires it to inform, educate and entertain, also ensures editorial independence from the Givernment (often to the chagrin of those in power), and its freedom from the demands of advertisers gives it the freedom to develop programming for which the audience might be quite small. It also ensures that major national and sporting events are not put behind an pay per view paywall. These are just some of the things that the BBC does, which may taken granted but would be missed if they ceased, undermining the strength and distinctiveness of British culture.

[@MrSmith1984]

The merger needs to happen quite frankly, especially when the Streaming Age has really screwed the Traditional Broadcasters and has increased the amount of competition they face. Most of all from the likes of Netflix, Prime Video & Disney+. I also feel that the licence fee also needs to apply to people with Broadband Connections and/or Phone Contracts.

[@itskdog]

It does - if you're watching anything on iPlayer or watching any live TV from another broadcaster, you need a license. Not entirely sure how Channel 4 enforced that with the Paralympics when they streamed on KZbin, or Sky News with their 24/7 KZbin stream.

[@MrSmith1984]

@@itskdog I'm not talking about the apparent requirement for a Licence Fee to use BBC iPlayer. I'm talking about introducing a requirement to have a Licence Fee before one is permitted to purchase a Broadband or Mobile Phone service of any kind in Britain. Even if one has zero intention of using BBC iPlayer at all. I would also point out that Channel 4 doesn't actually ask if you have a Licence Fee in relation to using its Streaming Service, probably because it doesn't really receive anything from it. Which in turn explains why it didn't ask anything about having a Licence Fee in relation to their Paralympics Coverage on KZbin. As for Sky News, well they are not a PSB of any kind and thus they don't receive any Licence Fee money at all. The free stream on KZbin is probably because of Sky's long held policy of treating Sky News as a loss leader, hence why it's long been on Freeview as well.

[@tristanphippen3016]

I can see it on both sides for an example both businesses going bust and mean they can bring more live sport back to free to air

[@DanMc-l9i]

Please don’t let the bbc get hold of channel 4 it would be the death of channel 4 it’s about time the bbc tv was made pay to view then see how many people would pay

[@davepubliday6410]

The answer should be government funding in the UK with free access in the UK and then make it available internationally with a monthly fee like any other streaming service.

[@derekhorne8076]

But surely people would just get round that with a VPN?

[@davepubliday6410]

@@derekhorne8076 It wouldn’t have to be an IP location based verification. Perhaps a UK BBC account would require proof of residency. Though even without that, the BBC is on a kind of honour system now anyways.

[@derekhorne8076]

@@davepubliday6410 Yes, I guess it depends what systems they had in place for that though and how someone could prove their residency. I know credit cards are often used for age verification, but I don't know if they could also be used for residency and, of course, not everyone has credit cards. That's true about the current honour system them. When they just ask 'do you have a TV licence' and that's it, it seems rather pointless because I very much doubt that anyone would click no

[@jayrogers8255]

Or government funding & pledge drives like PBS.

[@derekhorne8076]

@jayrogers8255 to be honest I can't see that working here on several levels. Firstly, we are not used to broadcasters "holding out the begging bowl" in that way. Secondly, I think most people would say "I've already paid once (either via government funding - taxation or the licence fee (also a tax) so why should I pay twice" Thirdly, many would say that BBC is not what it once was (especially in the 70s-90s) so not worth it then. Fourthly, half the population see it with a left wing bias and half the nation see it having a right wing bias, or as an organisation that wants to tick boxes rather than employ the best for the job, so "why should I pay when they don't represent me/Britain"etc. It's really not comparable to PBS I think and just wouldn't work here

[@illuminatiCorgi]

I hope they don’t. I rather enjoy channel 4’s streaming service and it’s only £3.99 a month.

[@JamesBrown-zu8iv]

Except Channel 4 advertising though, not BBC.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

10:30 True, soft power and ex-pats are part of the reasons that the World Service came to be. But as a regular listener, time and time again you can't help but hear how important it is around the world to people whose local media is so in the pocket of the government or vested interests, it's unusable. Or deadly. We owe it to the world to keep this generally impartial supply of information going and going strong. The Foreign Office should at least contribute again. I don't see why a return to the rather grown up and admired pay for it all yet have no editorial control way of funding shouldn't happen.

[@videonut1988]

I don't see The Beeb and Four merging at all.

[@kevinfletcher1999]

Libraries, museums, the NHS, the BBC.

[@MrSmith1984]

If a BBC-C4 Merger happens; there would be another benefit, it would provide an opportunity for BBC Studios to have a monopoly on all future C4 content commissions (thus locking out All3Media, Banijay etc.) and thus keep more revenue within the BBC itself.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

It's nothing to do with Charter renewal in 2027. It's all about the switch from broadcast to broadband in 2032 and how our generally much loved but on the international and internet scale, not big enough TV Companies will have to band together to stay afloat.

[@KRPTV]

Can't even begin to think what the name would be if it did! 😄😄😄

[@eIucidate]

Well if Channel 4 had their way, everything will be called Channel 4. Simple!

[@roscojenkins4958]

Let’s hope that will never happen.

[@Test_Card_Tom]

Why?

[@roscojenkins4958]

@@Test_Card_Tom it’s bad for the economy.

[@Test_Card_Tom]

@@roscojenkins4958 How so?

[@roscojenkins4958]

@@Test_Card_Tom corporate greed

[@Test_Card_Tom]

@@roscojenkins4958 I can understand your saying corporate greed if the BBC or Channel 4 were private companies but they are both public organisations. In other words any profit either of them make goes back into funding the BBC or Channel 4 and not shareholders pockets as would be the case with private companies.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

The License Fee (and the ridiculous enforcement...!) is out of date. Replace with something like a Household Tax - tied to the Council Tax 'banding' ,maybe? I'm not sure I'd be in favour of direct government funding. 'No' to the subscription model. I'd restructure 'broadcast' TV to become Ents One, Ents Two, Sport 1, Sports Two, News One, Drama One, Cinema and Arts, Nostalgia One etc. with BBC, ITV, Independents, C4 etc making programming for each channel. Complimentary sports programming and entertainments programming. News by BBC, ITN, Sky maybe?

[@jayrogers8255]

What about pledge drives like PBS?

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

@@jayrogers8255 I know what you mean from shows like Frasier, but that wouldn't work here.

[@jayrogers8255]

@@DavidPaulMorgan why not? I’m genuinely curious, not being defensive. Thanks for your forthcoming response!

[@BlankBlank-wu3xc]

Thanks for reviewing the article and giving your commentary about it, I was just reading this article on yesterday morning and was wondering if you would do it

[@ntvalt4361]

I am not surprised - this is the summer season, with parliament now due to end, and politics here in the UK at least will most likely take a short break - so News at Ten isn't exactly important for the late summer weeks.

[@BlankBlank-wu3xc]

@@ntvalt4361 thank you... I don't live in UK but I'm interested in international entertainment landscape including UK, so again thanks for clarifying it for me

[@ntvalt4361]

​@@BlankBlank-wu3xcITV have always had a casual attitude to their News at Ten - always gets bumped for I'm A Celebrity on most nights it is on, and also for other big shows.

[@andrewobrien8325]

3:18 they want an idea. How about give up and stop being a national disgrace

[@ThomasMarshall-kz7op]

I think if they merge they will be more commercialised as they cannot keep the corporation tax

[@MATTY110981]

In the early 00’s there was talks about Channel Four and Channel Five merging. If that did happen it would have resulted in Channel 9.

[@smogmonster1876]

@@MATTY110981 No. Channel 45 surely 😂😂😂

[@arthurcrown3063]

@@smogmonster1876 or Channel 20

[@grahamnancledra7036]

No Way - Forget it.

[@OliverChapman-c9p]

Can you do in an episode of Ident review film4 2014 idents

[@gruntthecreator]

this is like the warner bros. discovery thing for the UK

[@johnarnehansen9574]

I am against that merger, it would literally destroy the BBC as a whole, they would ruin the public service broadcaster license and ruin our memories if this happens!... (If they would have to survive they would have to set up Studios at the Granada Studios and the old Alexandra Palace!:P)

[@GregoryHudson]

Plus UKTV is not “U” - the corporate name didn’t change. U is the name of the on demand service.

[@marcus1503]

I think the only BBC programme I’ve watched this year was the state opening of Parliament, So i should not miss it and i am 57

[@Robbie990]

Why should the BBC bother merging with Channel 4? It shouldn't happen. BBC is fine just the way it is and Channel 4 should stay how it is too. What's next? ITV merging with Channel 5?

[@ntvalt4361]

This is interesting, as this small studio now gives ITV News room to change the look of the main set whenever the inevitable new look will take place.

[@scottpeacock5492]

Imagine if this happens in America their TV companies merging together ABC CBS and NBC, There would be lack of choice, romours were going round last time in the UK that both Channel 4 and 5 were to merged. I rather have choice than lack of choice.

[@Robbie990]

@@scottpeacock5492 same

[@ntvalt4361]

​@@Robbie990Yes, I know we have said this a lot over recent years, but having this small new studio, ensure that when they are kicked out of Studio 1 for a relaunch, they have somewhere to go.

[@ntvalt4361]

​@@Robbie990It’s a screen through a window.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

In a way I can understand it because Channel 4 aims much of it's content at a much younger audience than the BBC. The thing is Channel 4 would probably lose much of its identity and have much of it's own content probably change to fit some kind of BBC standard. Channel 4 does actually still produce a lot of semi decent comedy and panel shows as well had having a fairly decent chunk of American shows that are at least worth one watch. I just can't see a deal like this benefiting anyone but the BBC and to try and say they now have all of Channel 4's content on the iPlayer now so a TV license is now more than worth it or something along those lines.

[@phill6859]

If anything, the BBC would adapt to channel 4

[@Jayenkai]

I've watched more of your videos in the past month or so than I have BBC content. .. it's all your fault!!!

[@kascnef]

No one in USA knows what channel 4 is except they produce movies just like bbc films

[@harryelliott4310]

Channel 4

[@kylefoster2876]

I bet it will Be the same Its channel 5 thats changing

[@awesomedudeyou8]

Guys big news citv is back on the air because im watching citv right now

[@awesomedudeyou8]

Also I'm watching citv through itv2

[@anthonyperkins7556]

If it goes subscription only then I won't be paying for it. I'll still watch commercial channels free of charge, it won't bother me.

[@GregoryHudson]

Some basic research would have avoided such a transparent click bait title for this video. This suggestion (from an unnamed source) has been denied by both the BBC and Channel 4.

[@yulejbaylock103]

Eastenders will be gone if it happens

[@brooklyneditsyt]

Everything is merging together, like EE and BT, and Jack Daniel’s and Coca Cola.

[@Theresabrown1805]

Virgin Media and O2 have merged.

[@Diogo85]

Not everything. Most things aren't merging.

[@gordon3178]

tv companies are just like the game's companies on the tv side there are loads of tv channels where 99.99% are repeats and not just any repeats its always the same repeats which get repeated over and over and to make it more interesting they swap programs around by showing them on different channels and theres a lack of new content which could be said for the games industry where spend all this money buying or accumulation other companies where they own different content but not actually putting the content on for people to consume or buy where they make us buy different tier services but the content is always the same and due to the cost of living crisis i rather use my money on food heating and keeping a roof over my head and as i have youtube premium theres a lot of content to keep me occupied both with music and videos

[@neiljacques1977]

I support the BBC but there is one big problem with them. They have too many TV channels and Radio Stations trying to tick too many boxes and keep too many people happy. Take an average day across BBC TV. Count how many hours are new TV shows and not news. Very little. I think there should be just 1 live TV channel and call it BBC Television! Kids tv will be on it between 4-6pm. And programs such as gardeners world can be moved to an afternoon slot. And as majority of the public have iPlayer most programmes will be watched when you want to watch them. But if you still record programmes at least they will still be on live tv at some point. Instead of constant daytime repeats.

[@arthurvasey]

I think some BBC programmes have been shown on Channel 4 -it’s actually not uncommon to find BBC programmes on the Welsh channel S4C - all the Welsh language programmes moved to S4C, allowing both BBC Wales and HTV Wales to broadcast exclusively in English - if you want to watch programmes in Welsh in Wales, tune to S4C!

[@kynastonp]

S4C is partially funded by the licence fee , their news programmes are made by BBC WALES. Their main soap is made by the BBC and as of 2020 their programmes are broadcast from the BBC building in central cardiff .

[@LiaDe-y1o]

Hi just had a look on digital spy bbc and channel 4 have denied merging

[@techbaffle]

BBC & Channel 4 to merge - ooo interesting Reality: BBC moves BBC Four to channel 4 😂

[@Concurr]

Please God no.

[@mrcs4130]

What about bringing back the Closedown for BBC1 and cancelling the News24? In the age of instant news access via the internet is an overnight rolling news broadcast service really worth the resources?

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Enlightening commentary and well researched.

[@NicholasJH96]

I can see good & bad with this, More 4 stuff will be daytime stuff, E4 stuff will be bbc three stuff & channel 4 news investigation team would do good as well as some fresh blood. It would likely see tv license going anyway. It’s a matter of when not if. I see free ad tier, premium tier with no ads. Radios station would get ads only on Alexa if it’s premium. If it’s means not waiting for years or months with e4 drunk tv line up with popular shows on late at nights like 1.00am. I’m for it as I would would have during football season to listen to my team then cancelled it. Unless they sports pass like now have. I would actually close both kids on satellite tv then relaunch as bbc kids with content from both cbbc & cbbrcbies. I would remove it off virgin as well as well but keep it on freeley but not on freeview. it would still be on player. I would reduce radio stations 1 extra, 4 extra, 5 live sports extra, and Asian network with bbc R1 & 2 on R1, R3 & 4 Content on R2, Radio 5 on radio 3 & radio 6 music goes on R1 as well. Asian network stuff goes on world servers radio. Cut local bbc in sub regions to North, Mids & South. Liverpool & above its mid under Liverpool & above Gloucestershire & below is south. Close bbc radio Gibraltar.

[@Heather-sj7db]

EUROVISION! CYPRUS!

[@smogmonster1876]

Purely speculation on my part but I think what may happen is that BBC1 and 2 stay on linear television and all the rest will move online. As for Radio, I can see Radios 1,2 and 3 staying pretty much as they are with some kind of merger between Radios4 and 5Live taking place 1 Xtra could become podcasts along with 6 Music, 4 Extra I can see being closed altogether and As for BBC Local and Nations radio, think that will go the same way as as commercial local radio with news from local BBC TV news rooms this cutting out many Local Radio news rooms meaning complete closure of some stations. It’ll be interesting to see what does actually happen. Maybe the discussion with Channel 4 is to see how a partial move towards advertising on the BBC could work. Just a guess.

[@Tom_murray89]

Same here regarding TV. I also had dialup internet

[@paulkelly1726]

Why not merger bbc itv chanel 4 and chanel 5 together

[@kascnef]

ITV is commercials while bbc and channel 4 are ad free

[@neilgodwin6531]

Wouldn't any merger require an Act of Parliament, as the BBC operates under a Royal Charter and Channel Four is state owned?

[@NicholasJH96]

Charter ends in 2027

[@IzzyTheDyspraxicArtist]

People don't want to pay the licence fee because they don't think it is worth while. It doesn't need to be worth while, it needs people to believe it is worth while. Right now the BBC is worth while, but people don't believe it is.

[@karterbyrne6426]

If this was to happen, could the BBC’s major sporting events move to channel 4 so adverts could be sold? Easy 100 million extra revenue in a Euros or World Cup year…

[@TrevorFiford-d6g]

There should be no reason why the BBC can't set up an advertising dept' and run ads'.

[@DJRickDawson]

adverts between every frame of snooker like ITV. how long would the world championship have to be? or adverts instead of studio analysis, and other content from the snooker tv team?

[@DJRickDawson]

​@@TrevorFiford-d6gprogrammes would have to be shortened somehow... an hour on bbc is like 58 mins with trailers at end/start with adverts that has to be like 45 mins for the same programme.

[@Gloryzuki]

Oh dear lord, are the BBC ready for the this yet We all know that C4 is it's own independent thing, there's no need for the BBC to colonise it

[@ScottyJ1122]

Tax payers money pays for Channel 4.

[@raeesrichards6786]

@ScottyJ1122 Taxpayer money only funds BBC, not C4.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

​@@raeesrichards6786check again

[@ekowstevens4054]

Lots of people are dropping the licence fee...........but they are still watching. Just not paying up.

[@ntvalt4361]

At long last It made no sense to have the multilayered logo

[@Tom_murray89]

Great video

[@AdamMartyn]

Thanks!

[@mathieuleader8601]

it would be interesting if in such a merger if the Channel 4 branch created its own radio stations

[@The-gtag-guy]

Hi

[@EssexResident2000]

As long as they don't interfere too much. BBC's standards of journalism are dire, whereas Channel 4's are good. There is also the matter of sport, where successive issues with both broadcasters (but much more so the BBC) have caused multiple sports to scale back, or indeed leave entirely, free to air television: Formula 1, Formula E and the Olympics to give just three examples

[@ferguscarey2006]

No, I don't think so!

[@harryelliott4310]

BBC

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

Channel 4 giving us Brat Summer vibes with that logo

[@adultmoshifan87]

I have a part 3 video on why I think ITV were wrong to close Citv! It’s premiering in an hour!

[@davidknight9421]

The public will decide the tv licence fee there should go like itvx

[@local59_Studios]

If this happens. Im gonna enjoy the chaos with hollyoaks and EastEnders stuff. Not like i watch it i just wanna see everything end badly

[@owenmcgheeandbdawg]

If they merge they could get Steph's Packed Lunch back on. I don't think they had a specific media news reporter... Just saying (get your name down)

[@RH1812]

Interesting as they’re both publicly funded

[@paulasonny2797]

What's in the F1 right now

[@jordanhowell7798]

The live coverage is now exclusive to Sky Sports F1, Channel 4 have the rights to the highlights.

[@TayWoode]

Oh dear you had to keep saying “wholesome” that overused word used to describe anything

[@AdamMartyn]

🥱

[@EGRAVEN-ge4nj]

This cant work bbc is non-commercial and channel 4 is

[@neilisgreatagain]

It’s will be run by bbc studios like uk tv

[@Mokeywashere]

I SWEAR TO GOD, AUNTIE BEEB BETTER GIVE THIS MERGER THE GREEN LIGHT, IT'S ONLY WAY SHE CAN LIVE FOREVER MORE.

[@EJC-qw8ke]

What

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

That will never happen. Channel 4 and BBC are completely different companies. Same with ITV and Channel 5.

[@simonrodgers8902]

That's what a merge is. Wouldn't be a merge if they were not different companies.

[@lance941]

What simon said ^

[@hexagonic2010]

wait that means that it will be BBCHANEL4

[@obeanddarth]

Bbc could just have ads

[@barrieshepherd7694]

Please NO! The Commercial TV companies have voice objection to that already as it dilutes the decreasing advertising revenue available to them.

[@itsreeyah]

Internationally, yes. In the UK and NI, absolutely not!

[@DJRickDawson]

programmes would have to be shortened somehow... an hour on bbc is like 58 mins with trailers at end/start with adverts that has to be like 45 mins for the same programme.

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@barrieshepherd7694we don’t want the BBC

[@jordanhowell7798]

I would prefer if Channel 4 was purchased by Warner Bros Discovery rather than merging with the BBC.

[@PaulJaYmes]

Why on earth would you want a British cultural asset to be sold off to a foreign company, never mind one being crushed by debt and dodgy management decisions?

[@jordanhowell7798]

@@PaulJaYmes it happened with Channel 5 when they were bought by Paramount Global back in 2014.

[@neilgodwin6531]

I would prefer it if Nadine Dorries' mad plan to sell it off wasn't revisited. 90%+ of viewers want Four left alone

[@barrieshepherd7694]

That would crush Channel 4 - nothing daring or avant garde would be produced - the screen would be full of US moderated stuff.

[@jordanhowell7798]

@@barrieshepherd7694 well I don't want the BBC and Channel 4 to merge, these mergers are getting really ridiculous at the moment.

[@TrevorFiford-d6g]

It's not rocket science. If the BBC need substantial income, why not just run adverts?

[@frankshailes3205]

Loads of reasons. USP for one.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

And how do you propose running adverts that can’t promote any products‽

[@TrevorFiford-d6g]

@@DrWhoFanJ The BBC Own Dave & the Likes who run adverts. Therefore why can't the BBC??? The uk is the only country that has a non-commercial tv.

[@TrevorFiford-d6g]

@@frankshailes3205 If the BBC can run ad's on the UK tv network, then so can they.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@TrevorFiford-d6g They don’t. Those are separate channels the BBC (among others) merely provide with their previously-shown content they won’t be repeating any more.