CBeebies & BBC Four | Should They Stay Or Should They Go...? | BBC Linear TV Cuts

[@RebeccaPhythian]

You make such valid points in this. With regards to CBBC in our house, we've always have Freeview TV and only in the last few years gained online streaming services like Disney + and Netflix. For so many families, like mine, having CBBC on accessibly on linear TV was and is so important so it's a shame to hear it'll be going online. Great to hear your thoughts in the video 🥳❤️

[@ArchdukeJake]

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[@macra_]

I agree that of all of the BBC channels that could have gone, BBC Four seems the most obvious candidate. Personally I'm happy to see that CBeebies looks like it's staying as it's the only channel on Freeview that's demographic is young kids and doesn't do adverts. I wish that CBBC manages to stay but one can only hope!

[@meridian2000]

@Macra You are joking, Separating CBBC to CBBC for older audience and CBeebies for younger audience was the biggest mistake the BBC ever made. The BBC News Channel is a UK Channel and BBC World News Channel is a global channel so it should stay absolutely separated but as for the children's channels, there was absolutely no need to separate Children's BBC and in fact no need to launch the children's channels at all cause the audience would be at School. It was fine as it is in BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Choice and there was absolutely no need for Greg Dyke to rename BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge as Three and Four. But the biggest mistake that Nigel Pickard ever made was axing the corporation's flagship Saturday morning show Live & Kicking and for the corporation to axe it's important shows, like Crimewatch UK, Top of the Pops, Liquid News, Grandstand, Watchdog, XChange Schools Programmes such as Numbertime and Words and Pictures, Working Lunch, Despatch Box, Westminster Live, tomorrow's World, Grange Hill, Byker Grove, Holby City, Generation Game, Big Break, The National Lottery Stars, JetSet and Winning Lines, Parkinson, Whatever You Want and removing it's Australian soap drama Neighbours. Not forgetting the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party That's why the best peak era of the BBC was before 2002, it's gone downhill ever since.

[@the-np4mr]

To be fair, I think in the time that it's been back I've watched BBC 4 far more than BBC 3. BBC 3 lost a lot of channels since it went off air and it has almost nothing of any substance to offer

[@morbidsearch]

​@meridian2000 As someone who grew up with Cbeebies, I have to disagree. I still watched it a couple of years into starting school and I loved having it on in the evenings. And at weekends, all ages are at home so it is good to have something for both. PS The comment you replied to didn't even mention BBC News. Stop copy pasting the same thing on every thread

[@turnonmyaxel]

I'm so passionate about this. Honestly. I'm 23 and I'd rather watch BBC Four. I love it on linear television but you make a good point. My worry is with BBC Four gone, the Commisioned of content like the ones on BBC Four doesn't go with it. I think no channel does a documentary as well as BBC Four, and to lose that content would be a disservice. The attack against television is just the continuation of the the attack on creativity in this country that have been going on for a decade. Public Service Broadcasting is a joy to this country, not a hindarance

[@CrimsonCX]

Exactly, It really annoys me If all social media died for a day I’d watch BBC Four. It’s content is unique and different Why launch bbc three if your gonna get rid of four Four is arguably more important than three cause not many young adults will be watching stuff like that Linear TV is in our culture and our history and we are trying to get rid of it, it’s wrong

[@interstat2222]

It has been a shadow of its former early 2000s to late 2000s self anyway for years. I believe its content should've been merged into BBC Two (which is how BBC Two was in the 1991+ era anyway) and there should be an online only BBC Archive streaming channel/section. It could even be delivered on Freeview via one of the IPTV slots used by those obscure channels.

[@julianhanc8272]

So documentaries, cultural, arts and series will be moved from BBC Four to BBC Two.

[@londonbuses8191]

The decision to close CBBC and BBC Four makes the decision to bring back BBC Three quite stupid. I think the Red Button should be axed as most Smart TVs don‘t support it anymore. It doesn’t have the charm that it did back in 2007-16 (CBeebies and CBBC minigames anyone?)

[@nottimhortons]

Red Button was supposed to be axed, but it wasn’t due to backlash from the disabled community, who saw the shutdown as a violation of BBC’s Charter. I don’t think they’ll make the same mistake again.

[@londonbuses8191]

@@nottimhortons I remember. The thing is, the text services don’t work on newer TVs. So by the time the charter expires, it probably won’t exist anymore. The Red Button seems to have been replaced by the iPlayer

[@fairrodthecapacitor]

Let CBBC live! If toddlers are watching CBeebies they are soon gonna watch CBBC

[@ians4535]

I think must be agree. That's no reason to see a separate Cbeebies and CBBC channels. That just a terrible decision by Greg Dyke and Nigel Pickard to separate CBBC department. In addition to merging BBC News and World News channel, CBBC and CBeebies as a linear TV channel should be merge and can carry the former name for combined channels, while keeping these respective channel's content online and intact as well. A merged channel would return CBBC to its former glory prior to split in 2002 when the CBBC (as a block) aired a wide-ranging programme from toddler to teen audiences.

[@meridian2000]

@Ians453 Finally somebody agrees with me, The BBC News Channel is a UK Channel and BBC World News Channel is a global channel so it should stay absolutely separated but as for the children's channels, there was absolutely no need to separate Children's BBC and in fact no need to launch the children's channels at all cause the audience would be at School. It was fine as it is in BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Choice and there was absolutely no need for Greg Dyke to rename BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge as Three and Four. But the biggest mistake that Nigel Pickard ever made was axing the corporation's flagship Saturday morning show Live & Kicking and for the corporation to axe it's important shows, like Crimewatch UK, Top of the Pops, Liquid News, Grandstand, Watchdog, XChange Schools Programmes such as Numbertime and Words and Pictures, Working Lunch, Despatch Box, Westminster Live, tomorrow's World, Grange Hill, Byker Grove, Holby City, Generation Game, Big Break, The National Lottery Stars, JetSet and Winning Lines, Parkinson, Whatever You Want and removing it's Australian soap drama Neighbours. Not forgetting the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party That's why the best peak era of the BBC was before 2002, it's gone downhill ever since.

[@julianhanc8272]

​​@@ians4535 as they did on BBC Two in September when it introduced Kids Zone

[@titanictotired]

BBC Four is important, if it goes off linear tv it'll be the start of the grand downfall of television. We need these 4 channels so that Television can live on! Anyway, love these discussions videos Adam. You should do them more frequently, I love just listening to what you've got to say about topics, so yeah, love the video!

[@ArchdukeJake]

Another way bbc can get money is by putting ads across some of their channels, it might not be the most convenient for the viewer, but at least CBBC and BBC Four will still exist, or at least for a bit longer... OR someone could simply buy the channels to keep them up.

[@julianhanc8272]

And it's moving to BBC Two

[@jassey11]

You know, they should just bring back CBBC on ONE and TWO and also a new CBBC THREE, that CBBC aires like 3 times a day (1-1:30 hours) a day

[@MLL17.15]

NICKELODEON BLOCK OF CBBC

[@Thomanory]

From what I've seen, BBC Four is aimed towards the more older/elderly market. Some older folk may not be able to access digital content (BBC iPlayer) because it's all 'new' and they are more used to television content since it has been around for a long time. Then again, you could teach them how to use this equipment. But, would they even know how to? I'm a bit in the middle, I do agree with the point that people are streaming more nowadays, but I also think that some people may not know how to use this technology because they themselves aren't used to it. I don't know, BBC Four's audience may even reach a younger demographic for all I know. All I can really say is that I am in the middle with the whole situation, mostly because some people are used to new stuff than others because of the demographic of the channel which usually is adults/the elderly.

[@turnonmyaxel]

The problem is, the content is already on Iplayer? Are they gonna promote it now it's online? Idk

[@eloiseallaway4928]

I don’t think BBC 4 will even exist, its mostly an archive channel, its programming budget will be cut more and its new content can go on BBC2. They will just enhance iPlayer Archive functions.

[@sirdanielwatlingsmbe5625]

I think that instead of CBBC (and inevitably CBeebies) becoming strictly online channels, they should return to daily programming blocks on BBC One and BBC Two, saving the BBC money but also keeping CBBC and CBeebies somewhat alive in the realm of Terrestrial Television

[@matthewsmatters]

Found your channel searching for idents a while ago, discovering The Ident Review. Your content has always been well put together, warm in character, and ever so infotaining! These unscripted videos are a very welcome source of information, and contribution to the debate that must happen right now in the light of these recent developments. Keep it up!

[@TheLogoWorldUK1]

CBeebies is staying on TV. BBC Four should be left alone (stay on TV basically)!

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Something I haven’t seen anyone mention thus far is accessibility options. BBC iPlayer currently only offers *either* subtitles *or* audio description for its shows; there’s no simple method of getting both (short of having two versions of the same programme playing twice in different windows/tabs, but that still requires some way of achieving precise alignment, not to mention a signal that won’t get interrupted mid-show!). Are there any plans to fix this issue, or will people like me who need both accessibility options be simply unable to access the shows any more? (FYI That’s why I still record every show I intend watching: Either so I can have it saved in case I unavoidably miss it, or so I can skip the adverts on non-BBC channels.)

[@onekie5787]

if ur visually impaired and need audio description , something tell me subtitles aint gonna be needed , and the same vice versa

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@onekie5787 And yet I do need both, because it is not a visual impairment that requires the subtitles; I use them so I can still read what people are saying when I cannot see their lips moving. That’s why AD is simultaneously also necessary; it’s fulfilling the role of describing actions I might have missed myself.

[@onekie5787]

@@DrWhoFanJ so u dont technically need them , its a preference. its fair for the bbc to assume that if u need to use one then u physically cant use the other. althought it would be nice to have the option , the demand for it is almost non existant.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@onekie5787 Not so. I still need them the same way my dad needs a hearing aid: We can achieve the majority of the activity ourselves; we simply need a little help with the final but we can’t do independently (hearing the occasional soft vowel in his case; identifying who’s speaking in a crowded scene/hearing quieter sections or those covered by louder music in mine). I absolutely do need both, and they definitely were both simultaneously-available options just a few years ago. That’s why it’s so confusing; they actively removed something that really doesn’t take much to keep. They’re always available on all other streaming services (the ones I use, at least!) and home media releases, so why is iPlayer randomly incapable of providing both‽ 🤷‍♂️

[@onekie5787]

@@DrWhoFanJ im sorry , im confused are u either visually or hearing impaired?

[@KyleJBAwesomeness-OfficialChan]

Why can’t we get CBeebies to air extra hours til 9pm yet? They did the same with CBBC while BBC3 was off air so I’m pretty sure this channel for the underfives can do the same

[@jbtv7955]

Great video Adam it’s cool that cbbc’s staying but why BBC Four’s chosen to go talking about channel broadcasting hours cbbc was pushed from ending at 9pm instead now ends at 7pm don’t know why.

[@sarahblunden4372]

Cbeebies is a god send with young kids

[@king_sc_CMXII]

Most of the time

[@sarahblunden4372]

I remember watching Kenneth Williams fatabulosa on BBC4 and liked old episodes of totp but yes i do agree about bbc4

[@TravellingacrosstheUK9996]

I would say, those 2 should stay on TV

[@ians4535]

I rather see CBeebies should be merge with CBBC to create a single TV channel that can carry CBBC name (with more broader toodler to teen audience) and having BBC Three becoming more similar to BBC One/Two in regards to hour schedule.

[@julianhanc8272]

And BBC Four have to move to BBC Two

[@hayleydouglas]

BBC Four should definitely stay - it is a great channel and the thought of that channel going online makes me very angry

[@julianhanc8272]

The programmes after closedown, move to BBC Two

[@dominewimbury2039]

BBC4, stay. I love watching the old documentaries of the past. I am 37 but love the fifties to the nineties

[@robertcomer2767]

I'm sure nobody would have given a toss had ITV announced they were axing CITV and while they at ITVBe could go as well. At least the BBC were producing content for their channels. The same can't be said if ITV

[@ArchdukeJake]

If I’m honest, I’m sad to see BBC Four go, but with BBC Three’s removal in 2016, and reinstation this year, I figure BBC Four may be reinstated in the future at some point, but of course, I think there may be an alternative to keep BBC Four on-air. I love the documentaries on the channel, and if it’s not on air, I would feel a part of my life stripped away from me, even though it will always be available on the iPlayer, I still feel sad about Four’s exit.

[@80schick]

Absolutely gutted that BBC Four is eventually going online, and am hoping that they put the TOTP repeats on BBC 2, as there's very little else I watch on the BBC.

[@julianhanc8272]

Also the series, documentaries, cultural and arts.

[@alexhaslam2578]

I agree with everything you said.

[@michaelfortheloss292]

Great video 😊

[@AdamMartyn]

Thank you 😊

[@tgheretford]

The elephant in the room with linear TV is Freeview. Particularly as the BBC has asked Ofcom to not renew the HD multiplex run by the BBC that the five main channels are on (the other commercial HD multiplex is closing at the end of June at the latest with no warning to viewers as of yet and the BBC's SD multiplex is unaffected) and its licence runs out in 2026, when the BBC plans to move linear channels online. With the mobile phone companies offering amounts the broadcasters could not hope to match for the UHF spectrum and that due to take full effect by the start of the next decade, its probably understandable that the timing of all of this appears coincidental. With the increasing cost of electricity, the cost of upgrading HD broadcasts on Freeview for regionalisation for all the broadcasters and the cost of maintenance, I wonder if Freeview HD is the unmentioned casualty of the BBC cuts that will join BBC Four, CBBC and Radio 4 Extra to move online and whether it will be sooner rather than later?

[@1701Wren]

Freeview I'd say will move to online with the terrestrial spectrum being used for TV & mobile phones together so linear TV will be broadcast online via 5G & normal internet as well Also on Freeview CBBC & BBC 3 share a linear channel that flicks numbers at 05:30 & 18:58. The same applies to BBC 4 & CBeebies as well as their HD channels - to save real money they have to cut not only an evening channel but a daytime one as well. So cutting BBC 4 & CBBC from normal TV saves a channel that they can sell - I'm guessing the BBC want to cut the HD channels from Freeview so they can get more SD channels on that multiplex & get more income 1 PSB HD channel = 4 or 5 or more commercial SD channels that would be worth a fortune if sold whereas if it's fixed as PSB HD, I'm guessing that the price of bandwidth would be set by Ofcom

[@jnd5820]

Milkshake! had Peppa Pig, not CBeebies Although, BBC Alba broadcasted it in Scottish Gaelic.

[@robertcomer2767]

Tony Hall wouldn't leave BBC Three alone. It seemed to get an audience during lockdown and so it got a linear channel back but the content is extremely poor and its ratings are showing this.

[@loftlegacy]

I used to love BBC Four. In fact, it was the only BBC channel that I used to regularly watch. It had a eclectic mix of informative programming, a bit like BBC 2 used to be. As for CBeebies, basically it’s a pacifier for toddlers. My boy is 5 and watches it on Free row Plus and chooses what he watches. So, if they can use a remote, the don’t need linear TV. The BBC IPlayer is really good in child mode but it was good to have safe CBeebies on linear TV when he was younger. I’m not too bothered about BBC Four as long as I can access the content. To be fair, I don’t mind paying a licence fee for PBS, but begrudge paying for Gary Lineker’s salary to name just one “talent”. There is talk about unlocking more historic content on the IPlayer which are currently restricted for a bizarre reason. What the BBC has on Britbox (which I call sh*tbox), should be on the IPlayer as we’ve paid for it once. That may justify somewhat the tv tax.

[@julianhanc8272]

In International it should be in BBC Player

[@realnoahsimpson]

BBC 3 makes the most sense as the channel to transition to online, not BBC 4

[@Orange.animates-cfb]

I grew up with CBBC and CBeebies

[@thomasstevens2746]

Great video

[@meridian2000]

CBeebies should go and all of its programmes should move onto the CBBC Channel, in fact CBeebies should never have existed in the first place had it not been for Greg Dyke and Nigel Pickard, I believe an older and younger audience should come together, it's a shame that when younger children reach 6 they stop watching CBeebies and instead go to CBBC where as if it was still merged then they can still watch CBBC and come together to watch it, they can choose not to watch a younger programme when they think they're too old for it and theirs always a tv guide such as RadioTimes to check what time their programme is on or their parents can check when it's on, Now I think of the past successful programmes on the merged CBBC such as Live & Kicking, Blue Peter, Get Your Own Back, Teletubbies, Tweenies, Playdays, Chucklevision and loads more, I just like to think of the past of when CBBC was for all ages of its audience, especially in the Yellow and Black animation era which was my favourite era.

[@samuel-wankenobi]

What i think is they should get rid of the standard definition versions and only have the high definition versions

[@julianhanc8272]

As well as on BBC2

[@therealautisticdj]

I don't think they get rid of CBeebies as it airs in like Australia, Cananda and few other countries

[@turnonmyaxel]

Could BBC 4 become more of an archive channel? And making sure the shows are commissioned via BBC Two

[@turnonmyaxel]

By this I mean, just old content, like American Bomerang used to be. Like they queue it up and just let it play like red button. Surely that wouldn't be super expensive? How pricey is linear TV anyway? Obviously it not too pricey, otherwise BBC Three would still only be digital

[@julianhanc8272]

Some of archival programmes will be on BBC Two

[@jbcmediaplus567]

Remember there is also an international version of CBBC CBebbies too sharing presentation wonder if merging them into one channel like with BBC News & BBC World News would work. Not together but with the international versions. Or replace BBC Four with BBC Europe merging BBC Four, Brit & the UKTV Australia and New Zealand into one channel like BBC News

[@ConnorJYT]

They should stay because CBeebies will probably move to iPlayer if they decide to put it on there, but kids might be very sad because they would of removed the channel and BBC Four is the only BBC adult channel it should be BBC Three going because it's just come back on the TV back in February of this year and people are saying that BBC Four should be stay, that and CBeebies must stay.

[@Tardis2004-y6o]

I vote for BBC4 to stay because I love watching documentaries like the sky at night

[@steviegTVreturns]

CBeebies doesn’t get touched as it rates consistently high on a regular basis arguably making it one of best watched TV channels outside of the main 5. CBBC’s ratings have always been lower than CBeebies. If they tried to take off CBeebies from linear I’d expect more of an outcry than 6Music. It’s far easier for a parent to put a baby or toddler infront of CBeebies which they can watch for hours on end than an older child who’s attention span isn’t the best.

[@meridian2000]

@Steve _G You are joking, Separating CBBC to CBBC for older audience and CBeebies for younger audience was the biggest mistake the BBC ever made, and that's not an opinion, it's a fact, CBBC was much better when it was merged. The BBC News Channel is a UK Channel and BBC World News Channel is a global channel so it should stay absolutely separated but as for the children's channels, there was absolutely no need to separate Children's BBC and in fact no need to launch the children's channels at all cause the audience would be at School. It was fine as it is on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Choice and there was absolutely no need for Greg Dyke to rename BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge as Three and Four. But the biggest mistake that Nigel Pickard ever made was axing the corporation's flagship Saturday morning show Live & Kicking and for the corporation to axe it's important shows, like Crimewatch UK, Top of the Pops, Liquid News, Grandstand, Watchdog, XChange, The Really Wild Show, 50/50, Schools Programmes such as Numbertime and Words and Pictures, Working Lunch, Despatch Box, Westminster Live, Tomorrow's World, Grange Hill, Byker Grove, Holby City, Generation Game, Big Break, The National Lottery Stars, JetSet and Winning Lines, Parkinson, Whatever You Want and removing it's Australian soap drama Neighbours. Not forgetting the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. That's why the best peak era of the BBC was before 2002, it's gone downhill ever since.

[@simonrodgers8902]

The sad thing is whatever cuts are made, someone is always going to suffer.

[@TheRealMrTBA]

i think i'm the first to watch this vid, when i came on it said no views :D in 2025, does that mean that bbc three and cbeebies will be 24 hours or will they timeshare each other? i'm very curios :)

[@AdamMartyn]

As far as we know, in 2025 at the earliest, BBC Three and CBeebies will keep their alloted broadcasting hours. But we don't know if they'll move to sharing the same channel, or keep their own individual ones. All will be revealed in the coming years i guess 😊

[@TheRealMrTBA]

@@AdamMartyn yo thanks :) honestly i watch more cbeebies than cbbc XD

[@julianhanc8272]

They will be merged CBBC with CBeebies

[@paajishaf76]

@@TheRealMrTBASo CBeebies might change their hours to 10pm at the latest. Because CBeebies needs more than 3 more hours left and let the CBeebies presenters be on till 10 pm.

[@GalexionSDVX]

I'm not from the UK, but honestly I feel like CBBC and Cebeebies should timeshare, like how BBC Three did, with BBC Four staying as well.

[@robertcomer2767]

It's all very well them saying it's going online but they need to sort the iplayer out on Sky. It seems that is limited to what is on the website. I'd rather watch it on a TV screen if even its from the iplayer than watching it on a computer screen

[@clnre]

BBC4 used to be a great station, airing documentaries and quirky quizzes like Only Connect, as well as Saturday night foreign language drama. Now apart from its Saturday night drama, the station basically only shows repeats. So it is right to ask the question, why does the cash strapped BBC still have this channel and the resurrected BBC3?

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

As I said in a comment on your previous video I think that since CBBC, BBC Four and Radio 4 Extra will be closed in 3 years time, could this be some sort of a way to delay the closure of the channels until after the next GE, hoping that the Conservative Party loses and that Labour (or whoever else will be in Government) give a bit more funds to the BBC so that these closures could be avoided? Because remember when BBC Three's closure was first proposed, it was in 2014 and then it was approved in 2015, but bear in mind that the plan was approved by the BBC Trust after the 2015 GE (provisional approval in June 2015, full approval in November).......I don't know maybe I just wrote complete b******t, but still.......

[@KevinM913]

Why should BBC be given more funds when they pay some of their presenters such high salaries? They should better manage the funds they have.

[@ihavealocalknight955]

I remember when bbc 4 used to come on... I would be scared and run away...

[@patvyoutube]

I do agree that BBC Four should be the one to go, you do mention it, but it is pretty much all archival these days, the original commissions are quite sparse and 'new' content is mostly the foreign dramas they buy in. But I do think that if BBC Four has to go then it only makes sense for either of the children channels to go as well, not that I would want them to, but the same situation as when BBC Three was off air would be applied, as BBC Three and Four share broadcast streams with CBBC and CBeebies, you'd simply have the situation again where (in this case) CBeebies would be technically 24 hours, but probably not broadcasting anything overnight. The low cost nature of BBC Four's archival content means it really doesn't cost much to fill a schedule, the transmission and broadcast probably costs more. Removing two brands means a full 24 hour stream can be closed down, saving on the broadcast costs.

[@julianhanc8272]

And new BBC Four content can go on BBC Two

[@THE2NDCARLTONBOY]

So many people done amtv custom idents,so do a ident review of every amtv custom ident you can find

[@samuel-wankenobi]

What they should do is keep the channels but only the high definition versions and get rid of the standard definition versions

[@timrutten5990]

This doesn't really affect me, as I only recieve BBC one, two, first and world news here in the Netherlands. But for the British viewers I do get that BBC four goes to the iPlayer. But CBBC is also important in my opinion, I don't get that choice

[@Jonah16835]

I rlly hope CBeebies stays it is my child hood show and will be sad to see it go

[@anonymoustipster202]

I don’t really get how you can say going online will mean the content will be easily manipulated because the BBC would make the content so I don’t get how Adult content disguised as kids content would be allowed on CBeebies online.

[@NMY556L]

I think I read that smart tv"s have to ship with iplayer installed by default so that'll make it easier for some to get access to online content but, that's assuming they've got high-speed Internet in the first place. Hey BBC, don't mess with TV. That should be the strapline to a national campaign. Think BBC 3 is back on TV Jingle for reasons why.

[@memediatek]

Most TVs will want to have Freeview Play certification these days, which has a channels set by Freeview and includes iPlayer

[@BrillBrix]

5:33 Actually Peppa Pig aired on Nick Jr and Channel 5.

[@kgs9243]

I hope CBeebies swap 7pm with BBC 3. So it still closes at 7pm

[@omega_AH]

Ye

[@THE2NDCARLTONBOY]

What if when cbeebies closedown,bbc three will have its startup as of to 2025

[@ANGELROB_YTC]

Iplayer a kid is a app you can get in the app store on phones and they don't check if you have a licence

[@graysongolden4714]

Cover the Mainzelmännchen

[@julianhanc8272]

That's ZDF!

[@whatamalike]

I think all bbc channels should go online except bbc1, 2 and news...but only once full fiber broadband is available in the entirety of the country which, as of May 2022, is nowhere near fully available.

[@NMY556L]

Scrap the TV Licence as it is but fund better broadband for everyone?

[@whatamalike]

@@NMY556L incorporate home broadband and the TV license into a single entity? I never want to see an end to public service broadcasting

[@NMY556L]

@@whatamalike call it a digital communication fee and use it to fund public services of which Internet access should be one. Extend the public service remits of all five broadcasters and regulate this part of their output separately to whatever else they do (even the BBC would have to answer for what it does under this system). This remit would also include children's programming and would mandate that children's programming be accessible to all. The regulations would only apply to BBC1, BBC2, ITV (channel 3) , Channel 4 and Channel 5 and not to any other channels, thus meaning that they can't use their other channels to fudge meeting the minimum requirements. Oh yes we broadcast lots of children's programmes starting at 12 midnight on itv4 ha ha .. that'd not meet minimum standards. Stop allowing tbe BBC to self-regulate and bully people into funding their next pay hike!!!!!! Involve broadband providers and other interested parties in improving broadband connectivity and give incentives to organisations who want to help improve public servuice broadcasting - big fat pay rises for overpaid staf aren't classed as a public services.... but, providing good quality content is. Share resources for the creation of public service content and offset the production costs. News output, coverage of key events are classed as public services for example so why duplicate the work .... just share the production workload and fund it from the central pot.

[@jenniferbookless]

Cbeebies will watch at 2 hour at 6am to 9pm

[@chibikopandanobum5370]

Their HD Channels are off the air now.

[@fenhen]

Having CBeebies on linear TV is also great for parents in other ways. It can help develop patience and allows a broader range of shows (if a kid finds a show they like they can watch it for hours, but if it’s on TV they’ll watch many shows). In can also help develop a sense of time and consistency (“we watch In the Night Garden before bed”), because certain shows are on at certain times. Very important for kids.

[@AXOLIFE]

I still watch it and im six

[@-ok-431]

i remmeber baby jake from bbc i think idk where it was

[@jassey11]

I mean, they said they wouldn't take CBeebies away, but they might?

[@AdamMartyn]

Fingers crossed they don't!

[@samuel-wankenobi]

What i think is they should get rid of the standard definition versions and only have the high definition versions

[@memediatek]

@@samuel-wankenobi it doesn't cost them much to simulcast it, however if they were too they might do after Freeview HD branding is phased out to be just Freeview as all devices have to be DVB-T2 capable now

[@jassey11]

I mean, this is SUCH a stupid thing, I mean, I know the license fee expires, BUT THIS? is just stupid, CBBC, is a good channel, along with CBeebies, plus, ending 3 shows just cuts the BBC's money in triple,

[@simonrodgers8902]

I think if you change the video title to BBC Lineker cuts then you'll have cracked the problem.

[@clairesolesbury3150]

😢

[@zoepoeloe]

Want older c bbc programmes back

[@MixedStudiosOfficial]

CBeebies dose need a punishment for not airing patchwork pals #patchworkpals

[@MixedStudiosOfficial]

Also good news peppa pig was not in CBeebies, so your wrong

[@somemonkeythingfrombjsofal4654]

My Little Sister Loves Patchwork Pals

[@stephenhester9804]

The easiest way to save money would be to dump the Reality garbage that clogs up the Schedules.

[@TeenageMaxi-p7o]

Elsagate deserves to go!

[@Alishatalat1292]

So you can get the money 💷

[@MATTY110981]

I stopped watching linear TV about a decade ago terrestrial TV and believe that in not to distant future we will be back down to fives terrestrial channels as will be increasingly economically unviable to operate an over the air TV station. I think your assessment of moving BBC 4 to iPlayer is a logical and thought it was strange that BBC 3 returned to the air waves.

[@jackdubz4247]

Get rid of the despicable Tories first, then we can discuss the future of the BBC.

[@AdamMartyn]

Amen 👏👏

[@princewellidk]

​@@AdamMartyn So you like the Labour party.

[@memediatek]

@@princewellidk there are other parties you know - a lib dem in a region with a green local government

[@jordanhowell7798]

I think the kids channels should go (which are CBBC and CBeebies), BBC Four is a channel for elderly people so it would be unfair for them when it's removed. CBeebies should go with CBBC as kids don't really watch linear TV anymore since they like to choose what they like to watch.

[@samuel-wankenobi]

What i think is they should get rid of the standard definition versions and only have the high definition versions

[@julianhanc8272]

When they have to remove, they can move to BBC Two.

[@jordanhowell7798]

@@julianhanc8272 that's correct

[@adultmoshifan87]

I feel that BBC Three, CBeebies and CBBC should all stay on TV. The BBC are clearly losing it and the government need to stop these funding cuts! If I were PM, a color TV license would cost £80 a year (£79 cheaper than it currently does), a black & white license £55 a year (£1.50 more than it currently does) and the super rich would each have to pay £5,000 a year for their licenses, regardless whether watching in color or black & white!

[@samuel-wankenobi]

What i think is they should get rid of the standard definition versions and only have the high definition versions

[@andyandrews55]

its a good job your not pm if your going to charge that much for the rich. if i was pm id replace it with advertisements and save people a lot of money

[@jamesryeland1635]

I think that Cbeebies should go because CBBC and BBC Four are going should Cbeebies as well and move online

[@julianhanc8272]

As will be merged CBBC with CBeebies as like CBBC before 2002

[@sunray83b]

Disagree. Kids will hunt out cbeebies anywhere including streaming and pressure parents to find it. BBC 4 which is watched by older people will fail if it goes to streaming.

[@cableTVarchive]

They'll probably turn Cbeebies to BBC Kids channel.

[@julianhanc8272]

It's just CBBC instead of BBC Kids.

[@wolffuryanimates7227]

Cbeebies going will probably be a terrible idea. I can just imagine an army of sleep-deprived parents storming the BBC headquarters. Yeesh

[@barbarakirk3064]

Peppa Pig is currently on Channel 5.

[@PrincessAcornHair]

If Cbeebies goes of TV I will litteraly die

[@englandball8613]

numberblocks is for all ages cbbc should air it

[@vinrock123]

Back in the days Ceebeebies had shows that involved puppets

[@DavidDoom95]

Tikkabilla, Tweenies, etc.

[@tsbpbscrarsritn]

This is just dumb, I mean, CBBC is a huge show, why would they end it right now, ngl I just started watching CBBC-ish and after CBBC dies, OOOOOF, along with BBC 4, it’s just-

[@meganthetvidentadvertfanat1596]

I agree with you. But CBBC is a channel, not a show

[@tsbpbscrarsritn]

yh thats what i meant to say LOL

[@englandball8613]

i think cbeebies like cbbc it gonna go online in 3 years

[@chibikopandanobum5370]

They SHOULD stay!!!!

[@randomchadwhosigma]

But If your in USA You cannot use CBeebies

[@king_sc_CMXII]

Note: CBeebies doesn't have Peppa Pig anymore

[@julianhanc8272]

Peppa Pig is on Channel 5

[@2006mfsf]

Pls keep CBeebies

[@chestersfavouriterides8073]

Is CBeebies shutting down

[@AdamMartyn]

I don't believe so! CBBC is moving online in the coming years, CBeebies is staying on TV!

[@chestersfavouriterides8073]

Why is Cbbc shutting down

[@chestersfavouriterides8073]

Can you ask CBeebies to make new go jetters episodes

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@chestersfavouriterides8073 because it’s moving to the IPlayer with BBC4 because cbbc is becoming less popular and no one watches cbbc anymore.

[@chetapace79]

I mean, CBeebies would have to stay on because toddlers don’t know how to type “bbc” on the keyboard

[@ihavealocalknight955]

After the cbeebies ended

[@rayskitten78]

Ok enough cbbc and cbeebies can be merged but nothing is happening till 2025 maybe 2027 so chill out

[@Randomtv19645]

BBC one and itv should go

[@julianhanc8272]

No

[@sully.chowpaaji]

@@julianhanc8272 I think BBC Two and BBC One and ITV should all go online only because we don’t kind of watching these kind of channels.

[@ranjirtable]

Rip cbeebiez and bbc4 2025

[@daniellaurbacz7936]

Love BBC four?

[@민한솔-y1e]

maybe for disability children

[@englandball8613]

bbc four is staying

[@omega_AH]

Huh.

[@jennasworld8037]

You mean cbbc

[@AdamMartyn]

CBeebies and BBC Four are the focus! CBBC does get a few mentions!