Don't worry, BBC HAS to air that somewhere, it's a rule that if you're competing you have to air the semi-finals.

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So they have to air it, then they shove it on a side channel? The shade of it all

I don't see be point of making it online only.. They are still paying to make the programmes

Another thing I don't understand is that BBC Three's audience share for 2013 was 1.5% while BBC Four's share was only 1.0%

:flutter: phew

and now i'm suddenly happier :flutter:

They only just made it a HD channel too.. Another waste of money.

Get rid of 1xtra or merge it with 6 music.
Axe Radio 3- absolute pile of ****.
Cut back on Radio 4 Xtra and the local stations
Axe the welsh and Gaelic ones
Stop wasting money on stupid 3 part dramas and invest in actual proper series ect ect ect

Budget 13/14
BBC One: £1,051m
BBC Two: £415m
BBC Three: £85m
BBC Four: £49m
CBBC: £79m
CBeebies: £29m
BBC News Channel: £53m
BBC Parliament: £2m

Merge the kids channels too

Oh yeah, it's damn sneaky.


I can't find the figures but I think Three has a running cost of about £90 million annual, where as Four is £65 million? It probably came down to the fact Four has less repeats from One and Two.

EDIT: actual figures above!

Here's a petition if anyone wants to sign it

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petition...rust-save-bbc3

Let's hope this goes the same way as the 6 Music campaign did

I don't want BBC4 to go as I like some stuff on there too. But BBC3 should be kept and they should shuffle some stuff around elsewhere.

obviously the best solution would be to reduce the pay given to certain celebs.

If BBC3 goes, BBC4 cannot be BBC4 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...8/ed2305b7.png

CBeebies and CBBC could easily merge, you run the latter channels programmes from 6am until 9am, CBeebies until 3pm, and then CBBC again until 6pm.

o m g

This

Why does 4 xtra exist

does anyone even watch cbbc anymore.. not when you have stuff like nickelodeon and disney channel etc

I only watched CBBC as a child but the only program I watched was Tracy Beaker :love:

We do not have a date yet
T. Hall is having another meeting
he is due to go the Press.
I assume he may give a date
it will transfer from TV to Online only.

Wrong
as it will become BBC3online

where the link i sure you making it up as you go

:bawling:

An announcement is expected as early as Thursday when the BBC will confirm that BBC3 will close and become a wholly online channel.

LINK
http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...lans-tony-hall