RIP CBBC Channel (Update: CITV Channel To Close Also)

[thechase]

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the CBBC and CBEEBIES channels on UK television, as well as the 'bug ident' rebrand.

[dav]

Ah Dock and Dom. The Saturday morning show with odd sketches, cheap sets and a cartoon with a really racist caricature.

[karl100589]

Strange seeing Jake Humphrey go from kids telly to arguably Britain’s best sports presenter RN. I remember watching a Charlie Brooker episode on kids TV and he said it’s the hardest job in the world because you need to keep things simple so the audience can understand without going too far and making it condescending.

[thechase]

The BBC has today set out the blueprint to build a "digital-first public service media organisation."

Examples of future changes announced today include:

The creation of a single, 24-hour TV news channel serving UK and international audiences, called BBC News, offering greater amounts of shared content, but maintaining the ability to offer separate broadcasts depending on what’s happening at home and abroad;

Plans to stop broadcasting smaller linear channels, such as CBBC and BBC Four and Radio 4 Extra, after the next few years;

Ongoing work to strip out any unnecessary bureaucracy, reduce running costs and simplify ways of working to free up time;

Plans to stop scheduling separate content for Radio 4 Long Wave, consulting with partners, including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, ahead of the closure of the Long Wave platform itself;

Bigger investment in programming from the nations and regions across the UK;

Investment in an enhanced news and current affairs offer for iPlayer and Sounds, with new video formats, simulcasts and podcasts
Speaking to staff, Mr Davie said: “This is our moment to build a digital-first BBC. Something genuinely new, a Reithian organisation for the digital age, a positive force for the UK and the world.


“Independent, impartial, constantly innovating and serving all. A fresh, new, global digital media organisation which has never been seen before.

“Driven by the desire to make life and society better for our licence fee payers and customers in every corner of the UK and beyond. They want us to keep the BBC relevant and fight for something that in 2022 is more important than ever.

“To do that we need to evolve faster and embrace the huge shifts in the market around us.”

www.tvzoneuk.com/post/bbcfour-closureann1


CBBC's spin/response

twitter.com/cbbc/status/1529855457325731840

[Schizo]

My condolences to CBBC Channel‘s friends and family

[Hit Girl]

They'll back down from this. It's one of those dumb moves that organisations often do that was stupid to begin with and will result in an inevitable u-turn.

[thechase]

Feb 12, 2022 0:19:20 GMT -5 karl100589 said:

he said it’s the hardest job in the world because you need to keep things simple so the audience can understand without going too far and making it condescending.

I sometimes wonder if current Newsround remembered that lesson.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

never understood why they created TWO childrens channels in the first place

[The Dark Order Inferno]

May 26, 2022 13:54:59 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

They'll back down from this. It's one of those dumb moves that organisations often do that was stupid to begin with and will result in an inevitable u-turn.

Not this time, they can't fund doing so when the income won't be there to fund it, they didn't U-turn on ending BBC Four's original programming, after all. The BBC are getting the Railways treatment, the government slashes their income so they can offer fewer services and what they do offer is worse year on year to make the inevitable privatisation more palatable, once they're through selling Channel 4 against the will of the public.

[DiBiase is Good]

The loss of CBBC as a channel isn’t something that has any real impact on my life.
The loss of BBC Four though, bastards!

[SmashTV]

They want to scrap BBC4 but opt to bring back BBC3?

God help us...

[Deleted]

Yeah difficult for me to comment on this without getting very angry and very political.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

May 26, 2022 17:48:33 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

They want to scrap BBC4 but opt to bring back BBC3?

God help us...

BBC Three used to be a good channel, then they hired the guy who built an ITV channel around peter Andre and Jordan. He killed off all their award winning original programming and replaced it with shows like 'I'm posh and thick and hotter than my daughter's boyfriend'.

[SmashTV]

May 26, 2022 18:13:44 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

May 26, 2022 17:48:33 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

They want to scrap BBC4 but opt to bring back BBC3?

God help us...

BBC Three used to be a good channel, then they hired the guy who built an ITV channel around peter Andre and Jordan. He killed off all their award winning original programming and replaced it with shows like 'I'm posh and thick and hotter than my daughter's boyfriend'.

Ah, that explains A LOT. Sadly, a lot of people lap up content like this.

[crashmatsbazz]

There were just men. Just innocent men!

[An Dog On An Skateboard]

May 26, 2022 18:13:44 GMT -5 The Dark Order Inferno said:

May 26, 2022 17:48:33 GMT -5 SmashTV said:

They want to scrap BBC4 but opt to bring back BBC3?

God help us...

BBC Three used to be a good channel, then they hired the guy who built an ITV channel around peter Andre and Jordan. He killed off all their award winning original programming and replaced it with shows like 'I'm posh and thick and hotter than my daughter's boyfriend'.

Don't forget cutting edge comedy like Coming Of Age from Tim “Broadcast Hot Shot 2008” Dawson.

Although to be fair, it also gave us the brilliant This Country.

[thechase]

While CBBC has been airing again on BBC TWO during weekends for a good stretch (largely within the 6.30-8.30 AM time slot and also includes Blue Peter), it appears this will now be extended during an eight week trail session in September, and will include Newsround's return to the core BBC channels for the first time in a decade


twitter.com/scottygb/status/1563202368488947712

[thechase]

Now the CITV channel is being phased out

twitter.com/i/web/status/1634128740128104448

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

But....we're just normal, innocent men.

[thechase]

ITV's children's TV channel CITV is to close on Friday 1st September at 9pm, according to scheduling data. The closure date has not been formerly announced by ITV at time of writing.

www.tvzoneuk.com/post/citv-closeure-dateann1#google_vignette