27-05-2022, 09:23 PM
Overall, my opinion is that these cuts are just... tolerable:
Getting rid of CBBC is fine.
Getting rid of BBC Four is fine.
Merging the NC and World is fine.
But every time you cut something and bodge it onto something else, you're alienating a small part of the population, whether that be older children, elderly people, the audience for journalism internationally, or people who can't afford fast internet. And on each occasion the BBC taps away at one niche that it serves, it looses just a bit of its PSB charm. And then it's just another channel.
Getting rid of CBBC is fine.
Getting rid of BBC Four is fine.
Merging the NC and World is fine.
But every time you cut something and bodge it onto something else, you're alienating a small part of the population, whether that be older children, elderly people, the audience for journalism internationally, or people who can't afford fast internet. And on each occasion the BBC taps away at one niche that it serves, it looses just a bit of its PSB charm. And then it's just another channel.