BBC Four & CBBC to close

[natashajacobs]

I'm being quite optimistic about the whole ordeal, I get the reasons to axe BBC Four, as it has since reshifted into a repeats channel but there's a lot of stuff on the BBC worth repeating that it arguably doesn't matter, they could easily rely on acquired foriegn content and their own archives for at least a few years running, but I do wonder if a "BBC Extra" channel would essentially allow BBC to still run a 4th channel, albeit for extra coverage if say, most other channels aren't able to.

As BBC Four is now essentially a repeats channel how much would the BBC actually save if it were to close the channel?  I  suspect any savings would be relatively minimal.  Then there's the question of what to do with the 7pm to 7am timeslot. Whilst the HD hours could be utilised in Scotland and Wales for Three HD the SD unused hours would likely go to waste.

Think the idea is that BBC3 and CBeebies would share and the extra stream would be closed