While in Australia ABC is celebrating 90 years, for BBC 2022 is its centenary.
This weekend marks the start of the BBCâs centenary, and with it a year of special programming across all our channels and platforms. We will be celebrating one hundred years at the heart of British national life, but also a century at the core of one of our most precious sectors: our wonderful creative industries.
BBC3 is coming back on Feb 1!
I guess with the latest funding cuts and decision to drop the licence fee, the revived BBC three will be short lived.
Five years away, after the next election, with a deeply unpopular incumbent PM. Hmm.
UPDATE: the British Government confirmed the freezing of the BBC licence fee on Monday. Following the two-year freeze, the fee will rise in line with inflation for the following four years before it is abolished in 2027, when the BBCâs royal charter expires.
Statement on the Licence Fee settlement
"Given the breadth of services we provide, the Licence Fee represents excellent value for money. There are very good reasons for investing in what the BBC can do for the British public and the UK around the world.
A freeze in the first two years of this settlement means the BBC will now have to absorb inflation. That is disappointing - not just for Licence Fee payers, but also for the cultural industries that rely on the BBC for the important work they do across the UK. The BBCâs income for UK services is already 30 percent lower in real terms than it was 10 years ago. We will set out the implications of the settlement later, before the end of the financial year, but it will necessitate tougher choices which will impact Licence Fee payers.
While there will be challenges, we do have the financial stability of the Licence Fee, which is crucial. We have the certainty of a six-year deal for the funding of the BBC: two years cash flat and four years keeping pace with inflation.
We have great faith in the BBC and its future. We will do everything to ensure the BBC continues to punch above its weight for Britain and for audiences around the world. We will continue to drive an ambitious programme of reform, moving more of our output across the UK, transitioning the organisation to a digital future and delivering distinctive and impartial content. We have a uniquely talented team of people at the BBC who are focussed on delivering this for the public.
We actively look forward to the national debate on the next Charter and, of course, all options should be considered. The BBC is owned by the public and their voice must always be the loudest when it comes to determining the BBCâs future."
Richard Sharp - BBC Chairman
BBC Three has now (re)-launchedâŚ
Idents:
What is on the channel before 7pm? Is it a childrenâs channel like ABC TV Plus here?
It timeshares with the CBBC Channel (6-12 years old) -
After BBC Three was closed in 2016, they extended CBBC until 9pm. Now that itâs been relaunched, CBBC finishes just before 7pm
Did CBBC just end at 7pm before today? Thanks @onge.
yeah, CBBC has returned to its older closedown time of 7pm
Unlike Australia, they have different LCNâs so donât share the same logical channel number. Itâs actually less confusing that way.
Indeed, it shares the same stream - but the LCNs are different - any viewer that tunes into their respective channels while off-air, would get a MHEG message like this:
There was also cross-promotion continuity from BBC One, Two and Four for BBC Threeâs launch/RuPaulâs Drag Race UK vs The World
