CSP TV CLASS

I've referenced this in a few posts but I'll start a fresh post here.

BBC3 RELAUNCH DISASTER: YOUTH NOW SPEND JUST 17 MINS A DAY ON LIVE TV 

‘ the total youth audience for all British television channels has collapsed by 70% over the last decade. The average teenager’s consumption of live television has fallen from almost three hours a day to just 50 minute during this period.’ Guardian April 2022.

AUGUST 2021 - BRITS 6 HOURS DAILY SCREEN TIME AS 60% HAVE STREAMING SUBSCRIPTION

OfCom research reveals the speed with which the deep-pocketed global giants have become a normal part of UK households media consumption. A third of Brits' waking time in 2020 was spent on TV/films/gaming (screentime), up 1 hour on 2019 to nearly 6 hours. Guardian.

MARCH 2021

BBC3 TO RETURN AS BROADCAST STATION! Guardian. BUT...JULY 2021: C4 + Sky lodge protests! OfCom investigation due to report in January 2022. Guardian.

JAN 2021

As Whitaker quits Dr Who a reminder of some advances: Whittaker’s Doctor Who tenure has been considered a success, with the launch show being the most watched for a decade with 9 million viewers tuning in. The show has also evolved during her time with a virtual reality episode released in 2019 and a mini DIY episode airing in March shortly after national coronavirus lockdown measures came into force. (Guardian)

C4 moving to online only? Nov 2020

Guardian reports that C4 is looking to double its online ad revenue (it currently relies heavily on TV ad income) and increase the uptake for All4+, the £3.99 monthly ad-free subscription to it's catch-up service. This is seen as pre-empting the Tory government review of PSB, with the Tories frequently calling for C4 to be privatised.

It said it hoped to make 40% of its revenue from digital advertising and other sources of revenue not linked to the traditional TV market by 2025 – around double the current amount. As part of this it wants more people to pay for All 4+, the ad-free version of its catch-up service, which costs £3.99 a month.

Channel 4’s annual programme budget of £660m a year makes it a relative minnow compared with the likes of the BBC and Netflix, which is investing more than $1bn (£750m) just in UK-filmed productions this year.

The culture minister, John Whittingdale, a longtime proponent of privatising Channel 4, has raised concerns recent months that the broadcaster’s business model may struggle to survive in the face of competition from the likes of Netflix.

Is BBC3 returning to TV? (May 2020)

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BBC gets a hand to compete with Netflix et al 

BBC iPlayer can show programmes for a year instead of 30 days.

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