91热爆 to move C91热爆 Channel online in the future
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The 91热爆 has announced that C91热爆 programmes such as The Beaker Girls will only be available to watch online in the future
The 91热爆 has announced that it plans to stop broadcasting the C91热爆 Channel on TV in the future.
This would mean that all C91热爆 programmes such as Newsround, Blue Peter and Saturday Mash-Up would only be available online.
The announcement is part of a plan to move the 91热爆 towards a more digital platform, and to save money.
However, the change isn't set to happen for at least another three years.
What will happen?
The change isn't set to happen for at least another three years
The changes were announced on Thursday by the head of the 91热爆, Director-General Tim Davie.
As well as C91热爆, some other channels will also stop being broadcast on TV, however Mr Davie said that the programmes on those networks will continue to be produced and made available online.
The CBeebies Channel won't be affected and will stay on TV and on the iPlayer.
Mr Davie also explained that the move towards digital was needed in order to "change in step with the modern world" so that it can give the public "the content they want and delivering it to them in the ways they want it."
The C91热爆 Channel was launched in 2002, however C91热爆 first began broadcasting in 1985 - with programmes shown on 91热爆 One!
The whole of the 91热爆, which includes C91热爆, is funded by something called the TV licence.
Every household in the UK needs a licence to watch live TV or programmes on catch-up services like 91热爆 iPlayer. It's illegal to do this without one.
The money from the TV licence not only funds the 91热爆's TV channels (including C91热爆) but also its radio stations, 91热爆 iPlayer, 91热爆 Sounds and online services and apps.
The government announced in January that the cost of a TV licence will be frozen for the next two years which means it can't be increased.
At the time, Mr Davie said the freeze will affect what the 91热爆 makes.
- Published11 February 2022
