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From 5 January 2022, the channel now closes down for the day at 7:00 pm and timeshares with BBC Three once again, as was the case prior to the 2016 relaunch. [8] On 15 March 2023, CBBC rebranded its on-screen bug and identity to match the BBC's 2021 logo, dropping the 2016 logo which had been used for seven years.
However, Music Box shut down at the start of 1987 and YTV went back to a nightly closedown although it did air a Teletext information service called Jobfinder for an hour after sign-off. In August 1987, Thames / LWT and Anglia began through-the-night broadcasting (Thames had already extended broadcast hours to around 4 am earlier in 1987).
26 May – BBC Director-General Tim Davie announces plans to make annual savings of £500m that will see the content of BBC Four and the CBBC channel moving to an online only service, while BBC Radio 4 Extra will also go online. However, they will continue to be available through television platforms for at least the next three years.
1937. 24 April – The first children's television show For the Children is broadcast.; 1939. 1 September – The BBC Television Service is suspended, about 20 minutes following the conclusion of a Mickey Mouse cartoon (Mickey's Gala Premier), owing to the imminent outbreak of the Second World War amid fears that the VHF transmissions would act as perfect guidance beams for enemy bombers ...
CBBC, which had been a programming strand as Children's BBC since 1985, was split into CBBC and CBeebies, for younger children, with both new services getting a digital channel: the CBBC Channel and CBeebies Channel. [72] In addition to the television channels, new digital radio stations were created: 1Xtra, 6 Music and Radio 4 Extra. BBC 1Xtra ...
However, this timing change led to a decrease in viewing figures for the weekday afternoon CBBC One slot, [125] with Blue Peter receiving fewer than 100,000 viewers, down from around 335,000 in 2003. The BBC Trust recommended that the BBC produce plans, detailing how they intended to increase viewership, by mid-2009.
Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog. ... Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Head Start. Sally Hoelscher, USA TODAY. January 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM ...
On 4 March 2013, the BBC announced that it was searching for a new presenter to start in the summer of 2013. They announced that CBBC stars Dick and Dom would be hosting a new TV show to find the next presenter. [16] The show began on 24 June as Blue Peter - You Decide! The judges were Myleene Klass, Eamonn Holmes and Cel Spellman. [17]