the BBC is to axe its channel 'bbc3' which is aimed at a younger audience, it has the most diverse audience, fostered new comedy talent continually and had the most diverse programmes, however due to the licence fee freeze their budgest have had to be cut, they are however still showing bbc3 programmes online which makes sense as most teens watch tv online now a days anyway, a licence freeze for the bbc can have detrimental effects such as this as it is the BBC's only source of income.
The youth aren't being told to "piss off to the internet"; they're already there. A quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds' viewing is via catch-up and the BBC expects that to rise to 40% – and that's before you consider non-TV videos on YouTube and the like.
moving to the online platform will help new talent be able to be produced and broadcasted, three hugely original new dramas will be launched on iPlayer. All from new writers and directors, and each to a natural length, from 13 minutes to 17, that would have sat awkwardly on TV. One is about Muslim speed dating, another's entirely in verse. BBC3 is still innovating, still diverse and still taking risks – it's just doing it online.
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