[Stooky Bill]

Speaking of CBBC Choice and 4:3 content, I know that CBBC presentation didn't officially go to widescreen until a minor branding and set refresh in September 2001. From what I've seen CBBC presentation was letterboxed on BBC One and BBC Two digital before then. Was it the same for CBBC Choice? I've seen a video of the idents being 16:9 but all of the presentation I can find on YouTube is cropped.

I think it was wide-screen. The CBBC studio was 16:9 compatible from when it opened, however when it was used live on BBC1 or 2 the programmes came from the studio too so they could mix in and out of them creatively. When their programmes started being made 16:9 having the studio doing ARCing and aspect ratio switching for the analogue and digital versions was very complicated so the studio stayed 4;3 and the 16;9 programmes were played from presentation.

Going by [a] clip of the last CBBC Choice link they were 16:9.... however because almost all the CBBC Choice programmes were 4:3 the whole block went out mainly with the 4:3 flag so most viewers didn't see the links in 16:9


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