[interestednovice]

While I do agree with this statement, the reason CBBC is closing down in the first place is Children aren't going to the linear outlet.

This was the exact same reason why BBC Three closed down in the first place, and we all know what happened, this strategy of online only will not work, it's been proven that it doesn't work

I agree, there should still be a “shop window” available.

FAST channels are the future, I agree, but we are not there yet either as reliable high-speed broadband is not universal and FAST channels do not integrate well (in many cases) with TVs.

I would also not want to see a future where a child in a poorer household is more poorly served by the BBC than a wealthy one. This is effectively what putting CBBC on iPlayer only would do.

Many older people (a quarter of 75+) also have no access to the internet at all, so to deprive them of BBC Four is also unfair. This will, additionally, be seen as a double-whammy hit because of the end of universal free TV licenses for the elderly.

The BBC is making mistakes with this strategy.

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had the concept of FAST come mainstream earlier by 2016, many would argue BBC Three could've worked in that similar way, not requiring the transmission nor distribution costs to operate.

To be honest, when the announcement was first made this is what I was envisaging. I don’t think we had the word FAST back then though!

All the language was around how “BBC Three is moving online” when really it’s programmes were simply dumped on iPlayer, there was a token attempt to promote them through a few pages on social media, and that was it.

Hardly an “online service” at all.