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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.

I'd be quite confident that the majority of over 75s that don't use the internet also don't use most of the channels available to them on linear TV. Many older people find it the nature of navigating digital TV very complicated and stick to what they know (BBC1, 2, ITV1, C4, and to an extent C5). I don't think that BBC Four would be a staple for most of them. The 'traditional' channels already show content that they enjoy anyway.

To be blunt, most of them will have died in the next 10-15 years by which stage people in their late 50s/early 60s today will be in that 'over 75s' age group. They are fairly knowledgeable in the online world and will be perfectly fine navigating online to watch a TV channel if they so desire. Moving BBC Four online seems like one of the best options for the Beeb to save money as it doesn't carry any great programming anymore nor does it attract that many viewers.