[Keith]

Hollyoaks being cut to three eps a week.

www.broadcastnow.co.uk 

So previously we had Hollyoaks move from Channel 4 (linear) to E4 and streaming, with only the omnibus edition still appearing on C4 (linear). Now the announcement number of episodes per week has been cut from 5 to 3.

Also, it's noticeable that press release mentions the omnibus edition being an hour long. Does that mean the episodes will also be shorter? Presumably these new episodes would need to be around 15-20 minutes long, if all three are being shown in the hour omnibus. A point that the press release seems to be keen to skip over.

I think we can also see where this is likely heading. Move it off the flagship channel, then cut it back, until hardly anyone misses it when it's eventually axed.