26-03-2024, 07:16 PM
Although the remit for BBC3 is ages 16-34, it already is an overspill channel and mostly aimed at everyone. Live sports, music events, and shows typically watched by older viewers such as Masterchef with spin-offs which have in part been made for them as well as the channel's intended demographic, then there's stuff like Top Gear and The Apprentice which I suppose the argument can be put across that they are popular with younger viewers but they weren't BBC3 shows to begin with.
The idea created that BBC3's sole focus is younger viewers when so much of its output is general content is clever from the BBC in a way in that it saves them money and gets more out of shows but for the 16-34s whom if it were not for them there would be no BBC3, they don't get a good deal compared to services for other demographics. CBBC and CBeebies aren't propped up by ancient repeats of shows that would appeal to a completely different audience.
The idea created that BBC3's sole focus is younger viewers when so much of its output is general content is clever from the BBC in a way in that it saves them money and gets more out of shows but for the 16-34s whom if it were not for them there would be no BBC3, they don't get a good deal compared to services for other demographics. CBBC and CBeebies aren't propped up by ancient repeats of shows that would appeal to a completely different audience.
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