BBC Four & CBBC to close

[Andrew]

I think it’s a big mistake losing CBBC. To maintain the longevity of viewers sticking with the BBC, it has to serve them at all age groups. Dropping its linear channel is going to open it up to more competition from rivals and therefore lose any potential future BBC viewership.
It was why I was so dead against closing BBC Three to lose the young adult audience. But as that’s come back they’ve done something far worse and removing the linear option for older children.
A big mistake if you ask me.

I suppose you’d have to get into the head of a child of today, do they still grab the remote and scroll through the childrens section on the EPG and hence the BBC would lose out if they weren’t there, or do they just go online and watch what they want when they want?