BBC Four & CBBC to close

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If anything I'd like to see Britbox go.  That content would work far better without subscription, using the BBC iPlayer and ITVX respectively.  Maybe UKTV Play if such an option is uneconomic for the BBC, but ITV have the ads or subscription choice already.

But the BBC are paid for their content on Britbox - in the same way as they are if it is sold to the likes of Amazon or Netflix, or if it is sold on DVDs. If they lose that income, then fewer new programmes will be made.