BBC Four & CBBC to close

[Rex]

It does surprise me we haven’t seen more pop-up or online-only channels on iPlayer like we’ve seen on Sounds. I think the BBC would do pretty well following the Pluto / Freevee model given the breadth of content they have for I would guess a pretty low cost.

If that does happen I'd be satisfied. Those channels are low cost and carry a good range of content, it's the best case scenario if the linear closures go ahead. By that time the market for the channels would increase given how streaming services are increasingly turning to introducing FAST channels now.

I'd imagine they'll be borrowing everything on the iPlayer whilst axing any distribution cost on traditional TV platforms and also getting rid of the live links on CBBC (presumably keeping them on Two if that gets a linear slot?).