BBC is set to slash Newsround slots on TV and redirect money to online news for children
- CBBC would only be required to show 35 hours of the show each year, down from 85 hours now
- It would also allow CBBC to broadcast it just once daily, most likely in morning
- Programme, launched in 1972, was originally called John Craven’s Newsround after its presenter
The BBC has been given the go-ahead to slash the number of Newsround episodes it broadcasts on television.
Media regulator Ofcom yesterday said it will accept proposals for the broadcaster to redirect money into online news for children.
The changes would mean CBBC would only be required to show 35 hours of the programme each year, down from 85 hours now.
The BBC has been given the go-ahead to slash the number of Newsround episodes it broadcasts on television. Media regulator Ofcom yesterday said it will accept proposals for the broadcaster to redirect money into online news for children
The programme, launched in 1972, was originally called John Craven’s Newsround after its presenter (above)
It would also allow CBBC to broadcast it just once daily – most likely in the morning – rather than throughout the day.
The programme, launched in 1972, was originally called John Craven’s Newsround after its presenter.
The BBC must now deliver daily news for children across different formats on the Newsround website.
But Ofcom expressed reservations about how much children would engage with more online news.
The Corporation said the TV audience for Newsround among six to 12-year-olds had halved since 2012.
The BBC must now deliver daily news for children across different formats on the Newsround website. But Ofcom expressed reservations about how much children would engage with more online news. (Pictured, Craven in 1997 with Newsround presenters Chris Rogers and Julie Etchingham)