(Pocket-lint) - BBC Three will return as a full-fledged terrestrial TV channel on 1 February 2022.
It can begin at 7pm every evening and host exhibits, reminiscent of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK, plus stay soccer, beginning with semi-finals and closing of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The channel will seem on the identical slot as CBBC, with the youngsters channel reverting to an finish time of 7pm every day. BBC Three will then air from 7pm to 4am. It's going to be accessible on each free-to-air and paid TV by Freeview, Sky, Virgin TV and Freesat.
The channel may also broadcast by BBC iPlayer (its sole house for the final six years). Catch-up content material can be accessible too, naturally.
On the finish of final yr, the UK's communications regulator Ofcom gave the relaunch the inexperienced mild, so long as three-quarters of its content material is unique and made within the UK.
"We fastidiously assessed the BBC’s plans, alongside proof and suggestions gathered throughout our session. We concluded that the channel’s relaunch will assist the BBC to extend its attain amongst youthful underserved viewers - notably these from lower-income houses, and audiences who stay outdoors London and the South East," it mentioned in a press release.
The BBC introduced in March 2021 that it wished to reverse its determination to make BBC Three an iPlayer-only service. Nonetheless, it wanted full approval earlier than progressing.
The company closed the BBC Three terrestrial TV channel in 2016, transferring content material and commissions to BBC iPlayer primarily and internet hosting a few of its exhibits on BBC One. Nonetheless, it took into consideration contemporary analysis highlighting a "robust case" for the channel to return again.
BBC Three, as earlier than, will deal with youthful audiences. The Beeb will hope to convey again some viewers who left to hunt out content material on different platforms as a substitute.
"The BBC must again success and ensure its programmes attain as many younger folks as doable wherever they stay within the UK," mentioned the BBC's chief content material officer, Charlotte Moore earlier this yr.
"So whatever the debates concerning the previous, we need to give BBC Three its personal broadcast channel once more."
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