Force the BBC to reinstate BBC Three as a terrestrial television channel

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

On 16th February 2016, the BBC ceased broadcasting BBC Three on terrestrial television and moved the channel online. Despite a petition of over 350,000 people and open letters from actors, writers & celebrities, the BBC Trust refused to back-down.

The channel was closed without proper consideration for the 350,000 person petition presented to the BBC. 90% of content was from the UK with 70% original. All genres were covered and it was a broad, well watched channel considering its broadcast hours were only 1900-0400. The BBC Trust's own consultation found that the 'large majority' were against the switch. 9 million people watched the channel each week. The channel was more popular than E4, ITV2, Dave & even Sky1.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.

You might like to write to the BBC to make this suggestion.

Timeline

17 Feb 2016	Petition opened for signatures
18 Feb 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Feb 2016

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