It has been reported in many news outlets that the BBC’s top brass are intending to close down BBC3. A channel aimed at the young and somewhat easily entertained. It would be easy to say that the BBC has picked a fight with a generation of TV viewers who will not sit idle while their easiest way to get the shows they like is taken down. You might think that the plan for the BBC to move so much of their programming from BBC3 to the iPlayer is to save costs, and you would be right.

Here are the facts straight from the horses mouth, or David Sillito a media correspondent for the besieged BBC. We are told that BBC3 will disappear from the listing in autumn 2015. In addition the channels annual budget has been given a major haircut dropping from £85million to £25million. The BBC also claim an extension will take place to the children's channel broadcasting hours and a creating a channel for +1 hour viewing of BBC1.

It is worth taking a moment and thinking about that budget reduction, where will it go? Increases to other TV channels, Radio Stations and general services that customers need is most likely the case. It is the feeling of this author that the reduction in channel funding has been done to enhance financial resources behind the BBC online services, simply because the youth of today are consuming their entertainment online. We no longer gather on mass in front of the living room TV. We are now on our tablets and laptops to seek out entertainment, legitimately and illegitimately. Netflix and Amazon already have a strong head start in this area, the BBC could and should catch up, if they can.

It would be worth noting that UK citizens are required by law to pay a fee to the BBC each year to fund the services they receive. This is called the licence fee and stands at £145.50 for a colour TV and £49 for a black and white TV. The licence fee is actually classified as a tax and as with all tax evasion, it is dealt with most severely. With that fee demanded each year from every household with such a television present you could see just how much money the BBC draws from this revenue stream. So now I am curious why it s necessary for us to loose more services from the BBC regardless of what the entire population think of each channel. We are not all going to like BBC3 and surprisingly it is not aimed for all of us. It is just the way this cut and run method is being used by the BBC to save itself some money when their funding is not taking a hit. I have not noticed a drop in my licence fee, have you? So why the need to close BBC3.

To sum this all up, the BBC will make up its mind as to the fate of the beleaguered BBC3 and its viewers. With any luck the programming that has been hosted there for so long will find stable new homes online. BBC3 will likely maintain its viewership right up till the end, the young student culture that exists behind BBC3 will travel wherever the shows go, even online.