BBC RED BUTTON SERVICES TV

The BBC's sports rights budget will be slashed by £35 million to combat the 'high levels of inflation in the market.' With Sky and BT vying for the majority of live domestic and international sporting rights, prices have risen, so the BBC has decided to pick and choose its battles.

The service has been providing local News weather and information alongside.

BBC RED BUTTON SERVICES TV

TV production won't escape the cuts either. The BBC's Red Button service allows you to access additional television programming, live coverage from major sporting and cultural events, sports scores, lottery and weather information as well as. The BBC has announced its intention to close the Red Button service in 2020. It was also carried by BBC Online, which was formerly called BBCi. Former name Originally, BBC Red Button was called BBC Text, then BBCi. To access it, press the red button on your remote. BBC Red Button Text is a MHEG-5 service operated by the BBC as a digital replacement for the Ceefax analogue teletext service. Instead, the broadcaster says it would focus on delivering interactive content via iPlayer and apps on connected TVs and mobile devices. The BBC Red Button Service is available on all BBC channels. The Red Button is the biggest service at risk, which has been used to deliver alternative match choices for Wimbledon and BBC Radio 5 Live commentaries on select live football matches in the past. The BBC says it will save a total of £37 million by 'rationalising' new BBC Online features, streamlining BBC News and slowly reducing the amount of interactive TV it offers. This new ‘Connected’ Red Button will become the foundation for interactivity around the BBC’s television channels on the TV, writes. While the Beeb works with the government to close it, the company says it will cut management positions and reduce back office staff, but also look into whether it could phase out important services like the Red Button. The BBC has since begun to reduce its broadcast multistream services and is now looking at how it can use the red button to connect to services delivered over broadband, including the BBC iPlayer.

It comes from what we know as the 'iPlayer loophole,' which lets viewers avoid paying the licence fee by watching on-demand programming only. As the BBC continues to streamline its operations following a less than glowing government review, the broadcaster has announced a fresh round of cuts that it says will 'address a shortfall' of £150 million in what it believes is lost money.

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