UK BBC TV cost per user hour by channel 2023

In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, CBBC cost 39 pence per user hour to produce that year and was the most expensive TV channel. Additionally, this showed an increase from the 33 pence per user hour recorded in the previous period.

Cost to deliver BBC TV services to individual users per user hour in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015/16 to 2022/23, by channel (in pence)

Characteristic	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
CBBC	19.8	20.9	17	20	19	22	33	39
BBC Three**	6.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	34
BBC Two	9	9	8.1	9	8	6	9	9
BBC One	6.3	6.7	6.2	7	7	6	8	9
BBC Four	6.5	6.9	4.9	6	5	4	4	4
CBeebies	2.7	3	2.8	3	3	3	5	4

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2023*

Special properties

ecluding news channels

Supplementary notes

* BBC's fiscal year ends annually on March 31.
Data for year prior to 2022/23 were published earlier by the source.
** BBC Three ceased operations in 2016 and relaunched in February 2022.

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