Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“The show will lose at least half it's audience airing on Ch4.”
Love also produce "Junior Bake off" for CBBC - cannot imagine Channel 4 will be showing that - they stopped targetting children decades ago.
Can also imagine - as previous posters have said - that "Sewing Bee" and the Pottery thing will get shunted around the schedules by the BBC, then quietly binned ASAP.
So Love Productions have got an extra £10 million per year for Bake off, but they will lose the revenue of the Junior Bake Off / Sewing Bee/ Pottery throwdown plus the "Extra Slice" show
It is not inconceivable if they want to keep the "Talent" for Bake-off they will have to have really deep pockets.
BBC Worldwide was also the International distributor, so if that relationship terminates they will have to find another partner to market and manage the format overseas.
It was rumoured that Channel bid 4X what the BBC offered for "old" episodes of the Simpsons some years ago.