BBC audiences might be dealing with one other large shock to their commonly scheduled programming after it was introduced the Nationwide Lottery stay draw might be pulled.
As a substitute of airing in its acquainted Saturday evening slot on BBC1 - which it has for the previous twenty years - viewers will now be pressured to go to the iPlayer to test their numbers.
It's the newest and most excessive profile present to maneuver on-line because the channel makes an attempt to embrace a youthful digital viewers.
The present's format has modified through the years with the newest incarnation hosted by Nick Knowles who presents The Nationwide Lottery 5-Star Household Reunion
Noel Edmonds and Anthea Turner had been presenters of the primary Nationwide Lottery stay draw on November 19th in 1994
Dale Winton hosted the stay draw for a number of years, right here he's joined by The Spice Women to assist him with the quantity draw
In addition to the broadcaster transferring channel BBC Three on-line earlier this yr as a part of a transfer to chop prices by BBC Director Basic Tony Corridor and create an open platform, it has additionally made efforts to spice up its profile by premiering reveals first on iPlayer.
As of January seventh 2017, viewers of terrestrial tv will not have the ability to watch to see if their numbers come up - as a brand new three-year deal between the broadcaster and Lotto operator Camelot has moved the present to a digital platform on Saturday nights.
These hoping to win the jackpot may test their leads to bulletins to be aired after the information on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, in addition to on the Pink Button and Pink Button+.
Saturday evening's draw has been an everyday slot on BBC1 because the first draw on November 19th in 1994, though the Wednesday stay outcomes programme was dropped in 2012.
BBC1 audiences have a mean age of 59, while BBC2 viewers tipped over the 60 threshold for the primary time final yr, in keeping with official figures.
Presenter Jemma Forte was one of many presenters of the attract 2005 and was the host of the sequence Nationwide Lottery Come and Have A Go
Many movie star visitors have appeared through the years as they pushed the button to launch the massive cash balls which tens of millions of viewers have tuned in to observe. (Pictured) Jenni Falconer on the precise with Rochelle Humes and Mollie King
Camelot's digital director Tim Copper stated: 'We're delighted to have signed this contract extension, sustaining the robust relationship that has flourished between The Nationwide Lottery and the BBC since The Nationwide Lottery's launch 22 years in the past.
'As shopper habits present an unrelenting shift in the direction of digital platforms, we're embracing these modifications in gamers' results-checking habits - offering content material that they'll entry always, throughout a number of completely different touch-points.
The Nationwide Lottery was established by the federal government of John Main in 1994
'But it surely's additionally nice that we are able to proceed to supply a service to these loyal BBC1 viewers who need their lottery outcomes obtainable at an everyday time as they take pleasure in their favorite BBC reveals. This new deal will enable us to do each.'
Director of BBC content material Charlotte Moore stated: 'This new deal reaffirms the BBC's dedication to The Nationwide Lottery and our ongoing relationship with Camelot.
'We each recognise the necessity to present audiences with extra methods to entry the draw outcomes throughout a variety of platforms that replicate altering behaviour, whereas importantly retaining a house on BBC1 and persevering with our help for the large work they do by the Annual Awards present.'
The contract extension, which begins from January 2017, will maintain The Nationwide Lottery Awards on BBC1.
Now of their 13th yr, the Nationwide Lottery Stars Awards recognise recipients of Nationwide Lottery Good Causes funding for the optimistic influence they've had on people and communities across the UK.
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