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I suspect the UK/Europe usage of 16mm film was different to the USA. In the US it seems like the driving force behind 16mm film was syndication to multiple stations. UK/Europe never worked like that.
In the UK, as I understand it, 16mm film was a lower cost alternative to 35mm. It was shot for news, inserts for drama and other programmes. Plus telerecording (or kinescoping) which was pointing a film camera at a monitor to record the programme. Continued for longer than you might expect as 2" video tape and recorders were expensive.
In the UK, a lot of work was done to scan 16mm negative. To save money on making the print and for speed in news.
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