BBC3 set to go online only as trust backs plans to scrap TV channel
The article illustrates how BBC3 is now changing its platform from tv to online. it also provides evidence of popular people who condemn the closure of the programme including Olivia Colman, Daniel Radcliffe, Maxine Peake and more than 750 stars . Additionally, The closure of the 12-year-old youth-oriented channel will save about £30m a year, according to the BBC, which aims to redirect some of those savings into its drama budget for BBC1. The budget for the new online-only BBC3 will be cut to £30m.
Ofcom’s market impact assessment concluded that a BBC1+1 channel would have a negative impact on commercial rivals, “capturing viewing share for the BBC at the expense of commercial channels and reducing the profitability, in particular, of ITV and Channel 5”.
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BBC aims to become 'leaner and simpler' with new round of job cuts
At a time when it is facing a £150m-a-year shortfall in funding and growing political pressure from the Conservative government. The article talks about the financial state of the BBC, A green paper on the future of the BBC is expected to be published in the coming weeks, with the BBC facing a financial and political onslaught from Conservative ministers. The BBC is set to release details of a new study by auditors PWC which suggests that the corporation is already among the most efficient organisations in the public sector. It shows just 8% of spending is on general overheads, well below the average of 11.2% in the public sector.
