BBC Three will be switched off in February, but will the yoof follow it online?
Nov26
The BBC Trust has confirmed that a gradual switch-off of its terrestrial BBC Three TV services will begin in January 2016, and will be complete by the end of February. The organization first aired suggestions to radically overhaul its approach – primarily by moving to an on-demand model rather than linear broadcasting a year ago, and confirmed them in June. Ostensibly, it’s a cost-cutting move that should save around £30 million ($45 million) each year, with all of BBC Three’s long-form original content also airing on BBC One or BBC Two. BBC Three’s Controller Damian Kavanagh said: “BBC Three is not closing, we are reinventing…
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