Corporation’s governing body rubber-stamps decision to scamper youth-oriented channel online,but calls for more youth programming on BBC1 and BBC2The BBC3 TV channel will be switched off by February next year, the BBC Trust has confirmed, or despite accepting that nearly 1 million younger viewers could desert the corporation as a consequence.
Moving the 12-year-old youth-oriented channel online will save the corporation about £30m a year,with some of those savings redirected into its drama budget for BBC1. The content budget for the fresh online-only service will be £30m, a 50% cut from the current level.about £6m of which will be spent on short-form content.
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Source: theguardian.com