BBC go close BBC Three and BBC Scotland television channels in spring, as the corporation continue to make £500m savings over two years. Both services go become online-only, meaning dem go continue to produce and host some content on iPlayer, without the need to fill a terrestrial TV schedule. BBC also announce the closure of Radio 4 Extra, wey largely air speech programmes from the BBC archive, including comedy, drama and documentaries.
BBC director-general Matt Brittin talk say: ‘We need to make every pound work harder for audiences as we respond to the immediate cost pressures and reinvent the BBC for a changing world. We all know that means tough choices.’
Discussing the closure of linear broadcast services, Brittin talk say much of the great content they currently carry will still be found where audiences already enjoy them on iPlayer and Sounds. He talk say while the news follows media speculation, he recognise say the confirmation go hard for audiences and colleagues.
BBC Three, wey aim at young audiences, launch hits such as Fleabag, Normal People and Gavin & Stacey. The channel previously move online in 2016, but dem reinstate am as TV channel in 2022.
BBC Scotland launch as a channel in 2019, and e broadcast variety of Scottish programming including news, sport, documentaries and entertainment.
However, some of the shows wey dey air on the two networks, such as Two Doors Down on BBC Scotland and Sort Your Life Out on BBC Three, na repeats of episodes wey originally broadcast on other more mainstream BBC channels.
Both networks currently only broadcast TV programming in the evenings, although BBC Scotland simulcast BBC Radio Scotland during the rest of the day.
