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A number of roles will also be cut as a result of the broadcast closures, including ten in Scotland.
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number → cut → Scotland
BBC Scotland will remain a channel on iPlayer, but will no longer be a broadcast channel on television.
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Scotland → remain → television
BBC Three content, which has a younger-skewing audience, will be available on BBC iPlayer and on other platforms, including YouTube.
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which → have → YouTube
It is not the first time BBC Three has been cut from linear TV.
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Three → cut → TV
It returned as a fully-fledged TV channel in January 2022, six years after it moved online.
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it → return → January
The channel has since been responsible for major hits including Fleabag, Normal People and Killing Eve.
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channel → include → Fleabag
In a note to staff setting out the changes, BBC Director-General Matt Brittin said: “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.
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we → set → world
We all know that means tough choices.”
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that → know → choices
He added: “Much of the great content they currently carry will still be found where audiences already enjoy them on iPlayer and Sounds.
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audiences → add → iPlayer
While this follows media speculation, I recognise the confirmation of this news will be hard for audiences and colleagues.”
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confirmation → follow → audiences
An email to staff from Rachel Jupp, the new director of BBC News, said the 100 employees who will lose their jobs have already been informed.
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who → say → jobs
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She said: “We’re now announcing further saving proposals, with a total value of around £5.5 million which represents the net closure of just over 100 roles.
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which → read → roles
“I know this will be very difficult news for those affected.
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this → know → those
We will continue to work closely with colleagues and trade unions throughout the consultation process and will do everything we can to minimise the need for compulsory redundancies.
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we → continue → redundancies
“Colleagues affected by today’s proposals have already been informed.”
She will also lay out plans for further savings early next year, while other divisions will confirm savings plans in the coming months.
The email said: “Over the next few weeks, I will be looking at costs across BBC News to have the fullest possible financial picture.
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I → affect → picture
I will build on some of the reviews started in June and stretch the ambition of them so they can better support our wider transformation.”
The review will include how presenters are used across video, audio and digital, as well as how to get as much value as possible from long form journalism, planning and commissioning.
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presenters → build → journalism
The news follows earlier savings announced in BBC Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Local and Speech and Sounds.
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news → follow → Scotland
At the weekend the BBC confirmed its long-running home renovation TV series DIY SOS will be “rested” next year amid the corporation’s ongoing “savings challenges”.
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series → confirm → challenges
The BBC also cancelled plans to build a new bespoke studio for The Archers at its Tea Factory in Digbeth amid its cost-cutting measures.
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BBC → cancel → measures
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