BBC Cost Cutting Measures
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- Laura HardingEvening Standard
- Steven McIntoshBBC
- Gethin HicksDaily Mail
- Ekin KarasinEvening Standard
- Press AssociationThe Guardian
- Craig PatonEvening Standard
- Graham Grant Home AffairsDaily Mail
- Graham GrantDaily Mail
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BBC Cost Cutting Measures. (2026, October 20). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/93439
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“BBC Cost Cutting Measures.” The Aporia, October 20, 2026. https://the-aporia.com/event/93439.
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BBC Scotland will remain a channel on iPlayer, but will no longer be a broadcast channel on television.
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BBC Three content, which has a younger-skewing audience, will be available on BBC iPlayer and on other platforms, including YouTube.
The BBC is to close its BBC Three and BBC Scotland television channels in the spring, as the corporation continues to make £500m of savings over two years.
The decision to close Radio 4 Extra came after it was decided much of its content could be accessed digitally, via the BBC Sounds app.
"While this follows media speculation, I recognise the confirmation of this news will be hard for audiences and colleagues."
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- 20 Oct
The BBC is to close its BBC Three and BBC Scotland television channels in the spring, as the corporation continues to make £500m of savings over two years.
Coverage 9 articles
20 Oct GRAHAM GRANT: BBC Scotland - the end of a misbegotten experiment which began life as a political fudge and quickly became a white elephant
Daily Mail
20 Oct BBC chiefs pull plug on controversial Scots channel amid £500m cuts drive
Daily Mail
20 Oct Moving BBC Scotland online ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Scottish Government
Evening Standard
20 Oct Moving BBC Scotland online risks leaving viewers behind, corporation warned
Evening Standard
20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels to be shut down next year
The Guardian
20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland channels to close in savage cost-cutting bid
Evening Standard
20 Oct BBC to axe 100 jobs in its News department and stop broadcasting BBC Three and BBC Scotland on TV as part of £500million cost-cutting drive
Daily Mail
20 Oct BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra channels to close
BBC- 20 Oct BBC Three and BBC Scotland linear channels to close in cost-cutting bid
Evening Standard
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