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Sejal Karia reports that the BBC is cutting cuts to plug a £ 1.4 billion black hole that grew during the pandemic.
BBC World News and BBC News will also merge to create a single 24-hour television news channel serving both British and international audiences, the corporation said.
Meanwhile, regional television news programs in Oxford and Cambridge will be phased out.
All of this is part of a strategy to “build the first digital BBC”, which was unveiled by BBC Director-General Tim Davy.
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Speaking to BBC staff on Thursday, Davey said: “This is our time to build the first digital BBC. Something really new, Reithian organization for the digital age, a positive force for the UK and the world.
“Independent, impartial, constantly updating and serving everyone. A fresh, new, global digital media organization that has never been seen before.
“Driven by the desire to make life and society better for our licensees and customers in every corner of the UK and beyond. They want to keep the BBC up to date and fight for something that is more important in 2022 than ever.
“To do this, we need to grow faster and accept the huge changes in the market around us.”
He added: “I believe in the BBC public service for all, properly funded, suitable for all, universally accessible and growing in the age of demand. This plan directs us to this journey. ”
The news comes from the back of the BBC that it has to save another £ 285 million in response to the announcement by the Minister of Culture in January that the license fee will be frozen at £ 159 for the next two years.
Over the last decade, it has already undergone a series of cuts and cuts caused by increases in license fee inflation.
Mr Davey, who took over from Lord Tony Hall as CEO of the BBC in September 2020, has seen the corporation weaken since taking office, with the BBC losing around 1,200 employees in the last 18 months.
BBC Four, home of BBC Proms, BBC Young Dancer and BBC Young Musician, was launched in 2002 and traditionally shows major art and documentary content, as well as various international dramas.
Last year, however, the corporation announced that it would become the “home” of archival content and that it would broadcast fewer original programs.
The BBC has not said whether BBC Four, as well as CBBC and Radio 4 Extra, will eventually switch online to iPlayer.
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