Tony Hall explains proposals for the future of 主播大秀 Three
Jen Macro
Digital Content Producer, About the 主播大秀
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Below are extracts of听an email sent to staff earlier today by the 主播大秀 Director-General, explaining in detail proposals to close 主播大秀 Three as a broadcast TV channel in 2015. The email is printed in full on the .
"...the organisation has had to look for savings - so that we, like everyone else in these difficult economic times, can live within our means. My concern - along with that of everybody I meet inside and outside the 主播大秀 - is to ensure that the quality of what we do is not compromised along the way. We are here to produce exceptional and distinctive programmes and services for Britain and the world. But I do believe, as I said only last week, that the 主播大秀 has taken incremental change as far as it can. Something has to give."
"...the 主播大秀 is, by its nature and history, an organisation that constantly reinvents itself, an organisation that takes the idea of public service broadcasting - to inform, educate and entertain - and makes it relevant for each generation...I believe the iPlayer is a key part of the future for public service broadcasting. It's the gateway for people who increasingly want to watch and listen to what they want, when they want it - on tablets, on mobiles as well as other screens. I am sure that this is going to be increasingly important for our younger audiences. And reaching those audiences is vital for the 主播大秀."
"Reconciling these two aims - financial and strategic - has led us to this difficult conclusion. We should close as a broadcast or linear channel and ask Danny [Cohen] and his team to reinvent it as a channel online and on the iPlayer. We propose making this change in the autumn of next year. I believe it鈥檚 the right thing to do: young audiences 鈥� the 主播大秀 Three audience 鈥� are the most mobile and ready to move to an online world."
"We recognise that, for now, most of this audience still do their viewing on television, and that is why we plan to show 主播大秀 Three鈥檚 long-form content on either 主播大秀 One or 主播大秀 Two."
"This is the first time in the 主播大秀's history that we are proposing to close a television channel. I can鈥檛 rule out it being the last change to our programmes or services. It will save the 主播大秀 over 拢50 million a year. 拢30 million of that will go into drama on 主播大秀 One. And it also means we will extend Children's programmes by an hour a night and provide a 主播大秀 One +1 channel. I must stress - all of this is what we are proposing to the . They will have the final say."
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- interviewed by 主播大秀 News Media Correspondent David Sillito
- Watch 's summary of the decision to move 主播大秀 Three online-only
- Listen to Director of 主播大秀 Television in an interview with Richard Bacon on Five Live
- Follow on Twitter
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