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Newsbeat: 06/03/2014

06/03/2014

BBC Radio 1 - Newsbeat, 06/03/2014

A special live programme about BBC Three vanishing from TV.

A special live Newsbeat programme looking at plans to make BBC Three online-only, which will save the BBC 50 million pounds a year.

Today's news is a special live Newsbeat programme looking at plans to make BBC Three online-only. We hear from the top man at the BBC, Tony Hall, who has admitted the decision's come sooner than he would have liked. Critics say the BBC is wrong to shut down a channel aimed at such a young audience, but the move will save the organisation £50m a year.

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