There will be job cuts as BBC News and BBC World News merge to create a single 24-hour TV channel, the broadcaster has announced. The cuts are part of measures to save money after Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced the licence fee will be frozen for the next two years.
It comes after the corporation announced the end of BBC Four, Radio 4 Extra and CBBC as linear channels. They are expected to move online to the iPlayer in the next few years as part of the broadcaster’s plans to become “digital first”.
The BBC said on Thursday the merged channel, which will be called BBC News, is expected to launch in April 2023. BBC News’ digital director, Naja Nielsen, said: “Our aim is to create the best live and breaking video news service in the world – on our web pages, our apps, on iPlayer and on our new TV news channel.
