BBC Three and BBC Scotland TV channels to be shut down next year

Corporation announces broadcast closures and job losses in effort to find savings of £500m

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Television channels BBC Three and BBC Scotland are to close and the Radio 4 Extra radio station will be scrapped, as part of the corporation’s continuing drive to cut £500m in costs.

Both TV channels are to move online as executives attempt to plug a funding crisis and adapt the broadcaster’s output for audiences that increasingly watch content on demand. All three outlets will close in the spring.