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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jim Waterson Media editor

BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade, says director general

The BBC director general, Tim Davie
The BBC director general, Tim Davie. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The BBC is preparing to shut down its traditional television and radio broadcasts as it becomes an online-only service over the next decade, according to the director general, Tim Davie.

“Imagine a world that is internet-only, where broadcast TV and radio are being switched off and choice is infinite,” he said. “A switch-off of broadcast will and should happen over time, and we should be active in planning for it.”

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