Of the 150 senior level executives from the commercial departments of UK media owners surveyed, 82% felt that if the BBC became privately funded it would place a “significant threat” on the media sector.
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The BBC Trust has approved plans to axe BBC Three as a television channel and move it wholly online as the Corporation looks to save £100 million a year.
Discovery’s Eurosport will become the new home of the Summer and Winter Games between 2018 and 2024, following a deal worth £920 million.
The channel, which cut its staff by a third at the beginning of the year, also recorded a trading loss of £10 million, while revenue for the first six months of broadcasting was at £1.3 million.
TFI Friday, which first broadcast between 1996 and 2000, returned to screens for a 90 minute special on Friday 12 June and drew an average audience of 3.8 million.