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20.08.2020 / 12:11
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BBC's flagship News at Ten and Six 'could soon fade from screens in shift to digital'
The BBC’s flagship News At Six and News At Ten programmes could soon fade from television screens as the corporation’s coverage shifts to digital, its head of news has warned.In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Fran Unsworth explained that within a decade, news will be “in the digital space” where it will be accessed by iPlayer.Ms Unsworth said: “Ultimately, in 10 years’ time, we probably won’t be consuming linear bulletins."I might be wrong about that, but I doubt it.“There might be one (bulletin) a day, but video will just be in a different space… you know, iPlayer, your tablet, your iPhone.”She added that one of the flagship programmes, whose audiences have doubled during the pandemic, might survive.Figures released at the start of
