• The Guardian, Monday, February 8, 2016 9:33 AM

Next week BBC3 will go online only, causing, according to critics, “massive damage to the development of future television audiences and of new talent, both on and off-screen”. BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh, disagrees. He says that when it was first announced that “felt a bit when we were having conversations that this was sad for talent or there would be lost opportunities for talent. In truth when I see the kinds of things we’re commissioning [especially] short-form there’s more opportunity for talent in a way.”

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