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BBC3 closure: now director of TV refuses to guarantee the future of BBC4 

There is now controversy on whether BBC4 will be aired coming the following of the next licence renewal for the company’s decision. The decision has come after the BBC have decided to make BBC3 the only online broadcaster, this may be due to many reason in order for the BBC to save money and allow them to focus on one online broadcaster. This may also have been done as they would believe that there would be no need for them to have two online broadcasters as they would provide the same information. The closing of the BBC4 has affected the BBC has they see the closure as not the easiest due to the amount of time they have had it opened for. Which is around 11 years. However the BBC have no completely shut the service down as it will still be available on the BBC I player. When asking Richard Bacon whether he could respond to the future of the BBC4 channel he replied with, "The honest answer is no, I can't. We don't know for certain what will happen with BBC4 in the future”. This would then indicate too many people that the service will most likely be shut down soon. As people expect this closure would be due to the decreases of the financial side of the BBC which Richard Bacon goes on to support this fact.