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Article: Jowell rejects proposal for BBC youth channel

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The Independent (London, England)
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September 14, 2001
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THE BBC'S ambition to compete with rival broadcasters in the era of digital television suffered a setback yesterday when the Government blocked the corporation's plan to launch a channel aimed at young people.

The rejection of the new BBC3, intended for those aged 16-34, took the industry by surprise. The BBC had wanted to replace its current digital channel, BBC Choice, with BBC3 and turn BBC Knowledge into an arts and culture channel called BBC4. The latter plan was sanctioned by Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on the condition that the new channel's programmes added to rather than replaced the current output on BBC1 and 2.

Greg Dyke, the BBC director ...

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