BBC News Channel identified as next service to become online-only

'We will make a transition from rolling news to streaming news; news in the palm of your

hand'

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The BBC News Channel has been identified as the next BBC service to become online-only as the organisation looks to embrace technological change and make cost savings following cuts to its budgets.The BBC Trust’s recent approval for the youth-orientated BBC3 channel to move online-only in March has paved the way for the broadcaster to take other fringe services onto exclusively digital platforms.In a speech on the BBC’s future in September, Director-General Tony Hall expressed the desire for a “news-streaming” service aimed at mobile phone users. “Over the period of this charter, we will make a transition from rolling news to streaming news; news in the palm of your hand,” he said.