BBC Three will be coming back as a broadcast channel for January 2022.
The channel has been responsible for delivering some of the Beeb's biggest performing shows, from Killing Eve to Fleabag and Normal People.
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The broadcaster said it believes in 'backing success' and, having committed to double the investment on BBC Three commissions over the next two years, it wants to showcase its content to a wider audience.
The BBC thinks using both a broadcast channel and BBC iPlayer in tandem will help to grow the offer and deliver more value to younger audiences.
Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer says: "BBC Three is a BBC success story, backing creativity, new talent and brave ideas has resulted in hit after hit, from Fleabag and Man Like Mobeen, Ru Paul's Drag Race UK and Jesy Nelson's Odd One Out, to Normal People and This Country.
"The BBC needs to back success and make sure its programmes reach as many young people as possible wherever they live in the UK.
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"So regardless of the debates about the past, we want to give BBC Three its own broadcast channel again.
"It has exciting, groundbreaking content that deserves the widest possible audience and using BBC iPlayer alongside a broadcast channel will deliver the most value."
The proposal is to launch in January 2022 and adapt CBBC's operating hours to make the most value out of the increased content that is commissioned.
The channel will be targeted at audiences aged 16-34. The new channel will broadcast from 7pm to 4am each day, the same as the hours of the channel when it closed in 2016.
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As a result, CBBC's broadcast hours will revert to closing at 7pm - as was the case before 2016.
As a result, the channel intends to expand the remit of BBC Three with a pre-watershed content offer suitable for 13+.
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