BBC Three to return as broadcast channel next year

Corporation announces return of youth-oriented channel to linear programming after five yearsBBC Three will return as a broadcast channel next year, the BBC said, in an attempt to woo back younger audiences who have turned away from its output.The corporation announced the return of the youth-oriented channel to linear programming five years after it was taken online-only. At the time the BBC Trust said that the move was justified because “independent evidence shows younger audiences are w