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Shifting content spend toward the iPlayer and axing the CBBC and BBC Four linear channels are among the plans set out in the BBC's blueprint for a digital-first future.

At the BBC Comedy Festival, Director of Comedy Jon Petrie revealed that the BBC will invest an extra £10 million ($12.2 million) in comedy programming over the next two years.

The U.K. government has outlined its plans to overhaul the country's public-service broadcasting laws, promising to create a new "golden age of British TV." 

The BBC has set out five strategic priorities in its Annual Plan, revealing creative highlights for the year ahead and explaining how it will continue reforming to deliver "maximum value" to all audiences.

The BBC has made a series of appointments to its Commercial Board, which oversees BBC Studios, including naming Damon Buffini chairman.

The television license fee in the U.K. will remain at £159 until 2024, before rising in line with inflation for four years.

The BBC is on track to meet its current savings targets but will likely need to make further expenditure cuts in the coming years as it faces falling audience shares and fewer people paying a license fee, according to the U.K.'s National Audit Office (NAO).

Sally Wood is set to return to the BBC to take on the newly created role of commissioning editor of pop music TV.

The BBC and Sky have renewed and expanded their long-term strategic partnership, which sees the BBC’s brands and services showcased on Sky’s TV products.

The BBC and the All England Club have signed a three-year extension to their broadcast partnership, covering domestic rights for Wimbledon through 2027.