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Jun 2017
23m 35s

How has BBC Three adapted to online?

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About this episode

BBC Three won this year's Royal Television Society Channel of the Year award despite no longer being on television. But how have its commissioning and production processes changed?

The BBC Academy's Jas Rao spoke to controller Damian Kavanagh and assistant producers Poppy Begum and Catriona White.

"There’s an opportunity in this world about really listening to your audiences and trying to tell stories that will provoke them to have conversations and form communities."– Damian Kavanagh

In this podcast you'll learn about:

- connecting with audiences - the BBC as a youth brand - pitching programme ideas - the skills required of online content producers

Find out more about BBC Academy: Website – www.bbc.co.uk/academy Facebook – www.facebook.com/bbcacademy Twitter – www.twitter.com/bbcacademy

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