The BBC has cancelled plans to switch off FM radio broadcasts and force millions of listeners to tune into digital transmissions. The corporation is set to announce FM will remain as part of a 'hybrid' future that will operate alongside DAB and the internet. Bob Shennan, the director of BBC radio and music, will confirm the scrapping tomorrow, The Daily Telegraph reports. Mr Shennan's appeal for commercial rivals in the radio industry to work together indicates an increasing fear at the BBC over the ever-widening choice for audiences online. It comes after BBC deputy director general Anne Bulford asked the commercial television industry for greater collaboration to tackle the threat from Netlfix and Amazon.

Source: Daily Mail March 18, 2018 02:03 UTC