Not everyone was happy with the Royal Televi-sion Society crowning BBC Three Channel of the Year. As one young viewer tweeted: "@bbcthree how can you win channel of the year, if you don't actually exist on a channel?" The success of online-only, schedule-free BBC Three shows that our idea of what constitutes a channel is evolving. Forced off the air in early 2016 as a cost-cutting measure, sceptics thought that BBC Three faced an early and regrettable death. Yet, the service has gone on to confound the pundits. It picked up six awards at the recent RTS Programme Awards, from Single Drama to Channel of the Year, and it has also been nominated for eight Baftas.
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