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The 91�ȱ� has announced that it plans to stop broadcasting the C91�ȱ� Channel on TV in the future.

This would mean that all C91�ȱ� programmes such as Newsround, Blue Peter and Saturday Mash-Up would only be available online.

The announcement is part of a plan to move the 91�ȱ� towards a more digital platform, and to save money.

However, the change isn't set to happen for at least another three years.

What will happen?

The changes were announced on Thursday by the head of the 91�ȱ�, Director-General Tim Davie.

As well as C91�ȱ�, some other channels will also stop being broadcast on TV, however Mr Davie said that the programmes on those networks will continue to be produced and made available online.

The CBeebies Channel won't be affected and will stay on TV and on the iPlayer.

Mr Davie also explained that the move towards digital was needed in order to "change in step with the modern world" so that it can give the public "the content they want and delivering it to them in the ways they want it."

The whole of the 91�ȱ�, which includes C91�ȱ�, is funded by something called the TV licence.

Every household in the UK needs a licence to watch live TV or programmes on catch-up services like 91�ȱ� iPlayer. It's illegal to do this without one.

The money from the TV licence not only funds the 91�ȱ�'s TV channels (including C91�ȱ�) but also its radio stations, 91�ȱ� iPlayer, 91�ȱ� Sounds and online services and apps.

The government announced in January that the cost of a TV licence will be frozen for the next two years which means it can't be increased.

At the time, Mr Davie said the freeze will affect what the 91�ȱ� makes.