The BBC's News At Six and News At Ten could eventually be axed from our television screens as the corporation's coverage shifts to digital.
The BBC's head of news has said that within a decade news will be "in the digital space" where it will be accessed by iPlayer.
Fran Unsworth told the Daily Telegraph: "Ultimately, in 10 years' time, we probably won't be consuming linear bulletins. I might be wrong about that but I doubt it.
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"There might be one (bulletin) a day, but video will just be in a different space... you know, iPlayer, your tablet, your iPhone."
She added that one of the flagship programmes, whose audiences have doubled during the pandemic, might survive.
Figures released at the start of lockdown showed news bulletins and lifestyle programmes had seen a rise in ratings.
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In the week ending March 29, five of the 10 most-watched broadcasts were editions of the BBC News At Six, with the bulletin on Monday March 23 attracting a TV audience of 8.3 million - nearly double the programme's typical rating so far this year.
Ms Unsworth also told the Telegraph the 10pm programme had reported audiences of six million.
