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BBC Three's online move has been delayed, meaning that it will continue to air as a broadcast channel until 2016.

The channel now has a stay of execution while the BBC Trust makes a final decision on the controversial plans.

BBC Three controller Damian Kavanagh told Broadcast: "We won't be rushed. We will do what's right for our fans, not to satisfy deadlines.

"Once we have the Trust's final decision, we'll start doing more online and in social [media], building up to a move online. You simply can't turn around something as groundbreaking as this overnight."

Rick Edwards and Jack Whitehall have previously told Digital Spy that they think the plans are a bad idea, but James Corden - who starred in BBC Three's Gavin & Stacey has voiced his support of the move.

However, BBC director general Tony Hall said that the move will mean BBC Three is at the centre of the corporation's 'online revolution'.

An overwhelming 87% of Digital Spy readers opposed the axe when the BBC made the announcement in March 2014.

Why don't they just axe the idea and let BBC Three live