BBC2 controller Roly Keating is standing down, and will leave the channel in October. He will move within the Corporation to the new job of Director Of Archive Content. The BBC2 top job will be advertised.
Confirming Keating's new role, BBC DG Mark Thompson said this: "Roly is passionate about the potential of the archive and with his fantastic track record as a programme-maker and channel controller, he is ideally placed to lead this exciting project".