EXCLUSIVE: Sky News is set to close a small number of senior behind-the-scenes roles as the Comcast-owned network prioritizes digital content over the coming years.

Deadline hears that a handful of department head-level employees are in consultation over their future, though precise numbers have not been confirmed.

The process is related to Sky News advertising three senior off-air roles: director of international hub, director of breaking news, and director of audience strategy and engagement.

A Sky News spokesperson declined to comment.

The digital transformation plan, dubbed Sky News 2030, is aimed at positioning the network as a premium, video-first newsroom over the next four years.

Overseen by David Rhodes, Sky News’ executive chairman and former CBS News president, it has involved on-air changes, including a new breakfast show hosted by Sophy Ridge and Wilfred Frost.

Deadline reported last year that Sky News was closing its dedicated business show, Business Live, after more than a decade as part of the 2030 plan.

As the digital plan gathers pace, speculation is mounting about Sky’s proposed takeover of ITV’s network operations and what this could mean for Sky News and ITV News, produced by ITN.

The £1.6B ($2.1B) deal is not confirmed, and may yet fall apart, but journalists at both companies harbor concerns that it will not make commercial sense for Sky to maintain two newsrooms.

Sources expect that Sky’s news plans will be the subject of scrutiny should the ITV deal progress. ITV will face questions about the proposed takeover on March 5 when the company publishes its financial results for 2025.