Ofcom Update: Ofcom says BBC's High Definition channel unlikely to have significant negative market impacts

Ofcom today published its Market Impact Assessment (MIA) which examines the BBC’s plans to introduce a new High Definition channel.

 

It finds that the BBC's plans to introduce a new mixed genre digital TV channel in High Definition format is unlikely to have significant negative market impacts.  It is likely to deliver consumer benefit through increased take-up of HD which is likely to spread across all the major TV platforms including digital terrestrial television, satellite and cable.  However, the MIA made a few recommendations relating to certain aspects of the channel.

 

Ofcom has submitted its conclusions to the BBC Trust to be taken into account alongside the Public Value Assessment (PVA). 

 

The document can be found at: 

 

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/bbcmias/bbc_hdtv/

 

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