Ofcom Update: Public Value Test into proposed Gaelic Digital Service - statement from the BBC Trust and Ofcom

The Public Value Test Joint Steering Group, comprising representatives of the BBC Trust and Ofcom, has decided to extend the Market Impact Assessment (MIA) into the proposal by the BBC and the Gaelic Media Service for a Gaelic Digital Service following a request from Ofcom.

Ofcom had proposed to complete the MIA in less than the standard three month timeframe.  However, a range of issues were raised by stakeholders that require further investigation and clarification. The MIA will still be submitted to the Trust by Ofcom within the standard three month period allowed for in the BBC’s Charter and Agreement. The BBC Trust will also use the time to consider further the level of public value offered by the proposal.

As a result of the extended MIA, the overall Public Value Test (PVT) timetable is likely to change. Subject to ratification by the Trust a revised timetable will be published.

The PVT will still be completed within the six months stipulated by the Charter and Agreement.

...........................................................................

 

Please do not respond to this email. To remove yourself from this update list, use the online forms: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/subscribe/select_list.htm.
 

 

******************************************************************************************************************
Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.

For further details and to register for automatic updates from Ofcom on key publications and other developments, please visit www.ofcom.org.uk

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.

If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses.

Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Ofcom.
******************************************************************************************************************