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BBC Trust announces Public Value Test into Gaelic Digital Service

31 July 2007

At its meeting yesterday (30 July) the BBC Trust's Public Value Test (PVT) Steering Committee decided to apply a PVT on the BBC Executive's proposal for a Gaelic Digital Service.

The Public Value Test will begin on Thursday 16 August. Documentation – including the BBC Executive's application document and a timetable for the process – will be published at that time. That day will also see the start of a 21-day consultation period for both the Public Value Assessment by the Trust and the Market Impact Assessment by Ofcom.

The Trust expects its final decision will be published by 19 December.

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Public Value Test process

The BBC Trust's Public Value Test has three components. The first is a Public Value Assessment, carried out by the Trust. The second is a Market Impact Assessment, carried out by Ofcom to terms agreed jointly by the Trust and Ofcom. These run concurrently. The third is the Trust's consideration of both assessments: the Public Value Test, resulting in the Trust's provisional conclusions which it publishes for consultation before reaching its final decision.

For more details about the Trust's PVT process, please go to: www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/framework/public_value_test/index.html