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The ±«Óătv's performance in 2016/17

Date: 28.03.2017     Last updated: 28.03.2017 at 15.21

Today, the ±«Óătv Trust is publishing its final assessment of the  () for the period to December 31 2016.

We are also publishing the reports by the Audience Councils in , ,  () and  (); and the findings of the .

The Trust will close on Sunday April 2.

It will be for the new ±«Óătv Board to produce the next ±«Óătv Annual Report, once a full set of audited data is available.

Rona Fairhead, Chairman of the ±«Óătv Trust, said:

"The Trust's priority in 2016/17 was to ensure that the voice of the ±«Óătv's audiences was heard loud and clear in the Charter negotiations. We believe that the new Charter should deliver what they want - a ±«Óătv that is able to be confident, innovative, distinctive and creatively ambitious.

No one should underestimate the challenges that the organisation faces in the next few years – to find the necessary cost savings; to maintain its relevance with all sections of society and to invest in digital and personalised content while also sustaining the traditional services that the public love.

The ±«Óătv’s performance in 2016 gives us considerable confidence in its capacity to meet those future challenges, and 95% of adults use the ±«Óătv’s television, radio or online services each week – an extraordinary achievement in a world where choice has proliferated enormously over the past two decades.

It has been a privilege to chair the ±«Óătv Trust and to work with Tony Hall and his team at the ±«Óătv. I wish Sir David Clementi and his new Board continued success.”