Category: 成人快手
         Date: 07.07.2006
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The Board of Governors has today published the 成人快手's Annual Report and Accounts for 2005/2006 which records further progress in delivering an efficient 
成人快手 focussed on providing licence fee payers with quality content across all 
platforms. See  - press release. 
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        Notes to Editors
        
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        The Annual Report & Accounts covers the period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006.
    
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        The Board of Governors has also published today two reports produced by the 
        
National Audit Office, as part of the value-for-money programme of work agreed 
        
by the Governors' Audit Committee with the NAO.  See separate press release.
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         A summary of key performance data included in the Annual Report is listed below 
            
(pages 6-8).
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         1.	Summary of Governors' Assessment of Performance
                
        
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        The Annual Report, produced by the Governance Unit, is divided into several 
                    
sections, providing an extensive assessment by the Governors of the 成人快手's 
                    
performance.  These include:
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        - The 成人快手 now and in the future: which provides a description
                of the new
    performance measurement framework that will take effect with the start of the
                new Charter (pages 6 to 9) and the cost of the Governance Unit, which
                fell
    slightly from 拢8.4m to 拢8.3m (page 8)
          
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        - Pan-成人快手 objectives: which cover programme strategy, driving
                digital,  
    value-for-money; impartiality and independence, and accountability (pages 14-
                                
20).  
 
 The Governors' objectives for 2006/2007 are also included (page 21).  On
                 
impartiality and independence, there is a report on management's handling of
                the  
    significant editorial issues over the year, including the General Election and
                 
Live 8.
 
 Further information on this is also provided in the Compliance Section
                 
(page 89) and the review of 成人快手 News (pages 46 to 49).
 
 The accountability 
                                
objective includes a report on programme complaints (page 19), where there has
                 
been an improvement in the volume of those responded to within 10 workings days
                 
(91% compared to 88% last year).
 
 The full complaints report is on pages 62 and
                 
63 and notes the significant increase in volume primarily driven by the improved
                 
accessibility for making complaints.
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        - A review of each of the 成人快手's services, based on commitments
                in the
    Statements of Programme Policy for 2004/2005 and issues arising from the normal
                course of the 成人快手's business (pages 24 to 59). 
 
 The Governors summarise
            their
assessment in an overview of each platform:
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        Television
                                    
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        成人快手 Television is facing sharply increased competition as the number of digital 
                                        
channels grows rapidly.  Audiences to 成人快手 ONE and 成人快手 TWO have fallen and the 
                                        
rising numbers watching the digital channels 成人快手 THREE and 成人快手 FOUR, whilst 
                                        
increasing, have not yet made up the losses.  
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        Younger viewers have been lost in 
                                            
disproportionately large numbers - when they switch from analogue to digital 
                                            
they show an increased tendency also to switch away from television.  
                                            
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        Creatively, 成人快手 ONE has had an outstanding year.  成人快手 TWO is continuing to 
                                                
refine its schedule in order to increase its appeal and reach while staying true 
                                                
to its remit.  
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        成人快手 THREE's audience is continuing to grow strongly - the 
                                                    
challenge is to broaden reach by appealing to younger audiences. 成人快手 FOUR has 
                                                        
had a very good year and its audiences rate it very highly indeed.
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         In 
                                                            
children's television, the C成人快手 Channel is in strong creative health and has 
                                                            
continued to increase its audience.  CBeebies recorded a reduction in reach, a 
                                                            
reflection of both the pressing need for creative renewal of the channel and of 
                                                            
the increasing competition for its audience.
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         Radio
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        Overall, 成人快手 Radio continues to perform strongly - indeed its top performing 
                                                                    
output attracts audiences on a par with hit television shows.  
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        In general terms 
                                                                        
audiences are strong, although the picture varies across the portfolio and the 
                                                                        
rising popularity of downloaded music threatens reach to younger listeners who 
                                                                        
now have somewhere else to go for their music other than radio.  
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        The 成人快手's 
                                                                            
digital-only stations are generally in good health and are beginning to make a 
                                                                            
contribution to the overall reach of 成人快手 Radio.  
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        A new remit for 成人快手 Asian 
                                                                                
Network was set to deal with some problems previously identified.  
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        We have 
                                                                                    
always regarded distinctiveness as lying at the heart of the remits for Radio 1 
                                                                                    
and Radio 2.  Under the present governance system we believe we have been 
                                                                                    
successful in ensuring that management have delivered distinctive output for the 
                                                                                    
two networks.
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         Using the tools available to the Trust we believe it will be 
                                                                                        
easier both to maintain this - and to provide further objective measures of 
                                                                                        
performance in this regard.
                                                                                        
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        New Media
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         The proposed 成人快手 i-Player will be subject to a Public Value Test before we or 
                                                                                                
the Trust decide whether or not to approve a full launch.  
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        bbc.co.uk has made 
                                                                                                    
good progress towards re-shaping itself to meet the new tighter remit we set for 
                                                                                                    
it last year to ensure a clearer focus on delivering the 成人快手's public purposes.  
                                                                                                    
The mid-term review we promised in response to the Graf report is scheduled for 
                                                                                                    
2007 and we would anticipate the Trust would fulfil this commitment.  
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        成人快手 
                                                                                                        
management have a good record of partnership with private sector new media 
                                                                                                        
operators and we welcome their commitment to continue to develop this.  
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        Indeed, 
                                                                                                            
we have made it clear that the Governors, and in future the Trust, will pay 
                                                                                                            
close attention to the 成人快手's new media activities to ensure that the 成人快手 
                                                                                                            
operates in a way that does not inhibit UK entrepreneurial activity in this 
                                                                                                            
sector.
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         News
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         Overall audiences to 成人快手 News have fallen somewhat, although the picture varies 
                                                                                                                    
sharply between media.
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         In very broad terms, audiences for traditional 成人快手 
                                                                                                                        
television news bulletins and current affairs programmes are falling, although 
                                                                                                                        
audiences for online and on-demand news continue to surge, and audiences to 成人快手 
                                                                                                                        
radio news remain strong. 
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         Output across all platforms has remained strong and                                                           
          confident, with notable responses to breaking stories and set-piece events at 
                                                                                                                            
home and abroad, and some fine pieces of investigative reporting.  
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        The move to 
                                                                                                                                
place News 24 at the heart of the 成人快手 television news operations is already 
                                                                                                                                
paying dividends.
                                                                                                                                
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        Global News
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         This has been a year of great change in many parts of the division - change 
                                                                                                                                        
driven by the pressing need to respond rapidly and imaginatively to major shifts 
                                                                                                                                        
in technology, audience and geopolitics.
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         This has particularly affected the 
                                                                                                                                            
World Service, which has undertaken one of the biggest transformations in its 
                                                                                                                                            
history. 
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         We are encouraged that, despite these upheavals, audiences to the 
                                                                                                                                                
division's news services have reached record levels - with tri-media weekly 
                                                                                                                                                
reach above 210 million.
                                                                                                                                                
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        Nations & Regions
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         Regional television news bulletins and national and local radio continue to 
                                                                                                                                                        
perform strongly across the United Kingdom.  
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        成人快手 Wales has made a particularly 
                                                                                                                                                            
strong contribution to network drama this year.
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         The sense of connection between 
                                                                                                                                                                
the 成人快手 and its audiences will be strengthened over the coming years by 
                                                                                                                                                                
increased commissioning and production across the UK and through the move of 
                                                                                                                                                                
significant parts of the 成人快手 production base out of London.  
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        By the end of the 
                                                                                                                                                                    
next Charter period the 成人快手 plans to spend more than 拢1billion a year on 
                                                                                                                                                                    
programmes made outside London - an increase of more than a third.
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         2.	Financial performance
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        - Licence fee revenue 拢3,101m (up 拢160m on 2004/5)
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        - Cost of collection 4.9% (down from 5.2% 2004/5)
          
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        - Evasion 4.7% (down from 5.0%)
          
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        - Public Service net funds were 拢18m at year end (from 拢89m
                net borrowings  
    last year)
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        - Income & Expenditure broadly in balance (small surplus
                of 拢3m on Group 
                                                                                
              income of over 拢4bn. Compares to 拢188m deficit last year)
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        - Headcount for the Group has reduced by 4,000 since 1 April
                2004 and  
    2,523 in the year to 31 March 2006
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        - 成人快手 Worldwide returned in cash 拢185m (up 28% from 拢145m last
                year)
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        - Cumulative self-help savings 拢3.2bn at March 2005
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        - Self-help target of 拢3.3bn on track to be exceeded by March
                2007  
    and therefore "broadly zero debt position" by the end of the current
    licence fee  
    settlement period
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        - Public Service Broadcasting spend up 拢129m since 2004/5,
                of which 拢53m 
                                                                                
              was additional spend on the digital channels and in particular
                on 成人快手 Jam, and 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
拢107m was exceptional restructuring costs for the efficiency programme
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        - 82% of transmitted programme spend is analogue (from
                85% in 2004/5. The
    reduction is due to boosted spend on sports on 2004/5). Total analogue spend
                was 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
拢1,778m. Total digital spend was 拢378m
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        - 成人快手 defined benefit pension scheme retains a small 拢13m surplus (on 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
assets of 拢7.8bn) based on the formal actuarial valuation carried out in 2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
(down from surplus of 拢274m from interim actuarial valuation in 2004)
          
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        - FRS17 calculation shows net surplus of 拢170m - up from 2004/5 net 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
deficit of 拢422m
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        - Expenditure on overheads was 11% of all spend on output
                (compared to 10%
    in 2004/5 - mainly due to one off benefits last year, including National 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Insurance and property rebates)
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         3. Audience data
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         All weekly reach data is based on 15 minutes; TV viewing is based on all 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
individuals aged 4+; Radio listening is based on all adults aged 15+.
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         a.	All 成人快手
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        - Total 成人快手 Television and Radio weekly reach = 92.7%
                of population (down
    slightly, from 92.9% in 2004/2005)
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        - Total 成人快手 Television weekly reach = 85.3% (down from 86.6%
              last year)
          
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        - Total 成人快手 Radio weekly reach = 66.5% (marginally down, from
              66.6% last  
year)
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        - bbc.co.uk average monthly reach was 13.7m adults (up
                from 10.6m last
    year)
          
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        - bbc.co.uk reached 57% of GB internet audience in April
            2006. 
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        b.	成人快手 Television
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        - 成人快手 ONE weekly reach in all homes 79.7% (down from
                81.9% last year)
          
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        - 成人快手 ONE weekly reach in multi-channel homes 77.1% (down
                from 78.7% last
    year)
          
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        - 成人快手 TWO weekly reach in all homes 59.1% (down from
            61.4% last year)
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        - 成人快手 TWO weekly reach in multi-channel homes 52.9% (down
                from 53.3% last
    year)
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        - 成人快手 THREE weekly reach in multi-channel homes 16.1%
                (up from 14.8% last
    year)
          
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        - 成人快手 FOUR weekly reach in multi-channel homes 6.1% (up
                from 4.8% last
    year)
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        - C成人快手 weekly reach in multi-channel homes 6.0% (up from
                5.6% last year)
          
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        - CBeebies weekly reach in multi-channel homes 8.8% (down
                from 9.0% last
    year)
          
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        - 成人快手 News 24 weekly reach in multi-channel homes 7.4%
                (up from 6.7% last
    year)
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        - 成人快手 Parliament weekly reach in multi-channel homes
                0.2% (down from 0.3%
    last year) 
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        c.	成人快手 Radio
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        - Radio 1 weekly reach 20.6% adults (up from 20.4% last
            year)
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        - Radio 2 weekly reach 26.5% (down from 27.2% last year)
          
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        - Radio 3 weekly reach 4.1% (down from 4.2% last year)
          
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        - Radio 4 weekly reach 19.2% (down from 19.3% last year)
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        - Radio Five Live weekly reach 12.0% (down from 12.7%
            last year)
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        - Digital Radio networks now reach 2.2 million adults
            each week
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         d.	All 成人快手 Share
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        - Total 成人快手 TV & Radio share of viewing/listening = 42.7% (down from 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
43.1%)
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        - Total 成人快手 TV share = 34.9% (down from 36.2% last year)
          
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        - Total 成人快手 Radio share = 54.9% (up from 54.0% last year).
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        成人快手 Governance Unit
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