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The Trust has opened a public consultation today seeking views from audiences on the 大象传媒's News and current affairs output.

The review, announced in February, is the latest in the Trust's rolling programme of service reviews.听 It will examine the performance of the 大象传媒's network news output against the commitments set by the Trust in the 大象传媒's service licences and its broader public service role.听

The review will cover the 大象传媒's network news and current affairs for UK audiences across TV, radio and online, including:

• On TV, the daily national bulletins on 大象传媒 One, relevant weekday morning output (such as the Daily Politics) and Newsnight on 大象传媒 Two, 60 second news on 大象传媒 Three and World News Today on 大象传媒 Four. The review will also follow up on our 2012 service reviews of the News Channel and 大象传媒 Parliament.
• On radio, news bulletins and Newsbeat on Radio 1 and 1Xtra, news bulletins on Radio 2 and 3, Radio 4's daily news programming (Today, World at One, PM, The World Tonight) and daily politics output, 5 live's daily news output (largely its weekday daytime schedule) and news on the Asian Network.
• Online, the news sections of the 大象传媒's website and the Red Button, including mobile apps and social media. Current affairs output includes Panorama, This World and around 40 hours of output on 大象传媒 Two and Three, as well as political strands such as Question Time and the Daily Politics.听 On radio this includes the range of Radio 4 and 5 live's current affairs and politics programming.听

The review will particularly focus on what audiences think about the quality and distinctiveness of 大象传媒 News and current affairs, the ways that audiences consume and access 大象传媒 News, and how well positioned it is to deal with future challenges such as changing audience viewing habits and technological shifts.听

大象传媒 Trustee Richard Ayre said:

"No part of the 大象传媒 is more important to its audiences than its journalism.听 Now the Trust is going to ask in detail what those audiences expect of the 大象传媒, what they appreciate most, and where they think we could give them an even more distinctive service. In a world where people can choose their news when and where they want it, and from a huge range of sources, we want to understand how best the 大象传媒 can retain their trust and confidence so that it remains clearly their number one choice."

In addition to the public consultation the Trust will also carry out audience research.听 This review will not look at impartiality, because the Trust already has a rolling programme of major impartiality reviews underway, or at the market impact of 大象传媒 News, because that is outside the scope of all the Trust's service review work. 聽

In summer 2012 the Trust concluded its first five-year cycle of service reviews.听 Trustees agreed at that time that one of its first reviews in the second round would be 大象传媒 News. The review was announced in February 2013.听

The terms of reference for the review .听 The review is expected to conclude in spring 2014.听

Notes to Editors

1. More information on service reviews carried out by the Trust can be found here.
2. The Trust has previously reviewed the 大象传媒 News Channel and 大象传媒 Parliament聽but this is the first time all the 大象传媒's news services have been reviewed together.听
3. The review will focus on the 大象传媒's news services for UK audiences and will not include 大象传媒 World Service or Global News.