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The Trust has approved the launch of five new network simulcast High Definition (HD) television channels for 大象传媒 Three, 大象传媒 Four, C大象传媒, CBeebies and 大象传媒 News.

The Trust's conclusions

The decision means that viewers of any of the 大象传媒’s network television channels will soon be able to enjoy their favourite shows in High Definition. The Trust has concluded that the proposals are consistent with the Trust’s universality principle, and building on the previous launches of 大象传媒 One HD and 大象传媒 Two HD, the 大象传媒 is making its television services widely accessible in the HD standard that viewers increasingly expect.

The launch of five new HD network television channels was proposed to the Trust by the 大象传媒 Executive. The Trust is satisfied that on this occasion it can depart from the presumption (triggered by the need to make changes to key characteristics of the relevant service licences) that a Public Value Test must be applied to the 大象传媒 Executive’s proposals because the Trust has decided that the changes are not significant.

The Trust has based its conclusions on the 大象传媒 Executive’s assessment of the impact, financial implications, novelty and duration of the proposals which concludes that the launch of these five new HD channels does not create a significant change to the 大象传媒’s UK Public Services. The Trust is also of the view that the proposal fits with the 大象传媒's overall strategy to deliver high quality services to audiences everywhere and to make efficient use of spectrum capacity.

In approving these plans, the Trust has also asked the Executive to come back to the Trust no later than January 2014 to set out the technical options and timetable to launch English Regional variants of 大象传媒 One HD and Nations variants of 大象传媒 Two HD for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Service licences for each of the five network HD television channels can be found here.