NAO OK's BBC's investment in Freeview

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The National Audit Office (NAO) review of the BBC's investment in Freeview – presented to the BBC's Audit Committee in May – concluded that "the BBC had clear and sound reasons for investing in Freeview and that the BBC contributed significantly to the quick and successful launch" in October 2002.

The review is part of the BBC's wider programme of value for money studies which will include the Governors commissioning work by a range of external bodies, in addition to the NAO.

Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, Chairman of the BBC's Audit Committee, said: "Ensuring the BBC invests licence fee funds in the public interest is a primary responsibility of the Board which we as Governors take very seriously."