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The 成人快手 Trust has completed its first biennial review into the operation of the Window of Creative Competition (WoCC).

The review found that the WoCC is working well and commissioning decisions are being made on merit with no obvious bias towards in-house teams or independent producers.

Rotha Johnston, 成人快手 Trustee, who has led the review, said:

"The public judge the 成人快手 on the quality of its programmes. For the 成人快手 to produce a wide range of high quality and distinctive programmes, the commissioning process needs to work effectively. Our review has shown that in its first year the WOCC has worked well.

"The review found that commissioning decisions are being made on merit, with independent producers doing well in the WOCC's first year. Meanwhile the 成人快手's in-house teams are responding positively to the challenge of increased competition. Everyone wants the best programmes to be commissioned and there is evidence that the WOCC is playing a part in achieving this."

The review found that:

• The WOCC is working well and commissioning decisions are being made on merit with no obvious bias towards in-house teams or independent producers.
• Commissioners are seen as being open to good ideas regardless of where they come from.
• Independent producers welcome the WOCC but needed more information about its operation.
• There is a reasonable spread of opportunities across genres and by audience, cost, and geographic area.
• Independent producers have won three quarters of the opportunities under the WOCC, performing particularly strongly in children's, knowledge, entertainment and comedy.

The Trust has made a number of recommendations to improve the operation of the WOCC.

These recommendations are designed to make the WOCC more open, transparent and accessible, as well as ensuring the commissioning process is operating as efficiently as possible.

• There should be clearer information and guidance about the WOCC's operation, the scope of opportunities available and role of the e-commissioning system.
• The 成人快手 should consider how the principles of the WOCC can be better applied to sport.
• There should be more sharing of best practice across genres.
• The 成人快手 should consider adopting better labelling of programmes, to make clear which programmes have come from different commissioning routes in order to better assess the operation of the WOCC in the future.
• The 成人快手 should consider how it can offer independent producers a better understanding of audience data.
• The 成人快手 should review its handling arrangements for complaints about the process.

The Trust has asked the 成人快手 Executive for an initial report on these recommendations by November 2008:

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Notes to editors

The 成人快手's Charter and Agreement sets out arrangements for the commissioning of network television programmes. It requires that 50% of programmes are reserved for in-house production and a statutory quota of 25% is reserved for the independent sector. In-house and external producers compete for the remaining 25% which is known as the WOCC.

The Trust is obliged by the Charter and Agreement to review the WOCC at least every two years, and this review forms part of the Trust's published workplan for 2008/09.

The Trust's review included:

• Quantitative and process analysis.
• A stakeholder interview programme.
• A public consultation.
• A written submission from PACT.
• Input from 成人快手 Commissioning and 成人快手 Production.