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**Chris** · 27-02-2015, 12:37

FWIW, I suspect that come the day the licence fee is swapped for a precept on council tax, a mechanism will also be introduced whereby any of the PSBs can bid for a portion of it. I'd go so far as to say that the BBC itself will lose the right to be the collecting authority and a third party, possibly Ofcom, will be the precepting authority, handing over (I speculate) 75% of what it collects to the BBC and inviting bids for the rest.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 37,005	Re: The future for linear TV channels FWIW, I suspect that come the day the licence fee is swapped for a precept on council tax, a mechanism will also be introduced whereby any of the PSBs can bid for a portion of it. I'd go so far as to say that the BBC itself will lose the right to be the collecting authority and a third party, possibly Ofcom, will be the precepting authority, handing over (I speculate) 75% of what it collects to the BBC and inviting bids for the rest.