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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font color="#000000">That's surprising - they were always traditionally at daggers drawn.</font><div><font color="#000000">But it still doesn't answer two points:<br>1 - Exactly where in Law dies it require broadcasters to pay these two private organisations a fee that they determine between them?<br>2 - If it is a firm legal requirement - why doesn't Ofcom include it as an integral part of the mandatory licence fee structure?<br>My feeling is that the answer to the second point determines the first point.<br id="FontBreak"></font><br><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Ian Hickling</span></span><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);line-height:17.9867px;line-height:17.9867px;"></span></font></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Partner</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;line-height:22.72px;"><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:blue;cursor:pointer;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204);text-decoration:none;"><img border="0" id="ecx_x0000_i1025" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" style="line-height:22.72px;border:none;"></span></a></span></p><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Office: 016 3557 8435 (07h to 22h GTS)</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);line-height:17.9867px;"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);">Car: 075 3098 0115 (only responds when driving)</span></i><span style="line-height:17.9867px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68, 68, 68);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;"><i style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"><font size="2">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></span></i></p></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: tlr@gairloch.co.uk<br>To: cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:54:39 +0100<br>Subject: [cma-l] Joint PRS/PPL licences<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal">We received an interesting letter today from PPL giving notice of termination of our current licence on 31 Dec because they are proposing to come up with a joint PPL/PRS licence for community radio from that date.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">This should make things easier for everyone and reduce the admin burden, which is good news, and I guess will be generally welcomed.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">The letter says PPL and PRS will be consulting with the sector over the plan - I would urge CMA and anyone else able to respond to press for the new minimum fee to be no more than the present minimum fee of either <u>one</u> of the two bodies.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">It seems to me if the new system will reduce their admin costs, there should be no need for more than the equivalent of one current minimum fee to cover that, especially as no doubt nowadays more of the admin is done at low cost by IT than it used to be, rather than an army of clerks.</p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Alex</p></div><br>
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