The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA), a UK pressure group campaigning for a low-tax society, has called for the part privatisation of the BBC and the scrapping of the “outdated” licence fee. In a new report (pdf) released on Tuesday, the TPA said that “a part privatisation of the BBC would abolish the outdated licence fee and see the broadcaster funded by a direct government grant.” The BBC faces a mid-term review of its charter next year, with the licence fee model guaranteed until 2027. Under the model, residents in the UK are required to purchase a TV licence if they watch or record programmes on a TV, computer, tablet, mobile phone, or any other device that can receive a TV signal. A TV Licence costs £159 ($220) a year. The TPA report proposed that most of the BBC should be sold off and the corporation cut down to one television channel, …