[Stuart]

I don't think anyone ever expected anything other than a recommendation to renew the C3/C5 licences. It's just simply not financially viable for them to be auctioned off again and potentially fragment C3 or to look for a different owner of C5.

The media environment has changed far too much over the last 3 decades for it even to be a relevant process to consider, so I'm surprised that they still bother.  It's best for Ofcom to just stick to regulating and taking any enforcement action against what they broadcast if it breaches any rules.