The BBC World Service is on both XM and Sirius, and BBC Radio 1 is timeshifted on Sirius (so that the breakfast show is on at breakfast time etc). I don't believe that Radio 4 is on any of the services.
On 11/8/05, Millie Niss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know exactly what iMP is, so I hope I am not totally off-base > here... > > However, I am a (US) American who would defnitely be willing to pay (if the > price were reasonable) for BBC content. My main interest is the radio > programming, which someone here said isn't a problem to distribute, but I am > also somewhat interested in BBC TV. > > Right now, I cannot even get The World Service Radio in English _on the > radio_ during most of the day. The World Service is broadcast for only a > few hours a day on my local "public" radio station (this actually means > "private, non commercial" -- US "Public Radio" is nonprofit but privately > owned & operated, supported by individual and corporate donations and a very > small amount of indirect government subsidies). In the past, Americans > could get World Service radio directly from the BBC on other bands (MW or > LW), but now that isn't beamend towards the U.S. The web site provides > streaming and some on-demand access to programs, but not full archives or > downloadable versions of most programs. (I have enjoyed the podcasting > trial of From Our Own Correspondent, for example, but that is an > experiment.) > > I quite understand that the BBC is funded by UK Licensing fees and that they > cannot afford to offer me all the services for free that license-payers get > for their money. But I would be happy to pay for my content if I could > afford it. After all, I donate money to my public radio stations and pay > for cable TV and Internet access, so I am accustomed to paying for media > content. I cannot get the BBC content at any price right now, at least not > easily. (One issue is that I do not have broadband, so that maybe iMP would > not help me. Broadband is much more prevalent in Europe and Asia than in > the U.S., and so what I really want is to get my BBC content on the radio > and TV!) > > Is the BBC Radio (and if so, which stations?) available on satellite radio? > That is quite expensive & impractical (especially for non automobile use) > still but I'd consider subscribing to satellite radio if I could get the > World Service and Radio 4. > > Millie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:40 AM > Subject: Re: [backstage] iMP > > > > Releasing iMP to the world would almost end piracy of the BBC's content. > > Releasing it to the UK would still keep all the BBC's content available > > over the net through the standard ways. What better way to maintain > > control and quality than to irradicate the need for piracy of BBC > content..? > > > > I actually wouldn't object to paying for this as a seperate service and > > I wouldnt be suprised if this is not the way forward for non-uk > > citizens. Seems fair enough, we pay our £££ per year and if Joel from > > America wants it, he can but it'll cost him a percentage of the standard > > lic. fee. > > > > > > Andrew Bowden wrote: > > > > >>>>I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR that my telly > > >>>>licence has a unique reference number with it. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used to buy my > > >>>license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique > > >>>number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>Hmm, I didn't know that. I wonder how you get them to move > > >>the licence to > > >>a new property when you move house if you don't have a > > >>licence number? > > >>The online form[1] has the licence number as a required field. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I remember filling in that form back in October 2001 and thinking > > >exactly the same! IIRC, I just put down that I had no license number. > > >But there wasn't a knock on my door, and when it came up for renewal, > > >the letter came from the right address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > >Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
