ehrol wrote: > For the record (for the sake of google search results as much as for the > purposes of this original thread): it seems that the bbc radio 3 stream > at *http : // w w w .bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_three* DOES work > anywhere in the world. I tested with USA IP, Netherlands IP, and > Australia IP. > > .....Thank goodness! It would be very bad business decision if they kept > restricting to UK. Radio stations ought to be pure internet streaming > like they all started out - international, for all classical fans out > there. > > UNLESS I'm a dimbo and you guys are all talking about the *HD* stream. > in which case: apoligies, but at least I cleared it up for future > googlers like me who came right to this thread when wondering about the > normal stream!
I understand Radio 3 HD is extended outside the uk for the duration of the Proms season only. The BBCiPlayer and BBC Radio plugins support it via an explicit entry in the special events menu. More generally the BBC streams are restricted bandwidth outside the uk for exactly business reasons - the BBC is funded by a license fee which is only paid by users in the the uk and they have no source of funding for distribution outside the uk, so they restrict bandwidth to constrain costs... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87614 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
