<lots of good stuff snipped> I think it is not purely lack of vision by the BBC, whenever this has come up with them before they claim that there are a lack of rights for them to show/play many of their programmes overseas, paid or otherwise. I seem to recall Radio 7 having similar issues when they started up in getting rights for some programmes to be re-broadcast in the UK let alone overseas. I suspect that as it is not part of their core activities and would be a legal nightmare to sort out, it goes in the "too hard" pile and they unofficially turn a blind eye to what is going on until someone prods them (recent blocking of mainstream VPN's) or they break GIP and others when they upgrade their systems (at which point if anyone complains they are politely told they shouldn't be doing it!).
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