It's because the BBC only have the rights to show the highlights in the UK, not worldwide.
As Lewis Wiltshire of BBC sport wrote in the midst of his blog... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2009/08/the_right_to_highlight.html "57. At 5:41pm on 05 Aug 2009, Lewis Wiltshire - BBC Sport wrote:A few people - lanzafox most recently - have been asking about seeing these video clips outside the UK. In terms of our website, that will not be happening. Sorry. It's not because we don't want to, it's because we are contractually not allowed to. However, my understanding (and I'm waiting to have this confirmed by the Football League) is that some of the club websites themselves offer subscription services through which you can access the highlights of matches worldwide. Like I say, don't take my word for it, but it's worth having a good look around the website of whichever Football League club you support, and working out if you can see the clips outside the UK. And even if you're inside the UK, it's worth a look at these services, particularly for the diehard fan who cannot wait until Monday to see the clips on our site." --- On Sun, 16/8/09, Guy Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: From: Guy Thornton <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LU] LU: The Championship To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 16 August, 2009, 5:27 PM On 16 Aug 2009 at 15:21, Robinson, Mick wrote: > Thanks to all who responded, my company has a UK proxy server so all > is fine...... How about folks responding again, and this time to the list? there's more us here outside the sceptered isles been wondering of a way to persaude the the beeb website we really are in the UK and "this is not available in your domain" doesn't apply ! :) guy _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist http://www.worldnet.org.uk WorldNET2009 _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist http://www.worldnet.org.uk WorldNET2009
