castalla wrote: 
> I suppose the problem is to tell or not to tell!  There must be a
> squeezebox sympathiser somewhere in the beeb!


Yes, a little bit "between a rock and a hard place".

I seem to remember that when the HLS change occurred, one of the BBC
Bloggers said the intention was to put a stop to "abuse" of broadcast
content in the near future.

I took that remark to be aimed at "get iplayer".

On the BBC Radio iPlayer web pages it is stated clearly that 


> *You can only access live BBC programmes and podcasts on your internet
> radio. On-demand programmes are not available.*

Yet on another page

> Listening via IP Streaming DevicesLike Internet Radios, these
> devices stream radio stations from the internet via a *broadband
> connection* and (WiFi) router but are intended to be part of a HiFi
> setup to allow high quality listening in a controlled environment. 
> These devices generally do not suffer from limited processing and memory
> resources and so are capable of consuming our highest bitrate AAC+
> streams over HLS or MPEG-DASH.
> Full on demand support is usually available with these devices using the
> HLS or MPEG-DASH protocols.
> 
> 
> 

The question is, I guess, do the manufacturers of these IP Streaming
Devices, who are, I presume, the vendors referred to here by bpa

> The problem is policy vs accommodation - if the feed is supposed to be 
> only used by vendors and a message arrives at support - what officially 
> should they do ?  answer or warn us off ? 

pay any sort of fee/license for the feed, or is it supplied gratis by
the BBC?

I wonder if a "Freedom of information Act" enquiry would reap any
benefit?


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