No. iPlayer Radio is completely separate, and continues to be available free around the world (subject to some sports rights restrictions).
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this affect the radio iPlayer on the BBC website? I can't figure out > if that's part of "Global iPlayer" or not. > > > > On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 12:02:17 PM UTC-4, John Edwards wrote: >> >> The BBC sent out an email this morning saying that they are shutting down >> the global iPlayer by the end of June. They had earlier decided against >> expanding it, citing competition from Netflix, etc. Confirmation is here: >> http://iplayer.bbcworldwide.com/ >> >> I subscribed to it for a while in 2012 and 13, when I briefly tried >> cutting the cord, but found the content fairly dated (although I did >> appreciate being able to watch The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin) and >> not updated as often as I would have liked. >> >> They talk about other plans to deliver content across multiple devices, >> which I assume means they'll eventually end up hooking up with another >> streaming provider, at least outside the UK. >> >> John >> >> -- >> John Edwards >> "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against >> incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
