Balmoral

[pdcorlis]

Oh how I wish the BBC would unlock their BBC iPlayer outside the UK... They have some terrific content!

[Lallans]

The BBC-speak language that comes up is both defiant and apologetic all at once. Perhaps the BBC locks out outsiders so they can continue asking $40 each for the NTSC DVDs they put out (they can ask that much but not receive, at least not from me). But let's say some guy pays about $240 for a UK passport that isn't really needed for anything right now, should that not give this theoretical individual special overseas privileges? Just asking....

They are missing out on a chance for some great tourist publicity, but this IS the BBC.

[Mike_Oettle]

It’s not just the Beeb, folks.
I used to listen to Classic FM (in London) on the internet. But when I last tried to do so, I found a request for my (British) postal code.
They explained that their licence conditions don’t permit them to broadcast (even on the net) outside Britain.
This strikes me as an evil move on the part of the Labour government (it was still in power then) to deprive the rest of the world of British culture.
I have to make do with Classic FM South Africa. The music selection is fine, but the local traffic reports for Gauteng bore me to tears – it’s 1 000km away from where I am, for Pete’s sake!
Regards,
Mike