Local BBC radio not available online outside UK during Tokyo Olympics
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Re: Local BBC radio not available online outside UK during Tokyo Olympics
#2I discovered this blockage when I tried to listen to a favorite program on BBC Radio London and found that the entire station, and other local BBC radio stations, are currently unavailable. I am in Japan.
I don’t know what the “rights reasons” are, but a total blackout seems extreme.
Re: Local BBC radio not available online outside UK during Tokyo Olympics
#3I wonder what the rights situation for short wave radio is.
Re: Local BBC radio not available online outside UK during Tokyo Olympics
#4This is because the Olympics sold the rights to the pay per view discovery channels in Europe
Nice work IOC
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#5The BBC World Service is still up if you are looking for something decent and similar to fill the gap.
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#6I've heard that there are a lot of problems with broadcasting events due to the sell off, but I'm confused how this affects local radio.
Is this an example of a tit for tat, proxy war?
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#7I normally watch some of the Olympics or have it in the background on events that took my interest. This time I've not bothered. Because the media rights were sold the BBC can't do that much coverage.
I have a feeling this is probably going to have one of the lowest viewing figures ever for the games
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#8It's quite noticeable also in BBC worldwide coverage. For example newscasters were describing the excitement and shouting of the two coaches of the Tunisian 400m swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui instead of showing a video of the event. Hilarious
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#9I've heard that there are a lot of problems with broadcasting events due to the sell off, but I'm confused how this affects local radio. Is this an example of a tit for tat, proxy war?
Long story short: broadcasting rights have been awarded to premium channels across Europe and the globe, therefore local radio stations of the BBC are restricted there, as the BBC is a free television and radio network in the uk.
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#10The territorial nature of government power and the global nature of information are just fundamentally long term incompatible.