BBC blocking articles from UK residents

Post by frou_dh » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 2:25 PM UTC

vixen99 wrote: post #60

ownagefool wrote: post #42

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No but large swaths of the UK probably don't watch BBC1 or BBC2 on a regular basis as they have a sky or cable and I agree with them, they shouldn't need to fund the BBC if they don't use the content. Reports suggest we'd make 6-7 billion on a sell off. Sell it and put the money towards buying back openreach because an infrastructure is what .gov should do, not content. =p

Yes, non-UK residents should note that if you, in the UK, only ever want to watch Japanese wrestling on a paid TV channel, you still need to shell out on a BBC annual licence (145 pounds/$220) or face a nasty penalty. This generates income for the BBC of > 3bn sterling.

Post by derpenxyne » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 2:26 PM UTC

joefarish wrote: post #19

If you bookmark the JS below you can create a 'button' to convert bbc.com links to bbc.com.nyud.net links as suggested by the OP: javascript:window.location.href=window.location.href.replace("bbc.com","bbc.com.nyud.net"); A better solution would be a greasemonkey script/browser extension but this does the job for now :-)

Post by timthorn » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 2:27 PM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #70

jpatokal wrote: post #55

So the BBC is... weird. The majority of the operation is a taxpayer-funded public broadcaster with a remit to produce high quality programming for free; but there's a unit called BBC Worldwide whose job it is to battle it out in the red-in-tooth-and-claw world of commercial TV programming, selling BBC programmes overseas and minting money that can then be used to subsidize the public broadcasting component. While thi…

So, are UK residents prevented from looking at bbc.com URLs in case we see/click on any advertising?

Post by gadders » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 2:30 PM UTC

gadders wrote: post #69

asg wrote: post #45

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The anger by the OP and most of the commenters is misplaced. This is not a decision solely by the BBC Trust, and was not done with the licence players best interest at heart. This is the result of lobbying by newspapers and commercial broadcasters. The theory is that compulsory tax (or license fee) payers money should not be used to compete against commercial interests in anything other than TV broadcasting. In the c…

The BBC has been out of control for a while now. They bought Lonely Planet and sold it at an £80m loss, they claim to provide impartial news coverage but clearly don't, and they have presided over a paedophile scandal that would make the Catholic Church blush.

Post by linker3000 » Wed, Jul 03, 2013, 2:37 PM UTC

xedarius wrote: post #12

It's a little like the BBC world service news, which is pretty good (especially compared to sky and cnn and so on), except you can't get it in the UK ... it even has the same presenters that are on the normal BBC 24 News, and 10 o'clock news! It's weird to say the least. But it gets even more weird, as programmes made by the licence pay version of the BBC appear on the world service news. I was watching it a week ago…