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Your wording is... Odd. BBC Future is just owned, and commercially run, by BBC Worldwide. Nothing to do with agent locations in the URL.

• polymatter 13y ago
  Fyi, from within the UK I get the following message: "We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com." Personally I don't understand why the BBC specifically blocks UK users from free BBC Worldwide content, but I'm sure it makes sense to someone.
  • dalore 13y ago
    Apparently our license fee means we are entitled to not view the content. Does that mean if I abstain from paying the fee I can view it?
    • piokuc 13y ago
      No. I live in the UK, I don't pay the TV license, yet I still can't see the content of that page.
  • Robin_Message 13y ago
    Does the page have adverts? That would probably be against the rules to show to people in the UK. The real flaw is not having a redirect/transparently rendering the ad-free page.
    • mh- 13y ago
      No ads visible here (US.) There is, however, a sidebar with Editor's Picks - presently topped by "Facebook vs Sperm."