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Are you telling me that BBC is not available in the UK?
by sleepyhead 12y ago
Are you telling me that BBC is not available in the UK?
- jallardice 12y agoApparently so... I've never encountered pages like that on the BBC site before though: 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.
- hoggle 12y agoI wonder why that is an issue? Controlling the message? Feels like a PRC measure - as a UK citizen that'd make me feel very wary about public news.
- slight 12y agoNo it's to do with how the main BBC and the international BBC are funded. The BBC in the UK has to be non-commercial, it's funded by TV license, and BBC Worldwide is commercially funded, so showing BBC Worldwide content in the UK would probably contravene the BBC's charter.
- bpodgursky 12y agoIt is to avoid competing with paid private news companies on uneven terms, since they get funding from the gov.
- howtoplayhuman 12y agoIt is bbc.com not .co.uk. And http://www.bbc.com/travel http://www.bbc.com/travel is not available in the UK because of licence stuff.
- SideburnsOfDoom 12y agoBBC Worldwide. Yes, that is correct, I've seen this block message before: > "BBC Worldwide (International Site) 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."