Former Lancastrian

Thats the problem Its a Steal

007Steve

Well, now that Ms. Carrie Gracie & Co have got their rocks off in Parliament about equal pay for 'talent' & everyone's looking the other way, perhaps it's time to remember the HMRC investigation that was going on into tax evasion (my post #41)
... Maybe they'll do a Trump and have it quietly dropped or re-assign the investigators ????

scrubbedexpat142

I watched her performance, I don't think she did herself any favours.

Former Lancastrian

So a huge corporation pays some workers more than others for doing the same type of work.

Who'd a thunk it?

MorsePacific

On topic, I wanted to see if I could get some Masterchef on iPlayer last night (answer: no) but using ExpressVPN worked a treat (Accessed on laptop, AirPlay to the TV).

mikelincs

The BBC's remit is to provide TV to people living in the UK, and that is what the license fee does. People living in other countries are able to get some of the programmes legally rebroadcast by companies within those countries who pay the BBC for the right. Why on earth people in other countries see it as their 'right' to watch the BBC because they are British beats me. I can't watch the US channels in the UK unless people like SKY pay for the right to show the programmes, I can't watch on the internet because they block my IP address because I'm not in the US, that's exactly the same thing, so, like me, you have to use a system that negates the block, the companies are always going to try to stop this happening and it will always be a battle between them and companies trying to get round the blocks.

vikingsail

I don't see it as my right to watch British TV but I do think it is a poor decision by the BBC to limit programming, even when available on other applications making it selective. I would happily pay to watch BBC as if Iw ere in the UK. Something that should be easily achievable in this modern age but the BBC mandarins/luvvies use outdated explanations as to why it is not possible? They seem to spend more time tying themselves up in knots trying to prevent something from happening rather than capitalizing on the event? It's quite funny to observe, rather like than little boy with his thumb in the dyke. I do not think they will succeed in blocking the internet

scrubbedexpat142

You are absolutely right but I would have thought that, as a taxpayer funded organisation, the BBC would want to expand its international profile in support of the new "global Britain".

Lion in Winter

To be fair, at least in the US the BBC is not able to offer full access to its services due to commercial and contractual restrictions placed on it by the US and by US companies controlling competition, not as the result of a BBC policy. I'm sure the Beeb would be happy to open up a whole new flood of income if it could.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America

scrubbedexpat142

The BBC is more interested in places like Africa.

Lion in Winter

Less competition and fewer barriers and more consumer interest probably. The US is highly protectionist.

scrubbedexpat142

More important fish to fry.

Lion in Winter

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corsaro

Try streamvia - they offer a service in the US called smartstream (as well as the usual VPN service) I have used them for the last 6-years without problem.