HoosierDaddy

Hello there,

Does anyone know how I can circumvent the Beeb's radio broadcast policy of only transmitting sports events to listeners in the UK?

I'm outside the UK but wondered if there was a proxy IP address or server that I can access to make it look like I'm in the UK?

Cheers

Hutch

They have a pretty sophisticated detection system in operation and, despite mine and many others best efforts, we haven't found a way of circumventing it yet, using proxies or otherwise.

The only way that would work is to remotely access someone else's PC in the UK, using either Remote Desktop or a VNC client and tunnel the sound to your PC.

HoosierDaddy

Curses. Foiled again by those pesky Beebers.
Thanks anyway!

Hutch

No worries. If I find away around it - I'll certainly bring it to the attention of the forum.

johnnyyt

Have you tried getting someone in the uk to get a 'sling box' attached to a cable tv box that you could dial into remotely?

Johnnyyt

billywetpants

I listen to the rugby on my local station all the time, It has only been blocked once in a year up to now.

Shakmaty

BBC Hull, or Viking

billywetpants

Radio Humberside, completely forgot about Viking might have to find it for a listen now and again.

Shakmaty

Local independent radio is always good for a laugh

billywetpants

I remember I used to listen to Viking at work in the eighties and they had a day time agony aunt on who used to talk about some very sexually explicit subjects while we were eating our sandwiches which we all found highly amusing.

Shakmaty

I was at uni at Hull in the 80's, and used to listen to Viking throughout the night...all night TV was just making it's debut at the time.

Viking was great for a laugh, especially when you were stoned out your head

Merkin

I miss 5 live on saturday afternoons, there football coverage was second to none, better than watching the tv as they went all around the grounds.

Does anyone know if you can pay a yearly subscription? I'd assume we cant listen as we dont pay a license fee although we still get radio 1 ,2 etc.
It doesnt make sense when we came to Aus 2 years ago we could listen to it then.....whats changed?

Hutch

That day won't be far off. They're currently trialing their iPlayer software which lets people in the UK see BBC programmes online and the plan is to let people pay a subscription to view them around the world.