Re:EU Paramount/Sky ruling may end geoblocking within Europe
by CalRobert on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:14AM
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As have I, but that is thanks to the largess of the those organisations, not any legal directive (as far as I'm aware).
It's pretty common for state-funded media to support audio streaming. However, video is much less common. If a person outside the UK (using a plain-old internet connection) tries to access BBC video online they are told they can't due to their location. This includes locations within the EU; I am presented with this message from Dublin.
Given that people in the UK and Ireland (and maybe elsewhere) pay annual fees to support the BBC and RTE and pay for production, licensing, etc. with those fees, it that they shouldn't be mandated to provide that service to people in other countries.
It's pretty common for state-funded media to support audio streaming. However, video is much less common. If a person outside the UK (using a plain-old internet connection) tries to access BBC video online they are told they can't due to their location. This includes locations within the EU; I am presented with this message from Dublin.
Given that people in the UK and Ireland (and maybe elsewhere) pay annual fees to support the BBC and RTE and pay for production, licensing, etc. with those fees, it that they shouldn't be mandated to provide that service to people in other countries.