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Re:Sudan, Africa's most misunderstood country by gambiting on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @04:54PM (#13815375)
No. BBC International is not funded through British taxes but through ads - and as there is a law in the UK that prohibits BBC from showing ads here, they cannot show this content in UK. It sucks, but a simple VPN solves the issue.
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Re:Sudan, Africa's most misunderstood country by jogjayr on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:11PM (#13816582)
Why can't they just turn off ads for UK visitors?
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Re:Sudan, Africa's most misunderstood country by gambiting on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @03:45AM (#13818923)
I guess it's because then they would be getting visits which are not paid for in any way(they can't use the money off the licence fee, and they can't show ads).
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Re:Sudan, Africa's most misunderstood country by jogjayr on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @02:09PM (#13822718)
That would be justified and consistent if they blocked visitors with adblockers, which they do not.
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