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| #EXTM3U | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_01505109/live/ww/bbc_radio_one/bbc_radio_one.isml/bbc_radio_one-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Xtra | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_92079267/live/ww/bbc_1xtra/bbc_1xtra.isml/bbc_1xtra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Dance | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_62063831/live/ww/bbc_radio_one_dance/bbc_radio_one_dance.isml/bbc_radio_one_dance-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 Anthems (UK Only) | |
| http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/uk/bbc_radio_one_anthems/bbc_radio_one_anthems.isml/bbc_radio_one_anthems-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2 | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_74208725/live/ww/bbc_radio_two/bbc_radio_two.isml/bbc_radio_two-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_23461179/live/ww/bbc_radio_three/bbc_radio_three.isml/bbc_radio_three-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 Unwind (UK Only) | |
| http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/uk/bbc_radio_three_unwind/bbc_radio_three_unwind.isml/bbc_radio_three_unwind-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_55057080/live/ww/bbc_radio_fourfm/bbc_radio_fourfm.isml/bbc_radio_fourfm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 Extra | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_four_extra/bbc_radio_four_extra.isml/bbc_radio_four_extra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 live | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_89021708/live/ww/bbc_radio_five_live/bbc_radio_five_live.isml/bbc_radio_five_live-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 6 Music | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 Live sports extra (UK Only) | |
| http://as-hls-uk-live.akamaized.net/pool_47700285/live/uk/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra.isml/bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Asian Network | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_asian_network/bbc_asian_network.isml/bbc_asian_network-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service | |
| http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC CWR | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire.isml/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Essex | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_essex/bbc_radio_essex.isml/bbc_radio_essex-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Hereford Worcester | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester.isml/bbc_radio_hereford_worcester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Berkshire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_berkshire/bbc_radio_berkshire.isml/bbc_radio_berkshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Bristol | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_bristol/bbc_radio_bristol.isml/bbc_radio_bristol-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cambridge | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_cambridge/bbc_radio_cambridge.isml/bbc_radio_cambridge-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cornwall | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_cornwall/bbc_radio_cornwall.isml/bbc_radio_cornwall-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cumbria | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_cumbria/bbc_radio_cumbria.isml/bbc_radio_cumbria-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_cymru/bbc_radio_cymru.isml/bbc_radio_cymru-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru 2 | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_cymru_2/bbc_radio_cymru_2.isml/bbc_radio_cymru_2-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Derby | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_derby/bbc_radio_derby.isml/bbc_radio_derby-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Devon | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_devon/bbc_radio_devon.isml/bbc_radio_devon-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Foyle | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_foyle/bbc_radio_foyle.isml/bbc_radio_foyle-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Gloucestershire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_gloucestershire/bbc_radio_gloucestershire.isml/bbc_radio_gloucestershire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Guernsey | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_guernsey/bbc_radio_guernsey.isml/bbc_radio_guernsey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Humberside | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_humberside/bbc_radio_humberside.isml/bbc_radio_humberside-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Jersey | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_jersey/bbc_radio_jersey.isml/bbc_radio_jersey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Kent | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_kent/bbc_radio_kent.isml/bbc_radio_kent-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lancashire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_lancashire/bbc_radio_lancashire.isml/bbc_radio_lancashire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leeds | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_leeds/bbc_radio_leeds.isml/bbc_radio_leeds-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leicester | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_leicester/bbc_radio_leicester.isml/bbc_radio_leicester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lincolnshire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_lincolnshire/bbc_radio_lincolnshire.isml/bbc_radio_lincolnshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio London | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_98137350/live/ww/bbc_london/bbc_london.isml/bbc_london-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Manchester | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_manchester/bbc_radio_manchester.isml/bbc_radio_manchester-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Merseyside | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_merseyside/bbc_radio_merseyside.isml/bbc_radio_merseyside-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio nan Gaidheal | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal.isml/bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Newcastle | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_newcastle/bbc_radio_newcastle.isml/bbc_radio_newcastle-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Norfolk | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_norfolk/bbc_radio_norfolk.isml/bbc_radio_norfolk-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Northampton | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_northampton/bbc_radio_northampton.isml/bbc_radio_northampton-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Nottingham | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_nottingham/bbc_radio_nottingham.isml/bbc_radio_nottingham-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Orkney | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_orkney/bbc_radio_orkney.isml/bbc_radio_orkney-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Oxford | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_oxford/bbc_radio_oxford.isml/bbc_radio_oxford-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland FM | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_scotland_fm/bbc_radio_scotland_fm.isml/bbc_radio_scotland_fm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland MW | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_scotland_mw/bbc_radio_scotland_mw.isml/bbc_radio_scotland_mw-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sheffield | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_sheffield/bbc_radio_sheffield.isml/bbc_radio_sheffield-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Shropshire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_shropshire/bbc_radio_shropshire.isml/bbc_radio_shropshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_solent/bbc_radio_solent.isml/bbc_radio_solent-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent West Dorset | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset.isml/bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Somerset Sound | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_somerset_sound/bbc_radio_somerset_sound.isml/bbc_radio_somerset_sound-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Stoke | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_stoke/bbc_radio_stoke.isml/bbc_radio_stoke-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Suffolk | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_suffolk/bbc_radio_suffolk.isml/bbc_radio_suffolk-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Surrey | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_surrey/bbc_radio_surrey.isml/bbc_radio_surrey-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sussex | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_sussex/bbc_radio_sussex.isml/bbc_radio_sussex-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Tees | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_08918172/live/ww/bbc_tees/bbc_tees.isml/bbc_tees-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Ulster | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_ulster/bbc_radio_ulster.isml/bbc_radio_ulster-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wales | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_wales_fm/bbc_radio_wales_fm.isml/bbc_radio_wales_fm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wiltshire | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_wiltshire/bbc_radio_wiltshire.isml/bbc_radio_wiltshire-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio WM | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_wm/bbc_wm.isml/bbc_wm-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio York | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_radio_york/bbc_radio_york.isml/bbc_radio_york-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Three Counties Radio | |
| http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_904/live/ww/bbc_three_counties_radio/bbc_three_counties_radio.isml/bbc_three_counties_radio-audio%3d96000.norewind.m3u8 | |
| # The above streams are worldwide so sports commentary, etc may not be available. For UK restricted content, | |
| # replace -ww- and /ww/ with -uk- and /uk/. | |
| # Different bitrates are available by replacing 96000 : | |
| # 48000 = 48k, 96000 = 96k | |
| # UK only: 128000 = 128k, 320000 = 320k | |
| # N.B. May not be compatible with some apps/devices |
| # These provide better compatibility with some devices/software. | |
| #EXTM3U | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Xtra | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_1xtra&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1Dance | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_dance&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 1 Anthems (UK Only) | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_one_anthems&bitrate=96000&uk=1 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 2 | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_two&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_three&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 3 Unwind (UK Only) | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_three_unwind&bitrate=96000&uk=1 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourfm&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 LW | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_fourlw&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 4 Extra | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_four_extra&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 live | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_five_live&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 6 Music | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_6music&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio 5 Live sports extra (UK Only) | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Asian Network | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_asian_network&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service | |
| http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/manifesto/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/sbr_low/ak/bbc_world_service.m3u8 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC CWR | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Essex | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_essex&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC Hereford Worcester | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_hereford_worcester&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Berkshire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_berkshire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Bristol | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_bristol&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cambridge | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cambridge&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cornwall | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cornwall&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cumbria | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cumbria&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Cymru 2 | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_cymru_2&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Derby | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_derby&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Devon | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_devon&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Foyle | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_foyle&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Gloucestershire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_gloucestershire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Guernsey | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_guernsey&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Humberside | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_humberside&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Jersey | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_jersey&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Kent | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_kent&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lancashire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lancashire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leeds | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leeds&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Leicester | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_leicester&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Lincolnshire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_lincolnshire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio London | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_london&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Manchester | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_manchester&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Merseyside | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_merseyside&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio nan Gaidheal | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Newcastle | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_newcastle&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Norfolk | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_norfolk&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Northampton | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_northampton&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Nottingham | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_nottingham&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Orkney | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_orkney&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Oxford | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_oxford&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland FM | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_fm&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Scotland MW | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_scotland_mw&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sheffield | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sheffield&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Shropshire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_shropshire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Solent West Dorset | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Somerset Sound | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_somerset_sound&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Stoke | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_stoke&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Suffolk | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_suffolk&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Surrey | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_surrey&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Sussex | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_sussex&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Tees | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_tees&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Ulster | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_ulster&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wales | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wales_fm&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio Wiltshire | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_wiltshire&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio WM | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_wm&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Radio York | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_radio_york&bitrate=96000 | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - Three Counties Radio | |
| http://lstn.lv/bbcradio.m3u8?station=bbc_three_counties_radio&bitrate=96000 | |
| # The above streams are worldwide so sports commentary, etc may not be available. For UK restricted content, | |
| # add &uk=1 at the end. | |
| # Different bitrates are available by replacing 96000 : | |
| # 48000 = 48k, 96000 = 96k | |
| # UK only: 128000 = 128k, 320000 = 320k |
| # BBC World Service mp3 streams | |
| #EXTM3U | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service | |
| http://stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_world_service | |
| #EXTM3U | |
| #EXTINF:-1,BBC - BBC World Service | |
| http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/live/shoutcast/mp3/eieuk.pls |
'Blocklist' is the correct replacement term.
What is CWS / AMO? I have never heard of this?
This is what my connection shows for that URL:
{"X-Country": "gb", "X-Ip_is_uk_combined": "yes", "X-Ip_is_advertise_combined": "no"}
Does "X-Ip_is_uk_combined" = UK ISP IP pool combined list?
VPN circumvention and prevention doesn't really affect me since I'm in the UK, am just curious.
Apologies, nothing was inferred there; I'm not a native speaker, what could be the politically-correct term these days to convey this? Perhaps ACL (a technical term, Access-Control-List) ?
When you've used a technical term for 30+ years it's hard to get out of the habit but it's a good sign that we at least care enough to think about these things.
'Blocklist' is the correct replacement term.
... Thanks 👍 ; noted ...
What is CWS / AMO? I have never heard of this?
CWS = Chrome Web Store,
https://chromewebstore.google.com/
AMO = Mozilla Firefox Extension Store
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/
(Addons.Mozilla.Org)
I am involved in browser testing/browser-relevant forums, both are well established acronyms inside these communities...
{"X-Country": "gb", "X-Ip_is_uk_combined": "yes"
This means your UK IP has passed BBC's test, i.e. is inside their approved pool of UK IPs...
Got it. Never heard those acronyms before, I admit. I don't use Browser extensions for geo unblocking (I do it at DNS SNI level) so I suspect that's why I'm not feeling any impact from this.
This means your UK IP has passed BBC's test, i.e. is inside their approved pool of UK IPs...
My setup is solid 👍
If they have just deployed this variant CDN, then they have deployed everything identically, even the higher bitrate variants and 410s, so don't worry just yet:
Show URL Checks
curl -v http://as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
* Host as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net:80 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 23.73.139.59, 23.73.139.73
* Trying 23.73.139.59:80...
* Connected to as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net (23.73.139.59) port 80
> GET /pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8 HTTP/1.1
> Host: as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl
< Content-Length: 592
< X-USP: version=1.13.5 (30103)
< Last-Modified: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:53:59 GMT
< X-USP-Last-Modified: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:54:33 GMT
< ETag: "usp-E033464A"
< X-Pkgr-Instance: 0f77526f0ec3b87c0
< X-Cache-Status: EXPIRED
< Server: c3
< QoS-Deadline: 1000
< Access-Control-Max-Age: 86400
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
< Cache-Control: max-age=2
< Expires: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:54:09 GMT
< Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:54:07 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Del: 1639486
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Server,Range,Content-Length,Content-Range,Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Ing,Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Del,Akamai-Request-BC
< Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,HEAD,OPTIONS
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin,Range,Accept-Encoding,Referer,CMCD-Request,CMCD-Object,CMCD-Status,CMCD-Session
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
<
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
## Created with Unified Streaming Platform (version=1.13.5-30103)
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:271798820
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:6
#USP-X-TIMESTAMP-MAP:MPEGTS=4562704800,LOCAL=2025-02-14T05:54:01.600000Z
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2025-02-14T05:54:01.600000Z
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798820.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798821.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798822.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798823.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798824.ts
* Connection #0 to host as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net left intact
mediainfo http://as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
General
Complete name : http://as-hls-ww-gcomm-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
Format : HLS
Format profile : Media
File size : 578 Bytes
Duration : 6 s 400 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 722 b/s
Audio
ID : 34 (0x22)
Menu ID : 16727 (0x4157)
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Format version : Version 4
Muxing mode : MPEG-TS / ADTS
Codec ID : 15-2
Duration : 6 s 400 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 320 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Source : bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798836.ts
curl -v http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
* Host as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net:80 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 96.17.179.150, 96.17.179.138
* Trying 96.17.179.150:80...
* Connected to as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net (96.17.179.150) port 80
> GET /pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8 HTTP/1.1
> Host: as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: application/vnd.apple.mpegurl
< Content-Length: 592
< X-Pkgr-Instance: 0f77526f0ec3b87c0
< X-USP: version=1.13.5 (30103)
< Last-Modified: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:56:08 GMT
< X-USP-Last-Modified: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:56:41 GMT
< ETag: "usp-5E687C56"
< X-Cache-Status: EXPIRED
< Server: c3
< QoS-Deadline: 1000
< Access-Control-Max-Age: 86400
< Accept-Ranges: bytes
< Cache-Control: max-age=2
< Expires: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:56:14 GMT
< Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:56:12 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
< Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Del: 496263
< Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Server,Range,Content-Length,Content-Range,Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Ing,Akamai-Mon-Iucid-Del,Akamai-Request-BC
< Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,HEAD,OPTIONS
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin,Range,Accept-Encoding,Referer,CMCD-Request,CMCD-Object,CMCD-Status,CMCD-Session
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
<
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-VERSION:3
## Created with Unified Streaming Platform (version=1.13.5-30103)
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE:271798840
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION:6
#USP-X-TIMESTAMP-MAP:MPEGTS=4574224800,LOCAL=2025-02-14T05:56:09.600000Z
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME:2025-02-14T05:56:09.600000Z
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798840.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798841.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798842.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798843.ts
#EXTINF:6.4, no desc
bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798844.ts
* Connection #0 to host as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net left intact
mediainfo http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
General
Complete name : http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_81827798/live/ww/bbc_6music/bbc_6music.isml/bbc_6music-audio%3d320000.norewind.m3u8
Format : HLS
Format profile : Media
File size : 592 Bytes
Duration : 6 s 400 ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 740 b/s
Audio
ID : 34 (0x22)
Menu ID : 16727 (0x4157)
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Format version : Version 4
Muxing mode : MPEG-TS / ADTS
Codec ID : 15-2
Duration : 6 s 400 ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 320 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Source : bbc_6music-audio=320000-271798752.ts
For the sake of completeness, try these:
UK forcing 320k:
https://radio.johnpenny.uk/tools/?uk-320
WW forcing 320k:
https://radio.johnpenny.uk/tools/?uk-ww-320
WW-GCOMM forcing 320k:
https://radio.johnpenny.uk/tools/?uk-wwgcomm-320
The "pool_x" parameter of all stations has been scrambled. Pool_904 now returns 410 Gone.
bbc_radio_fourlw, bbc_radio_one_relax no longer exist. The name for world service is now bbc_world_service_news_internet.
I wonder if they will keep shuffling the pool to make listening difficult. I also wonder if there is another link for WS. They do have multiple schedules for shortwave, VHF relays and Radio 4 night. This one is explicitly labelled "Internet".
The current links for use in Foobar2000 are the following: https://pastebin.com/QtQWZqsX
All the UK radio streams stopped working for me in Foobar (ios) around three months ago.
The streams work in everything else including in Safari and VLC on ios
Other non-UK streams were unaffected.
What is tbe point of scrambling the WS stream? I thought the idea of the World Service was to let the world listen? They are fcuking retards these days.
The name for world service is now bbc_world_service_news_internet.
... I also wonder if there is another link for WS. They do have multiple schedules...
bbc_world_service_news_internet is just one of the "schedule" variants of BBC WS Radio:
The https://ess.api.bbci.co.uk/services API reveals more 😜 :
BBC World Service Radio Schedule Variants
{
"id": "bbc_world_service",
"name": "BBC World Service Online",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:42.531Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_americas",
"name": "BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:41.613Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_australasia",
"name": "BBC World Service Australasia",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:41.655Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_east_africa",
"name": "BBC World Service East and Southern Africa",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:42.796Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_east_asia",
"name": "BBC World Service East Asia",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:42.866Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_europe",
"name": "BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:45.124Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_news_internet",
"name": "BBC World Service News Internet",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:43.492Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_south_asia",
"name": "BBC World Service South Asia",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:42.669Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_uk",
"name": "BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:44.090Z"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_west_africa",
"name": "BBC World Service West and Central Africa",
"type": "National Radio",
"mediaType": "audio",
"scheduleUpdated": "2025-02-15T21:35:43.989Z"
}FWIW, I'm not convinced each "schedule variant" comes with its own dedicated internet audio stream, but I'm not bothered to test this myself; in any case, actual differences across the "schedule variants" are few and far between; if the BBC had implemented this properly already, you'd be served a different stream based on your globe location(/timezone?); is this the case? On
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/schedules/bbc_world_service
the default schedule I'm being presented with is the Online one; on
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_world_service
I'm also being served the Online stream:
so "localised" WS stream offering doesn't seem to work, at least here...
OTOH,
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/ms6/live/3441A116-B12E-4D2F-ACA8-C1984642FA4B/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/audio_syndication_med_sbr_v1/ak/bbc_world_service_americas.m3u8
=>
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_10495161/live/ww/bbc_world_service_americas/bbc_world_service_americas.isml/bbc_world_service_americas-audio=96000.norewind.m3u8
and
http://a.files.bbci.co.uk/ms6/live/3441A116-B12E-4D2F-ACA8-C1984642FA4B/audio/simulcast/hls/nonuk/audio_syndication_med_sbr_v1/ak/bbc_world_service_south_asia.m3u8
=>
http://as-hls-ww-live.akamaized.net/pool_80670621/live/ww/bbc_world_service_south_asia/bbc_world_service_south_asia.isml/bbc_world_service_south_asia-audio=96000.norewind.m3u8
... where pool_10495161 != pool_80670621, so these appear to be different (but audio output sounds identical when checked 5min ago) ...
Over on the Audio site,
https://www.bbc.com/audio/schedules/bbc_world_service
you aren't offered a "schedule variant" selection and on
https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/live/bbc_world_service
you now get Sounds' bbc_world_service_news_internet audio stream:
(which must be what j7nj7n referred to 😉 ...)
For me the pools are different. Both streams currently work. I don't know how to discover the pool number of the others.
Sometimes they have different programming. I have a radio in the kitchen, and a computer in the bedroom. Sometimes they don't agree. Sometimes the longwave 198 kHz wouldn't agree. I don't necessarily want a localized stream, but reminding that they exist. BBC does a lot of automatic switching. Sometimes there are mistakes where an advertisement cuts in unexpectedly 10 minutes before the hour, or the last word of a news bulletin is cut off.
API reveals more 😜
Wow you were not kidding! (click me)
#! 410 ERROR FETCHING VARIANT FOR: "bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra"
#! 410 ERROR FETCHING VARIANT FOR: "bbc_radio_fourlw"
#! 404 ERROR FETCHING URL FOR: "bbc_radio_one_anthems"
#! 404 ERROR FETCHING URL FOR: "bbc_radio_three_unwind"
#! 404 ERROR FETCHING URL FOR: "bbc_world_service_uk"
#! 410 ERROR FETCHING VARIANT FOR: "cbeebies_radio"
Many are just broadcasting a message that there is nothing on right now.
bbc_afrique_radio is broadcasting right now.
BBC Radio as JSON (click me)
{
"bbcRadio": [
{
"id": "bbc_1xtra",
"name": "BBC Radio 1Xtra",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_6music",
"name": "BBC Radio 6 Music",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_afrique_radio",
"name": "BBC Afrique Radio",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_amharic_radio",
"name": "BBC Amharic",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_arabic_radio",
"name": "إذاعة بي بي سي عربي",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_asian_network",
"name": "BBC Asian Network",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_burmese_radio",
"name": "ဘီဘီစီ မြန်မာပိုင်း ရေဒီယို",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_dari_radio",
"name": "بی بی سی افغانستان (برنامه های دری)",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_gahuza_radio",
"name": "Radio BBC Gahuza",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_hausa_radio",
"name": "BBC Hausa Rediyo",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_korean_radio",
"name": "BBC Korean radio",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_london",
"name": "BBC Radio London",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_nepali_radio",
"name": "बीबीसी नेपाली रेडियो",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_oromo_radio",
"name": "BBC Oromo",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_pashto_radio",
"name": "بي بي سي افغانستان (پښتو خپرونه)",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_berkshire",
"name": "BBC Radio Berkshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_bristol",
"name": "BBC Radio Bristol",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_cambridge",
"name": "BBC Radio Cambridgeshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_cornwall",
"name": "BBC Radio Cornwall",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire",
"name": "BBC Coventry & Warwickshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_cumbria",
"name": "BBC Radio Cumbria",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_cymru",
"name": "BBC Radio Cymru",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_cymru_2",
"name": "BBC Radio Cymru 2",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_derby",
"name": "BBC Radio Derby",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_devon",
"name": "BBC Radio Devon",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_essex",
"name": "BBC Essex",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_five_live",
"name": "BBC Radio 5 Live",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra",
"name": "BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_four_extra",
"name": "BBC Radio 4 Extra",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_fourfm",
"name": "BBC Radio 4 FM",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_fourlw",
"name": "BBC Radio 4 LW",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_foyle",
"name": "BBC Radio Foyle",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_gloucestershire",
"name": "BBC Radio Gloucestershire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_guernsey",
"name": "BBC Radio Guernsey",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_hereford_worcester",
"name": "BBC Hereford & Worcester",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_humberside",
"name": "BBC Radio Humberside",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_jersey",
"name": "BBC Radio Jersey",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_kent",
"name": "BBC Radio Kent",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_lancashire",
"name": "BBC Radio Lancashire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_leeds",
"name": "BBC Radio Leeds",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_leicester",
"name": "BBC Radio Leicester",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_lincolnshire",
"name": "BBC Radio Lincolnshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_manchester",
"name": "BBC Radio Manchester",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_merseyside",
"name": "BBC Radio Merseyside",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal",
"name": "BBC Radio nan Gàidheal",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_newcastle",
"name": "BBC Newcastle",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_norfolk",
"name": "BBC Radio Norfolk",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_northampton",
"name": "BBC Radio Northampton",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_nottingham",
"name": "BBC Radio Nottingham",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_one",
"name": "BBC Radio 1",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_one_anthems",
"name": "BBC Radio 1 Anthems",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_one_dance",
"name": "BBC Radio 1 Dance",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_orkney",
"name": "BBC Radio Orkney",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_oxford",
"name": "BBC Radio Oxford",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_scotland_fm",
"name": "BBC Radio Scotland FM",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_scotland_mw",
"name": "BBC Radio Scotland Extra",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_sheffield",
"name": "BBC Radio Sheffield",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_shetland",
"name": "BBC Radio Shetland",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_shropshire",
"name": "BBC Radio Shropshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_solent",
"name": "BBC Radio Solent",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset",
"name": "BBC Radio Solent Dorset",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_somerset_sound",
"name": "BBC Somerset",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_stoke",
"name": "BBC Radio Stoke",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_suffolk",
"name": "BBC Radio Suffolk",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_surrey",
"name": "BBC Surrey",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_sussex",
"name": "BBC Sussex",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_three",
"name": "BBC Radio 3",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_three_unwind",
"name": "BBC Radio 3 Unwind",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_two",
"name": "BBC Radio 2",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_ulster",
"name": "BBC Radio Ulster",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_wales_am",
"name": "BBC Radio Wales Extra",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_wales_fm",
"name": "BBC Radio Wales FM",
"type": "Regional Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_wiltshire",
"name": "BBC Wiltshire",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_radio_york",
"name": "BBC Radio York",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_somali_radio",
"name": "Raadiyaha BBC Soomaali",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_sounds_news",
"name": "Live News",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_swahili_radio",
"name": "BBC Swahili Radio",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_tees",
"name": "BBC Tees",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_three_counties_radio",
"name": "BBC Three Counties Radio",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_tigrinya_radio",
"name": "BBC Tigrinya",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_uzbek_radio",
"name": "BBC Uzbek Radio Dasturi",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_wm",
"name": "BBC WM 95.6",
"type": "Local Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service",
"name": "BBC World Service Online",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_americas",
"name": "BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_australasia",
"name": "BBC World Service Australasia",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_east_africa",
"name": "BBC World Service East and Southern Africa",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_east_asia",
"name": "BBC World Service East Asia",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_europe",
"name": "BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_news_internet",
"name": "BBC World Service News Internet",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_south_asia",
"name": "BBC World Service South Asia",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_uk",
"name": "BBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "bbc_world_service_west_africa",
"name": "BBC World Service West and Central Africa",
"type": "National Radio"
},
{
"id": "cbeebies_radio",
"name": "CBeebies Radio",
"type": "National Radio"
}
]
}
BBC Radio as String Array (click me)
[
"bbc_1xtra",
"bbc_6music",
"bbc_afrique_radio",
"bbc_amharic_radio",
"bbc_arabic_radio",
"bbc_asian_network",
"bbc_burmese_radio",
"bbc_dari_radio",
"bbc_gahuza_radio",
"bbc_hausa_radio",
"bbc_korean_radio",
"bbc_london",
"bbc_nepali_radio",
"bbc_oromo_radio",
"bbc_pashto_radio",
"bbc_radio_berkshire",
"bbc_radio_bristol",
"bbc_radio_cambridge",
"bbc_radio_cornwall",
"bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire",
"bbc_radio_cumbria",
"bbc_radio_cymru",
"bbc_radio_cymru_2",
"bbc_radio_derby",
"bbc_radio_devon",
"bbc_radio_essex",
"bbc_radio_five_live",
"bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra",
"bbc_radio_four_extra",
"bbc_radio_fourfm",
"bbc_radio_fourlw",
"bbc_radio_foyle",
"bbc_radio_gloucestershire",
"bbc_radio_guernsey",
"bbc_radio_hereford_worcester",
"bbc_radio_humberside",
"bbc_radio_jersey",
"bbc_radio_kent",
"bbc_radio_lancashire",
"bbc_radio_leeds",
"bbc_radio_leicester",
"bbc_radio_lincolnshire",
"bbc_radio_manchester",
"bbc_radio_merseyside",
"bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal",
"bbc_radio_newcastle",
"bbc_radio_norfolk",
"bbc_radio_northampton",
"bbc_radio_nottingham",
"bbc_radio_one",
"bbc_radio_one_anthems",
"bbc_radio_one_dance",
"bbc_radio_orkney",
"bbc_radio_oxford",
"bbc_radio_scotland_fm",
"bbc_radio_scotland_mw",
"bbc_radio_sheffield",
"bbc_radio_shetland",
"bbc_radio_shropshire",
"bbc_radio_solent",
"bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset",
"bbc_radio_somerset_sound",
"bbc_radio_stoke",
"bbc_radio_suffolk",
"bbc_radio_surrey",
"bbc_radio_sussex",
"bbc_radio_three",
"bbc_radio_three_unwind",
"bbc_radio_two",
"bbc_radio_ulster",
"bbc_radio_wales_am",
"bbc_radio_wales_fm",
"bbc_radio_wiltshire",
"bbc_radio_york",
"bbc_somali_radio",
"bbc_sounds_news",
"bbc_swahili_radio",
"bbc_tees",
"bbc_three_counties_radio",
"bbc_tigrinya_radio",
"bbc_uzbek_radio",
"bbc_wm",
"bbc_world_service",
"bbc_world_service_americas",
"bbc_world_service_australasia",
"bbc_world_service_east_africa",
"bbc_world_service_east_asia",
"bbc_world_service_europe",
"bbc_world_service_news_internet",
"bbc_world_service_south_asia",
"bbc_world_service_uk",
"bbc_world_service_west_africa",
"cbeebies_radio"
]
BBC Radio as Newline List (click me)
bbc_1xtra
bbc_6music
bbc_afrique_radio
bbc_amharic_radio
bbc_arabic_radio
bbc_asian_network
bbc_burmese_radio
bbc_dari_radio
bbc_gahuza_radio
bbc_hausa_radio
bbc_korean_radio
bbc_london
bbc_nepali_radio
bbc_oromo_radio
bbc_pashto_radio
bbc_radio_berkshire
bbc_radio_bristol
bbc_radio_cambridge
bbc_radio_cornwall
bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire
bbc_radio_cumbria
bbc_radio_cymru
bbc_radio_cymru_2
bbc_radio_derby
bbc_radio_devon
bbc_radio_essex
bbc_radio_five_live
bbc_radio_five_live_sports_extra
bbc_radio_four_extra
bbc_radio_fourfm
bbc_radio_fourlw
bbc_radio_foyle
bbc_radio_gloucestershire
bbc_radio_guernsey
bbc_radio_hereford_worcester
bbc_radio_humberside
bbc_radio_jersey
bbc_radio_kent
bbc_radio_lancashire
bbc_radio_leeds
bbc_radio_leicester
bbc_radio_lincolnshire
bbc_radio_manchester
bbc_radio_merseyside
bbc_radio_nan_gaidheal
bbc_radio_newcastle
bbc_radio_norfolk
bbc_radio_northampton
bbc_radio_nottingham
bbc_radio_one
bbc_radio_one_anthems
bbc_radio_one_dance
bbc_radio_orkney
bbc_radio_oxford
bbc_radio_scotland_fm
bbc_radio_scotland_mw
bbc_radio_sheffield
bbc_radio_shetland
bbc_radio_shropshire
bbc_radio_solent
bbc_radio_solent_west_dorset
bbc_radio_somerset_sound
bbc_radio_stoke
bbc_radio_suffolk
bbc_radio_surrey
bbc_radio_sussex
bbc_radio_three
bbc_radio_three_unwind
bbc_radio_two
bbc_radio_ulster
bbc_radio_wales_am
bbc_radio_wales_fm
bbc_radio_wiltshire
bbc_radio_york
bbc_somali_radio
bbc_sounds_news
bbc_swahili_radio
bbc_tees
bbc_three_counties_radio
bbc_tigrinya_radio
bbc_uzbek_radio
bbc_wm
bbc_world_service
bbc_world_service_americas
bbc_world_service_australasia
bbc_world_service_east_africa
bbc_world_service_east_asia
bbc_world_service_europe
bbc_world_service_news_internet
bbc_world_service_south_asia
bbc_world_service_uk
bbc_world_service_west_africa
cbeebies_radio
I see Four LW is definitely gone and World Service UK is gone.
Yes, long wave is unfortunately gone.
One useful difference between "europe" and "news_internet" is that Europe has football on weekends and news_internet does not. There is nothing to listen to with football the entire day. There are other changes in programming. I don't understand why they make it so complicated. On shortwave they come on air for maybe one hour, and broadcast a computing programme to Africa, while Europe has, say, Health Check.
API reveals more 😜
Wow you were not kidding! (click me)
I was going to say that your generator is missing wales_am (Wales Extra), but it looks like you have realized that (as well as a number of the international streams) via the API. Your generator is a great resource, and sure beats loading the sounds stations and inspecting the html element to get the pools.
I'm guessing no one has figured out the rhyme or reason to how pools are generated, correct?
Please note that more changes have been announced. BBC Sounds will soon be unavailable for listeners residing outside the UK, as from "Spring 2025". Those going abroad temporarily will still be able to listen to BBC Sounds. Only BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 will remain available over bbc.com. Please see https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2005/bbc-studios-to-make-podcasts-available-to-international-audiences-via-bbc-dot-com-and-the-bbc-app for more information.
... Yep, most distressing news, indeed 😿 :
As part of this launch, the BBC will also be making BBC Sounds available exclusively to UK audiences and ending access to the service for international users beginning Spring 2025.
Worst fears realised, it appears; and sooner than "June 2025"...
I suspect, considering all that the BBC has been doing over the past few months, that the BBC Sounds app will be a UK-only thing by the middle of this year (just like iPlayer is); and that domestic radio will also be geoblocked entirely to non-UK listeners (just like iPlayer)
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/bbc-audio-international/
Advertising in BBC Sounds simply couldn’t work alongside music content, in a grey area of music rights due to an accident of history. It looks like I got it pretty well correct. I am particularly delighted that BBC Radio 4 will continue to exist for international listeners.
Assuming that this replaces BBC Sounds, and assuming, too, that BBC domestic music radio will eventually be geo-blocked outside the UK, there will be many people disappointed at losing Radio 1, Radio 2 or 6 music. I have sympathy with that
... One of "many" here 😞 ... Damn, I wish James weren't correct in his predictions 😉 ... Such a pity to lose a 15yr-old habit...
I couldn't care less about the music stations. We're having access to local radio taken?
Those going abroad temporarily will still be able to listen to BBC Sounds.
This reads to me as if BBC stations won't be geolocked (since otherwise this couldn't work), though perhaps protected in some way via a BBC Sounds login? But a VPN might help fix this.
Those going abroad temporarily will still be able to listen to BBC Sounds.
This reads to me as if BBC stations won't be geolocked (since otherwise this couldn't work), though perhaps protected in some way via a BBC Sounds login? But a VPN might help fix this.
Would think they will ramp up data analytics, use location services actively to set a timer on device to stop responding / fetching audio after x days.
You could maybe fake a GPS location every x days on a rooted Android device, like how they used to hack Pokemon Go. Would be easy though to see that in a log, the constant "vacation" outside Britain.
The mediacentre article states verbatim:
UK users who go on holiday (outside the UK) for a short period of time will still be able to use the BBC Sounds app abroad.
so I take it they refer exclusively to the mobile app (which will be installable ONLY within the UK, as it'll be withdrawn from overseas stores); the Sounds app already requires a BBC account, so it might be probable that short-time overseas Sounds access will only be granted to "verified" UK accounts; unclear as to how the "short-time" proviso will be implemented (streams protected with logged-in cookies and a JWT token with, say, a 2wk expiry?) ... In any case, reverse-engineering of the mobile app would be needed to figure out the specifics (e.g. the non-geofenced CDN endpoints and relevant APIs), a task not for the fainthearted...
The available data within the BBC's systems for my account shows a minute-by-minute geolocation per login, so I suspect they'll use this in some way.
I'd use it like this:
if (majority of access over the last six months == from the UK) AND (outside the UK = less than 2 weeks) THEN {play the stream}
That said; my data clearly showed "Queensland, Queensland, Queensland, suddenly Cambridge UK" - and the obvious turning on of the VPN didn't appear to stop iPlayer.
Please note that more changes have been announced. BBC Sounds will soon be unavailable for listeners residing outside the UK, as from "Spring 2025". Those going abroad temporarily will still be able to listen to BBC Sounds. Only BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 will remain available over bbc.com. Please see https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2005/bbc-studios-to-make-podcasts-available-to-international-audiences-via-bbc-dot-com-and-the-bbc-app for more information.
So what will happen to our streaming links? Can we use them like what we've been doing with updating them as BBC kept altering them? Or will they go for good? And what will happen to BBC channels on speakers like Alexa devices? Will they also vanish?
So what will happen to our streaming links? Can we use them like what we've been doing with updating them as BBC kept altering them? Or will they go for good? And what will happen to BBC channels on speakers like Alexa devices? Will they also vanish?
I'm afraid no one can tell for sure. My guess would be that the BBC will try to reach some way to keep livestream URLs constantly changing even on platforms they do not properly control, such as smart speakers and internet radio devices. They could provide an interface for that and the manufacturers will have to implement it. Apart from that, geoblocking comes in for those listening abroad. It will not be that easy to reach out to all expatriates living both in the UK and somewhere else and hence paying the fee. Of course, there will still be livestream URLs, but in order to listen to them with a device of your choice you will have to keep up with the changes.
As an expat I can for example pay my parents TV license. But anyway I do look forward to even more sketchy Android apps now claiming to be BBC Radio. They could even pop up as BBC Audio on the app stores and be riddled with all kinds of keyloggers.
This is the future I always wanted /not
There are "WebSDR's" now maybe the only way to keep our local stations would be that route, tap into the wideband FM via the WebSDR and even get the sports coverage to boot. Win win win. And the beeb don't get out expatriated data.
Someone must have complained about why abroad people are calling in to the after football phone ins.
I find it strange that BBC producers and presenters are still reading out international messages and allowing international participants in quizzes and call-ins if they really do intend to make BBC Radio UK only. That said, the BBC are still doing weird stuff like insisting on iPlayer HD being DASH only, locking out loads of young people who watch on devices like iPads; a demographic who openly say they will/would NOT pay for a BBC subscription if the licence fee does get scrapped and the BBC goes login based...
Someone ( @jamescridland ?) said this smells of wholesale commercialisation of the audio content. Something RE TV that is starting to piss off UK consumers; with BBC Studios selling to commercial channels even for shows that started available on the BBC. Not to mention the BritBox disaster...
Whatever the ultimate fate of the BBC – and as impressive as their commercialisation has been – they are teeing it up with actions that cause resentment in the people who have been gladly paying for its foundations. If they are going to cut off world radio just to consolidate their analytics, and not due to some valid music licensing issue, I will be extremely disappointed. I suspect most license fee payers would agree with me. The fact they provide no reasoning is bizarre.
The only time my physical DAB radio gets turned on is to listen to the football. They know most people have it on via the web. In my opinion Sounds should sit alongside a basic functional online live radio player with all channels available worldwide. No one is wasting bandwidth listening to BBC radio.
TLDR; The whole thing is extremely depressing even for a UK resident.
I've begun an archiving project in case NPR is severely impacted by the silliness happening with public anger against public broadcasting. In fact I save bandwidth because the world service is broadcast here on a HD channel and I can do NRSC5 to Icecast2 via FFMPEG.
If they cut BBC World Service from NPR on the HDRadio here I'd have to go back to bandwidth consumption.
There's gonna be a way for pirates to keep those sketchy apps going, maybe the Asian Network gets one but I can't see someone trying to keep Radio Wales going.
It all stinks, this tearing down of Public Broadcasting. Nobody complains about the fact that roads are provided as a public service.
What would a paid ExPat radio service look like? "BritTunes" or would it be split between various podcast providers, perhaps offering premium level payments for live radio?
this smells of wholesale commercialisation of the audio content.
Yes, that's exactly what it is - commercialisation for overseas listeners, who don't pay for the BBC. I'm absolutely fine with it.
The problem with BBC music radio is the music rights. The BBC doesn't pay for music rights overseas, and that's fine as long as it doesn't make money from those services. The instant it does, the record companies will want payment at full market rates.
From reading
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/recent-changes-to-bbc-sounds/audio-in-uk
I get the impression that soon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds
will auto-redirect to
https://www.bbc.com/audio
when accessed from an overseas IP address 😭 ; it's the same thing that happens when
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies (UK version)
is loaded here: auto-redirection to
https://www.cbeebies.com/ (int'l version)
So it won't even be the case like, e.g., BBC Radio 1 Anthems, where the page does load here, but you get slammed in the face with the
"This content is not available in your location." player message...
I realise this gist is about Live Radio, but Sounds being off-limits to overseas audiences also means AOD content (as in "listen back" to radio programmes you've missed), apart from Podcasts, will also be inaccessible; another major catastrophe in itself (yes, 95% of Sounds AOD is accessible globally, in lower bitrates FWIW) 😢 ...
I find it strange that BBC producers and presenters are still reading out international messages and allowing international participants in quizzes and call-ins if they really do intend to make BBC Radio UK only.
Exactly 👍 : I work at night (my timezone) at my computer, with BBC R2 on most of the time; lately it's been DJ Spoony, followed by OJ Borg; yesterday, a message was read by Spoony live on air from a person in St. Augustine, FL, advertising the glorious weather they had there, then OJ's Midnight Mastermind was asked by a caller from Adelaide 😉 ; as I noted, the listeners are totally oblivious to the coming devastating changes; as for the radio presenters, either they're oblivious, too, to be informed only at the last hour, or they've been told to keep things hush-hush...
So what will happen to our streaming links? Can we use them like what we've been doing
It all depends on your current location 😉 ; AFAICU, for listeners in the UK it'll be "business as usual";
with updating them as BBC kept altering them?
yes, the Beeb will keep messing, from time to time, with the stream URIs themselves, to hinder people in the UK from using direct audio stream links in ways not endorsed by the BBC; after all, they state it plainly:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/recent-changes-to-bbc-sounds/radio-changes
We are unable to grant access to individual users and suggest you use BBC Sounds instead.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/recent-changes-to-bbc-sounds/changes-third-party-info
Directories and software solutions that enable individual users to directly access streams to add their connected devices will not be supported. This is for a range of reasons related to the BBC’s obligations under the BBC Distribution Policy, including ensuring our streams are not used in non-compliant ways.
It'll be for tech-savvy people in the UK to troubleshoot things when existing stream links break and, hopefully, come up with "fixed" ones; stream access (apart from WS+R4) will be impossible for us overseas "peasants", if the plan goes through in Spring 2025...
(I don't want to sound like an alarmist, but in another forum, which won't be named, I was informed that the TV Licence fee, which also funds BBC Radio, may be abolished in 2027? There was speculation inside that forum that in that event the BBC going the route of full-blown DRM in their media streams (both Video[iPlayer] and Audio[Sounds]) isn't off the table...)
And what will happen to BBC channels on speakers like Alexa devices?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-on-a-smart-speaker
If in the UK, you won't be affected; if overseas, then at some point you'll lose access to ALL BBC Radio except for WS+R4; an update on your device might be needed to address the impending changes; I'm sure something inside a relevant BBC.com/audio help page will crop up when the time comes...
Blocking overseas access to BBC Radio won't automatically mean overseas demand for it will wane; those addicted to it will turn to illicit ways of listening to it; more importantly, money will be directed to third parties which promise to restore that withdrawn access (e.g. VPN/VPS/DNS providers, illegal re-streams, etc.), instead of the BBC itself; why pay the BBC to just get Premium Podcasts when, at a comparable cost, one could get the whole BBC Sounds package?
In my opinion, Sounds should sit alongside a basic functional online live radio player with all channels available worldwide. No one is wasting bandwidth listening to BBC radio.
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The whole thing is extremely depressing even for a UK resident.
I was in my late 20s when the Internet arrived in my neck of the woods, touted as "a great freedom tool, the door to the rest of the world"! I was so enthusiastic about this new medium! In all honesty, over the past decade all I see are huge walls erecting to block that "freedom" and access to other world communities and cultures; all sacrificed on the altar of financial gain... But this discussion belongs elsewhere...
DRM could lock out operating systems like Linux,l l, like widevine support is generally hit or miss outside of Android and Windows (DRM affects Apple users too).
Pirates are best fought by making the service easier to access than the pirate streams.
Literally heading towards pirate radio akin to pirate IPTV. Yes if I had to pay for BBC local radio internationally and the BBC were not offering service, those who offer the service get my money. That's "the market".
Public broadcasting in the US is largely funded through donations and sponsorships.
Local radio might well be the first thing to go from the UK without a TV license in place. After being setup in the mid to late 60's if there's less money in the pot they may get brutal and consolidate local radio into the 7 or so regions only. Hence support the license fee. I always encourage people receiving misinformation about the TV license fee to dig deeper into what defunding the BBC means.
I was in my late 20s when the Internet arrived in my neck of the woods, touted as "a great freedom tool, the door to the rest of the world"! I was so enthusiastic about this new medium! In all honesty, over the past decade all I see are huge walls erecting to block that "freedom" and access to other world communities and cultures; all sacrificed on the altar of financial gain... But this discussion belongs elsewhere...
This exactly reflects my story and situation, in Iran, other than the fact that I gained access to the Internet in my later teen years. But it was dial-up, and wasn't suitable for prolonged streaming of NPR or BBC. I remember how dejected I was when, some years later, NPR decided to stop broadcasting on the HotBird satellite. Now things have moved on and speeds are much better, but as @Vangelis66 said, huge walls have also been erected along the way.
Trust me, they are; 95% of the so called "VPN" extensions on CWS/AMO that have UK nodes (on datacentres) have had those nodes BL'ed (and by that I mean you get:
{ "X-Country": "gb", "X-Ip_is_uk_combined": "no", "X-Ip_is_advertise_combined": "no" }upon visiting https://www.bbc.co.uk/userinfo ), some during the last three months ; and "they" no longer need to have "the best technical talent to do so", this is being managed probably by third party provided automation/tools/AI infra, etc. As for paid-for UK IP providers/services, it's always a "cat and mouse chase" with them and the BBC...
Apologies, nothing was inferred there; I'm not a native speaker, what could be the politically-correct term these days to convey this?
Perhaps ACL (a technical term, Access-Control-List) ?
In any case, I fear further discussion on circumventing BBC's geo-fences is outside the scope of this gist...