BBC HLS Radio Streams

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(02-08-2016 18:37)DavidHB Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 17:16)robt Wrote:  ... nothing to do with Brexit. The BBC reserve the highest bit rates for UK users and lower for their other users.

Nothing to do with Brexit, but quite a lot to do with money, I think. The BBC is funded through the TV licence fee (in effect, a tax), which by law has to be paid by most households in the UK that use the service (this includes, or will shortly include, online use). There is clearly an element of political nicety in ensuring that those who pay get a better service than those who receive the broadcasts for free.

David

And of course, another reason why there are separate streams, is the non-UK URLs will not carry any programming that is licensed exclusively for UK broadcast (such as sports rights).