Internet Radio and Sports Rights

galtee boy

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this query, if so could someone point me in the right direction. I have a couple of Internet radios around the house, for two reasons, 1 FM reception is poor where I live, so I use the Internet radio for the Irish stations and 2 I listen a lot to BBC radio, especially BBC Radio Five Live. Here's my problem, all the live sports commentaries on Five Live and Talksport are geo blocked on Internet radio due to rights issues. I know there are ways of downloading sites/software on to a pc that unblock items such as BBC iPlayer etc, I'm not bothered about that, could anyone just tell me if there is a simple way that I could download something that would unblock BBC radio on my Internet radio ? My radio picks up the signal from my wifi router, so does something have to be installed on my router and if so, is it complicated ? I'm computer literate but I'm no expert at installing software or doing too much fiddling around with computers ! Does anyone carry out such services in Ireland ? I would pay someone to get me what I need, if it didn't cost the earth ! Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Greyham

Hi there, I'll try explain this as simply as I can without sounding patronizing , which is not my intention.

Those servers that you listen to BBC on are seeing where you live based on a certain code on your computer, you'd have to install a "proxy" service on your computer which would make it look like your computer is based somewhere else in the world, in this case , it would have to look like it is in the UK.

This is easy to do on a computer as it's just a case of installing a piece of software or visiting a certain website which is streaming a stream of the BBC channel you want, but doing it to your internet radio is not so easy, what make and model do you have?

The Black Oil

This has come up on the forum before re national BBC stations and sports broadcasts. iirc, one suggestion was that, rather listening to a national station, to pick a local one for particular matches. I'm not much of a sports fan, so I haven't tried it myself, but picking a local stream for presumably Premier League matches might be an alternative for internet radios when the block kicks in.

galtee boy

Greyham wrote: »

Hi there, I'll try explain this as simply as I can without sounding patronizing , which is not my intention.

Those servers that you listen to BBC on are seeing where you live based on a certain code on your computer, you'd have to install a "proxy" service on your computer which would make it look like your computer is based somewhere else in the world, in this case , it would have to look like it is in the UK.

This is easy to do on a computer as it's just a case of installing a piece of software or visiting a certain website which is streaming a stream of the BBC channel you want, but doing it to your internet radio is not so easy, what make and model do you have?

Thanks, I have heard of proxy servers/VPN's on a pc, but as stated, it's my Internet radio that I want the "proxy" server installed on, if that's possible. It's a Roberts Stream 106X.

galtee boy

The Black Oil wrote: »

This has come up on the forum before re national BBC stations and sports broadcasts. iirc, one suggestion was that, rather listening to a national station, to pick a local one for particular matches. I'm not much of a sports fan, so I haven't tried it myself, but picking a local stream for presumably Premier League matches might be an alternative for internet radios when the block kicks in.

I tried the BBC local stations too, same issue, no live sports commentaries, especially football .

Greyham

galtee boy wrote: »

Thanks, I have heard of proxy servers/VPN's on a pc, but as stated, it's my Internet radio that I want the "proxy" server installed on, if that's possible. It's a Roberts Stream 106X.

Yes , see this is where the problem arises.

I don't know how to change the workings of an internet radio like that, the problem here is that you cant modify it to appear as though it is somewhere else in the world like you can with a normal pc onto which you can install software.

From what I know of this you probably can't modify the internet radio, not without serious tech know how anyway.

galtee boy

Greyham wrote: »

Yes , see this is where the problem arises.

I don't know how to change the workings of an internet radio like that, the problem here is that you cant modify it to appear as though it is somewhere else in the world like you can with a normal pc onto which you can install software.

From what I know of this you probably can't modify the internet radio, not without serious tech know how anyway.

That's my thinking too. I have been told that you can change the DNS settings on the wifi router to make the router think that it's in the UK and anything that gets its signal from the router, then thinks its in the UK also, but I have no idea how that is done, or even if it definitely works or not. Thanks for your help anyway.

gordongekko

galtee boy wrote: »

That's my thinking too. I have been told that you can change the DNS settings on the wifi router to make the router think that it's in the UK and anything that gets its signal from the router, then thinks its in the UK also, but I have no idea how that is done, or even if it definitely works or not. Thanks for your help anyway.

try unblockus. I think you can change settings on the router with it.

Kalyke

http://www.unblock-us.com/how-to-set-up/

galtee boy

Kalyke wrote: »

http://www.unblock-us.com/how-to-set-up/

Thanks, might give it ago, if I do and I'm successful, I will report back.