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5 live - normal content geo-blocked?

  • 12-02-2014 7:04pm
    #1
    spank_inferno
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    Today.

    Anyone else getting this?

    Is it anything to do with the Winter Olympics?
    They blocked the entire 2 weeks of 2012.


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  • #2
    mike65
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    Non live sport is fine, but not now! Blocked for two weeks? that's ridiculous


  • #3
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    Yup.... Seen on their twitter feed.

    Blocked for the duration of Sochi.

    Games close on the 23rd of Feb.

    The UK reunification campaign starts here!!


  • #4
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    spank_inferno wrote: »
    Yup.... Seen on their twitter feed.

    Blocked for the duration of Sochi.

    Games close on the 23rd of Feb.

    The UK reunification campaign starts here!!

    Or change your DNS numbers to access 5 Live while the Olympics are on.


  • #5
    IrishHomer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,002 ✭✭✭IrishHomer


    Easy to just listen via Satellite if you have one :)


  • #6
    mike65
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    Which is what I do, still taking the piss though!


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  • #7
    Kalyke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Kalyke


    lertsnim wrote: »
    Or change your DNS numbers to access 5 Live while the Olympics are on.

    Can that be done on an Android?


  • #8
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Media Hint is your friend if you listen through your PC or laptop.

    Haven't found a (free) solution for Android though.


  • #9
    deekster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭deekster


    @ Kalyke

    For Android (Tunein) I simply add a UK VPN. Setup here.

    Use something like bestukvpn.com for valid username/password. Note, this expires every few hours.


  • #10
    StaticNoise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭StaticNoise


    Lads, change your DNS to those of http://tunlr.net to access BBC content. Tunlr is free and works on a variety of geoblocked content. Legal, too.

    Use SETDns on Android from the Play Store. It might be worth paying the quid and getting the full version which lasts longer than 48 hours.


  • #11
    Yakuza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,141 ✭✭✭Yakuza


    I was wondering why I couldn't connect - Tunein on the iphone or their live streams on my work PC were blocked. I was looking for Kermode and Mayo and not the sports programmes :mad:

    Edit - http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/announcements/radio5live_winteroly_2014
    Apparently, as they *might* cut over to Sochi at any time during the day, they've blocked the stream from the early morning to late evening.


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