Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Premier League football commentaries via BBC Sounds app.

  • 15-03-2021 8:12pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    Surprised to be receiving these on BBC R5 via the BBC Sounds app. Thought they were geoblocked with a UK only audience allowed.


Comments

  • #2
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    I was very briefly listening to Everton match on 5live via Radio Garden, then out of curiosity tried BBC Merseyside as it was a home game and that was geo-locked!


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Surprised to be receiving these on BBC R5 via the BBC Sounds app. Thought they were geoblocked with a UK only audience allowed.
    Surprised to hear this too.

    You didn't by any chance download the app when you were in northern ireland?

    A family member tells me he registered for the BBC (tv) player in the UK and can still access it since moving back to ireland since Christmas. Apparently, once you register for BBC geoblocked services in Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom, they can be used abroad.

    But when it comes to radio, maybe they are just less fussy about that kind of thing. I don't think I've ever experienced a geoblock on the Sounds player, although there had been talk of it.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Surprised to hear this too.

    You didn't by any chance download the app when you were in northern ireland?

    A family member tells me he registered for the BBC (tv) player in the UK and can still access it since moving back to ireland since Christmas. Apparently, once you register for BBC geoblocked services in Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom, they can be used abroad.

    But when it comes to radio, maybe they are just less fussy about that kind of thing. I don't think I've ever experienced a geoblock on the Sounds player, although there had been talk of it.

    No, downloaded in RoI.


  • #5
    peterobrien100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 223 ✭✭peterobrien100


    Deleted User wrote: »
    No, downloaded in RoI.

    I could get the match on R5 Live through the BBC Sounds APP at home last night as well


  • #6
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,018 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Did this work at weekends, or was Monday night first time you tried?

    There's no Monday night live premier league radio coverage in ROI afaik.
    Could that be a factor.
    BBC don't have to geo-block it as there's no competing provider.
    Could be different for weekend games.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • Advertisement
  • #7
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,841 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    They've worked for ages. Haven't had a blocked game for some time.


  • #8
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 902 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    Presumably BBC now has rights to broadcast games online in Ireland. There is no longer Saturday commentary on Today FM so the rights were presumably easy to secure.


  • #9
    Coillte_Bhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,911 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    Ive no issue accessing BBC radio 5 or 6 via the website


Advertisement