BBC sounds going to be GEolocked

listening to Mike Sweeney on BBC Radio Manchester this morning,in the car through the sounds app with no issues .

VPN required for them all bar C4.

Live C4 won’t play without a VPN though, just the box sets etc in Ireland.

When I open BBC Sounds on iphone, the app starts as normal for a second or two, then the message comes up about it not being available outside the UK, etc.. But if I press play just as the app is starting, it plays 6Music(the last station I would have listened to) as normal. Not ideal but still..

Does tunein(free) have a listen back feature? I'll miss Radcliffe and Maconie 😔

Yes I figured that was the case… Must check see if I can get the sports on 5L tomorrow

BBC sounds still works on Alexa. I’ve had it enabled for years.

Sports rights have always been blocked usually it's part of the terms and conditions of them getting the rights on the first place. The whole point of this thread was that the BBC were going to lock almost all of their radio content both live and playback behind a Geoblock.

Out the back listening to Radio 2 from Saturday with a nice beer and me Google nest.

VPN is the way forward and I got it from a certain store that has to be left unnamed unfortunately.

Think ya need to read back what I said again.

Came across this on Reddit:

Louise la Grange, SVP, BBC Audio, Digital News & Streaming BBC Studios (beware execs bearing 11 word titles) last night told listeners to the World Service feedback programme Over to You, that 'catch up' would arrive for World Service and Radio 4 abroad in a matter of weeks.

I wonder if some developer will be able to come up with a fork of this app, like has been done with other android apps?