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calpaterson on Sept 13, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: UK airport trials public autonomous transit

"We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes."

I'm sure there are excellent legal reasons why UK residents can't access BBC Worldwide content but it is really, really annoying

johneth on Sept 13, 2014 | [–]

It's because of the BBC's 'Fair Trading Guidelines' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/howwework/poli...

lukasm on Sept 13, 2014 | [–]

> I'm sure there are excellent legal reasons

I can't think of an example.

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