I'd love to explain it but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Some kind of law saying that the BBC can't make profit from us in the UK, because they are funded instead by the TV licence fee[0]: we pay the government/BBC about US$250 per year to be allowed to watch television broadcast by anyone, BBC or otherwise.
The message we get when visiting this URL:
"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. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com.
"If you are looking for travel news in the UK, please visit the Travel News site."
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I'd love to explain it but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. Some kind of law saying that the BBC can't make profit from us in the UK, because they are funded instead by the TV licence fee[0]: we pay the government/BBC about US$250 per year to be allowed to watch television broadcast by anyone, BBC or otherwise.
The message we get when visiting this URL:
"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. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com.
"If you are looking for travel news in the UK, please visit the Travel News site."
[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni...
I wonder why they don't just mirror the content on the uk site without the ads.
Politics, eh.
I also wonder why Brits have to pay the BBC over $200/yr even if they only want to watch ITV (or any other channel, all funded by advertising)
The same reason you have to pay for public schools even if you do not have children.
Hm, that's interesting. I'm in the UK, and I can access bbc.com without any issues. I'm using StudentCom, though.