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Logical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:29 AM
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How can I see the BBC news in the USA (not BBC America)
Anyway to watch the real BBC One in the USA?
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:37 AM
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1. You can find a link to BBC World News here...
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Logical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:43 AM
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2. Thank you!
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:45 AM
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3. Welcome! nt
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:48 AM
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4. Thanks for posting that. I had no idea that had other channels. But..
It looks like it's only BBC World News. (Ad supported)
Not BBC One that OP asked about.

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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:52 AM
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6. Didn't know there was a BBC One...
but, my answer seemed to satisfy the OP. :hi:
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:54 AM
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7. It satisfies me too because they have a stream for Euro News which I haven't found anywhere else.
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 11:59 AM by Shagbark Hickory
Can't get it on the dish anymore.
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catabryna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:58 AM
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10. Glad to help. nt
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 03:30 PM
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25. in the early days of cable there was this channel that just ran news
broadcasts from around the world, some in english, some not as i remember.
Came to realize there were entire wars we were not told about.
Bit of a shock really.
became fond of shortwave but the radio i bought from radio shack left a lot to be desired.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:52 AM
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5. Are you wanting BBC One or BBC World News or BBC news channel?
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 11:52 AM by Shagbark Hickory
They are all different channels.

BBC World News, which is supported by commercials and available outside of the UK is easy to find a stream for or pick up with a dish.

BBC One and BBC news channel are intended for the UK market only and I don't know of any stream for those. It doesn't appear that the msnbc.eu site has anything but BBC World News.
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:54 AM
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8. comes on PBS in the evening
I believe. It's called BBC world news.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 11:56 AM
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9. On my Roku, the channel link I have is for the domestic BBC News Channel.
This is not the BBC World News link (i.e. the advertising one) - and the BBC News Channel has a lot of domestic UK news on it. I don't know what link they are pulling it from when they made the Roku channel but at least it is live, 24/7 and without adverts. Plus the BBC News Channel simulcasts the BBC One newscasts - News at One, Six and Ten - but no regional optouts of course.

If you want proper UK TV, there's a company who will host you a Freeview receiver (or DVR) in the London area and attach it to a Slingbox which you can then watch remotely. You will of course pay them rent and Internet fees and you will have to buy a TV Licence if you want it permanently. However this is the only 100% known legal way to watch UK TV over the Internet.

If feeds of UK domestic TV do pop up they are generally illegal and temporary.

Mark.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:04 PM
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11. But you have a UK IP address. Without one of those, I don't think you'd...
have access to BBC News Channel
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:35 PM
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14. Look for BBC News under Nowhere Man's channel offerings
if you don't know the nowhere man, google him up in connection with roku.
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:42 PM
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16. that must be where I got it from
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 01:48 PM
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21. Sadly I don't have a UK IP address. But that reminds me...
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 02:16 PM by mwooldri
... you can sign up for a UK Proxy Server, and rig up your web browser so that sites in the UK *think* that you are really in the UK. Then you can use the BBC iPlayer. Or even: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/watchlive/

Furthermore I got Roku for the Netflix when the only thing on the Roku *was* Netflix.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:17 PM
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12. You can listen on shortwave
Not a bad option...
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 02:30 PM
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23. Not a good option either.
BBC World Service stopped broadcasting specifically to North America on shortwave many years ago and earlier this year discontinued the Carribbean service (which some people on the east coast could catch as an alternative to the missing North America service.

Of course there's plenty of stuff on shortwave - even crazier biblethumping, Radio Vietnam, or Radio China International - the Beijing Hour makes for some interesting listening from time to time.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 03:17 PM
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24. That's too bad
I used to listen to shortwave several years ago a lot, especially Radio For Peace International, which was screwed over hard by their landlords.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:31 PM
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13. You can't access BBC iPlayer (for television) with a non-UK IP address, BUT...
you can easily access all the BBC radio services online, and programs are archived for a week. (Go figure.)

There are six services broadcast in the UK:

BBC1: Pop and rock
BBC2: From what I see, very eclectic programming
BBC3: Classical music and fine arts programming
BBC4: Talk, sort of like the news service of NPR
BBC5: Sports
BBC6: More alternative pop and rock

(UK residents may want to correct my perceptions of these services.)

Then there's BBC World Service, also available online.

But I'm afraid we Americans are out of luck when it comes to UK television. Neither BBC nor ITV will allow non-Brits to view online.

To be fair, American TV networks ban people with non-U.S. IP addresses.


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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 01:24 PM
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19. Canadian networks are the worst about it blocking IPs outside canada IMO.
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 01:24 PM by Shagbark Hickory
They block shows that wouldn't be blocked to them.
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Seedersandleechers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:40 PM
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15. You can watch it here
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 12:42 PM by Seedersandleechers
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 01:28 PM
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20. ^ ^ ^ +! +! +! +! ^ ^ ^
Edited on Wed Sep-14-11 01:31 PM by Shagbark Hickory
There's even cinemax on there.
Thank you. So much for productivity.

Edit, I may have spoken too soon. I clicked on BBC 1 and it loaded a stream for ITV 1.
And the BBC News 24 video is not loading.
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Seedersandleechers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 02:24 PM
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22. Sometimes the channels are
not streaming when you want them to. Not perfect I know.
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ikri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 12:46 PM
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17. You can cheat
You just need a UK-based IP address and the BBC website will accept you as a resident and you'll be able to view any programme via iplayer from the BBC website.

There are a few websites like this one who apparently offer a free service to get access to UK-only services. I can't say how good or bad they each are but they're worth investigating.
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Logical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 04:27 PM
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26. Thanks!!
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Evasporque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 01:13 PM
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18. After 911 and the Ramp up to War, Bush and Poodle pulled the plug on BBC shortwave...
Broadcasts from the Caribbean and aimed at the U.S.
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Gruenemann Donating Member (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-11 05:00 PM
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27. Install this and watch BBC anywhere!
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