As predicted, bye bye Auntie

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:23

Now that BBC has been lost. Where are we going to watch the remainder of the 6 nations?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:26

Multimax? Will that work? I think it will...

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:28

Multimax? They provide access to BBC. Will that work for sport and 6 nations rugby? I think it will... but can we have confirmation from Kemal or Erolz please.

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:40

I'm glad you differentiated between Rugby and Sport, Gavin



Any good VPN should give easy access to BBC sport via the web.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:44

yenibob,

Rugby is a true sport... requiring as it does physical commitment and an unquenchable thirst!

Just for the record I don't regard the following as sport:-

Darts

Snooker

As I understand it Multimax don't provide access via the usual VPN pretending to be in the UK malarkey...

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 07:58

Groucho with a MM connection on line TV should work in the same way it would work in the UK. The system is the same as if you were to use a third party VPN service it is just with BBC we do it behind the secens so the end user does not have to do anything on their machine but it does work by making any request through a MM connection look to the BBC as if its comming from a connection in the UK. I am not sure what the BBC's coverage is like though this may help

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=six+nations&filter=tv



You should be able to watch via iplayer after the fact or live using bbc's own live streams, but how well the live streaming from the BBC works may well be limited by the BBC end and outside of our control.



We are currently investigating if there are ways we can provbide a 'local' stream of BBC but that will not be in place in time for the six nations if we do find a means of doing this.

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 08:54

I'll have a dig around for myself later, but in the meantime, anyone know if and BBC is avaiable on 'add channels'?

iceman


Joined: 15/08/2008
Posts: 724

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 09:06

Hippo

We still have access to BBC stream channels (more commonly known as "red button" channels)

and you can still watch your rugby as well as other major events covered by BBC.

SKY doesn't want people to use their boxes for non SKY channels so they have disabled the audio on the new HD boxes for these channels but older non HD skyboxes can be configured to receive both video & audio.

Any other FTA receiver or a Freesat box can be used for these channels..



schedule for these channels on the following link..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tv_and_radio/5345480.stm

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
24/02/2012 11:07

How do you get the red buttons channels if you can't get to BBC first to the activate it?

I guess there is a number you can put in from the remote?

Thanks