IPlayer
Submitted by Flip on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 06:35In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
YOu can still listen to BBC Radio on the Internet via the iPlayer. I think you can also get intenet radios as well
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Yes, iPlayer still works
Submitted by Simrose on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 06:45In reply to IPlayer by Flip
Yes, iPlayer still works internationally for radio, but being in a rural area (even the post office is on slow dial-up!) it would eat into my 5GB a month 3G dongle allowance.
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BBC are taking all radio
Submitted by pas55 on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 07:05In reply to Yes, iPlayer still works by Simrose
BBC are taking all radio content off iPlayer and setting up a new service just for radio.
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And no doubt there will be
Submitted by Lorraine on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 08:42In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
And no doubt there will be some form of payment to receive it!
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FREE !!
Submitted by Flip on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 08:46In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
No it should be free. They are just separating their stream from iPlayer to the new BBC radio only player, as you still require a UK IP address to access the TV on iplayer but not the Radio
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In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Just get yourself a 1.8m Dish and a £25 Sky box of Ebay and it's no Problem! I get all the BBC and TV.
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Bigger dish
Submitted by Simrose on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 13:16Hi, Brianm. I wish... but we are another 800km further south, and from the reports I've read would be into 3m or even 4m dishes... which on a very windy hilltop setting would be problematic. Ah well, just have to improve my Italian so that RAI radio becomes the new radio 4 (joke?).
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Corporal Jones........
Submitted by sprostoni on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 14:22In reply to Bigger dish by Simrose
DO'NT PANIC............piano piano.......... Whatever they hit us with, we'll get around it.................(gulp!!) S
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Can you get any tv on it and
Submitted by Lucy and Gerry on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 14:08Can you get any tv on it and what area do you live in.
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Astra 28 UK spot beam
Submitted by Simrose on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 14:33In reply to Can you get any tv on it and by Lucy and Gerry
We are in Basilicata, so I haven't tried getting the main TV channels, which are on the UK only beam. With a big dish you can, apparently, get a signal in the north of Italy. But the radio channels were on the wider south transponder beam, which should only need a 60cm dish here , but the BBC have moved them. It seems that all that is left on the Astra south beam are things I am not interested in - shopping, religious and "adult". Ahh well!
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Not for long
Submitted by cardi on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 15:07In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
The Astra F satellite is due online in the near future and it has a very tight footprint.
Just get yourself a 1.8m Dish and a £25 Sky box of Ebay and it's no Problem! I get all the BBC and TV
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Receiving Radio 4
Submitted by Fabbriche on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 07:36In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Coo, my husband would move to Italy lock, stock and barrel TOMORROW if he thought he would NEVER hear the Archers again! Good luck Fabbriche
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Not sure about this footprint stuff
Submitted by Fillide on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:21In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Deleted by Fillide because bad information!
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BBC radio
Submitted by david.it48 on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 15:35In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hi everyone, Regarding the BBC and in particular Radio 4 and 2 I am an avid listener to Radio 4 and miss it when I visit Italy. So a few months ago I decided once and for all to attempt to see if I could obtain a signal. I investigated which was the best satellite receiver etc and how to set up a dish. One day later, of moving a dish setup along our balcony and varying the up and down left to right etc I found the fine line of Astra 2 @ 28.2 and eureka BBC Radio. Our house is in Cassino which is according to the facts not easy to get a signal unless you have a pretty large dish. It may seem sad but its great to hear Radio 4 and Radio 2. A contended listener!
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BBC radio
Submitted by david.it48 on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 09:42In reply to BBC radio by david.it48
With reference to my previous reply all I can say is, silly me. I should have read up a little before replying. Oh dear such short lived pleasure. I wonder, is there any future at all regarding radio for Brits abroad?
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I can listen to the radio via
Submitted by Penny on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 10:24In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I can listen to the radio via the internet on my Smart TV using an app called VTuner, otherwise on the PC just fine.
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Shoebox on the M62
Submitted by Fillide on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 12:39In reply to I can listen to the radio via by Penny
Not wishing to escalate this one - I enjoy The Archers on my smartphone - it does confuse visiting Brits if I'm using the free wi-fi in a restaurant, and I up the volume for the signature tune There's a BBC Radio app, Android and Apple - works well (not geoblocked anymore) and covers all the local UK BBC Radio stations as well as the national ones. It doesn't do play it again, like the iplayer on the computer, but hopefully they'll make that happen soon.
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No problem on ur PC....
Submitted by stevegwmonkseaton on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 14:43In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
... if you have the bandwidth ???
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Dial up is good enough
Submitted by Fillide on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 15:45In reply to No problem on ur PC.... by stevegwmonkseaton
Many moons ago I listened to the radio on the PC on a dialup modem - maybe even a 14kbps, (but I can't promise that)! It is very undemanding about speed - a download of an hour long prog takes about 50 secs on 56K - more like 10 secs on broadband. Streaming live TV does need speed - but audio (especially whatever coding the BBC uses) is incredibly economical. Give it a try!
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I'm sure you can R
Submitted by stevegwmonkseaton on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 18:01In reply to Dial up is good enough by Fillide
... but BB would be even better and no it would not use up a 5gb allowance....
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5GB should give you 24/7 radio!
Submitted by Fillide on Thu, 11/22/2012 - 18:38In reply to I'm sure you can R by stevegwmonkseaton
Check out (ask to download some radio) the GBs involved - you're talking Kbs!
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I found that the BBC radio
Submitted by Penny on Tue, 11/27/2012 - 10:57In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I found that the BBC radio station susing their iPlayer used lots of bandwidth and it dropped out often. You can use one of the internet radio sites and it is much better as Fillide says.
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I wouldnt eventry in
Submitted by modicasa on Sat, 01/13/2018 - 03:42In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I wouldnt eventry in Basilicata - but you may have more luck getting your internet through a WIMAX service instead of a dongle - especially if you're on a hill top. They work on line of sight connections and are very reliable. Telecom Italia now offers wimax as well as Si portal, and other companies. The roll out is government funded, so even if you dont have it now, you should have it this year at some point.
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