Absolute Radio Blocked to non-UK Listeners

[tony sweeney]

(From the absolute radio site.)International Streaming FAQs
As a broadcaster funded entirely by UK advertising derived from UK
listening, it is not economically viable for us to have our audio streams
available outside of the UK.

I'm in the UK but it says I'm not
Sometimes even though you're in the UK you may see a message saying you are
not. This can happen because your device is on a foreign-based network, or
is routed overseas (sometimes the case with work connections if your
employer has overseas offices). Some programs, such as web accelerators, can
cause your IP address to appear as if it is outside the UK. Occasionally it
may be a simple network error, so it's worth closing and reopening your
browser or restarting your internet router. Your employer's IT department or
Internet Service Provider is usually best placed to fix this.

If are trying to listen from somewhere in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, have tried the above and
still see this message, please contact us here.

Do you not care about your listeners abroad, why can you not make it viable
to stream in my country?
We do care about our listeners, of course, but we are a broadcaster funded
entirely by UK advertising derived from UK listening It is, therefore, very
unfortunately, not economically viable for us to continue to meet the cost
of providing non-UK streams.

I am a UK resident working abroad. Can I listen?
We cannot stream to places outside of the UK, even to UK residents who are
temporarily abroad.

Why are you doing this now when I have been streaming Absolute Radio for
years?
We constantly review our strategy and have taken the view that now is the
right time to implement this change.

Can I still listen to podcasts from my favourite presenters?
Yes you can; Christian O'Connell, Geoff Lloyd and Frank Skinner podcasts are
still available via our Podcast directory and the iTunes store.

Will you ever launch Absolute Radio internationally?
At present, we have no plans to launch Absolute Radio in any other
countries. If this changes at any point in the future, we'll announce it on
our website.

Do you plan to cut any services in the UK?
We have no plans to cut any services in the UK.

[Flor Lynch]

Well, that Absolute Absurd/Unacceptable/Attrocious Radio block has
been worked around! (Thanks to RadioFeeds.co.uk.) I said to myself, on
reading the disgraceful FAQ on their so-called International Web site:
it'll only be a ma tter of time before someone breaks it.

I got at least two of the streams working (from the RoI).

Absolute 60s can be heard at:

http://icecast.timlradio.co.uk/a6128.mp3.m3u
- and
Absolute Classic Rock can be heard at:

http://icecast.timlradio.co.uk/ac128.mp3.m3u
.

In a similar way, you can deduce URL's for the streams for the other
channels; so that 70s would/could be a7128.mp3.m3u (after the main
link).

www.radiofeeds.co.uk

is a great source for and of streaming official radio stations in both
the UK and Ireland.

If Absolute were sincerely concerned or het up about their streams being
commercially viable in themselves, they would stop broadcasting those of
their streams (which are free to air) on satellite. (They haven't).

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[tony sweeney]

Well!

Flor I got music on there and presume that it's live.

Well done indeed, thought folk forgot about it!!

Must see now in time if I can put it in to 'my favourites'.

Thhank you

[tony sweeney]

But Flor,

The last time I tried on satellite Absolute 60s wasn't there but most of the
rest anyway, were.

Me back now to the last 20 mins of Poirot.

We'll miss the old chap!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <flor...@iol.ie>
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Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 8:46 PM

[Flor Lynch]

But Tony:

Absolute 60s was never on satellite. Nor Absolute 70s. Absolute 80s and
Absolute Classic Rock, yes, they are on satellite. And of course the
main channel is.

[tony sweeney]

I know, good morning and I never said that they were!

It's good to have that Ab 60s link and thanks again for informing us of it