Anyone know why itunes BBC radio is not working?
For the last 24 hours none of the BBC radio stations seem to be working through itunes. They are still working on WMP, anyone have any ideas or experiencing the same thing?
For the last 24 hours none of the BBC radio stations seem to be working through itunes. They are still working on WMP, anyone have any ideas or experiencing the same thing?
Same problem. At least thanks to your message I can stop wracking my brain trying to remember what I forgot to update on my mac this time! Sorry all I've got is a confirmation, not a solution. I can still stream directly from the website through their own player, but that just feels 'wrong'.
Cheers,
Pascal
Where are you located? I am in Australia and I wondered if it might be a geographical thing?
It happened before about 6 months ago but came back after a couple of days. Hoping it does the same this time.
I wondered that too, but I am using a VPN service and have tried various locations. As far as I know BBC just dropped off the face of the earth around Friday or Saturday - for iTunes, that is. I am in the United States, near Boston, btw. Will let you know if I find anything. Cheers,
Pascal
I'm dying to know what is up with the BBC Radio livestreams failing to work in iTunes all of a sudden.
Chris
I've just checked a couple of stations here in the UK and they are working for me...
tt2
I have also lost BBC stations on itunes radio. Based in UAE, been 2 days now without a feed. Am glad i found this site as i was close to throwing the macbook out the window.
Same here - & I live just outside Boston in USA. Would be great to find out why - I've tried searching but can't find anything. Frustrasting.
Just to confirm BBC streaming stations through iTunes work fine in the UK?
Yes. Tested BBC Radio 1 through 5, 1 Xtra, Asian Network etc. All working here.
tt2
Looks like they killed the feeds in iTunes for us ex-pats then. Not sure why they would do that and leave the Real and WMP links active. If anyone knows how to get this working again in iTunes please let us know.
Weird. Does http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ work for you? Have you tried Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Reset Cache in case iTunes is relying on outdated info? Are you using a saved link to the station or going in through the channel browser?
tt2
Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't tried that but I did and no change.
I have tried both links, it looks like the AAC link has been disabled outside the UK as using a proxy allows it to work again.
Really not sure why they would do this when all the other feeds are still active. I am guessing all will disappear in time to be replaced by a pay service or only available to UK residents.
I think I first noticed the failure on Monday (14 Oct) around midday UTC. It was on
Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5live (and perhaps others I didn't test). The world service feed
still works fine. I was in Chicago at the time but subsequently have seen the same
behavior in Ann Arbor and Washington DC.
I sent a complaint to the BBC and finally got a reply a few minutes ago. It was useless.
The person paid no attention to the fact that I wasn't using their iPlayer and simply
told me that there are sometimes rights restrictions on sporting events. I haven't
decided whether to pursue it furtherwith them since it's incredibly difficult to file a
report through their website. Sigh.
Sorry, no solution from me – same problem here in Ontario, Canada. It disappeared last week sometime. Weird thing is that I keep trying it every day when I get into the office, and it has worked once since, but only for an hour or so.
This is getting on my nerves now! The only piece of sanity I have in the cutural void gone, even British Radio in app store won't stream Beeb. Capitol, Classic stream fine.
Must be licencing tiff!
I have iPlayer for TV so really should be able to access radio.
Messaging Beeb for a work around.
Getting sick to the "Core" of these defeating Apple updates.
BBC iPlayer Radio "NOT" available in Canada from app store.
Anyone know why itunes BBC radio is not working?