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maingman
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 Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: BBC services/ access Internet outside of UK |
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Is it possible to access all the BBC website in Asia and specifically in
certain or ALL parts of China ? 
What about other TV and features on INTERNET in terms of access and
what is and aint blocked
thanks ppl !! |
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chinaamber
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
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Location: Guiyang
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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You can access the TV information and listen to BBC radio stations on-line, there are certain TV related things and live sport which you cannot access. This is more to do with being overseas than in China specifically though. The news and sport is not accessible. I can access my local news site however.
Didn't have a problem with the news or sport sections in Korea or Philippines. |
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mike w
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| You can get BBC news etc. through a proxy server. |
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China.Pete
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: BBC News Availability |
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You can get a satellite dish and decoder box installed which will give you live broadcasts of BBC World, as well as the complete package of news, sports and entertainment available from Asian satellites (think Hong Kong/Singapore/the Philippines). This is slightly illegal in most Chinese provinces for various reasons, but commonly available nonetheless. You can also use a proxy server to gain access to some Internet sites which might otherwise be inaccessible, including the BBC news and sports pages.
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Trish Flurman
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: Re: BBC News Availability |
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| China.Pete wrote: |
| BBC news sites are ordinarily inaccessible within mainland China. You can, however, get a satellite dish and decoder box installed which will give you live broadcasts of BBC World, as well as the complete package of news, sports and entertainment available from Asian satellites (think Hong Kong/Singapore/the Philippines). This is slightly illegal in most Chinese provinces for various reasons, but commonly available nonetheless. You can also use a proxy server to gain access to some Internet sites which would otherwise be inaccessible, including the BBC--unless of course your preferred proxy server comes to suffer the same fate. |
You can use Firefox with Tor
or
You can use *U*l*t*r*a*S*u*r*f*
to bypass the great firewall. This is the only way I can speak to my husband where he is currently located.
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malu
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| For USD5 per month I listen to the Beeb on Worldspace satellite radio and get a good signal in Guangdong. |
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Moon Over Parma
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| malu wrote: |
| For USD5 per month I listen to the Beeb on Worldspace satellite radio and get a good signal in Guangdong. |
A free alternative is to look for American NPR (National Public Radio) affiliates who stream. Many fill their overnights (i. e. daytime in China) with the BBC. |
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China.Pete
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:15 am Post subject: Careful, Trish |
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"You can use Firefox with Tor..." -- Trish Flurman
For the uninitiated, Tor is a helper application which works in conjunction with your supported browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.) to route URL requests through other users' Internet connections that have been configured using the same software to act as proxy servers.
Of course, accessibility is a two-way proposition, and the OP may be interested in the following information from the online edition of MacWorld magazine:
"BBC iPlayer is the easy-to-use service that lets you access television programs. It offers both seven-day catch-up television and live streaming and now also incorporates radio. Shows are free for UK license fee payers, at high quality and with no advertising. According to the service�s help page, only Internet users in the U.K. are able to use the BBC iPlayer." |
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malu
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I've tried the web-based services from both BBC and NPR and found them a bit frustrating due to intermittent network problems, also the sound quality was very poor. Worldspace is like listening to digital DAB radio in the UK - very good quality signal. I'm told it doesn't work so well in northern China, though. |
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maingman
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| thanks to all |
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Surfdude18
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: BBC News Availability |
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| China.Pete wrote: |
| You can get a satellite dish and decoder box installed which will give you live broadcasts of BBC World, as well as the complete package of news, sports and entertainment available from Asian satellites (think Hong Kong/Singapore/the Philippines). This is slightly illegal in most Chinese provinces for various reasons, but commonly available nonetheless. You can also use a proxy server to gain access to some Internet sites which might otherwise be inaccessible, including the BBC news and sports pages. |
My friend has a new satellite deal in Wuhan where you pay 4000 RMB to set it up and then 600 per year. That might sound pricey for the startup, but it includes ACTUAL BBC (i.e. BBC1, 2, 3 and 4), ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, as well as Sky Sports (the real mccoy), Sky News, Sky One, Film Four, basically the full works.
If I was staying I would definitely investigate. |
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Moon Over Parma
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| malu wrote: |
| I've tried the web-based services from both BBC and NPR and found them a bit frustrating due to intermittent network problems, also the sound quality was very poor. Worldspace is like listening to digital DAB radio in the UK - very good quality signal. I'm told it doesn't work so well in northern China, though. |
Not entirely true if you listen through one of the many NPR affiliates. There are four I alternate between that have high quality, dedicated, CD quality, stereo streams. Granted, I had to discover them on my own. |
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