Changes to live BBC radio streams

[the_bertrum]

It seems like classic monopoly behavior. In the absence of competition, monopolies always move to exert total control to maximize share holder and executive profit. They typically put out very clever PR that thoroughly obscures the truth. It happens all the time here in the US. It's a constant battle to maintain competitive markets.

Except the BBC is neither a monopoly, nor profit making.  They are funded through, what is to all intents and purposes, taxation and are hemmed about with all sorts of rules to ensure they do nothing anti-competitive.  Part of those rules is to ensure that they have control over where their content is consumed and that's what's driving these changes.

There is a for profit called BBC Worldwide, which is a proper commercial organisation, but these streams are not from there.