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Fishter
Contributor I
March 4, 2021

BBC radio on TuneIn going away March 22nd 2021

  • March 4, 2021
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I listen to BBC Radio 4 every morning on my Sonos system. It's my alarm clock.

This morning there is a short audio insert just before each hour telling me that the service will be stopping on March 22nd 2021 and that I should contact my service provider to ask them how I can continue to access the BBC content.

I'm not in the UK, so the TuneIn service is still available (until now). What are the options for me to still receive my daily dose of British content over my Sonos system?

iPhone related options are not applicable in this house.

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    canina
    Lyricist I
    March 4, 2021

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/supported-devices/sonos-airplay says the BBC are “looking into ways of making it possible to use the BBC Sounds app through Sonos from Android devices. “

    Hello I am new to the forum but, been a Sonos user for 12 years, the above message has been on the BBC support page for well over a year and nothing has changed for Android users.

    Ralpfocus
    Prodigy III
    March 4, 2021

    The BBC technology blog signposted this back in December BBC Blogs - Technology & Creativity Blog - Update on ICY streams for manufacturers

     

    DavidJS
    Avid Contributor I
    March 4, 2021

    Just to confirm, I got the same message using the direct URL

    To quote from 

    The BBC technology blog signposted this back in December BBC Blogs - Technology & Creativity Blog - Update on ICY streams for manufacturers

     

    “There is no action for listeners to take at this time and we do not anticipate any impact to your service.”

    hmmm - it will stop working - that is quite an impact!!!

    Ralpfocus
    Prodigy III
    March 4, 2021

    Re-reading the blog it looks like they are only making changes including the URLs, not withdrawing the service. However this will mean that provider of the stream needs to make changes

    The BBC also have a long running issue with wanting, as a public service provider, to understand who is listening to their service and does a particular service provide ‘value for money’. There was an issue a year or so back where they talked about pulling services to certain integrators unless the integrator could provide the BBC with usage information - not sure what has happened to that issue but I do recall some discussion that Sonos would not have access withdrawn.

      FishterAuthor
      Contributor I
      March 4, 2021

      There is this article on the BBC website, but it's not giving us good news.

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/45fa0731-189c-43eb-8e4f-3071b8384895

      DavidJS
      Avid Contributor I
      March 4, 2021

      It does like from the blog post, that it might be down to TuneIn to resoive, since they are the ultimate provider, unless we can get the new direct URL

      John B
      March 4, 2021

      Hi everyone,

      Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We’re aware of the BBC’s messaging and are investigating how this will affect BBC streams on Sonos going forward. We don’t have anything else to share at this time, but we’ll update this thread with any further information going forward.

       

      Surprised and disappointed that Sonos were unaware of this

      Unaware of what? We don't know what the implications for Sonos are yet (if any). The entire Internet seemed to be unaware of it a couple of hours ago when I looked.

      Please folks wait for clarification.  Tbe BBC withdrew its Internet radio streams from tbe TuneIn service 18 months ago. BBC Sounds has never been integrated into the Sonos system. Let's just see what is actually going to happen on 22 March and then panic if need be.

        Ralpfocus
        Prodigy III
        March 4, 2021

        There is this article on the BBC website, but it's not giving us good news.

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/45fa0731-189c-43eb-8e4f-3071b8384895

        I think this is the issue I was thinking about. I am not a direct tunein user but have a feeling that BBC is not available as a live stream in the UK but it is still available via Sonos. However the new announcement may require Tunein to make changes if the stream is to continue

         

        John B
        March 4, 2021

        There is this article on the BBC website, but it's not giving us good news.

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/45fa0731-189c-43eb-8e4f-3071b8384895

        I think this is the issue I was thinking about. I am not a direct tunein user but have a feeling that BBC is not available as a live stream in the UK but it is still available via Sonos. However the new announcement may require Tunein to make changes if the stream is to continue

         

        @Ralpfocus   I think you correctly identified the relevant issue when you provided this link:

        The BBC technology blog signposted this back in December BBC Blogs - Technology & Creativity Blog - Update on ICY streams for manufacturers

        But the BBC stations have not been on TuneIn for 18 months.  Sonos doesn’t access URLs through TuneIn.  TuneIn just acts as a URL lookup service.  Sonos itself gets the streams direct.  The question at hand is how this arrangement will be affected.

          Acer99
          Avid Contributor I
          March 4, 2021

          Hi everyone,

          Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We’re aware of the BBC’s messaging and are investigating how this will affect BBC streams on Sonos going forward. We don’t have anything else to share at this time, but we’ll update this thread with any further information going forward.

           

          Surprised and disappointed that Sonos were unaware of this

          Unaware of what? We don't know what the implications for Sonos are yet (if any). The entire Internet seemed to be unaware of it a couple of hours ago when I looked.

          Please folks wait for clarification.  Tbe BBC withdrew its Internet radio streams from tbe TuneIn service 18 months ago. BBC Sounds has never been integrated into the Sonos system. Let's just see what is actually going to happen on 22 March and then panic if need be.

          Unaware of this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/supported-devices/internet-radio-closure

          I’d expect Sonos & the BBC to have better communication.  People are getting the audio message notification.  However, I haven’t heard it and have listened to Radio 6 Music through TuneIn this afternoon.

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