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radio.net dead on Sonos

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March 30, 2024
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Radio.net has been removed as a Sonos service at their request. This was an important service for U.K. listeners as it gave access to non U.K. stations. I think this leaves us with just my tuner allowing us in the UK access to the world since Tunein/Sonos have blocked non U.K. streams. My tuner blocks access on other platforms - are there any other options for UK listeners ?

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Steve TT

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It's all turning to sh#t lol 😆

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AndyMD

Re myTuner: I’m in the UK and all the European classical stations which I’ve got on my Sonos set-up no longer work, although I can still play the stations through myTuner in a web browser. I’ve emailed myTuner to ask why but haven’t received a reply yet.

Some stations (NRK Klassisk, SR P2, France Musique) are accessible in Sonos via their own services (ie the equivalent of BBC Sounds) but the rest aren’t. The Classical genre in myTuner on Sonos has some stations in it but they all look to be UK ones.

I’ve had to resort to using our old internet radio for the missing stations but it’s a far from satisfactory solution - and only works in one room, unlike Sonos.

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Steve TT

Lyricist III

Re myTuner: I’m in the UK and all the European classical stations which I’ve got on my Sonos set-up no longer work, although I can still play the stations through myTuner in a web browser. I’ve emailed myTuner to ask why but haven’t received a reply yet.

Some stations (NRK Klassisk, SR P2, France Musique) are accessible in Sonos via their own services (ie the equivalent of BBC Sounds) but the rest aren’t. The Classical genre in myTuner on Sonos has some stations in it but they all look to be UK ones.

I’ve had to resort to using our old internet radio for the missing stations but it’s a far from satisfactory solution - and only works in one room, unlike Sonos.

HI and thx. If you ger a reply from MyTuner could you let us know what they say ?

Steve

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Greenland

Prodigy I

Brexiteers will deny it, but this is possibly an unintended consequence of the UK leaving the EU. Prior to Brexit, the UK was subject to EU wide broadcasting directives where companies could not discriminate on geopolitical grounds, or financial grounds, against member states.

Hence, it was legal and possible for UK Amazon Prime content to be accessible in other EU states. That went down the toilet with Brexit.

I suspect similar outcomes, along with the usual copyright and royalty legal bickering, has reduced UK reception to a shadow of its former state.

🎵 First We Take Manhattan Then Berlin 🎵

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AndyMD

Further to my previous post, I’ve just remembered that Classic FM has also been removed from the myTuner service on Sonos - and that is definitely a UK station. So what’s going on?

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Greenland

Prodigy I

Further to my previous post, I’ve just remembered that Classic FM has also been removed from the myTuner service on Sonos - and that is definitely a UK station. So what’s going on?

Classic is a Global station. They actively promote use of their own app. They DO have a Sonos service, if you can get that to work with the new app. It works for me, if that means anything at the moment!

🎵 First We Take Manhattan Then Berlin 🎵

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AndyMD

I’ve added Classic FM via Radioplayer. However, my point is that if it’s something to do with myTuner blocking European stations for people in the UK, why has it blocked Classic FM?

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Greenland

Prodigy I

I’ve added Classic FM via Radioplayer. However, my point is that if it’s something to do with myTuner blocking European stations for people in the UK, why has it blocked Classic FM?

Who knows? It's another mystery.

🎵 First We Take Manhattan Then Berlin 🎵

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JonnyMo

Lyricist II

Brexiteers will deny it, but this is possibly an unintended consequence of the UK leaving the EU. Prior to Brexit, the UK was subject to EU wide broadcasting directives where companies could not discriminate on geopolitical grounds, or financial grounds, against member states.

Hence, it was legal and possible for UK Amazon Prime content to be accessible in other EU states. That went down the toilet with Brexit.

I suspect similar outcomes, along with the usual copyright and royalty legal bickering, has reduced UK reception to a shadow of its former state.

TuneIn wiil no longer deliver stations from anywhere else in the world either- US, Australia - I even tried Argentina - so I don’t think its a Brexit thing, more a ruling in a UK court.

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JonnyMo

Lyricist II

Brexiteers will deny it, but this is possibly an unintended consequence of the UK leaving the EU. Prior to Brexit, the UK was subject to EU wide broadcasting directives where companies could not discriminate on geopolitical grounds, or financial grounds, against member states.

Hence, it was legal and possible for UK Amazon Prime content to be accessible in other EU states. That went down the toilet with Brexit.

I suspect similar outcomes, along with the usual copyright and royalty legal bickering, has reduced UK reception to a shadow of its former state.

TuneIn wiil no longer deliver stations from anywhere else in the world either- US, Australia - I even tried Argentina - so I don’t think its a Brexit thing, more a ruling in a UK court.

unless being outside the EU ha allowed a UK court to make a ruling it could not otherwise do - complicated and bloody annoying.

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