Contributor I

BBC Radio 4 rights restrictions

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This morning I’ve had repeated interruption of BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, “due to rights restrictions this part of the programme cannot be played”. Once was during a feature about the Euros, the next was in the middle of an interview with a government minister. So no music or anything particularly sensitive.
Anyone had this before or know how to prevent it? The first instance lasted about 10 minutes.

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Pinned Reply By James L.

Hey everyone,

This message is not specific to Sonos and is not something that we’re injecting into the radio feed. Any questions around this would need to be directed to the BBC, as it’s ultimately their decision as to where their programmes are broadcast. We do not have any further insight as to why you may be hearing this message over specific programmes, nor do we have the ability to remove it. Please get in touch with the BBC with any further questions around this.

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Jabba116

Lyricist I

I got the same and have had a few times. Playing by Alexa solves it but its not what I want.

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Jabba116

Lyricist I

10 mins later its OK

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Plusfours

Lyricist I

Third time today. Admittedly this last cut off Anne Atkins mid flow, so small mercies, but it is extremely annoying. What is going on?

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Somerandomblokeontheinternet

Lyricist III

Me too. Upon searching I found other threads on this site from 5 years ago with the same issue but I did not find an answer to this seemingly very old problem. I’ve had my Sonos for many years but I’m becoming less and less enamoured with it.

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abr2021

Lyricist III

Glad it’s not just me!. Same issue on same programme. Tried pausing and starting the stream again, switching to other content and then trying again. Nothing worked. Same in more than one room.

This does not seem to be frequently reported but it did happen to me a few weeks ago. The only thread I could find is from 5 years ago which claimed the problem was fixed by the introduction of HLS streams. Clearly not.

Given I am in the UK and accessing Sonos from a UK based IP address then I can see no logical explanation.

millstonebarn

Contributor III

I wonder if it was because there was an extended article on the football and sport gets filtered out for the feed. I was using the Sonos Radio channel - I’m not sure if Sonos Radio is using TuneIn behind the scenes.

I thought the localisation issue was sorted out years ago; hope it’s not coming back.

We also sometimes get this on the BBC World Service overnight, which I find quite ironic.

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GulliverOrangeAuthor

Contributor I

Glad it’s not just me, but very frustrating nonetheless

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TibbieLover

Lyricist I

I listen on BBC Sounds. I am living on the ‘continent’. I had the same issue. I’ve had the message a few times before: but never on the Today programme!

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Jo5

Lyricist I

Yes, I too have encountered this problem this morning - very frustrating!

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Yiuie1980

Lyricist I

Same here folks, deleted TuneIn to make sure using Sonos Radio. Still no dice.