The BBC has delayed its plans to dam entry to BBC Sounds for listeners outdoors of the UK.
Earlier this 12 months, the company introduced plans to limit the supply of the app for worldwide audiences, with the proviso that entry to Radio 4 and the World Service would stay for all by a brand new audio part on the BBC web site.
BBC Sounds is the service that permits listeners to hearken to the total vary of the company’s nationwide and native radio stations and podcasts, and it’s presently absolutely accessible to folks all over the world.
As a substitute of following by with their preliminary plans, they’ve now mentioned they intend to “proceed to make different BBC stations obtainable to listeners outdoors the UK”, saying they “won’t shut BBC Sounds outdoors the UK till now we have confirmed these plans”.
It added that it nonetheless intends to shut BBC Sounds to audiences outdoors the UK later this 12 months, however it’s now working “in parallel” on plans to make a spread of stations stay obtainable internationally when that occurs.
“This consists of the BBC’s music stations. BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 3, 6music, 1xtra and the Asian Community, in addition to the BBC stations from across the Nations and Areas, together with Native Radio,” the company clarified.
The plans had been significantly criticised by audiences within the Republic of Eire, who would have entry to the native stations BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle made unavailable underneath the present plans.
The BBC has confronted different criticisms in latest months, together with when it pulled the documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone from BBC iPlayer in February. It emerged that the doc was narrated by the son of a Hamas official, however their determination to take away it was condemned by some, together with Kneecap director Wealthy Peppiatt and Riz Ahmed.
The company additionally apologised in January to workers who felt unable to talk up about alleged misconduct by its former presenter Russell Model between 2006 and 2008.
