Restriction of BBC Radio HLS/DASH to authorised third parties

[captainkev]

Only just stumbled on this thread today when my beloved 6Music stopped working through Minimstreamer.

I'll be submitting a complaint to the BBC and to Ofcom. First the BBC withdrew its stations from TuneIn and the like, and now they've cut off the feed to Minimserver. So I now have 6 Yamaha Musiccast devices that (as far as I know) can't play BBC radio streams at all. If I use BBC Sounds app, I can only cast to a Chromecast - the BBC promised to enable other devices in addition to Chromecast, but has failed to do so and has since removed any mention of doing this.

Not only have they left a whole bunch of people unable to listen and with obsolete equipment, they're also trying to quash one of the very few true independent (UK-based) innovators in the area (Simon). They should be supporting people like Simon so they can be included in any changes, not locking them out.