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forks ◴[02 Apr 25 21:52 UTC] No.43562093[source]▶
One of those things that's so cool it's hard to believe it's legal
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lxgr ◴[02 Apr 25 22:26 UTC] No.43562445[source]▶
Why not? Public broadcast TV stations want to be viewed, just like web radio streams!

That said, the first one I tried (a German public broadcaster) was showing a static image of “this programme is currently unavailable for legal reasons”. (I believe they do IP-based geofencing for legal/broadcasting rights reasons.)

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crazygringo ◴[02 Apr 25 23:20 UTC] No.43562937[source]▶
Yeah, just because a channel is public broadcast doesn't mean some of the content it shows hasn't been commercially produced, and a license purchased for that country's geographical area only.
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1. reddalo ◴[02 Apr 25 23:37 UTC] No.43563082{3}[source]▶
I've tried watching some Italian TV channels, and some content was not available for streaming. It's a common practice here. It also applies to satellite-transmitted channels, they usually don't have the license to show some movies on that version (you can only see them on the terrestrial signal).