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    From Scott@newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Sun Aug 23 17:10:56 2026
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    On a recent visit to Denmark, out of curiosity I tested Global Player
    and I was able to listen to Gold and Classic FM. Does mean Global
    Radio has to pay for rights in each country where Global Player can be received? Are the rights fairly cheap, based on the number of
    listeners in that country? Where is the attraction to advertisers?
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  • From Woody@harrogate3@ntlworld.com to uk.tech.broadcast on Sun Aug 23 20:10:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.broadcast

    On Sun 23/08/2026 17:10, Scott wrote:
    On a recent visit to Denmark, out of curiosity I tested Global Player
    and I was able to listen to Gold and Classic FM. Does mean Global
    Radio has to pay for rights in each country where Global Player can be received? Are the rights fairly cheap, based on the number of
    listeners in that country? Where is the attraction to advertisers?


    A quick search shows that GP plays pretty well all over the world except
    in places like Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea etc
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  • From Scott@newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Sun Aug 23 20:21:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.broadcast

    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:45:54 -0000 (UTC), Tweed
    <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:

    Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
    On a recent visit to Denmark, out of curiosity I tested Global Player
    and I was able to listen to Gold and Classic FM. Does mean Global
    Radio has to pay for rights in each country where Global Player can be
    received? Are the rights fairly cheap, based on the number of
    listeners in that country? Where is the attraction to advertisers?

    Was this via a mobile phone connection as opposed to WiFi?
    Vodafone, and probably others, now appear to connect you via a VPN tunnel >when roaming. So, for example, iPlayer still thinks you are in the UK.

    Almost certainly the hotel WiFi as I used it when I discovered
    Vodafone has a 'fair use' policy for roaming.
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  • From Scott@newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk to uk.tech.broadcast on Sun Aug 23 20:22:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.tech.broadcast

    On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:10:28 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
    wrote:

    On Sun 23/08/2026 17:10, Scott wrote:
    On a recent visit to Denmark, out of curiosity I tested Global Player
    and I was able to listen to Gold and Classic FM. Does mean Global
    Radio has to pay for rights in each country where Global Player can be
    received? Are the rights fairly cheap, based on the number of
    listeners in that country? Where is the attraction to advertisers?

    A quick search shows that GP plays pretty well all over the world except
    in places like Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea etc

    Yes, I know about the availability. My question was about performance
    rights.
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