Problem is not only preventing BBC original content being distributed abroad without charge - it's also down to (a) terms of UK TV licence and (b) lots of BBC content is not produced locally, it's bought in by BBC, who buy the licence to broadcast it in UK only. it amounts to the same thing from the consumer's perspective, but (b) is much more understandable as a genuine reason to block access from outwih UK. Just as well we have proxies/VPN on our side :-)