Another of the terms that had to be discussed by the BBC’s counsel, Gerry Moynihan, with Lady Smith today was the term ‘geoblocking’.
It was explained in the context of the way that the broadcaster might be able to stop transmission of the debate to parts of the country, namely Scotland.
This was one of the ways that the SNP had requested the problem could be resolved.
Geoblocking is, it seems, what the Chinese managed to do with Google…. In other words they stopped Google from having access to the internet within a certain geographical area. It was asserted by counsel for the BBC that there would not be enough time for the corporation to do that before the debate a mere 36 hours later….
Counsel for the SNP thanked Mr Moynihan for his ‘tableau vivant’ on all the technical matters….which took just under an hour to iron out!
