The responsible person at the BBC has responded to the complaints about this change.

The effect of this change is that BBC radio listeners in the UK only are prevented from listening to BBC radio via TuneIn.

The change does not affect listeners in other countries who access BBC radio via TuneIn.

Nor does it affect listeners in the UK who use TuneIn to access any other radio station from anywhere.

The reason for this change is that the BBC wanted data from TuneIn about who was listening, from where and when. Now they will not receive that data from TuneIn. Nor, ironically, will they get that data from those who listen via other web-based routes and who chose to switch off data sharing, or those who listen via FM or DAB.

In the spirit of Spinaltap, I would like to confirm that I am not involved in the corrupt theft of a global sport.