Wales Today - rights issues?

I've just tried to watch Wales Today online and for no obvious reason it's limited to a 45kbps lego-vision stream. The website claims it's down to "rights issues"; what on earth would those be?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/walestoday/

Online sport video rights

But why would you even want to watch Wales Today in the first place ?
It's my local channel and if I want to see the news about knuckle-scrapers in Neath stabbing fellow Stella-Heads presented by Speak-My-Weight machine presenters in suits you normally see worn by The Accused then obviously it's my first port of call.
But other than that watching ITV Wales Online seems to be the preserve of
habitual sheep-worriers.

I appreciate that BBC News are trying to make efficiencies by improving the synergy between all platforms, but surely someone should have edited the on-line stream to explain the "sports rights" issue rather than leaving some people (such as the OP) with the idea that there was a problem with their connection?

EDIT :
Having finished criticising Plymouth (and got a warning for personal insults) I notice that "Showbizguru" has moved to lambasting his own region!

I think you might be in a bit of trouble with the Llandaffia, Showbizguru.

My connection is just fine, thank you! But that's a very good point, given the shocking quality someone could easily think there's a problem with their PC too. I suppose it's better than nothing but I'd go so far as to say it's pointless. If it were 1999 and I was using a 56k modem, I'd be impressed.

Would it be too much work to simply edit out the sports section? Is any broadcaster actually losing out if people not in Wales get to see very short clips of Welsh sporting events? I'm not all that fussed about Wales Today, it's just the seemingly pointless restrictions being imposed.

The vast majority of the streams on the BBC website are automated so the options are limited to having it available or not available.