Very Bad News

[Christopher Woods (CustomMade)]

> > I'm sure it'll be
> > possible to tweak get_iplayer to work with that too. Maybe they'll 
> > still even use the same pid and media_selector system.
> 
> Oh, it'll be possible. Just a pain, maybe an extra couple of 
> hoops to leap through.

It'll be annoying for the devs at least, they'll probably have to figure out
some way to use the /programmes API and write yet more workaround code to
retain existing functionality. This is a surprisingly retrograde move for
the BBC's *Future* Media & Technology department.