BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch up with their favourite shows

[SquarePenguin]

Damn smart reply got me again...

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Subject: Re: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a TV licence to watch to catch
up with their favourite shows
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:53:31 +0100
From: SquarePenguin <getiplayer at squarepenguin.co.uk>
To: Majid Hussain <mhussaincov93 at gmail.com>

On 13/05/2016 12:36, Majid Hussain wrote:
> how will this effect get_iplayer?

No one can tell exactly, it hasn't happened yet. I'm sure there will be
speculation but this is the actual answer right now.

> will it stop working or will it be okay?

See above.

> do we have any more info?

You can read the entire White Paper here[0]. If you skip to page 105
you'll see the timeline and note that the info just released was just
the White Paper[1] and the Draft charter isn't due for a few months and
won't go into effect until 01/01/2017.

[0]
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/522824/DCMS_A-BBC-for-the-future_linked__1_.pdf

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_paper

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