BBC iPlayer login will be required from 2017

Tue Sep 27 02:09:34 PDT 2016

>From: Mark Goodge Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 09:25

>> Of course this change may result in a lot of unhappy "Smart" TV
>> owners whose iPlayer apps don't get updated any more.

>I would imagine that the BBC has a separate system for those, possibly 
>based on the API.

At present the BBC's attitude seems to be that if your Smart TV is more than 
2 years old that's tough; they can't be bothered to support it.  Who changes 
large televisions every two years?