BBC has added password controls to iPlayer

[Simon Morgan]

Presumably Step 1 towards requiring/checking existence of a TV Licence. At
the moment the Login is a username/email address and password with no
immediate link to a valid licence. No doubt this will follow in due course.

Rgds
Simon Morgan

Ps - sorry CJB - I replied to you direct rather than via this list - finger
trouble!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On
> Behalf Of CJB
> Sent: 12 May 2017 07:28
> To: get_iplayer-request
> Subject: BBC has added password controls to iPlayer
> 
> The BBC has added password controls to iPlayer, forcing viewers to
> register in order to watch its programmes.
> 
> From today iPlayer users will need to provide the BBC with their name,
> date of birth, email address and home address if they want to use the
> service. They will then have to log in when they want to watch
> something.
> 
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/11/bbc-iplayer-now-has-
> password-controls/
> 
> CJB
> 
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