BBC has added password controls to iPlayer

[Rob Wood]

I mentioned this last year but if you just search "bbc forgerock" or 
just get the marketing pdf 
athttps://www.forgerock.com/app/uploads/2017/03/CaseStudy-BBC.pdf you 
will see what's happening.

Rob

On 12/05/2017 07:50, Simon Morgan wrote:
> 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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