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Sep 17th 2015, 1:56 pm

#16

Shard

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by BristolUK

I'm sure that many people would be happy to pay a reasonable sum for reliable, non fancy/expensive gadget, involved access to BBC where the money actually does go to the BBC rather than into the pockets of some fly-by-night operator.

Yes, they're really missing a trick on that one.

Sep 17th 2015, 4:45 pm

#17

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Re: BBC iPlayer

They tried and had to cancel the program. BBC Global iPlayer to close in June - BBC News

Sep 17th 2015, 4:52 pm

#18

Shard

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly

They tried and had to cancel the program. BBC Global iPlayer to close in June - BBC News

Didn't know that. On the other hand, four years is a couple of decades in Internet time, so maybe they should try again. Especially for licence-payers!

Sep 17th 2015, 9:38 pm

#19

Mr Bean

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Re: BBC iPlayer

My entire network is up and running without any complications. Not sure whether you can use the same DNS I am using :-

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

Sep 17th 2015, 9:45 pm

#20

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by Mr Bean

My entire network is up and running without any complications. Not sure whether you can use the same DNS I am using :-

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

That's nice.

But I can't imagine why people in Canada would want BBC iPlayer.

I'm in the UK right now, using a VirginMedia thingy which works of course, but apart from the News BBC is I'm afraid to announce a shadow of it's former self.

Not worth worrying about IMHO.

Sep 17th 2015, 9:45 pm

#21

SchnookoLoly

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Re: BBC iPlayer

What service are you using?

Sep 18th 2015, 1:18 am

#22

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian

But I can't imagine why people in Canada would want BBC iPlayer.

MOTD and MOTD2

And Doctor Who if you really can't wait a few hours.

Sep 18th 2015, 1:37 am

#23

SchnookoLoly

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Re: BBC iPlayer

The Great British Bake Off, Dragon's Den, MasterChef, and The Apprentice.

Yes, I have issues.

Sep 18th 2015, 9:21 pm

#24

bc2015

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly

They tried and had to cancel the program. BBC Global iPlayer to close in June - BBC News

Probably no-one used it because of the other loopholes. Wonder if it's worth trying again if they manage to close these loopholes properly.

Sep 18th 2015, 9:31 pm

#25

Novocastrian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SchnookoLoly

The Great British Bake Off, Dragon's Den, MasterChef, and The Apprentice.

Yes, I have issues.

Indeed you do.

But may I belatedly congratulate both you and G. on your latest issue.

I was offline for the most part in August and missed the relevant thread.

Sep 18th 2015, 10:29 pm

#26

Alan2005

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Re: BBC iPlayer

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Originally Posted by bc2015

Probably no-one used it because of the other loopholes. Wonder if it's worth trying again if they manage to close these loopholes properly.

More likely due to this:

BBC planning Netflix-style service for US - BBC News

Sep 18th 2015, 11:21 pm

#27

paw339

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Re: BBC iPlayer

The best service I've found for watching overseas media is www.overplay.net Whilst not free it enables you to select a VPN for virtually any country in the world with the option to use their smartDNS service which enables you to preselect different countries for different services. EG UK for BBC, Us for Netflix, Amazon prime Sweden etc. I've found it very fast. You can also add it to your mobile tablet etc.