Cathar Tours Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 Seems they are to be going to start rolling it out over the coming weeks. You will have to create an account and enter your licence number. There is an article in this months Which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyn_Paul Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 At the moment, the registration page is happy to accept non-uk addresses (so therefore no TV licence number).Which is, of course, good. But I can't avoid thinking that that would enable them - at a keystroke - to block every non-UK account. If/when they change the access rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 So, will a UK based person visiting France be able to access iPlayer if they have a licence? Could they pass their details to non-residents? Oh sin, the BBC might be robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathar Tours Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 The way I read the article is that it is to stop people using it who have not paid for a licence. Apparently this bit kicks in the second week of June. The BBC denies it is anything to do with people from abroad using I Player "illegally". If you live outside the UK and don't have a licence then your be blocked same as you would be if you were in the UK and didn't have a licence.People in the UK can use I Player when on holiday. Did not explain how that works but I suspect you have to register your device.If people have a Smart TV that they allow to connect to the internet they may have noticed they had a update recently. This is to remove I Player from some Smart TV's because you won't be able to get them to log in. Newer models that allow a keyboard to be connected will be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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