![]() “BBC iPlayer is freely available to users across the UK without a VPN, and we also seek to ensure users of private VPNs such as those used by schools and companies in the UK have access.” ![]() “We regularly make updates to our technology to help prevent access to BBC iPlayer from outside the UK which breaks our terms of use,” a BBC spokesperson tells us. The company is doing its best to keep company and school VPNs open but advises regular users to disconnect their VPN service in advance if they want to access iPlayer. The BBC informs TF that the VPN ban was implemented to keep iPlayer ‘pirates’ at bay. They will now have to disconnect their VPN if they want to access iPlayer. This effectively stops foreigners and expats from accessing the service, but it also affects license paying UK citizens who use a VPN to browse the Internet securely. “BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only,” is the notice they receive instead. However, over the past several days TF has received several reports from VPN users who can no longer access iPlayer from UK-based VPN servers. Recent research suggests that 60 million people outside the UK access iPlayer through VPNs and other circumvention tools. While the service is intended for UK viewers, who have to pay a mandatory TV license, it’s also commonly used overseas. The BBC’s online catchup service iPlayer has been a great success, both in the UK and abroad.
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