‘Final warning' to over 40m Brits as BBC iPlayer to stop working TOMORROW – check if you're eligible for a free upgrade
The popular streaming service
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A shop sign for Virgin Media in central London
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The BBC iPlayer logo is displayed on a smartphone screen
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Virgin has told customers with its
The Sun previously
to drop support last month.
They said the change only affected a
Households with the older boxes are eligible for a free upgrade to a newer model.
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But as of tomorrow,
MAKING THE SWITCH
Those with V6 and Virgin TV 360 boxes will still be able to access the streaming service as normal.
The platform allows TV fans to catch up on popular BBC shows from Doctor Who to EastEnders.
A Virgin Media spokesperson previously told The Sun: "We have written directly to the small proportion of customers with a TiVo box, who have used BBC iPlayer within the past six months, to inform them that their box will not support iPlayer from 23 July.
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"As we have previously communicated directly to relevant customers, anyone with a TiVo box is able to upgrade to a new Virgin TV 360 box at no extra cost."
It comes as Virgin Media O2
has become the latest
The company says it
offer "faster, more reliable and more energy-efficient" 4G and
.
Customers in
It will also affect Giffgaff, Sky Mobile and Tesco Mobile customers - as they all use Virgin Media O2's network.
WHY DOES TECH STOP WORKING?
By Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor at The Sun
It's annoying when tech and gadgets are discontinued, rendering some features useless.
Fortunately, companies have got better at lengthening how long they support kit.
It tends to only happen after quite a few years have passed and the user numbers have dropped quite low.
The truth of the matter is, firms have to keep updating and servicing this older tech which costs them money.
When there's only a small number of people left using them older gadgets, it's harder to justify the cost.
Moreover, new features on things like apps may not work on dated kit.
So ultimately, in the end support is dropped for these gadgets so all their energy, money and time can be put into the newer ones.
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