The BBC has announced that it will be ending support for its older iPlayer software on certain Freeview and Freesat Smart/Connected TVs and Set Top Boxes from September 2016. This might mean that the service will no longer work on your device if it’s running the iPlayer version 2 (or MHEG). The only way around this would unfortunately be by purchasing a new STB which supports the current software.
BBC has said it has done everything it can to keep the software up to date on many hundreds of devices but unfortunately some have not made the cut. The list of those affected by the closure of BBC iPlayer V2 has been provided by the BBC which we have shared below:
| Make: | Model: | Model/Year: |
| Bush | FSAT+500 | 2014 |
| Bush | FSATHD | 2014 |
| Bush | FSAT+500 | 2014 |
| Bush | BFSAT01HD | 2009 |
| Bush | 7105 (320GB) | 2011 |
| Bush | 7105 (500GB) model: BU11FSRHD50 | 2011 |
| Echostar | HDS-600RS | 2011 |
| Ferguson | F101HDSAT | 2010 |
| Goodmans | 7105 (500GB) model: GD11FSRHD50 | 2011 |
| Grundig/Goodmans | GFSDTR500HD (500 GB) | 2009 |
| Grundig/Goodmans | Grundig GUFSAT01HD/GFSAT200HD | 2010 |
| Grundig/Goodmans | GFSDTR320HD (320GB) | 2009 |
| Humax | Foxsat HD | 2008 |
| Humax | Foxsat HDR (320GB/500GB/1TB) | 2008 |
| Logik | LHDFSAT11 | 2011 |
| Logik | LHDFSAT11 | 2011 |
| Manhattan | Plaza HD-S | 2011 |
| Manhattan | Plaza HD-S2 | 2013 |
| Manhattan | Plaza HD-S | 2011 |
| Manhattan | Plaza HDR-S | 2012 |
| Manhattan | Plaza HD-S2 | 2013 |
| Panasonic | PAL09 | 2009 |
| Panasonic | PAL10 – TX-L37G20B | 2010 |
| Panasonic | DMR-BS850/DMR-BS750/DMR-XS350 | 2010 |
| Panasonic | PAL08 | 2008 |
| Panasonic | DMT-XS350 | 2009 |
| Sagem | DSI86HD | 2009 |
| Sagem | DTR94250S/DTR94320S/DTR94500S | 2009 |
| Samsung | SMT-S7800 (500 GB) | 2011 |
| Sony | KDL-ssV5800* | 2009 |
| Sony | KDL-ssW5810* | 2009 |
| Sony | KDL-ssLX90x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssNX81x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssNX80x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssNX71x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssNX70x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssHX90x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssHX80x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssHX70x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX70x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX71x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX603* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX605* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX50x* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssEX403* | 2010 |
| Sony | KDL-ssNX503* | 2010 |
| Technisat | HDFS | 2009 |
*ss = Screen Size
Source and more information on the closure: BBC iPlayer Help