Thanks for the link, although of course that doesn't resolve the problem, it doesn't explain why it shouldn't work now.
I'm not concerned about OS vulnerabilities, and yes, there are compelling reasons why I haven't upgraded to a later OS, the main programs I use do not function on Win10 or later. There are no later versions of those programs which do.
To upgrade now (W11) I'd need a brand new computer to even meet Windows system requirements.
One thing I haven't mentioned yet is that when this first began (Thursday evening, 13th October) on Firefox, I tried changing the user-agent string to other OS/browsers and the Android one worked fine. This illustrates my point that there's no actual technical reason why my existing OS/browser should not work fine, it's just that the BT server is simply preventing access for the browser for no tangible reason.
It could, of course, just be poor programming on their part, too lazy to include an acceptable level of backward compatibility, or simply that they don't even fully test on all systems and rely on user feedback to spot any issues.
By all means, providers should encourage users to upgrade their software when necessary, but this level of blocking strikes me as illogical and officious.
Then probably best to look at a cheap Now or Amazon Fire HDMI stick to plug straight into the TV & run the app on that.
Yes, exactly the same content. Worked absolutely fine, with no error messages using the Android/Firefox user-agent string. Then, on Saturday, that work around didn't work either, as though it'd been added to a list of 'undesireable' browsers.
I would add that trying the MAC Safari user-agent string partially worked, in that it got past the block, but wouldn't render any video stream, which I can fully understand.
As for viewing on another device, I can watch BT Sports on my Android phone, but squinting at such a small screen isn't exactly enjoyable. Of course, BT block screencasting the video from my phone to my Smart TV, which is extremely annoying and seems pointlessly prohibitive to me.
@GaryFwrote:Of course, BT block screencasting the video from my phone to my Smart TV, which is extremely annoying and seems pointlessly prohibitive to me.
Casting is only not suppported on the Free BT Sport Mobile promotion, any of the chargeable ways to get BT Sport support casting.
I've never tried the enhanced player option, so I've no idea if that would've ever worked for me, but going directly to the channel from the TV Guide makes no difference I'm afraid.