Live Restart is apparently being rolled out - but not, it seems, to any FTA boxes? 
The service will initially only be available to viewers watching via YouView, NOW TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Xbox One. That amounts to only 40 per cent of the audience with iPlayer on TV.
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/live_restart_device
This appears to work on the HDR 1800T & 2000T, certainly they have the option as described in the above link.
It is not perfect, sometimes misses the start by a few seconds or so, sometimes get audio but no video.
That's good news.
Maybe we'll get it on the Freetime boxes eventually. It's not on my Samsung TV so far.
Appears to be working on my Sony TV KDL705B.
Why would you want to watch iplayer live on your Humax box when it is already connected either to an ariel or a satellite dish.
I might be missing the point here as I only just heard about iplayer live.
The only advantage I can see is if you switch to iPlayer (say) 10 mins into a program you can switch to live-restart and chase the live broadcast. Similar to rewinding and chasing a live broadcast in the HDR buffer, but you can only do that on the HDR where you have been tuned to that specific channel from the start of the pgm. The iPlayer live-restart overcomes that restriction.
List of devices with Live Restart:
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/tv/live_restart_device
Not a single Samsung model, so I guess that means I needn't expect it to turn up on my TV.
Humax 1800T/2000T listed, plus the YouView models.
I suppose the next logical step might be for BBC programmes to appear in rollback EPGs (such as Freetime, YouView, Freeview Play) from the AR start time. Perfect - if it ever appears.
JamesB - 13 minutes ago »
I suppose the next logical step might be for BBC programmes to appear in rollback EPGs (such as Freetime, YouView, Freeview Play) from the AR start time. Perfect - if it ever appears.
Yes that would be nice. Although Freesat are not exactly on the ball when it comes to being among the leaders on new features. They are partly funded by the BBC but can't even get the latest iPlayer onboard, do they talk to each other.
Following the YouView fiasco, the BBC was told by the Trust to reduce its financial involvement in the three platforms. Freesat-BBC interaction may be less than it used to be.
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