SBS TV is currently running an interesting series, Putin, Russia and the West, which their terminally broken web site can't find. I started watching the second episode a couple of days ago, but couldn't recall finishing it. Still, never mind, that's what SBS on demand is for: watch recent episodes via the web.
So I tried that. What a catastrophe! First I had to log in, and the web page blocked automatic filling in of the user name and password. Finally I had found the information, but after it played some particularly emetic, non-skippable commercials, I get the message this program is currently not available . I've seen this before, and I've blamed it on broken estimates of my location. teevee.lemis.com, my TV, has the address 192.109.197.158 in my assigned network block. And many people think that that's in Germany. Never mind that the request comes from web a proxy server 180-150-4-134.NBN.ballarat.aussiebb.net., which is clearly in Australia.
So: moved from the lounge room to the office and tried from that machine. More login fun and stupid commercials, and then it started playing. But I couldn't position: although there's provision for setting the position, I could drag to a position, but it didn't stick : it carried on playing the entire programme. What a pain! Especially as it proved that I had seen it all. But why do the TV channels make it so hard to use? I've decided it's really only useful in absolute emergencies.
The interesting message from the programme: Russia's current interference in Ukraïne is nothing new. No wonder there's so much mistrust.
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