60 MILLION OUT.

 According to the Telegraph “BBC iPlayer watched abroad by ‘more than 60 million people’ for free. Viewers have been using location blockers to watch the BBC iPlayer, according to new research.

The BBC’s iPlayer is supposed to be inaccessible outside the UK but, according to new research, more than 60 million people are bypassing the services restrictions to watch BBC programmes online. The research, conducted by GlobalWebIndex, found that people have been using proxy servers or virtual private networks which make it seem like their computers are located in the UK.”
This shows the enormous popularity and quality of the BBC across the world. 
I don't see any reason why the BBC should not make the iPlayer available worldwide, with a subscription. The iPlayer can and should still be free to UK license payers, wherever they are in the world when they watch it, if the BBC would just get its tech act together.
Every UK TV License should simply have a bar code / viewer ID number on it, which combined with a username and password allows access to the iPlayer, wherever the license holder is. Only available to UK domiciles of course.
The rest of the world can pay a part or full subscription, and why not?
If Amazon, EasyJet, eBay et al can manage millions of subscribers and customers, why cannot the BBC?
 Attempting to stop people watching via VPN is just stupid. People pay for a VPN to watch the iPlayer - I'm sure they'd pay the same to the BBC if they were allowed to.