Unable to play videos on some catchup TV sites

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gazthewiz
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Unable to play videos on some catchup TV sites

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Some catchup TV sites are now able to detect when AdBlock Plus is enabled, and prevent the user from loading any videos until AdBlock Plus is disabled. Is there a way around this issue?

An example in Australia is SBS On-Demand - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/.

I used to be able to watch catchup TV from this site on Firefox - without ads - until recently. Now none of the videos loads while AdBlock Plus is enabled. Everything works fine with AdBlock Plus disabled, but I am forced to watch all the ads.

I don't believe this is a filter issue, but I have checked and I do have the very latest EasyList filters - updated just this morning.
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