Remove plugins: nbc, nbcsports, theplatform #4731
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The
nbcandnbcsportsplugins appear to be broken. They are both wrappers for thetheplatformplugin, implemented in a bad way. These plugins are VOD-only plugins, so there's no real incentive to fix them unless someone deems them as important. Since there haven't been any recent bug reports, I think removing them is fine.The available live content on nbc.com is covered by nbcnews.com/now via the nbcnews plugin. Other live content requires authentication via US internet providers. And live content on nbcsports.com is hosted on different sites from what it looks like.
The VODs on nbc.com and nbcsports.com that are supposed to work via the
theplatformplugin could be re-implemented in a new single plugin that matches both sites. Having three separate plugins where two basically share the exact same code doesn't make sense and I don't think there should be a dedicated plugin for player.theplatform.com which requires obscure stream URLs.