As I mentioned I did try a TP -link TD-W9970 and didn't make any difference although not sure if its due to me setting up as a bt hub ?I have been using bt for over 4 years now with no problem, you need to disable smart settings, if you need any dns changes to the hub! there are not may bt hubs that will accept changes, I bought a TP link router to replace the hub
It shouldn't make any difference to iptv and blocks using the BT hub, the difference usi g the 3rd party router would enable you to add a dns to the router,. BT hubs don't seem to let you,As I mentioned I did try a TP -link TD-W9970 and didn't make any difference although not sure if its due to me setting up as a bt hub ?