Just popped back to eat my earlier words... Turns out that it is something in my router / firewall (specific to wi-fi) that is blocking your videos. Ethernet to PC from router (ASUS AC68U with Merlin firmware) works fine, as does my ipad & Android when its on 4g. JIts just when Ipad or Android are on wifi at home from the same router - No Go. Black screen for vids. <scratches head>.

@wemmick: thank you for looking into this. Must be my setup then. I tried another half dozen videos and they dont play either (yes other sites seem to). I'll try some other troubleshooting as it may be related to the router, or just generally it may be a good excuse to ditch the $&$@ ipad and get a surface pro ;-)

@wemmick: hi wemmick. Sorry mate, i didnt mean to hijack this into a support thread. Yes, this is on default safari browser pop-up block off, ipad air, no jailbreak, running ios 9.3.2. When the page loads there is a large orange play button in the middle of the vid box. Tap this and it is replaced with another play button (grey circle, black play icon). Tap this and nothing happens, even waiting 2mins encase it requires a huge buffer. Have also tried this on current ios mobile versions of firefox, chrome and opera. Only difference was when i switched opera's settings from mobile client to desktop then reloaded the video, the vid went to a solid black box with the video player control bar visible at the bottom (embed, quality, fullscreen etc) but nothing played.

@wemmick: hi mate.. To me it seems msgly the oppostite. I perhaps couldn't give you an expansive list, but rather find that most times when I follow a link from email newsletter or following update, if it leads to a video it never plays... Eg from this morning: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sniper-elite-4-lets-you-kill-nazis-with-see-throug/1100-6441208/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20160510&bt_alias=eyJ1c2VySWQiOiAiODA1ODA3NmUtMzc3My00ODQ2LThkM2YtMzc1NDQzYjFiYzM0In0%3D&utm_source=weekly_newsletter

Thanks,

And thank gawd i will then be able to view gs videos on my ipad. I specifically came here to post how fed up I was that despite having a plenty powerful desktop pc setup, most of my entertainment email / review content was consumed on an ipad when I was away from the desktop.. Hence it is infuriating to follow a link from a gs update email directly to a video that will never play on a mobile device.