Unable to Play Channels in VLC Media Player

Please help, I can’t seem to play any channels using VLC media player. My VLC media player’s version is 2.1.0 -git Rincewind and I am using it on an Ubuntu Precise Pangolin machine.
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL http://www.metachannels.com/episodes/play/16282905.m4v?_channels-reader_session=cfeb69da1c805fa6449e85dc722202a4&device=vlc'. Check the log for details.
Vlc.log:
access_http error: cannot connect to http://www.metachannels.com:80
access_mms error: cannot connect to http://www.metachannels.com:80
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
main error: open of `http://www.metachannels.com/episodes/play/16282905.m4v?_channels-reader_session=cfeb69da1c805fa6449e85dc722202a4&device=vlc' failed
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