Podcast subscriptions disappear Itunes 12

Most of my Podcast subscriptions have disappeared.  This has happened more than once recently. As suggested in another post, I've tried importing from the ITunes Media library but that seems to have done nothing.
What's causing this?
How do I recovery my subscriptions?
How do I stop it happening again?
Running ITunes 12 fully up-to-date as of 16 Nov 2014 on Windows 7 fully up-to-date. Syncing with Iphone6.

These links may help you:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=updateexpiredpodcasts
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070211132245620

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