MediaPortal 2 vs MediaPortal 1 server backend

As a long standing user of Kodi as a frontend for a MediaPortal DVB-T2 TV server I was wondering whether any users can help me understand whether there are any advantages in updating my server to MediaPortal ver 2.

I have looked into this a couple of times and tried to determine what the differences might be, but haven’t found it very easy. With the recent pre-release of MP2.1 I was wondering whether anything was about to change,

One compelling reason I might consider an upgrade, for example, would be if i could get series links working, something I have not been able to do with MP1.

At the moment I can’t see any advantage, am I missing anything?

Cheers

Jolltax