ppa not supported by trusty

Hi
Following instructions to install Kodi on Linux Mint 17.3:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi

My Linux mint is an upgrade from 17.1 and it installation is up to date.

The command “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa” returns the error ppa not supported by trusty.

I tried to add the ppa to software manager, same result.
I looked at xbmc.org – and kodi and repository appear to be available for trusty.
I changed the location of the trusty repository to another UK one (selected at random)
and changed the other location from US to UK.
None of these helped.