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The BBC iPlayer is a streaming television and radio service made available by the BBC. In addition to programming from the BBC, the platform also offers programs from broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5.
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Sign in (32%)
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Buffering (28%)
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Playback Issues (22%)
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Crashing (18%)
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Tim Stillman
(@Stillmanator) reported
@Zonal_Marking It massively worked then cos the timezone made a lot of games difficult to watch live. But if I can’t see MOTD on a Saturday and I watch on Sunday, I generally just fast forward most of it. I think an MOTD lite iPlayer show would work very well.
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ClimateDad
(@dad_climate) reported
@dean_kavanagh @GreenRupertRead but the sixth episode made by the same people - no doubt of similar quality was "picked up" for iplayer and not TV - makes no sense.
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Judith Gardiner
(@Jagbooks) reported
@debbiesimone123 @BBC This is tripe. His last couple of series have had exactly the same format of several episodes looking at the wildlife and completed with an essay type type episode looking at the issues, often in a pointed way. They never hived the final one out to the obscurity of iPlayer before
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Professional dawdler Isla
(@RandomDawdler) reported
@TreeHouseBkshop @TimSmith2021 I read about that. It seems the last episode is on iPlayer & was never meant to be broadcast. I wrongly assumed they weren't going to broadcast the series. The episode can be watched online-its a separate show from the rest of the series made with help from charities apparently
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Simon Wadsworth ( @wadsworth@mastodon.org.uk )
(@sc_wadsy) reported
@RNIB @HYarner It could have used excerpts of the BBC Five Live and local radio commentaries instead? Perhaps they could fix it in an iPlayer version?
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Rose Campbell 🌱
(@RoseLucy56) reported
@guardian @FrasierHarry Reading the article, I can’t see how Attenborough has been ‘cancelled’. Seems like the 6th episode was commissioned as an afterthought by WWF and RSPB. What’s the problem? I’ll watch them all on iplayer.
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Robert Ryan
(@Boab10s) reported
@1burnm Not the worst shout to put it up as an option on the iplayer.
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Dave Tripp 🏍️☕🥓
(@Davetripp68) reported
@DPJHodges He doesn't work for the BBC anymore, are you saying that ex BBC presenters can't move elsewhere or voice their opinions because the BBC runs old shows on iPlayer.
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Cat
(@TheCatZeke) reported
BBC iPlayer and BBC sounds are the worst platforms to try searching for anything
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Daz Dazo
(@dazo_daz) reported
@BBCMOTD Match of The Day without the egos is actually watchable live now. I can work out what's happening, who's on the ball, when it's a corner, free kick or pen & what the score is because I am watching it. I mostly watch on Iplayer so I can fast forward the post match nonsense anyway.
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Happy Me
(@HappyMe79697577) reported
@KlCKASSCANTONA @UtdSukeve @BBCCasualty I only saw the last half as couldn’t get the iplayer to work at my mate’s house so had to watch live but missed the beginning. What was Jacob’s problem? Why was he being like that?
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Gareth Nickless
(@NicklessG) reported
@Roger_Organ (Non-kids) films I watched from around age 12-13: Tremors Aliens Highlander Lost Boys (might be on iPlayer) Robocop T2 Star on Disney Plus is good for 90's actioners The Rock Con Air Broken Arrow
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Helena Horton
(@horton_official) reported
When asked if she would like the 6th episode to be shown on broadcast rather than iplayer, CEO of WWF Tanya Steele tells #r4today “what we do want is for people to see that documentary”. She says BBC never intended it to be broadcast - but that it shows the problems nature faces
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Nord-Sud Recordings
(@nordsudrecs) reported
I love iPlayer, BBC sounds and will check BBC website at various points throughout my day. It kept me going through the worst of Covid. Even at my most fervent period of supporting Scottish Independence and their issues around that. I found it hard to imagine a post Indy..
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Catie Latus
(@Catie_xxx) reported
@travis_mcmurry @YouTube I think seqson 1 and 2 are on BBC iplayer x if not, I'll eventually get fhe dvds x might get the seqson 1 dvd for Tyler to sign in May xxx
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Xenomorph
(@codemon18429317) reported
@MrMichaelSpicer I think it's improved the programme. Usually fast forward through the boring pundit crap when watching on iPlayer. And the Beeb saves £2m on Lineker's salary for his one day work week.
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monkey
(@monkeygoing2) reported
@AlbieZim I watched it on iPlayer and it was terrible. Looked like the production team halfarsed it and I'm sure I could find better coverage on YouTube. I very much doubt the BBC will want to do that every week (as, despite everything, they usually value output quality).
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Dean Kavanagh
(@dean_kavanagh) reported
@dad_climate @GreenRupertRead The BBC will have paid for the rights, as (justifiably) the production company will want paying for the work (and they would almost certainly want more if a series was on linear TV vs iPlayer). Your tweet reads as if the BBC is doing them all a favour!
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probablyautist 🪐
(@probablyautist) reported
@CiaranGuigan @Nigel1934 @Aiannucci Yes, so it won't be broadcast. Its viewable by choice on iplayer. That's a big move. And terrible imho
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Will Cooling
(@willcooling) reported
@Zonal_Marking Not the worst idea even for the Premier League - throw it up on the red button/iplayer as soon as they can from a rights standpoint
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RichardCycles
(@ABriskwind) reported
@NOWHelpTeam Hi. Trying to watch any programme on #NOWTV via the PS4 is shocking recently. Buffers every 10 - 60 seconds. Delete the app and reinstalled. Same issue. All other streaming platforms (Apple, iPlayer, Amazon etc) work perfectly. Have you updated the app recently?
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masksbehindmasks
(@masksbehindmas1) reported
@Marina61Mb @AfMediation He wasn't. The series he did was always a 5 episode commissioned project. The 2 charities that co funded it wanted some reference to bio diversity problems challenges in the UK, that was put into another episode & is available for ppl to watch on iPlayer.
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ailsa
(@ailsa_xx) reported
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Renfrew, Scotland
@NudgeAndNurdle Imagine putting an Attenborough doc on iPlayer for fear of being too one-sided on environmentalism being the third worst thing they did in the last two days?
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Mal
(@Mal_Mal7by) reported
@ScottBentonMP Didn't watch live as no point with YouTube or sky app highlights. Checked on iplayer as was curious. It was awful. Anyone who says otherwise is entitled to their opinion, but that wasn't Match of the Day. Ask yourself if you'd watch that each week without lying to yourself.
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Ping
(@pingbarglefarp) reported
@CarolineLucas @acgrayling I’ve read that the 6th episode wasn’t ever going to be broadcast but was for streaming on iPlayer. My stance is that it’s too important NOT to be broadcast with the others and they should rethink. Either way, it not being aired on main tv is a terrible decision.
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John Harrison 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦
(@labourloyalist) reported
@Sensible_Party They're on at 10.30pm & on iPlayer 😳 I work 2pm to 10pm so paying a shed load of cash for live games I can't see seems daft. Paying Sky rates for highlights when it's free on the Beeb also daft I appreciate your input, but I'm not actually a ******' cretin
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Phil's Train and Retro Life 🐀
(@FactsStomp) reported
@ArchRose90 I watched for 5 minutes on the iPlayer just to see what a car crash it would be, sadly I count in those figures. It certainly wasn't in support of the senior management of the BBC.
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Harmonica 🏴🇪🇺
(@NigelBenar) reported
It seems the story about the BBC refusing to screen 'the final' programme about environmental issues in the Attenborough series because of upsetting the right, is untrue. It was only ever planned to be an iplayer episode. Apologies BBC. I have un-retweeted these stories.
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Burford 1649
(@B1649) reported
@LucyMPowell One might ask is there not an equalities issue in relation the David Attenborough episode? Does it not rely on iPlayer? In which case one might argue there is not access to all. This is censorship is it not?
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A13 Beckton
(@markintime) reported
@ccgr8_ Same - tried watching today on iPlayer and it was awful