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Users are reporting problems related to: playback issues, buffering and crashing.
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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BufferingProblems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of iPlayer reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
December 08: Problems at iPlayer
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.
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Playback Issues (58%)
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Buffering (28%)
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Crashing (10%)
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Sign in (5%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Yarm |
Sign in | |
| Treharris |
Buffering | |
| Manchester |
Playback Issues | |
| Inverurie |
Buffering | |
| City of London |
Crashing | |
| Newton-le-Willows |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Poshaudrey🧶
(@Poshaudrey) reported
Looks like Diana Ross' may have been causing problems during the set. She can't hear herself if this happens. Stormzy said this happened to him when he headlined so he had to carry on listening to the drumbeats. (interview on iplayer) #Glastonbury2022 #glastonbury #dianaross
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Kym kent
(@Kymkent6) reported
Where can I find Paul McCartneys set from last night on iplayer? My recording didn’t work!
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BinwahReturns🇬🇧🏴☠️
(@Chris96856963) reported
@smallpersonn @happy_foxxy I'll watch all the bits I'm into on iplayer while I'm at work this week. 🤟
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Philip Collins
(@PhilipCollins24) reported
@BBCSounds @BBCRadio2 @PaulMcCartney Everything else at Glastonbury is on iPlayer apart from McCartney. Another 1/2 job by the BBC? Why put a link that doesn’t work on iPlayer to watch it ?
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Laura 💉😷
(@LauraCY1) reported
Thank god for BBC iPlayer as we currently have no tv channels due to a #VirginTV outage. At least I can watch the cricket highlights.
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Gary Foster
(@gfosterjourno) reported
@SheLovesTelly My error I thought it was iPlayer my wife had recorded it. Nearly said taped there
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ian faulkner
(@stetchworthian) reported
@Iromg @justahintof @bbcglasto Apparently (because unlike talk tv which is watched by 2 people) they know the iPlayer will crash with the demand, so sensibly they are waiting instead of being criticised for it crashing Oh to be popular!!
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Sharon Moran
(@MoranRizzey) reported
@piersmorgan If only I could watch it... not showing on #bbcglastonbury iplayer.. ridiculous excuses for some reason, every other show doesn't seem to have an issue... seriously annoyed
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Christopher Stone 🇪🇺
(@Chrisjs53) reported
@BBC Why are you showing all #glastonburyfestival2022 artists except #PaulMcCartney, what is the problem, it didn’t go out live and it’s not on iPlayer 😤
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James Plunkett
(@jamestplunkett) reported
Am I being silly or is the McCartney Glastonbury set not on iPlayer? Is it a weird rights issue or something?
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David Cunningham
(@iPodwiper) reported
@PascalR57 @BBC Swearing. BBC can get away with it live, a repeat showing, i.e. iPlayer has to be cut. I work in telly so I'm well informed.
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Mr. B.
(@Millerman333) reported
Help. Where can I find Macca at Glastonbury - our tv recorder didn’t work last night. And won’t play from bbc iPlayer ! #bbc #bbcglastonbury
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Corinna Martin
(@welshswede) reported
Aargh…. Can’t find the #PaulMcCartney set on iPlayer! Help! #Glastonbury2022 #GlastoMac
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Robert129
(@bob196650) reported
@bbcglasto What's the issue with Paul McCartney's set on iplayer?
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Jeff Featherstone
(@JeffFeathersto8) reported
@BBCiPlayer Can you at least explain why there has been a delay in getting Paul McCarney's Glastonbury performance on Iplayer? For a media organisation, the BBC can be surprisingly poor at communicating when it has a problem.
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Karl
(@ZionistWolf) reported
Still no Macca on the #iplayer wtf is going on, if #bbc had put it on when he was live I wouldn't have had an issue.
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richard j. parfitt
(@richardjparfitt) reported
Wondering if the reason why McCartney is not on @bbcglasto iPlayer yet is because they're trying to fix the shitshower that was the TV mix on the lead vocal
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Jack (Ernest) Worthing-Moncrieff
(@ErnestHangbag) reported
@BBCSounds @PaulMcCartney So you delay the start by an hour so anyone trying to trying to record it gets messed up, you remove recordings from sky boxes and it's not going on iplayer. I guess there is a plan to release a 4k blueray and its a rights issue but @bbc come clean
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catherine hedges
(@catherinehedges) reported
@bbcglasto where is the McCartney set on iPlayer??? You promised it would be up over 6 hours ago? At least tell us what the problem is?
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Chris Williams
(@ChrisWPhysio) reported
@kopitesaint91 @andrew_m_swift BBC had technical issues for the live show so think it might take a few days to get his set on iPlayer
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GeeBeester 🇬🇧 🚀🐝🌸🔴
(@BeesterGee) reported
What an effing joke #iplayer is tonight. Presumably all the lame-oes who didn't fork out £280 to go stand in a field at #glastonbury are streaming it & the servers can't cope. So much for the £3.8bln a year they get from the licence fee. #DefundTheBBC
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Poshaudrey🧶
(@Poshaudrey) reported
Looks like Diana Ross' battery pack may have been causing problems during the set. She can't hear herself if this happens. Stormzy said this happened to him when he headlined & had to carry on listening to drumbeats. (interview on iplayer) #Glastonbury2022 #glastonbury #dianaross
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ًsoph
(@anyacottrill) reported
@beeefyfridgerss bbc iplayer but if ur not in uk idk if it will work
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Niamh Skinner 🇺🇦
(@niamhskinner) reported
Why can’t I find Jamie T on iPlayer someone help??
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Richard Rootes
(@richrootes) reported
@SomeIdiot18 @bbcglasto @BBCiPlayer They must be having problems - whole sections keep appearing and disappearing from the iPlayer app
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Aiden Walsh
(@AidenW) reported
Looks like I made bit of an error not recording the macca glasto set, thinking I could watch it on iplayer 🙄
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Judith Hellawell
(@Judith10151917) reported
Been trying to watch Paul McCartney all day on iPlayer without success, says not working at the moment, doing my head in!
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Robyn Storey
(@loadofbobyns) reported
@rafaspal Totally agree, think the coverage has been awful. A good chunk of the acts I wanted to see haven’t had any air time. Utter crap! And that’s excluding the fact Paul McCartney isn’t even on iplayer download to watch again!
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brian miller
(@miller75_whu) reported
@MessyYid Terrible,turned it over on the iPlayer to see who else was on and there ain’t one decent band playing
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Ben Grabham
(@BenGrabham) reported
@mumoss Sadly, only the one episode up on iplayer- likely due to rights issues...