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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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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by iPlayer users through our website.
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Sign in (40%)
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Buffering (21%)
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Crashing (19%)
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Playback Issues (19%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
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 Corby |
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| Northampton |
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| Pickering |
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| Islington |
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| Southampton |
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| Bury |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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camrin
(@camicamrin) reported
@brixgod bbc iplayer an other tier down as well lmao watched the copa america on there and it was the worst coverage i’ve ever seen felt like a foreign stream
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Verka Serduchka
(@KorgTheBronan) reported
Some people get this weird badge of honour about ~working 13 hours a day x~ but they’re spending 6 of those hours in work watching iplayer like…. Just don’t do that? Work when you’re in work and then you can work normal hours fjfjdjdk
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SnuggleBear
(@snuggle_bear1) reported
Is there a problem with iPlayer, it's been playing a few seconds normally then speeds up before bombing out every time I've tried watching something
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Ian Stimson
(@ianstimson) reported
If you flick over to the radio commentary on the iPlayer it at least seems *slightly* more in sync with the pictures. It’s really weird, the comms AND the fx being out of sync suggests there’s a problem at the BBC end rather than the OB. #TURWAL #EURO2020
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(@Ivo190) reported
@FUT_Berg BBC is ****, comentators not as good as ITV about 2 mins behind each game on iPlayer and always **** quality, considering it’s actually a paid service it’s a shambles
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noisy
(@noisy_requiem) reported
if i was BBC iPlayer i would simply work properly
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John Paynter
(@JohnPaynter1970) reported
@8bltG Just told my mother to get one for her smart TV as she's discovered how to work iPlayer and ITV Hub. Makes searching easier
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Will 🏳️🌈🐇
(@willy94___) reported
Anyone having problems watching the #TURWAL match on iPlayer?
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Darren Stokes
(@Stokesy88) reported
Dear @BBCiPlayer why is iPlayer so crap? Impossible to navigate, slow and with an intermittent "high quality" picture. #iplayeriscrap
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BeerNouveau
(@BeerNouveau) reported
There definitely seems to be an issue with the feed on iPlayer :-/
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David Allan
(@ScotsmanDaveA) reported
88 minutes in to the Germany v France game and the #STV app (on iPlayer) chucks out 5 mins of adverts… WTAF. Must be the worst app ever. Do this in the Scotland v England game and you’ll be due me a new TV! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Matt
(@Matt_TS) reported
@Needles_Toosay I'm assuming not too. I also found a link listing it as a game that would be in UHD. I tried the UHD test loop in the iPlayer app and that didn't seem to work either so it's possible it's a technical fault.
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Jason
(@jasonmeredith85) reported
@NepentheZ ITV hub quality is awful over BBC iPlayer
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Mr. Right Now
(@ArryWithA_H) reported
My iplayer doesn't work in the office kmt
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Matthew Brault
(@MattyBrault) reported
@BeardedGenius BBC's entire platform is way behind so many other modern ways of watching TV. Their iPlayer picture quality on computer is embarrassing. Like watching TV in the 90s. You can't cast their live TV either. They desperately need to move with the times.
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ljoekelsoey4
(@ljoekelsoey4) reported
illegal streams are better quality and more reliable #stvplayer #bbciplayer #iplayer
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Scott Matthewman
(@scottm) reported
@iantheradiogeek @BBCHolbyCity Whoops. Thanks to a glitch in the live replay, I ended up catching the end credits on the iPlayer release, which didn’t have that bumper.
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Denzil Meyrick
(@Lochlomonden) reported
@STVSport sorry, but live sport on the STV player is shocking. No problems with any other streaming service or BBC iPlayer. Fast fibre broadband.
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Ryan Murphy
(@Murphy1up) reported
Nice work from the STV Live player as it just cuts to adverts with like 6 mins left of the Germany v France game. Finally comes back with less than 3 mins of extra time left. Terrible system compared to BBC Iplayer. Actually hate watching the Euro's game on the STV website
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Gary Griffiths
(@GazG90) reported
bbc iplayer is ******* awful for this match typical
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Yoshimcubb 🌍☮️
(@yoshimcubb) reported
What in the soviet Union is the quality of this game on BBC iplayer
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David Baxter
(@kingbaxtie) reported
STV iPlayer is the worst tv app in all of Christendom.Unreal,biggest match of tournament so far and they rattle adverts on at 87 minutes😡 #stv #stvplayer
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Chris
(@rowec1) reported
@Baddiel Looks awful in uhd on iPlayer, dimmed as if an OHP transparency has been accidentally left in place. Same for all UHD games except EngCro on Sunday. @BBCiPlayer
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Jordan Gowling
(@JordanGowling29) reported
@goldys_logic Same with all the games I've watched on the iplayer at work I was a minute behind on Sunday
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alec !
(@AlecTHFC) reported
@BBCSport @BBCiPlayer @BBCOne fix your sound on iPlayer Jesus Christ
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Rob T
(@RobTonkinson) reported
Even better that they kept the entirety of the technical problems in if you watched it back on BBC iPlayer.
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Andy
(@howiseeit4) reported
Christ the quality of BBC iplayer stream is shocking
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(@aikeninhoooooo) reported
@solskjaerssreds Why have they changed the commentary on bbc iPlayer, has anyone else got this issue??
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Danny
(@DannyxGardner) reported
@Chris_Stark Spoilers my game is slightly behind on the iPlayer at work
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Dave Whitelaw
(@midi2304) reported
Little late to the parade but just finished watching Time on iPlayer - the show about the British prison system with Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. Utterly magnificent and utterly heartbreaking. Our penal system is broken.