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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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Playback Issues (66%)
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Buffering (23%)
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Crashing (9%)
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Sign in (3%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent iPlayer outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Manchester |
Sign in | |
| Oldbury |
Playback Issues | |
| Glasgow |
Buffering | |
| Slough |
Playback Issues | |
| Feltham |
Playback Issues | |
| Gateshead |
Buffering |
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iPlayer Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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John Scott McGregor
(@Babayaga791) reported
@itvhub having some issues with the stream quality whilst trying to watch the @FIFAWorldCup , keeps stuttering, buffering or complete lose of service, then I have to watch adverts before it comes back on? No issues when streaming via Iplayer? Is this just me?
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Craig Williams
(@craigawilliams) reported
Watching #USAvWAL viS4C on iPlayer is so much better than trying to get itv hub to work. And even though I don’t understand a word the commentary is better too
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Gary Lineker 💙💛
(@GaryLineker) reported
England’s World Cup 2022 lunchtime opener against Iran was watched by 8.1 million and was streamed an incredible 8 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, making it the largest live streamed event on the BBC over a 24 hour period ever. Watching at work eh?
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Andy
(@Apwhite1402) reported
So managed a solution... ITV hub app on firestick can do LIVE TV, stupid ITV hub app on actual TV doesn't. Now testing to see if iPlayer and All4 work the same.
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CaeK
(@CaeKx) reported
BBC coverage been awful, ITV are miles clear, BBC iplayer keeps crashing.
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Robinson Crusoe 🏝️
(@Prof_Pun) reported
iplayer picture quality... what a joke #DefundtheBBC
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Elliot Robinson
(@shortcircuit_tv) reported
@itvhub nice to see that this is still a stuttering mess of a streaming service. Used iPlayer, YouTube etc for ages - no issues. The one time I use ITV for football, aka Euros or World Cup, the frame dropping, hitching is abysmal. Sort it out
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Thomas Barrat
(@tgmreplacement) reported
@AlexScott @iplayer I spend enough time watching mens football... I don't want to watch womens football. Not a problem with women playing the game and enjoying that, great, but why would I want to watch what is mostly a poor standard of football compared to the mens game?
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Grant Ferguson
(@GrantFe79403709) reported
@AlexScott @iplayer You are an absolute hypocrite! How can you accept a very substantial salary to stand in that country despite their record on gay issues, then attempt to clear your conscience to the general public by putting on a virtue signalling armband ?
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A_Real_John_Nolan
(@Team_Mamy) reported
@PCTomVanDerWee The programme ‘the crash detectives’ on iPlayer makes for a really good watch.
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Fiona Goode
(@rock__san) reported
Missed the start of Argentina v Saudi thanks to ITV 's ****** tv app not working, and am now watching it on a phone screen instead. Why can't we have all matches on BBC iplayer, working properly and with proper commentary instead of interminable ads? #worldcup @ITVX @ITVXhelp
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MoonCafeNeymar
(@MoonCafeNeymar) reported
@GaryLineker @JackGrealish Your employers are showing blatant bias by not showing what was a decent opening ceremony. If it was on iplayer, why didn’t you say so during your opening monologue, which has a lot of issues with itself?
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Stuart Tring🐝
(@StuartTring) reported
@AmieElle I did but had trouble with BBC iPlayer🥴
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Way-Out Is The Way Out
(@sumlin) reported
How is it possible that ITV hub is so glitchy and dim-witted on the same Internet connection that iPlayer and Netflix work perfectly on? That's if it launches at all. @itvhub
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Phil Cobb
(@philipcobb) reported
Why is @Channel4 All4 player so ****? I can't watch half an hour of TV on my Chromecast without a crash that then forces me to watch an extra 10 minutes of adverts. Worst app out there. My5 and iPlayer don't crash all the time...
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Marc Davison - @marccdavison@mastodonapp.uk FWIW
(@marccdavison) reported
@BDavis197 @ITVX Previously on ITV Hub, apps were SD and PC/Web stream was supposedly HD. But full screen PC on ITVX is terrible, dutch looked like orange blobs yesterday and all the pitch markings are all jagged due to the low res stream. No issues on iPlayer so it's not the source content
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i like football
(@FootbAlly96) reported
The new ITV hub is dreadful, haven’t been able to watch a match on it yet, no issues with the BBC iPlayer, or any other streaming service etc.
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🍂
(@Paksarzameen13) reported
@BobbyC_1878 @mendcommunity @BBCSport Come on dude you are trying to justify BBC you probably work for them? No one had an idea it was on iplayer, where on BBC did they say to press red to view the ceremony also putting the ceremony as a second note shows the hypocrisy. They failed.
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Bill Marston
(@BillMarston14) reported
@GaryLineker except the iplayer crashed and didnt work
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Darren
(@dnicholls74) reported
@BBCSport nice touch with Iplayer issues during the game…..still, not as bad as the travelling supporters not being about to get into the stadium due to a ticket app issue. Are FIFA FIT FOR PURPOSE? No!
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Bryn
(@brynspiration) reported
@mrallanmaths I was covering a lesson when the match was on. I was quite surprised when students started asking if they could watch it, though perhaps I shouldn't have been. It didn't help that the cover work was just to watch a different programme from iPlayer...
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darryl
(@ItsDarryl) reported
Wow. I'm really impressed at the quality of the iPlayer UHD stream
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CRYPT◎TAKU.sol ( 🇭🇰 , 🏴 ) ⚛
(@crypt0taku) reported
@WeAreSTV Would be nice if the player didn't choke and **** the bed every 15 seconds. And a quick search of "stv player" on Twitter shows I'm not the only one having issues. No issues with BBC iPlayer at all.
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𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕝
(@chocoboneal) reported
@fizzypop81 @piersmorgan Why didnt they show something that started half an hour before they went on air? Put it this way, if the ceremony ran for 65 minutes, they'd have to cut it short or delay the match stream, neither work well. Showing on iplayer exclusively was the best option all round
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Chris Bartholomew
(@OneChrisB) reported
@ITVX app on android tv has rebooted 10 times in half an hour. After finally getting it going, the picture quality is awful - stuttering, pausing and worse than SD. Horrible. iPlayer worked perfectly in 4K earlier… Any suggestions @ITVXhelp?
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Mohammed
(@99adherent) reported
@__nxslf I was at work but I didn’t update my phone so I couldn’t download bbc iplayer. Then I had to stream on bbc sport.
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Rob
(@BobbyC_1878) reported
@Paksarzameen13 @mendcommunity @BBCSport No I don’t work for the BBC but I am stating a fact it was on the iplayer. People not knowing or the bbc not announcing it is different to them not showing. All I said was they did show it and it’s a statement of fact
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Cal
(@badtoilet) reported
@GaryLineker Imagine if #iplayer had served everyone! And not gone down. Considering there is now enforced login.
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Andrew Yee
(@AndrewYee2) reported
Watching USA v Wales. Is the ITV Player buffering for anyone else? I rarely watch live TV. Found out yesterday BBCHD not working on my TV (so used iPlayer) & now getting no signal on Sky box (have no subscription so its sort of Freesat box?) Or maybe my Sky box doesn't work now?
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うりぼう
(@bukmopuaa) reported
@ishikawa_yougo England’s World Cup 2022 lunchtime opener against Iran was watched by 8.1 million and was streamed an incredible 8 million times on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport online, making it the largest live streamed event on the BBC over a 24 hour period ever. Watching at work eh?