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NOW TV is a subscription over-the-top internet television service operated by British satellite television provider Sky. NOW TV offers contract-free access to Sky's premium channels, such as sports, movies and entertainment.
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Problems in the last 24 hours in Ashton-under-Lyne, England
The chart below shows the number of NOW TV reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Ashton-under-Lyne, England and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by NOW TV users through our website.
- Buffering (30%)
- Crashing (30%)
- Sign in (27%)
- Playback Issues (12%)
- Video Quality (1%)
Live Outage Map Near Ashton-under-Lyne, England
The most recent NOW TV outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, and Bury.
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Manchester
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Buffering | 8 days ago |
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Bury
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Crashing | 24 days ago |
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Manchester
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Sign in | 1 month ago |
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Manchester
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Sign in | 2 months ago |
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Manchester
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Crashing | 2 months ago |
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Manchester
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Playback Issues | 2 months ago |
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NOW TV Issues Reports Near Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Ashton-under-Lyne and nearby locations:
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Ian Blease | Dodgers Win! (@Bleasedog) reported from Manchester, EnglandHello @NOWTV please could someone get in touch work me? Bought a new stick tonight and keep getting the error "authentication plugin bot downloaded -4" Have tried everything I can find on the website and the bot live chat.
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Antonia Lallement (@antoniapoppy) reported from Stockport, EnglandHey @NOWTV what’s your problem? Why do you hate your users? Just play the next bloody episode
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Dawn Hickey (@missdawniehick) reported from Stubbins, EnglandSubtitles: I have used many online streaming platforms to waste time during lockdown. @BBCiPlayer @NetflixUK @PrimeVideo @disneyplus @ITV and by far the worst most insaccessible and most unhelpful of them all is @NOWTV @nowtvhelp. The subtitles are incomplete, broken, freezing
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Josh Halliday (@JoshHalliday) reported from Manchester, England@NOWTV @nowtvhelp Please can you urgently fix the buffering issues? Not the first time it’s happened - usually during an England game. Not worth the money we’re paying for this.
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Beena Mistry (@b3ena) reported from Ashton-under-Lyne, England@NOWTV my sky sport mobile pass is not working! It has only ever worked once, please can you help
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🤓 (@jxnluc) reported from Middleton, EnglandThe worst ******* thing when you’re just starting to watch a show on now tv and they remove it, happens all the ******* time @NOWTV
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Sophiemay 🐝 (@sophiemaybird_) reported from Salford, EnglandI’ve never, ever experienced anything like the service I’ve received with @NOWTV / @nowtvhelp - the sheer lack of customer care and the way my issue has been handled has been so shockingly bad I literally fail to believe a word they tell me.
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Sophiemay 🐝 (@sophiemaybird_) reported from Salford, EnglandI’m not usually this type of person however @NOWTV / @nowtvhelp and @OpenreachHelp screwed me over with my broadband due to an issue with the exchange nearby - but failed to notify me. It’s been almost 3 days since I found out and haven’t had a message from them.
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Forza Dane (@forzaDane) reported from Salford, England@AldoH35 @BBCiPlayer @NOWTV I have an amazon fire stick in another room and it worked on that. So guess it’s a @NOWTV problem
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Ruth Farrell (@Ruthlisaellis) reported from Meltham, EnglandSeriously fed up of @NOWTV i can't log in on any device or any browser. Constantly saying try later?! Try to get help, nobody to talk to sends me round in circles!
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lubeck ross (@LubeckRoss) reported from Manchester, England@NOWTV I have a Problem with my NOWTV App through BT RE: DEVICES I'm unable to watch my Subscription channels Through either my TV or cast from my mobile phone ,This has happened lots of times the last time on Tuesday. I Had a online chat with Nowtv and it took 5 mins to fix.
NOW TV Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Bez (@Bez_FPL) reported@FRookie48 @NOWTV And Keown! Best quality but awful presenters, pundits and commentators
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Colin (@ColinMorton_) reported@NOWTV I’ve tried all ways none are letting me sign in
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nick's secret account (@eveningmspeters) reported@NOWTV hi @nowtv, the issue still remains. could you please look into it further? if someone could just explain the reason/purpose of the overlay, or confirm that it's a software bug that's being addressed, that would be great, but at the moment i'm stuck with a bad looking stream. ty
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JAMIE (@jamiecumbria) reported@NOWTV I did reset it and my broadband is super fast the problem is at your end the service provider so I don’t know if it’s the box is to old if so you should provide a upgrade or if your service can’t cope with demand in that case I want refunded
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Rachel Winter (@writingabit) reported@Ozvaldinho @KingRockerFilm @NOWTV Thanks for the help! Especially as king rocker didn’t reply. Yes I’ve tracked it down now, via the app and then adding it to my tv, cos I didn’t even know there was a sky arts section on now tv! Cheers.
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MD (@Manning1985) reported@nowtv keep getting a terrible jumpy picture watching the Liverpool v Man City game using the Now TV stick. Screen keeps going green or purple too. No issue with my broadband speed. Any ideas how to resolve this please.
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Elroy Ferns (@efernsuk) reported@NOWTV Yup I seem to be only receiving drop outs in the evening, mainly it's the latency that is the major issue for me . Regardless of my internet speed, due to the bad latency in the evening I can't stream properly. I am on the fastest internet package, the Super Fibre package
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Simon Waind (@SimonWB0) reportedAnyone else getting a terrible jumpy picture watching the #LIVMCI game via @NOWTV @nowtvhelp ?
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cait Elis Ni Cadlaig (@ratqueen01) reported@NOWTV Has anybody else in Edinburgh had issues over last few days with broadband and sites NOT LOADING??ie: museum x news sites mostly????What is going on x when will it be fixed????
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nick's secret account (@eveningmspeters) reported@NOWTV hi, can you please look into this further? the overlay issue remains. it's a shame to watch big events like liverpool vs man city today with a poor quality stream, despite paying for Boost HD.