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Looking at 60 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Reviewers state that the streaming service is plagued by an overwhelming amount of repetitive adverts that frequently interrupt programs and completely spoil the viewing flow. Users frequently encounter frustrating technical problems, such as unexpected application crashes, endless buffering, and videos restarting from the beginning right after commercial breaks. Some people were satisfied with the service, pointing out that it provides a massive variety of international channels and functions smoothly on certain streaming devices like Firesticks or mobile setups. Customers noted that having access to a broad selection of content makes the platform enjoyable when the technical issues and advertisements do not get in the way.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's a shocker. Agree with all the other one star reviews. Very slow to load; frequently just "sticks" and says "refresh," which virtually never works; sometimes jumps back to the beginning withou... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

More adverts than programmes! Also, keeps jumping on all devices - not just in our house but friends too. Other streaming platforms don't do this. Internet speed is really good so not this that's c... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

7 adverts 3 minutes into programme. Then ten minutes if show then another 5 adverts. It ruins the whole viewing experience. Why like can’t it offer the same as itvx. No advert subscription. I have NEV... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trying to watch Masterchef Australia. Occasionally it works but usually a message comes up saying “Oops this is embarrassing” and the programme won’t load. At other times it plays the adverts ok but t... See more


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  2. Web hosting company

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UKTV is a British multi-channel broadcaster, jointly owned by BBC Studios and Discovery, Inc.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful

Awful
Have been trying to continue watching Madame secretary for 3 nights and all I keep getting in spite of trying every suggested solution all I get is
WHOOPS THERE HAS BEEN AN ERROR
PLEASE TRY AGAIN
Guess what , IT DOES NOT WORK 🤬🤬🤬

27 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appallingly unreliable, technically incompetent

Appallingly unreliable. The old analogue TV was never as bad as this. Constant error messages coming up all the time making programmes unwatchable. I wonder what your investors and advertisers think about this; especially when I switch to another service and watch their adverts for different companies.
Your total incompetance makes streaming look like the dawning of the new age of complete rubbish.

25 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

OMG going down itvx route!

OMG - seems UKTV play going down the ITVX road! I love the programmes on this platform but recently have had many problems including resuming them. Advertising not a problem as I realise that funds the programmes but frustrating that it's not what it used to be. (Deleted itvx because it's so rubbish).

21 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Terrible Broadcast Quality

UKTV has gone right downhill with regards to their broadcast standards. Most of the content they show on Drama channel is almost un-watchable because the picture is blurred/blocky, zoomed in, and just terrible quality.

They repeat some great shows but sadly let themselves down with the poor output.

UKTV deny that they have problems with the quality of their broadcasts. For this reason I suspect that their technical team are amateurs.

20 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not loading despite advice

Not loading despite advice . Someone should notify the broadcasting authorities about this. It’s misrepresentation of the worst kind . If this was any other service the general public would have an apology by now and some update on what steps were being taken to put it right

20 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I've given it 3 stars because some of…

I've given it 3 stars because some of the content is great e.g. 'Mad Men' and 'Brokenwood Mysteries'.

But it's broken - the right words are something like the 'adaptive resolution' tries to feed a 1280x768 picture to an internet connection that only supports 640x384. Hence the repeated ads and sound/video breakup, which I've been battling with for years.

Stupid thing is you can barely notice the difference in the lower resolution. So UKTVPlay, stop trying to get the best resolution possible and focus on a reliable stream instead.

(I've actually had a good experience recently with UKTVPlay by halving the window size and making it x2 zoom again with an Accessibility app. Managed to watch 6 episodes of Mad Men without a problem - that's new)

14 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Probably the most unreliable streaming…

Probably the most unreliable streaming app. There is great content available but the app continually fails to load your chosen programme. It never has any problems playing adverts but when it comes to programmes you get constant error messages. I tried 4 different programmes this morning and none would load this is becoming a regular occurrence.

7 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Problem with UKTV Play app - and no help from them!

Started watching Madam Secretary. Around episode 4, just stopped playing. Managed to restart and play it. Then episodes 9 and 10 both stopped two thirds through. Despite starting both from the beginning multiple times, same thing, stopped and couldn’t resume. Contacted UKTVPlay and asked for advice. Received a reply asking for details of how I was trying to watch, ie Sony Bravia TV, chrome cast and iPhone 13. No reply to this info! Deleted the app and reinstalled it. Just tried to watch episode 11 and same thing has happened again, just stopped half way through. Given up on trying to watch this series - and anything else on UKTVPlay.

27 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rubbish & unrealiable

Rubbish & unrealiable. Cuts out and then you have to watch adverts again - which it's seems to have NO PROBLEM PLAYING !! ??
Have been playing their competitors with no problems

15 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

overdubbbing problems…

Just been watching Attenborough on this channel and the over dubbing is ridiculous you can't here what he is saying when it goes to a video scene! Come on guys sort it out otherwise there is point of broadcasting it

13 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Audio often cuts out

On the TV app, after the adverts the audio will often cut out, forcing you refresh it and re-watch the adverts.
The picture is very dark.
Episode descriptions for The Bill contain heavy spoilers for that episode.

4 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible site

Terrible site - forces you to watch ads then drops out saying no internet connection. Internet works fine on same device with other apps. You then try again and have to watch the ads again and it crashed again. So you send an email to the address given quoting the error code given and it bounced back. Not worth wasting your time on.

1 September 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

used to be fine

used to be fine, god knows what they are doing. Emailed em that i thought they were scamming advertisers by forcing user to re watch adds. No reply!!

Now they are not transmitting - FFS all I wanted to do was watch Brokenwood Mysteries!!!

18 August 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Half baked!

Have spent nearly an hour fiddling with this app. Thought it might be the TV, WiFi but iPlayer worked perfectly. As many others have said, this app needs work. Great content, just poor access.

14 August 2023
Unprompted review

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