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All your favourite STV programmes, soaps and sport - live and on-demand. Plus all the latest breaking news, sport and weather.
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Ridiculous number of ads breaks which…
Ridiculous number of ads breaks which completely interrupts viewing
This is the worst player ever
This is the worst player ever. Have they even tried to make it work? Are they not embarrassed or have they no shame?
Absolutely dire
Absolutely dire, gave it 1 star as you can't give zero
Constantly cuts out meaning you have to rewatch a ton of adverts if you want to see the last 2 minutes of the programme you've been watching
STV PLayer. Would give zero stars if I could
Would give zero stars if I could. Terrible App that constantly buffers and jumps back to earlier parts of the programme after watching adverts. Been like this for years and for some reason STV just seem to accept this. Come on STV, this needs investment and a serious upgrade.
1 hour and 35 minutes to watch a 41…
1 hour and 35 minutes to watch a 41 minute programme, do I need to say more? Remember when STV first started and it's owner Lord Thomson said that winning the bid for the broadcasting rites was a ''license to print money'' pity the present owners didn't spend any on this pile of rubbish!
Really dreadful
Really dreadful, impossible to watch a series , constantly failing
Ad free is a lie
Shocking. Paid for ad free and there were two in the first 12 minutes. Cancelled immediately.
Absolute crap
Absolute crap, get rid, wouldn’t give it house room, ad after bloody ad, who’s interested in ads for god sake, NO ONE, it’s an embarrassment to Scottish television.
Seriously Terrible Viewing
Absolutely shocking. So slow, constantly buffers, and makes you rewatch adverts once it's kicked you out of the show you're unsuccessfully trying to watch because the player is so terrible.
Sadly a one star review
Sadly a one star review. It doesn't matter what device I use, constantly buffering and having to reload. Not a new problem or a difficult fix
Just ad after ad after ad after ad...
Don't pause to watch on another day
I only watched 50% of a program as it was 2 hours long, when I went back to it next day to RESUME where I stopped it, it made me start from the beginning and I couldn't fast forward through the four sets of adverts I seen the night before.
App closes itself down …
App just closes itself down when I try to play a programme.
Rubbish
Rubbish! Constantly buffers & freezes making it almost unwatchable. This has been happening for years. Sort it out STV!
Terrible service
Terrible service, gave it 1 star as I can't give it zero which it deserves. Continuously freezes & can't even exit from it, I have to unplug TV completely for 10 mins. Looks like the same problem for many viewers but STV seem to be doing nothing to improve it, a disgrace. I'll be avoiding it from now on even if I do miss programmes, it's not worth the hassle & frustration.
Awful
Awful, I've never seen so many adverts, I think they last longer than the programme! It won't make me eat a Mcdonald's no matter how many times they show it! It also lags, really irritating.
Solution for Programs that Won't Play
As per previous comments, we are unable to watch current soaps (Corrie, Emmerdale etc on the player - just a blank screen with a circle in the middle. We eventually got round this by starting watch it on the STV App ON OUR PHONE, then casting it onto the TV! Works but why we can't just watch it directly from the app on the TV screen?
One star because I can't give no stars.
One star because I can't give no stars.
Insane amount of adverts that can't be avoided.
Unintuitive menu and unreliable streaming.
Above all, for something that claims to be the home of sport (got to laugh at that) there is pretty much zero scottish sport. Although,
STV is the place to go if you want to see the lionesses live.
English TV.
Why do we need to show English women football ,and cancel other programmes.It is Scottish TV., not English TV , please reply .
Can you give 0 stars
Can you give 0 stars ? Because that’s what I’d give if I could. Terrible alway freezing then returns back to the beginning after the adverts if it works at all !
The absolute worst !
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