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One of the UK's Most-Watched TV Moments Marred by Technical Issues on Apple TV
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On the way to the incident which lead to the penalty for England. ⚽️⚽️
They mentioned technical issues on appletv , it’s actually technical issues with itv hub app
Yeah it’s a pet peeve of mine that iPlayer doesn’t support UHD on the Apple TV 4K when it does on some android tv sticks.
ITV seems to be an advertising vehicle more than a tv station. Try watching the Tour de France on itv, a bike race occasionally breaks out during the adverts. I’m not surprised itv are getting as many ads in as possible
Yes, but if watched via Freesat it worked fine (or any other non-internet based service).
Yeah it’s a pet peeve of mine that iPlayer doesn’t support UHD on the Apple TV 4K when it does on some android tv sticks.
Not sure when this was last updated but UHD appears to still be a trial in iPlayer so maybe one day 🤞 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/supported-devices/uhd-supported-devices
ITV's service is horrible. They don't even stream in proper HD - let alone UHD HDR like the BBC. It's horrific quality, packed with ads and very unrealible. They're light years away from the competition and seemingly don't care.
For those pointing out that it was the ITV app, not the Apple TV, at fault here: a little reminder that the Apple TV's original name was, in fact, iTV 
I'll be watching the final on BBC iPlayer in all its 4K/UHD and HDR goodness. Unfortunately, the UHD/HDR stream from BBC iPlayer isn't supported on the Apple TV (even the new 4K gen 2 model - I know, because I've got one) so I'll be using the iPlayer app built in to my 2017 LG OLED. Yes, a 4-year old TV has a better experience than brand new Apple hardware that came out in May.
To be fair to Apple, the problem may be the BBC's. But to be fair to the BBC, the problem may be Apple. Who knows?! Annoying whoever's fault it is. I contacted BBC iPlayer support a few weeks ago to ask them why UHD isn't available on the Apple TV and am yet to receive a reply.
Anyway, that was very slightly off topic. The experience of people with ITV Hub during the last night's game shows that we're probably not quite ready to ditch traditional TV viewing just yet. My satellite dish had rusted so much that it stopped working recently but I was able to buy a new one and redo the cabling for under £30 so it's a no brainer for me. I can keep watching content on Freesat (and skipping adverts on ITV) but jump to streaming for things like 4K content. Best of both worlds.
To be fair to Apple, the problem may be the BBC's. But to be fair to the BBC, the problem may be Apple. Who knows?! Annoying whoever's fault it is. I contacted BBC iPlayer support a few weeks ago to ask them why UHD isn't available on the Apple TV and am yet to receive a reply.
Anyway, that was very slightly off topic. The experience of people with ITV Hub during the last night's game shows that we're probably not quite ready to ditch traditional TV viewing just yet. My satellite dish had rusted so much that it stopped working recently but I was able to buy a new one and redo the cabling for under £30 so it's a no brainer for me. I can keep watching content on Freesat (and skipping adverts on ITV) but jump to streaming for things like 4K content. Best of both worlds.
Picture quality on ITV HUb is generally awful too…. I don’t get why after all this time they have never sorted that out.
They have an option to pay so you get tv shows advert free , unfortunately only after the show has been shown , not when it’s actually live which rather rends it pointless
I have a very messy beard, but yes, I watch everything through streaming - I don't even have an aerial hooked up (no cable or satellite either). That means Apple TV for me, but it's also true of my friends who use Android. In fact I don't know of anybody still watching broadcast TV, not even my mum.
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How are you commenting if you have a life-time ban? Are you confessing to bypassing the ban by opening a new account?!
I couldn't care less about the foot balls, but I do think it's incredibly stupid to use "number of [some part of the sport]" as a metric for how exciting a sporting event is. Excitement comes from anticipation, from tension, not from an incrementing intiger. Those 25 minutes of mid field play could be very exciting if you're watching people constantly trying to make something happen, constantly on the brink of something and you never know when it's going to happen (presumably in this case the something is one team managing to get control of the ball and get it past the other team's midfield defence?). Essentially things not happening is what makes a sporting event exciting.
ITV streaming is a shambles: BBC and Channel 4 steam in HD and ITV can still only manage very soft-looking SD.
I believe the iPlayer UHD streams need some kind of support the TvOS doesn't support (not HLG support, but the transport stream) which is why the Apple TV isn't a supported UHD device. Very frustrating, but most 4K TVs will have iPlayer built in so not the end of the world.
I believe the iPlayer UHD streams need some kind of support the TvOS doesn't support (not HLG support, but the transport stream) which is why the Apple TV isn't a supported UHD device. Very frustrating, but most 4K TVs will have iPlayer built in so not the end of the world.
