topic Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer in Sky Stream

bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

graemeles — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:32:08 GMT

I have set Great British Menu up on my playlist from the BBC channel but when I select from the playlist it takes me to bbc iplayer, it would appear this is happening with any programmes I add from ITV channel they appear on playlist as ITV X but I dont want to watch via itvx as I dont want the adverts, the whole purpose of "recording" is to whizz through adverts but I cannot see how to add programmes from ITV to then view on playlist as ITV the same goes for programmes as I mentioned ie Great British Menu selected on bbc channel to add to playlist then have to view from playlist via bbc i player

Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

Bill051 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:37:03 GMT

That's how it works . Very few channels are recorded in the cloud.

Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

MarkGoldsmith — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:03:10 GMT

@graemeles wrote:
I have set Great British Menu up on my playlist from the BBC channel but when I select from the playlist it takes me to bbc iplayer, it would appear this is happening with any programmes I add from ITV channel they appear on playlist as ITV X but I dont want to watch via itvx as I dont want the adverts, the whole purpose of "recording" is to whizz through adverts but I cannot see how to add programmes from ITV to then view on playlist as ITV the same goes for programmes as I mentioned ie Great British Menu selected on bbc channel to add to playlist then have to view from playlist via bbc i player

Thats expected.

BBC prefer the viewship via the iPlayer as it will help them figure out which shows are popular and just perhaps just them justify the license fee ( which is particularly important at the moment with the government looking at how the license fee may change within the next few years).

ITV obviously prefer the viewship through ITV X as it will again help with viewership numbers, helping them attract advertisers. Also you are forced to watch the ads which likely means tehy can attract higher fees for ads in ITV X than they can selling on their live channels. To avoid ads on ITV X you either will need to subscribe to ITV X Premium or the sky ad-skipping pack ( which will allow you to fast forward the ads).

Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

TimmyBGood — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:42:25 GMT

@graemeles

Only channels without their own apps can be expected to play back from a 'cloud recording' (and not all content will be available in that way either)

Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

martswain — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:57:16 GMT

Welcome to the way Stream works!

If you want to whizz through the ads you have to pay extra for that too.

Re: bbc1 show on playlist appears as bbc iplayer

Jporch316 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:02:37 GMT

Hi @graemeles

@you will find that this is the way the tv broadcast industry is migrating to. That's how the new freeview freely also works. The days of recording on to a pvr are drawing to a close .....