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The level of advertising destroyed the viewing experience. Tried to watch the show "dirty business" but the constant excessive advert interruptions made it impossible to follow this extremely important program. I've vowed not to watch anything else on this awful streaming service sadly.
If I could give zero i would. 4 minutes of adverts every 3 minutes of program. End up falling asleep 3 nights in row just trying to watch one episode. If im honest cant be bothered to watch anything on 4 again. Would take 2 hours to watch an hour with the endless adverts. I counted 7 adverts in 1 advert break. Ridiculous. Who on earth would continue?
More adverts than TV programme and the unreliable app never fails or buffers for the ads whilst frequently failing when the programme starts. The "12 minutes of ads per hour" ofcom rule doesn't apply to online or catch-up, and Channel 4 seem to have taken this completely to heart. We recently watched 6 minutes of programme before having to endure 6 minutes of ads (including sponsorship and trailers). So Channel 4 has decided it's okay to broadcast as many ads as programmes. We thought we'd give the paid ad-free version a try, and when we pressed play the first thing we saw was an advert. After Googling it we found the ad-free version still shows "some" ads so we deleted the app. There's just too many good alternative platforms who even seem to get the same programmes over time. We even found the same programme we were watching on a different ad-free platform.
It’s best to steer clear of watching anything live on this platform. I attempted to catch the F1 race but ended up missing the beginning. I only managed to watch it after switching to another provider. Just do yourself a favor and stay away from this service; it's quite disappointing.
Avoid trying to watch anything live with this service. You'll end up missing key moments. I attempted to watch a race but missed the beginning and only managed to catch it after switching to another platform. It's best to steer clear of this option as it's quite disappointing.
The streaming application is extremely frustrating, frequently pausing and buffering for over 20 seconds at a time. It's much better to watch on another platform, as the experience on my TV app is not worth it. Watching a single episode takes far too long!
Today's issue with the catch-up feature was that there was sound but no picture. Like many, I have my issues with other services, but I can't imagine a world where only commercial channels exist, which seem to prioritize cramming ads into their content over providing quality programming.
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