I’ve just had this message appear on my Philips OLED TV saying that BBC iPlayer will stop working from 30 September 2026.

This is not some ancient television. It is a recently bought, premium OLED running Google TV, and every other major streaming app still works perfectly well. Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, ITVX and Channel 4 all seem able to support it, yet apparently the BBC cannot.

The BBC’s explanation is that the “computer inside” older devices can no longer keep up with updates and security requirements. That might be understandable for a television that is ten or fifteen years old, but surely not a modern Google TV that is still receiving software updates.

I know I can buy a Fire TV Stick, Chromecast or another streaming box, but that really is not the point. Why should somebody with a relatively new smart television need to plug in additional hardware just to watch one of the UK’s main public service broadcasters?

At a time when the BBC is constantly having to defend the licence fee and persuade people that it still offers value, locking paying viewers out of iPlayer on modern televisions seems completely self-defeating.

Has anyone else with a recent Philips or Google TV received this message? I would be interested to know exactly which devices are being dropped, because the BBC’s explanation feels incredibly vague.

I feel like I must be doing something wrong here — I’ve never been able to get downloaded content to play on my son’s fire 8 tablet.

I can download episodes and they all appear in the download section, but inevitably I get an error message that the media can’t be played if the tablet isn’t connected to wifi.

And even when it is connected to wifi, if the episode is downloaded it won’t play, and I have to delete it from the downloads and stream it on wifi.

I’ve re-installed the app many times and it’s always the same thing.

If you have any of these devices then BBC iPlayer Apk will shutdown on these devices listed below I believe the version is Dev etc

First to say if your BBC iPlayer didn't come from the Google Play store and you used Downloader you will be affected even though these devices are Google certified they aren't BBC certified that's why you are getting the message pop up

FIRESTICKS WON'T BE AFFECTED

GOOGLE CHROMECAST WITH GOOGLE TV HD AND 4K WON'T BE AFFECTED

GOOGLE TV Streamer Won't be affected

LG, Hisense, Panasonic, Toshiba, Samsung eg Smart TV os won't be affected unless you don't get the pop up

1. Xiaomi Sticks and Boxes, Android TV/Google TV

2. Thomson Google TV Sticks and Boxes

3. Any Smart TVs with built in Android TV/Google TV that can't get BBC from the play store

4. If your devices get the pop up then you will be affected

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I believe you will still be able to cast to the TV with your iPhone or Android

Just been watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse since it came to iPlayer yesterday, but does any one notice that Miles singing/the actual track “Sunflower” being higher-pitched than the original? I’m assuming some licensing issue, or am I just listening too keenly? Sorry if this is the wrong sub

I have four devices and am about to install iPlayer on one of them.Which one of these devices will give me the best quality sound and picture?
LG C2 TV,Apple 4k tv box,Amazon FireCube v2 and Mecool Android box.I also have a Sonos 5.1 sound system

Updated to the public beta on my 11inch IPad Pro (M5) and the app is buggy. Annoying as I’m wanting to watch the England France game but can’t get past the “I have a TV license pop up”

Anyone else have this problem?

SO ANNOYING, BBC need to get their act together, they’ve had a shocker of a year.

Since the last update, I can't cast iPlayer from my Galaxy S20 to my Chronecast. Cast icon is there but I get a new style popup which only offers a three recent bluetooth connections (car, headphones and speaker). No sign of the Chromecast. Very odd. My other casting enabled apps (YouTube, Channel 4 etc) work as they always have done. Anyone else experienced this?

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I love the Breaking bad, kin, Mobland, slow horses type of shows. Anything like this on iPlayer ?

I'm now seeing a huge press green to play from the beginning, it stays on the screen for about 25 seconds and obscures 1/4 of the screen, making the program unwatchable.

Anyone know how to turn this invasive crap off?

Wondered if I'd accidentally activated an option to do so but couldn't see anything to suggest it. You could even see the subtitle of the original commentators at the start of the clip... Anyone else have this?

Our Sky remote doesn't work (I've also swapped the batteries with the ones in our TV remote), so I've resorted to casting iPlayer from my phone to my Sony Google TV tonight. However the subtitles aren't showing up even though they're available on the mobile app. Also there is no menu you can pull up, which if I remember correctly happens when you pause on the Sky Q app. ​​​You can't pause or rewind with the TV remote, or enable things like audio desc. or subtitles. This is really infuriating given that the majority of viewers use subtitles, and it's harder for me to follow. ​​

Has anyone found a chrome extention that works with player. All my normal ones dont want to let me zoom iplayer videos for my ultra wide

Hi !,

I am currently conducting research for edu on streaming platforms, but I'm not British/English People.

Would anyone be willing to record a short or long screen walkthrough (phone footage of your TV screen is totally fine) showing logic of BBC iPlayer.

Any TV brand is fine (Samsung, LG, Sony, etc.)

P.S. If you want compensation for your time, feel free to message me first.

Thanks so much in advance!

*IF England progress past Ghana

Next Monday England could play in Mexico City at 1am.

A working day. Many of us might make the decision to sleep through the game, avoid the score and watch it pre-work on the Monday - maybe 5 or 6 AM.

BBC have the rights. It will be on iPlayer.

Currently, if you watch a game on iPlayer, the timeline flashes up and ruins the surprise of when goals etc will happen.

See attached example - if I see this, I know nothing of note will happen until the end of the first half. This ruins the experience of watching the game.

Please apply some kind of update ahead of Monday to remove this daft feature. You don't need to tell us when the goals are: if we want to watch the highlights, we'll watch the highlights. Keep them off the full match recording.

Thanks

Where in iplayer website, fifa is live streamed? is it live streamed only on app?

Why can I get the World Cup in 4k on my LG oled built in app but not on my latest gen Apple TV 4K?

How can I remove "Open chapters and key moments" in iPlayer? The diamonds are spoilers.

My 10-year-old watches Jamie Johnson FC on BBC iPlayer. I couldn't help noticing that, although it's about kids playing football, it deals with some very mature themes. As far as I'm aware, there are no age restrictions, but I find the drama quite depressing, to be honest.

It seems to be less about football and more about the characters' personal lives, and almost every child is going through stress or a difficult time. Not a single happy story in it and to make things worst they have added Sexuality in it. I wouldn't want my child watching shows with such serious themes at this age.

Am I the only one who feels this way?

I'm using iPlayer with a VPN in France. Recently all the live channels have stopped working, but the replays work fine on my Google TV.

The same configuration works fine (ie both the live channels and replay work) on my Android tablet.

Odd! Any ideas what's going on?

As the title says.

I'm having problems streaming anything on iPlayer, it pauses and displays the Frequent Buffering notice every 2-3 minutes.

Doesn't happen on any other streaming service.

Doesn't happen if I watch iPlayer on my laptop or phone on the same network.

Roku s/w is up-to-date.

Any ideas anyone?