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CarlosF's avatar
CarlosF
Newbie
10 months ago

Re: BBC iPlayer app is not working on Roku Express 4

I have a Roku 3.  A couple of days ago BBC I player stopped opening.  When I select it, nothing happens.  All the other channels are fine.  BBC support suggesting that I uninstall iPlayer and then reinstall it.  But they said that not all devices permit this.  Is this OK on Roku, and has anyone tried it with iPlayer?

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  • RokuCarly's avatar
    RokuCarly
    Community Moderator
    10 months ago

    Hi, wmckie CarlosF.

    Welcome to the Roku Community!

    It seems like you are having accessibility issues with the BBC iPlayer app on your Roku. No worries! We'd like to suggest some steps you could try to troubleshoot this app.

    Kindly follow the steps precisely below to help you:

    1. Remove the channel: navigate to your Home screen, move to the right, highlight the app, press Star*, then select Remove channel
    2. Perform a system reboot: navigate to your Home, select Settings > System > Power (skip if unavailable) > System restart
    3. Re-install the channel: navigate to your Home, scroll and select Store, look for the app, then press Add channel

    Here's the support article dedicated to this: How to resolve a channel playback issue

    Let us know how it goes and we'll go from there.

    Best regards,
    Carly

    • wmckie's avatar
      wmckie
      Channel Surfer
      10 months ago

      Hi RokuCarly 

      Thank you for your reply and suggestion.

      I've tried the actions you've suggested but unfortunately the situation remains the same. After selecting the app the BBC iPlayer logo is displayed and the stays there, normally after a few seconds "Select who's watching ..." should appear. I've left the app at the BBC iPlayer logo for up to 5 minutes but nothing happens.

      All the other apps I use are behaving normally including BBC SOUNDS and iPlayer works ok from my SKYQ set.

      Thanks

      • RokuCarly's avatar
        RokuCarly
        Community Moderator
        10 months ago

        Hi, wmckie.

        Thanks for letting us know. We appreciate the efforts you've taken. 

        Since this is an isolated case within the BBC iPlayer app only, we highly recommend directly coordinating this with the channel provider, as they develop and maintain their app on the Roku streaming platform independently. This might be a bug within their app.

        You may reach them here for further assistance and clarification: BBC iPlayer Support | Contact Us

        We hope this will be sorted out soon.

        Best regards,
        Carly