I have the same issue. I have just been on chat to netflix customer services. They went through everything...turning the box off...re installing the app...no luck. In the end they said they will pass the fault to the technical department. So, no joy. Hopefully it will be sorted soon! As you say, not the best time for it to go down 😞
I complained to Now, they replied, and appeared to not even bother to read what I had written..
I had tried all the troubleshooting advice several times, over a period of days, however all the now team suggested is 'to try the trouble shooting as that will fix it' (it didn't - which was why I complained) or 'to contact Netflix' as now are a 3rd party and its bound to be a Netflix problem (it wasn't)
Well, it just started working the other day- so whatever the problem is was fixed their end, as it was a day I had not uninstalled / installed/ factory reset
Good luck!
They've asked for feedback to their 'performance' - the link doesn't work so I cant eve tell them how poor they did
Same issue
Followed all the advice.
No chat service
Phone service cost 40p minute from my mobile provider due to NOW TV choice of number + phone service state they won't offer any help on this subject so cost money to find out this option is not working and is unable to help
So will contact netflixs to cancel subscription and see if that puts pressure on now TV to fix this.
Would an error message as the app fails to load and that it is being looked at not useful to customers after all we are paying two subscriptions for this very poor level of service