STV Player

[Anonymous User]

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a nowtv box and just want to know if STV Player is available.  From what I can read it isn't.

If that's the case can someone confirm if you can watch ITV player in Scotland?

Thanks!

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User no STV player (and I've not heard of any plans) ITV player is available, however if you provide a Scottish postcode ITV1 content will be unavailable, leaving you with ITV2, 3, 4 and Be.

[Anonymous User]

If you input an English postcode you will get everything available on ITV1, Corrie, etc.  You will not get any STV programs though.  It's a pain, my Smart TV doesn't support STV player either.

[Anonymous User]

Hi

I am watching itv player in Scotland. If content is missing, I change the postcode to an english one and you will generally find it.

[huxley123]

It's a pity, STV Player seems to have some great archive content I'd like to watch.

[Anonymous User]

I would also like to get regional TV channels- specifically the Irish TV channels - can I download the RTE player and the TV3 player please? These apps are already available on the Google Play store. Can NOW TV make them available so I can choose to download them?

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User the NOW TV box isn't an Android device. These companies would first need to make an app to run on Roku before NOW TV could consider adding them to their store. 

[Anonymous User]

Why can I not get STV Player. Itv player is no good.

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User because STV never made an app for you to use. You'll need to pester them. For the time being if you lie to the ITV Player about your location you can watch shows from ITV1, although any exclusive Scottish programmes would be missing.

[Anonymous User]

How come you can get an stv app for you iPad and not NOW TV

[Andy]

@Anonymous User

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@Anonymous User wrote:

How come you can get an stv app for you iPad and not NOW TV

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As @Anonymous User has explained, just because STV see iPad as a more important platform to develop for than Rokus (which is what a NOW TV box is). See here

http://player.stv.tv/help/#platforms

NOW TV dont develop 3rd party apps for the box, it's up to the content providers themselves to develop their own apps. So best thing to do is contact STV and ask why they haven't developed a Roku STV Player app yet  - you can find a Contact Us page for STV at the top of 

http://player.stv.tv/help/#

[Anonymous User]

Hi @Anonymous User

Thanks for your post.

If you go into the ITV player and enter your postcode it should change. If you still are facing the same problem then I recommend contacting ITV player.

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks

Ruth

NOW TV Team

[Anonymous User]

how do we download STVplayer

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User as STV haven't made one you can't. I suggest you use the ITV Player and tell a small white lie about your address. You won't get any exclusive Scottish programming but you will get ITV1.

[Anonymous User]

Cant seem to download Netflix how do I do this??

[Anonymous User]

@Anonymous User as Netflix is a rival service and the box is substantially subsidised NOW TV haven't added Netflix to the available apps to install on the box.

You'd need something like a Roku or Amazon Fire box/stick. 

[ukbobboy]

@Anonymous User

What you should realise is that you have not bought yourself a lower priced Roku Smart TV Box, what you have got is something similar which has been drastically cut down in both allowable apps and facilities, hence the bargain price.

If you want Roku facilities then you have to buy a full priced Roku, at about £70 - £80, but if you want to dip you toe into the Smart TV box pool then getting a Now TV box (black or white) is the way to go. 

UK Bob

[Anonymous User]

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@ukbobboy wrote:

If you want Roku facilities then you have to buy a full priced Roku, at about £70 - £80, but if you want to dip you toe into the Smart TV box pool then getting a Now TV box (black or white) is the way to go. 

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I managed to pick up the new Roku 2 (4205) for only £43 in an Amazon Lightning deal. Probably just worth that price to get Netflix, Amazon Prime, Google Play Movies and TV on the box.

[Anonymous User]

I would like to know if now TV have any plans to make STV available to us that live in scotland? I find it very unfair we have no access to most stuff on itv player due to our region

[caseyb1993]

@Anonymous User If you do a sneaky change to your postcode on the ITV app, you can get ITV shows from another region. 🙂

(I think you still can, I haven't used it in a while 🙂 )

[BicBasher]

@Anonymous User You can use a postcode from Dumfries & Galloway or the Borders as ITV covers that part of Scotland. (Or England, Wales or NI)  Amazon Fire TV or Stick have STV Player for Scottish customers.

ITV Player has recently been made available in Northern Ireland after ITV acquired UTV.