Interesting. Assuming that you have a dual band 2.4/5GHz WiFi can you check which band is used for the iPad and Firestick? It just may be that in your case one is better than the other. Fingers crossed.It doesn’t happen with my iPad.
I must add I have an LG tv that does not have ITV so I use an Amazon HD Firestick, last but one model, regularly updated and all caches cleared.
I tried it tonight - and it worked! Moreover, I experimented with ITVX Premium, immediately withdrawing my payment, which still gives me the seven days' free use - and it appears to delete all the accursed adverts. So, thank you for that recommendation!Have you tried Proton's VPN?
I'm not sure what you mean by this so I selected on old series 'Touch of Frost' and started with the first episode. Its been running fine and smoothly without any glitches so I'll keep it running for another hour or so.ITVX reruns of old crime series.
As for bands I’m afraid I am an a absolute novice and have no idea how to find out?
I let the 'Touch of Frost' run for three and a half hours without any problems so that clears the Firestick. Its amazing technology. A simple processor and a hell of a lot of programming experience. A lot of time and effort has gone into making this Firestick.Thanks.
Watching a catch up on it I regularly get to an ad break, the programme freezes and going back restarts at the beginning.
Very frustrating.
I’ve just tried ITVX in Spain using Windscribe.I realise that most of you folk are UK residents and have no problems with this sender, but living, as we do, in Switzerland, and quite fancying some of the series advertised, we find that we can't access them. We have tried two different VPNs, and the best we can do is get live programmes on one of ITV's channels, but never anything else. We used to be able to get ITVX, but can no longer do so. We have no problems with the BBC's iPlayer. Has ITV got so much better at VPN detection?
I also have a Samsung tv that is no longer supported so got a Roku adaptor and this does everything I need, BT sport iplayer radio paradise etc. Gets regular SW updates too. Seems more future proof. I won't buy Samsung again.I have some odd things happen with Youtube, plus occasionally Spotify on our TV. With Youtube, it's like it is trying to force another advert in, the app then goes blank and quits completely. I have to turn the TV off, disconnect the plug and leave it for a few minutes, which seems to sort it out for a while. Prior to the attempt to shove another advert down my neck, everything was working fine.
I would love to watch ITV Player or ITVX as its now called, accept for some reason Samsung one day just decided that our TV was a model that was no longer worthy of the app, which I thought was very nice of them! The TV is old, brought in 2015, but not excessively so
Is it legal in Swizzieland? A very good question! Putting on my patent attorney hat for a moment, from a strictly legal point of view, probably not. Copyright is the odd one out of the intellectual property laws. Under the Berne Convention, it exists from the moment of creation of an artistic work and it lasts to the last day of the year 70 years from the year of the death of the author (some countries, e.g. the USA, have longer periods under certain circumstances). It requires no registration.At the OP, is it legal to stream ITVx where you live?
Is it legal in Swizzieland? A very good question! Putting on my patent attorney hat for a moment, from a strictly legal point of view, probably not. Copyright is the odd one out of the intellectual property laws. Under the Berne Convention, it exists from the moment of creation of an artistic work and it lasts to the last day of the year 70 years from the year of the death of the author (some countries, e.g. the USA, have longer periods under certain circumstances). It requires no registration.
The issue of copyright in broadcast material in the days of the Internet and the easy dissemination of digital material is a veritable minefield, but I see it like this. ITV and its associated companies are the copyright holders of much of the content, and for the rest (e.g. Hollywood films), they will have UK-only broadcast rights. With regard to their own content, I presume the object is to be able to license the content to foreign broadcasters. Therefore, they don't want people like me freeloading on the UK and, in a sense, avoiding paying. But how exactly does one police this, without creating an actual police state*? It's yet another example of technology's ability to outrun copyright law, presenting it with situations that were never envisaged (the world's first copyright act, the 1707 Statute of Anne, was only for written works). The only possible answer is to impede copying as much as possible.
We have a situation that is similar to the arrival of the compact cassette and the ability to make high-quality recordings (usually better than the commercial ones). This initially constituted a violation of the copyright in the original recording (a change in the law got around this). So, technically, there were grounds for banning the sales of cassette recorders and blank tapes. However, these did have completely legal uses, so, to the best of my knowledge, this was never considered. In addition, home recording (e.g. for use in the car) was only a minor thing. Things changed with the arrival of digital recordings and the ability to make and disseminate an infinite number of near-perfect recordings, and therefore to make seriously large holes in recording companies' profits.
*I've heard that, in China, government workers are expected to download an app on Xi Jinping thought, and are required to answer questions on it - and that this is monitored for compliance. In a society wher Big Brother really is watching you, I'd imagine that complete copyright compliance would be possible - and of course, in China, the Great Firewall prevents it coming in anyway.
I also have a Samsung tv that is no longer supported so got a Roku adaptor and this does everything I need, BT sport iplayer radio paradise etc. Gets regular SW updates too. Seems more future proof. I won't buy Samsung again.
Thanks, Bob, but not "always" - the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 introduced limited exceptions (e.g. "time-shifting" of TV programmes by video recording). The Government then introduced the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014. However, you are right, the High Court held that the Government had acted unlawfully in introducing these rules. I hadn't known about this, so thank you for the update.In the U.K. it has always been illegal to copy any music on to any format. An attempt to allow copies for personal use or archiving was suggested but over ruled in the high court in 2015.