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I was more of a Flog It guy. Even queued once for about 5 hours to get on. They weren't interested in my junk though, never made the final cut.

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I'm watching a Question of Sport live on BBC1 using Overplay SmartDNS as I type this

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Flog it is up next. :lol: They are in Lincolnshire.

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I can watch channel 5 without the need of vpn

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Grimsby and he'll miss it. :lol:

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Do they do streaming chocolate hob knobs?

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Just side load Mobdro on a Fire TV and you can watch all the live TV you want. Not that I'd know anything about it. ;)

I'm sure the selection will improve given time. All of the other streaming services received criticism at first. Without support, the service will go away and we'll be complaining again!

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I see the UK public is complaining about TV license again.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/170931
If only they knew how expensive TV can be. They don't know how lucky they are.

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Plus, the BBC has to pay for all those pedo conviction cases somehow, don't they?

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True, here they just drop pedo cases. I mean what harm have those scum done to people? This was a school teacher at a local school. Sometimes I think the US has got it's social priorities wrong. And here we go all political of course , in true BE fashion.

FBI Drops All Charges in Child Porn Case to Keep Sketchy Spying Methods Secret

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Lucky? Being forced to pay to prop up an organization that produces (mostly) crappy content even if the person doesn't consume it?

Should have been scrapped a long time ago. Stick some commercials on the channels and have done with it.

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They need the Chuckle Brothers out here. To me, to Yew (tree).

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So paying comcrap $100 a month for mostly stuff I don't want is different? How? Oh and I get 20 mins of commercials an hour.

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++ This

150 shitbox channels, 90% of which I will never even look at and the remainder filled with the same 4 commercials that repeat over and over and over and over and.. * twitch *

No thanks.

Non-commercial TV would be worth a (small) fortune to me.

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I still don't understand why they play the same commercial twice in the same 5 minute block. Maybe one day it will make sense to me.

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Commercials
Program opening credits
Commercials
Program (10 mins)
Preview of "what's coming after the break.. don't go away!"
Commercials
Review of what came before the Commercials
Program (7 mins)
End Credits (Shrunk down to show Commercial)
Commercials

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The BBC produces some of the most highly regarding programming in the world. Seriously - internationally envied documentaries, dramas and news.

Did you only ever tune in when Bargain Hunt was on, or something.

No. The TV licence is what, about £13 a month, right? For that small fee you get access to all that quality programming that you have unfortunately missed, commercial free (which means an hour-slot is filled by an hour, or at least 55 minutes of programming) which wouldn't exist if they had advertisers to please and bow down to, which is probably why ITV is shit.

Honestly, David Attenborough alone is worth the license fee and then some.

Or in the case of The Walking Dead lately, you get five minutes of programming between each commercial break. ****ity ****.

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Then watch OTA channels. At least you don't need to fork out anything per month for that.

I agree cable here is priced highly, but then so is Sky in the UK.

In recent years my BBC consumption was pretty much The Apprentice and Traffic Cops.

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Well, that's probably why you think it was shit then. Self inflicted :nod:

Seriously though, no TV network on Earth, and I'd argue on other planets with TV networks as well, can produce a wildlife documentary like the BBC. None.

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I think that's a fair statement to make, I just don't watch it. :nod:

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What enables the BBC to make programs that are loved around the world, such as Planet Earth and the like, is the unique way it is set up and funded. Personally, I think £13.00 a month is cheap for what the BBC gives the public.

I haven't even mentioned the comedy. Imagine a world without Blackadder or Red Dwarf because some random advertiser didn't want to buy space in the break so they lost revenue to produce the show. That's not a world I am prepared to live in.

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My issue is solely that the fee is forced upon anyone who wants to watch other channels. I definitely could have lived without my two BBC shows.

BBC radio is pretty crap too - a couple good shows on Radio 2 and that was it.

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OTA has nothing I want to watch. It's not free, I pay money to PBS most year, plus I pay taxes.

Sky TV is around £61 a month, that's about quarter of the retail price for Comcast. that also includes internet, phone and taxes.

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I miss the open university shows they used to play. Some were quite interesting

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I never thought it was such a big deal.

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BBC Education programs are generally of a high quality. Without the BBC there would be a lot more stupid kids. Maybe that's why the UK believes in global warming and the US doesn't. David Attenborough affected a lot of lives.

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Including a baby Rhino. < sniff > . :)

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Traffic Cops moved to Channel 5 this year :rofl:

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Nice to be able to move away from my DNS / TV and still be able to watch some stuff.

The Android client seems pretty good so far on my S7 Edge. The IOS one is working too but not sure if Mrs. N has tried to do much with it yet.

Just need the Roku now. :)

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I just got an email. Roku is now ready ...I need to go home from work right now!

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Thanks for that I was just about to go and check.

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It is a shame you have to work. Being retired I am now watching Fawlty Towers. I can let you know that the app works very well, so you'll be able to use it when you finish work. :lol:

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Basil!

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Que???

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I like this:thumbsup:

Watched Country file last night

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Gavin and Stacey binge. :)

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Silent Witness

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I need some help.

Spent Friday evening and a little of Saturday using Britbox on our Roku.
Everything was great. Then it kept asking me to subscribe even though I had already done that.

I unprescribed and tried to start again but it kept saying I was already subscribed:unsure:

I emailed them but not heard back from either roku or britbox.

Suggestions, anyone?

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Not available in Canada, pity.

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There was a bit of a glitch over the early part of the weekend and it wasn't holding the log in. I had to log in everytime I went to use it. It seems to be cured now.

I called and while they didn't call back they fixed it. Then today I got an email asking me if the fix had worked. Did take them 3 days to email.

Try and log in using their web site. If you can and you have another email address you can use, go to your account page cancel the first account and then set up another one. Like most new computer based services they didn't seem to have it quite right out of the box.

Other than that as the log in problems seem to have been resolved just see if you can log in on your Roku box again.