ITVX

In theory ITVplus is a fantastic app, perfect for me who is often busy when all the soaps are on, allowing me to be able to catch up when ever I get a spare moment. I especially love being able to swap devices so easily, ensuring that it’s entirely possible to be watching at home for example, and then picking up from where you left off, on your phone whilst out and about. However, as I said, in theory it’s a great app, but in practice it doesn’t fare quite so well. Constantly need to reload the whole app or just the program you’re wanting to watch, until it actually plays without freezing, has a picture as well as sounds, and shows the programme where you left off, and not frozen or with no picture at all. This is so frustrating and takes time to resolve the matter. I wouldn’t mind so much if this happened every now again, but sadly it’s seems to be almost every time I try to watch my much loved soaps etc. Please please read your reviews......and more importantly, LISTEN! Listen allowing a picture to go with it, and in colour please, not black and white!!😂

It really comes in handy to have on your phone. Also for catch ups. Being a soap lover, I like the brilliant concept of actually being able to watch it through the Hub rather than waiting for it to be shown later at night. People with jobs who work funny shifts, also longer hours like NHS workers right now. Records programs but still do not get chance to watch them. At least they can watch if they choose on a break. It’s not just NHS workers it’s all key worker, also people anywhere can watch something when ever they want were ever the want. I only gave a 4 star because you can not fast forward the adverts. I know you can subscribe to have the hub without adverts. It’s a good idea however it’s another subscription. Almost everything these days is subscription. Not everyone can actually afford it. I just wonder if one day someone would actually do something similar without having to pay another subscription. I am not moaning but I just think for once for one of the channels to actually do something like that. Without cost would actually be awesome. Anyhow I love the hub and the adverts I will just have to bare, like most people. When at home I take the opportunity to make a coffee during the adverts or if watching by recording fast forward then. I know ITV have always relied on the adverts for revue it’s something they have always done. Although now day I do wonder with modern technology these days who actually watches a advert when they can fast forward. This however can not be done on a phone yet. There are ways around it though overall a brilliant app. Love it

Yes, it is good to be able to catch up with programmes I have missed, but… 1. The app does not remember where I am I’m a series - so when I return to viewing, I have to try to find which episode I was watching and how far I had got. This is very annoying in its own right, but even more so when combined with… 2. The app insists on showing the same bunch of ads over and over again. It is soooo frustrating that sometimes I just give up and close the app and watch something elsewhere. If, for example, I want to find which episode in a series I watched last, I might open an episode and have to watch a whole bunch of ads before the episode even starts (which I understand, btw, although it would be better if these were in the middle of the episode, rather than before you have watched anything). Then I realise that I have already seen this episode, so I skip to the next one, and I have to sit through all the same ads again, even though I watched them about 10 seconds ago. This problem would be solved by putting the ads in the breaks in the programme, rather than at the start when you are trying to check if you have watched an episode already. Or by not showing the same ads again to someone who has just watched them. Thanks.