RTÉ Player

RTÉ

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About this app

RTÉ Player is the home of must-see TV in Ireland, live and on-demand. Watch 1000s of your favourite RTÉ shows. Full series of gripping drama from home and abroad, soaps, live sporting action and entertainment shows everyone’s talking about.

Browse and switch between RTÉ channels - RTÉ One, RTÉ2, RTÉ News and RTÉ Kids on the go.

Entertain little ones with RTÉ Player Kids. A world of fun, learning and entertainment with the best RTÉjr programmes live and on-demand.


KEY FEATURES
-Discover the most-talked about shows 
-Access shows with in-vision Irish Sign Language (ISL) and Audio Description (AD)
-Sign in to RTÉ Player to continue watching shows and pick up where you left off on any device.
-Sign in and get recommendations tailored to you, making picking what to watch easier than ever.
-Watch later. ‘Favourite’ a programme to create a watchlist to return to, so you don’t miss RTÉ’s most talked about shows.
-Share your favourites with friends through social sharing.

Ratings and reviews

Easy to navigate. Content is what you'd expect from RTE. However I wish there was a way to set the resolution, so I dont chew through all my data (many plans "throttle" after "fair use amount" is used, and its easy to reach the limits in many cases..). I used 2Gb in just a few minutes! There are now also annoying (and repetitive) 30 to 60 sec promos that play when starting a radio stream. Extremely annoying if you're trying to tune in to the likes of live news and miss a lot of it...

Pretty good overall, especially considering it's free. A few things I would like to see fixed: 1) Sometimes I have to watch 4 straight ads when starting an episode, then I skip to where I left off watching last time and have to watch 4 more ads. 2) It seems like it's not possible to save where you left off in a series. Instead you have to remember. 3) Could be easier to find the search box.

Streams freeze regularly. When you try to re load, you have to watch 6 or 7 ads before the stream will start again (and you'll still be subjected to the ad breaks). extremely unreliable and appears not to have had a substantial update in a decade.