STV Player: TV you'll love

STV Central Limited

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About this app

We have a huge range of hit shows and dramas - not shown on the main channel but available here - All for FREE and for everyone in the UK.

What can you do with the STV Player?
• Search and browse 1000's of hours of Box Sets and Movies from UK favourites to International hits.
• Catch up with old favourites from the archives - including Taggart, High Road, Byker Grove and Brookside.
• Watch on your tablet, smartphone and the big screen (via Chromecast or Google TV)
• Listen to STV Radio


If you live in Central or North Scotland, you can also:
• Live stream and restart the STV and STV+1 channels.
• Watch Live STV Sports - Whether it's Horse Racing, Rugby or Football - we've got it covered.
• Catch up on most shows for up to 30 days.

Choose to subscribe to go ad-free or to access even more live sports with Premier Sports.

The Small Stuff
• To watch the STV live stream and some of our other programmes, you’ll need to be resident in our broadcast region.
• If you are elsewhere in the UK, you’ll still be able to watch a huge range of box sets, movies, documentaries and soaps for FREE.
• Watching ad-free or Premier Sports content will require a paid subscription.

Ratings and reviews

God this app is unbearable, you're better to use amazon prime or just watch tv... just to catch up on a movie I missed, I had to watch 5 adverts at the start, then there was 3 breaks with 7 adverts in-between! Even youtube doesn't do that and at least youtube ads are short and skippable, I think I lost minutes of my life watching those long boring ads, I get that every free app needs it's ads, but you definitely do not need this many in one sitting. Cut down the amount of ads, you're milking it.

The thing that lets this app down and why it loses stars is the issue of syncing between devices. Favourites aren't shared and progress isn't either. If I can watch the programme on another platform - especially if it's a series, I tend to do that rather than watch on stv player. Notice they've said it is on their to do list for ages now, but never happens.

this app makes me mad. it keeps pausing, and goes on and off during programs. I honestly have no idea why!! my broadband is fast, I have an up to date phone.. ive tried uninstall/re-installing, clearing cache etc and still this app continues to just freeze so im constantly having to put it off and on again. its actually driving me mad at this point but because of where I live, I have no other options. I had no problem when I watched this channel through SkyGo but I no longer have that.