iPlayer down: BBC on demand service hit by problems with all digital services
People looking to visit the site to look for TV or films were instead greeted by error messages or endless loading times
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.The BBC's iPlayer is broken, meaning that nobody can access one of the most popular video services in the world.
The service was hit by an outage that appeared to affect every digital or online BBC service. Its radio and TV broadcasts were unaffected.
The corporation's press office said that it was "aware of a technical issue affecting the BBC website and are working to fix this now," in a tweet. "We'll update you as soon as we can," it said.
Another tweet from the BBC's breaking news team said that it was "working as quickly as possible to resolve" the problems.
The Down Detector website showed that reports of problems began soon after 6am UK time, and carried on for much of the morning.
Many websites count iPlayer as part of the corporation's main website. But that site is the 89th biggest in the world, and the seventh-ranked site in the United Kingdom.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments