UKTV Reviews 

Great programmes
Overwhelming amount of advertising
Which spoils the programme
Hence why I have deleted the app

What a pathetic channel this is now. There are some really good shows to be watched on U. Unfortunately, frustratingly and surely harmful to the content producers, are the utterly ridiculous amount of adverts viewers are subjected to.
Last night for example. I began by resuming a Bangers & Cash, restoring classics episode. Immediately forced to endure 10 ads. Once finally over I got the animated sequence clip for the show itself. Then instantly followed by the start 1 of 9 further ads. All 9 ran (many identical to the previous 10) then I finally see sone the actual show. So in total...19 adverts and precisely ZERO show content!
Come on U. Stop this pathetic greed and nonsense. You ought to be banned from broadcasting as a program channel if this is your tactic.
Before I'm told to pay to go ad free please realise that 19 ads and no program is unacceptable. Two ad breaks in a 30-40 min program is ok. You get revenue from that. If you can't make that work then give it up.

Very limited selection of mainly BBC shows which are of no interest to me because I stopped watching BBC material 20 years ago. I gave up watching the 2 series that actually appealed to me after the number and length of adverts that preceded viewing increased exponentially in recent weeks. Absolutely unwatchable.

Looks like they have great content but never loads or runs on the app on 4k tv "we are having trouble playing this show" , endlessly . I'm amazed they haven't gone bust as can't watch anything

The app often just drops out and the total number of absolutely rubbish advertising ie about 10 plus a plug for other shows compared with the channel 5 app that would probably only have 2 or 3 adds and even itvx only has about half of the advertising U has and does not matter how many times I complain nothing changes but on the plus side you can get through to a human on the phone

Way too many ads. 20 min program has about 30 ads or something. Also in the last 30 seconds of the show it just cuts to ads/next episode so you miss whatever is still happening.

Everyone mentions a large amount of content and I get Ads have their purpose, but the U app just turns your screen into a digital billboard.
When you do get past the Ads, you get to watch a few minutes of the show you intended to watch, but don’t try skipping back or forward! The app goes to load ADs then crashes, forcing you to start again.

Very poor user experience.

Positive - 1
-large content variety

Negative - 2 (and these will bug you to no end!!!!)
-8-9 adverts at a time (up to 30 sec long each).
-constantly skips to the next episode while watching bl**dy adverts.
So you end up first watching 3-4 adverts, app skips to the next . You try going back to original episode, you end watching another 5-8 adverts

they make it hard work having to sign in ,adds way too many i only watch motoring shows favourite being flipping bangers,fed having adult warning stopping programmes to chevk how old i am 74 keep telling them anyway had enough never again,fed up got account that means othing still having to go tp there web site sign in fed up its rubbish whoever rote the programme must be stupi

Well Christmas again and like every other year its 'on fools and horses' from dawn to dusk on U&Gold.
Its nice to see they are competing with ComedyCentral and 'Friends' for the most boring tv channel with lazy christmas time tv programming.

Maybe time to change people who plan these things, new year new job.....

Oh my god. Worse than Ch4 app. Had to watch 9 ads before start of show, for the programme to buffer and refresh and then I had to sit through the ads again. What a joke. Lesson learnt. Make sure to remember to record programme.

This streaming channel has some very good programmes, but is totally unwatchable because the the absolute saturation of adverts . . . often a batch of up to 9 adverts every few minutes. Plus endless 'adverts' sponsoring the channel, and endless trailers for other programmes on the channel. By far the very worst I've ever seen on any commercial channel be it 'live' or streaming. And no option to pay to go advert-free.

In addition, the U app is extremely unstable. Even with a state-of-the-art TV and superfast broadband, it frequently takes multiple attempts to load, often 'buffers' etc. etc.

As I say, unwatchable! If you want to watch something on the U app, record it or purchase the blu-ray/dvd!

Used to enjoy watching but now just takes the Mick with the number of adverts. Recently had TWO consecutive sets of 11 ads in the same break. I give up.

7 adverts 3 minutes into programme. Then ten minutes if show then another 5 adverts. It ruins the whole viewing experience. Why like can’t it offer the same as itvx. No advert subscription. I have NEVER bought anything purely from watching a TV advert for it so it’s a waste of time.

It's a shocker. Agree with all the other one star reviews. Very slow to load; frequently just "sticks" and says "refresh," which virtually never works; sometimes jumps back to the beginning without warning and/or, after an ad break, doesn't show the pictures; far too many ads. Such a shame - it has good programmes, but you need the patience of a saint to get to the end of one.

Every time there is an advert break the programme either jumps to the next episode or even 2 or 3 episodes ahead so you have to return to the home screen and start again and even then it repeats this cycle 2 or 3 times! Sometimes it can take 10 minutes to get back to where you were in the programme! Absolutely rubbish streaming service. Completely frustrating....

UKTV.UK (IPTV) firestick is a 21st Century absolute RUBBISH!!! Biggest scammers going like their other institutions...

Too many ads.It feels like I'm the product not the consumer 2-5 ads is fair enough but 12 irrelevant ads is a blatant cash grab at the expense of my time. My time has been monetized for profit and I don't even get a cut of the revenue MY TIME GENERATES

Can I give no stars? Worst TV experience ever. How in this day and technological age can they get it so spectacularly wrong? I’ve given up…

Good content with a very good selection, but totally ruined by all the CONSTANT ADVERTS! Far too many ads in one break, I wouldn't mind 2,3 or even 4 or 5 ads - but they go on and on and on...!!! You lose any fluidity, and so you lose interest.
Unfortunately the whole thing spoils your watching experience.
Don't bother, you'll just end up switching it off!