Channel 4 streaming problem

[Laughton]

Have tried a few times to watch a Walter Presents program on Channel 4 in the venings but gave up when confronted with never ending "buffering" symbol in the middle of the screen.

So tried today on my desktop to see if it was maybe my TV that was the problem but got the following:


Error

Sorry, but our servers won't handle this number of page requests. Please try again later.

That's at 16.20 in the afternoon.

Is that normal? Is it all the WFH people overloading Channel 4 or might it be something else?

The desktop is ethernet connected to the router. The TV is connected to router by ethernet cable and house wiring (can't remember what the technical term for that is at the moment).

BBC Iplayer, Netflix, youtube, Amazon Prime all seem to be working normally.

[kiloran]

No problem here.
I just tried https://www.channel4.com/programmes/pre ... /76373-001 using Chrome browser on Windows 10 with wifi from my laptop to my ADSL router

Not a hint of buffering or whatever

--kiloran

[kempiejon]

OK too here, WIn10 laptop, chrome, WiFi; tried Seaside Hotel from Walter Presents just a few mins ago, only played about 3 minutes to test.

[Infrasonic]

https://downdetector.co.uk/status/channel-4/

[Breelander]

Have tried a few times to watch a Walter Presents program on Channel 4 in the venings but gave up when confronted with never ending "buffering" symbol in the middle of the screen.

So tried today on my desktop to see if it was maybe my TV that was the problem but got the following:


Error

Sorry, but our servers won't handle this number of page requests. Please try again later.

I've sometimes seen that error message too when trying to watch the F1 highlights. The 'try again...' advice usually works eventually if you try often enough.