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Channel 4 live streaming oddity

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So we have a Samsung TV and LG TV. On the Samsung TV the Channel 4 app lets you live stream, has an option for it from the main menu, nice and easy.

But on the LG TV the Channel 4 app has no menu option to live stream and I can't find it buried anywhere.

The channel 4 website lets you live stream.

So what am I missing? Is anyone with an LG TV able to stream channel 4 live, via the app?

Aerial isn't an option BTW, as we don't have one.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:19 pm
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How new, we've TV's that won't do certain stuff SMART'ly.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:23 pm
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Samsung TV is about 4 years old. LG was purchased about 2 weeks ago but is a 2022 model.

Has the Channel 4 app, so seems to be an app limitation rather than TV limitation.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:25 pm
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Can't watch it live through the app on my lg tv, just tried.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:27 pm
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Is there an update available for the app? (Long shot, they usually auto-update).

I don't think my LG has a Channel 4 app at all even, thinking about it. I have to use the Xbox. Which is the answer really, some form of external device like a Fire Stick.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:36 pm
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Thanks Simon, least it's not just me. Cougar, yeah the app came pre-installed. Uninstalled it and reinstalled as I thought it may be some janky version or not have auto updated.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:41 pm
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The channel 4 app in all its' forms appears to have been a constant beta ever since it first cast it's miserable shadow on a Chromecast all those years ago.
It makes Red Bull TV look accomplished.


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:43 pm
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Thanks Simon, least it’s not just me

I do have an aerial, a satellite dish and a chromecast connected to the tv so I can watch it live despite the rubbish app đŸ™‚


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 10:43 pm
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No live option for channel 4 on my lg tv


 
Posted : 08/12/2023 11:52 pm
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Thanks everyone. Looks like it's a limitation of the Channel 4 app on LG TVs then, weird.


 
Posted : 09/12/2023 7:40 am

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