ABC iview: TV & Movies

There are so many reasons to love the ABC. The pride of it being our 'national broadcaster' is a big one, but the reason I like most is this ... Even though the ABC is government funded and non-commercial, putting it at the mercy of the govt. for funding, the ABC in all its forms (TV, radio, Internet, apps...) is by far the best media outlet we have in Australia..most young people might not agree but you develop this love and respect for our good 'ol national broadcaster as you get older, and I think that's because it's a media source that provides mostly unbiased content and also it doesn't get involved or hung up in ratings wars (like 7 and 9). Personally the constant battling between the two media conglomerates is just pathetic. While the annual budget for the ABC might seem like a lot, when compared to the aggressively competitive commercial networks, it's peanuts. But despite this, I believe the ABC consistently manages to produce quality media on all platforms, starting with their content on TV and radio right down to the quality of their apps and Internet sites. We all need to remember that we are lucky to live in a country where the national broadcaster who is entirely dependent on the government for funding, can openly call out or criticise said government when they do wrong! Five stars for ABC all the way!!! :D

Ok so I love this app and it was on my old phone. I used to watch all sorts of good quality shows on here. I got a new phone and totally forgot about this app. I’m trying to download it and it’s just not working. I was playing games on my phone while waiting, like I usually do, but it there was absolutely no progress. So I turned it off, took a shower, had some food and did some work. Literally an hour and a half later, still nothing I’m so frustrated and still waiting. Does anyone know if I need to do something to make it download or does this app just have take over two hours to download? I need to know!

The ABC’s content is great as always but the new UX journey is frustrating. What took me a Tap Tap Scroll Tap to watch my Watchlist shows in the previous version of the app now takes a Tap Scroll Tap Tap Scroll Tap Scroll Tap, twice as many moves. I know, first world problem, but can you please put a Watchlist shortcut on the home page? Also, the font’s really small and hard to read, can that be adjustable in settings? It just took me 7 minutes to find Series 2 of a show that is currently in Series 3. Please just show all the available episodes on one page, these drop down boxes are too much for nothing. And finally, the Show More drop down on the episode page is not necessary for hiding 5 lines, it’s just another gd Tap to determine which show to watch first based on which show is going to expire first. Can we organise our watchlist by show expiry date? Thanks.

Love some of the period dramas available without having to pay a high subscription fee on some of the other movie apps for the same content. I love that each individual episode is rated as I use these for every program as a guide to content I'm comfortable with. Some apps rate an entire series and while one or two episodes may warrant the rating the rest may not. This way I can decide on each episode as opposed to a blanket decision on all. Thank you so much for this feature, it really broadens my viewing opportunities.

This app previously was incredible, easy to use and eye-catching with all of the best shows. But since I updated it to 4.0 it stopped working. Every time I tried to go onto it the app it crashed. I tried completely shutting down the iPad and deleting and re-installing the app, but it didn’t fix the problem. The problem occurred on an IPad 2 at IOS 9.3.5. All of my other devices, past IOS 11 and much newer, work perfectly. Thank you for your time. P.S I had previously written a review a while ago and it disappeared. where has it gone? I have checked multiple times but I cannot find it. I wrote this one to replace it.