What content includes ads for subscribers?

All subscription plans, including STV Player+ and STV Player+ with Premier Sports, are ad-free except for live channels and certain shows and films due to contractual restrictions. Promotions related to STV Services may still be included.

 

Here are the current shows on STV Player that may still include ads, even with an active subscription (these will be marked with a yellow ads symbol when signed into your subscription account):

 

• Godzilla vs. Kong
• How To Train Your Dragon
• Johnny English Strikes Again
• Love and Death
• Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All 
• Minority Report
• Shardlake
• The Killing Kind     
• The Taking of Pelham 123   
• The Gloaming       
• The Family         
• Those Who Kill   
• Awake
• Shots Fired
• The Catch 
• Rush
• Burden of Truth
• Chronicle Mysteries
• Manhunt: Deadly Games
• Manhunt: Unabomber
• Nurses
• Swimming With Sharks

 

Please note, this list may change (accurate as of 10/06/25) and does not include live channel content, which will also contain ads.