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):

 

• Love and Death
• Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All 
• The Hitman's Bodyguard
• The Killing Kind         
• 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 28/03/25) and does not include live channel content, which will also contain ads.