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Unfortunately the 4 Music player will no longer be available online as of 16 November 2023, but you'll still be able to view the channels here:
- 4Music – Sky 354, Virgin 286
- The Box – Sky 355, Virgin 285
- Kiss – Sky 356, Virgin 288
- Magic – Sky 357, Virgin 289
- Kerrang – Sky 358 , Virgin 290
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You may receive a “You must enable DRM in your browser to play video on channel.4com” error message when trying to stream our live channels if you have DRM disabled. This prevents you from watching protected content. Please follow these steps to fix this issue.
Desktop Chrome browser
1. Go to chrome://settings/content
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Protected Content
3. Click the toggle button so it says "Allow sites to play protected content (recommended)"Desktop Firefox browser
1. Go to about: preferences
2. Scroll down to the "digital Right Management (DRM) Content" section
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We try to ensure our featured charities and organisations are non-profit, registered, national and have good availability; giving our viewers the best support opportunities possible. If you wish to be considered please use the ‘Contact Us’ tab on this page or via this link marking you message for the information of the Help and Support Adviser.
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Safari is now officially unsupported by Apple on OSX Mavericks due the age of this Operating System. Please use Chrome or if possible upgrade your Mac to the latest version of OSX.
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For full details around the terms and conditions for using the new Box TV media player, which is available to view channels via simulcast on these sites, please CLICK HERE
www.4music.com, www.magic.co.uk, www.kissfmuk.co.uk, www.heatworld.com, www.kerrangradio.co.uk, www.kerrang.com -
We have added an automatic timeout to our Watch Live service to ensure that streaming stops if nobody is watching. This helps us to conserve resources. Streaming will resume if you respond to the prompt.
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