Trouble streaming movies or catch up players

Everytime I try to stream a movie through a site, a catch up service through bbciplayer or itvplayer..... the stream is interrupted, constantly pausing or stopping all together, after originally believeing the problem to my router I had this changed to no avail, the connection is fine although sometimes the site will state "insufficient bandwith" if i then re boot the site it may play for a bit or may fix the problem all together. I have to research alot of streamed programmes for uni, this can't be a site problem as it is several different sites and it can't be an internet issue as the provider has checked the connection. The wifi will constantly say " searching for networks" and will randomly change my selected network.....i have tried clearing cache files also. any help will be greatly appreciated

Hi Tricky,
It looks like a flag was removed from your account as part of a trial you are on. I have added it back in
You will unfortunatley need to launch the app, close it and then re-open.
Steve
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Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like your Apple TV is having trouble streaming videos from iTunes on your computer. This symptom could have a variety of causes, and I'd suggest the following initial troubleshooting steps.
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