Videos stop buffering/streaming until refresh (BBC iplayer/Youtube etc).

This problem appears to have come out of nowhere.
If watching a video on youtube I can watch it for quite a while then it will stop streaming, the grey bar stops getting longer. It then just shows the buffering circle continuously and doesn't continue unless I refresh the page and resume from where I was stuck.
This happens on Youtube and on BBC iPlayer, although I assume it must happen elseware, but I don't use anything else to know this.
I've tried reinstalling flash and Java, using Chrome, Firefox and IE, it happens on them all. My internet connection can't be the issue as a laptop on the same network has no problem whatsoever and the BBC iPlayer test shows I am way over capable of streaming HD videos.
Please help!
Thanks
David

@David_VI & @Chris Campbell:
Exactly the same problem here:
01) Starts after Adobe Flash Player upgrade to the last version.
02) Same problem with Internet Explorer and Firefox (both last versions).
03) Same problem with both Antivirus (NOD32) and Firewall (Comodo) uninstalled.
04) Same problem with Ad Blocker Plus uninstalled (AdBlock Plus).
05) I've tried to uninstall AFP version 11.4.402.278 and install an old version (10.3), but the problem persists.
No problem with the above HTML5 video sample from Chris, but the video streaming stops with the Non-HTML5 video sample.
All the published possible solutions on other websites and forums (and the complaints are many) are not working (cleaning caches, cookies, and the like).
My System: Windows 7 64-bit, Service Pack 1, Internet Speed Connection: 50 MB/s.
Regards,
esancho.

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