Best IPTV app/provider for Fire TV Stick to watch Live Channels?

bery_451
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edited 24 November 2018 at 12:10PM in TV MoneySaving
Im looking for a legal/official app/provider that does IPTV so I can watch live UK channels freeview/freesat/HD channels. My tv aerial keeps dropping signal :mad: so i'm gonna chuck that rubbish away and hopefully go cord free with IPTV.

Which provider has the best picture quality and reliability and is the fastest and allows you to use their app on more than 1 device/mac or ip address?

Which provider has the best value for their optional subscription package for the extra premium channels?

I ask for legal because I heard the illegal ones are not worth it because either picture quality resolution is terrible on those or a lot of buffering issues as well as having have to use a VPN that will slow internet speed even more causing more buffering issues.

Forgot to add live tv provider must have good lip synching on their live channels otherwise there will be delay/lag to what is said on screen to the tv audio.
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  • baza52
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    edited 22 November 2018 at 2:11AM
    there are no legal IPTV providers.
    You will be better off going with NOW TV or similar that gives you tv via the internet and you can pay for premium channels.

    https://www.nowtv.com

    or for a fire tv try this https://tvplayer.com/apps
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Now tv etc are legal IPTV providers . Services over the internet .






    <Is it legal,well as far as i know no viewer has ever been taken to court in UK,>


    Users no but providers are being taken down with police raids in the UK and Europe .


    https://torrentfreak.com/fab-iptv-says-it-has-shut-down-following-europol-led-raid-180920/
  • bery_451 wrote: »
    My tv aerial keeps dropping signal :mad: so i'm gonna chuck that rubbish away and hopefully go cord free with IPTV.

    If you were using Freeview then you were already 'Cord Free'.

    'Cord Free' means not using any paid for service regardless of how you receive it.

    If you're in a bad location as regards the Freeeview signal then consider having a satellite dish put up and go Freesat. All you need for a good signal is a clear line of sight at around 156 degrees (south by southeast).

    To check what Freeview signal you should be getting put your postcode and house number into the following:-

    http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/
  • baza52
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    As well as a fast connection to the internet you will also need an unlimited data package as watching tv online will use a lot of data if its your only source of watching anything.
  • bery_451
    bery_451 Posts: 1,896 Forumite
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    If you were using Freeview then you were already 'Cord Free'.

    'Cord Free' means not using any paid for service regardless of how you receive it.

    If you're in a bad location as regards the Freeeview signal then consider having a satellite dish put up and go Freesat. All you need for a good signal is a clear line of sight at around 156 degrees (south by southeast).

    To check what Freeview signal you should be getting put your postcode and house number into the following:-

    http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/

    Satellite installation means i gotta go in a contract with sky or pay £hundreds for a satellite installation meaning drilling holes in walls as well as cords wires everywhere which doesnt sound appealing.

    With tv channels through internet I just require my unlimited internet and a device like a fire tv stick to connect to my router wirelessly. I thought this was the meaning of cord free.
  • bery_451
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    baza52 wrote: »
    there are no legal IPTV providers.
    You will be better off going with NOW TV or similar that gives you tv via the internet and you can pay for premium channels.

    https://www.nowtv.com

    or for a fire tv try this https://tvplayer.com/apps

    Is now tv a catch up on demand service or do they live tv channels?

    Is tvplayer app legal when you say theres no legal iptv providers?
  • bery_451 wrote: »
    Satellite installation means i gotta go in a contract with sky or pay £hundreds for a satellite installation meaning drilling holes in walls as well as cords wires everywhere which doesnt sound appealing.

    The first result is from £79:-

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=satellite+dish+installation&oq=satellite+dish+installation&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.13902j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

    All they need is one hole to thread the cable through and if your TV is on the south side of the room then there is no trailing cables.
  • wongataa
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    bery_451 wrote: »
    Is now tv a catch up on demand service or do they live tv channels?
    Have you considered looking at the Now TV website?
  • baza52
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    all legal.

    Take a look at the links i provided. Thats why i posted them.
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