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Installation guide

Installation Guide

Setting up takes about five minutes on most devices. The pattern is the same everywhere: install a player, enter your details, let the guide load.

The Catchon TV setup screen showing three numbered instructions.

The short version

Three things, in this order

  1. Install a compatible player

    From your device’s own app store. We tell you which one to use with your setup details.

  2. Enter your connection details

    Exactly as we sent them. Most setup problems are a stray space or a capital letter in the wrong place.

  3. Let the first load finish

    The channel list and programme guide download once. Give it a moment before deciding something is wrong.

Device guides

Pick the walkthrough that matches your device

Each guide covers what to have ready, the steps in order, and what to try first if something does not look right.

Smart TVs

Samsung, LG and other televisions with their own app store. Most sets from roughly 2018 onwards can run a compatible player without any extra box.

Read the walkthrough Smart TVs

Android TV & Google TV

Android TV boxes, Google TV streamers, and televisions running Android. The most flexible option of the four, because Google Play carries the widest choice of players.

Read the walkthrough Android TV & Google TV

Apple TV

Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD. Setup follows the same pattern as every other device, using a player from the App Store.

Read the walkthrough Apple TV

Using a phone, tablet or computer instead? The same three steps apply — install a player from the app store, enter your details, wait for the first load.

Setup questions

Common setup questions

What people ask while they are getting started.

What is Catchon TV?

Catchon TV is a subscription streaming service delivered over your internet connection. Instead of a satellite dish or a cable box, you sign in on a device you already own — a smart TV, a streaming stick, a phone, a tablet or a computer — and watch through a compatible player app.

How does an IPTV subscription work?

IPTV stands for Internet Protocol Television. Video is sent to your device as internet data rather than as a broadcast signal. When your subscription is set up you receive the details your player app needs, you enter them once, and your channels and library load over your existing broadband or Wi-Fi connection.

Which devices can I use?

The service is designed for common streaming hardware: smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, Android TV and Google TV boxes, Apple TV, Android phones and tablets, iPhone and iPad, and Windows or Mac computers. Each device needs a compatible IPTV player app — see the installation guide for the steps that match your hardware.

How do I install a compatible IPTV player?

Install the player app from your device’s own app store, open it, and enter the connection details supplied with your subscription. Our installation guide walks through each supported device in order, with the screens you will see along the way. If a step does not match your device, message the team and we will talk you through it.

Can I use one subscription on several devices?

One connection streams on one device at a time. If two people need to watch different things at the same time, you need more than one connection. Subscriptions are sold for one to five connections, and the price for each is shown on the plans — use the selector above the cards to switch between them. The more connections you take, the less each device costs per month.

Still have a question?

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