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Paul 31-10-2026 16:21

IPTV Services
 
Looking into IPTV for sport (i.e. Football).

Anyone have a service that they would say is solid / stable ?
I use a service I get free atm, but its not particularly reliable.

I watch UK Premiership & League One, plus some American Football.

thenry 31-10-2026 16:25

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Damn the boss has weighed in to this lol I thought it wasn't permissible to go in depth. I've pmed you boss :tu:

Paul 31-10-2026 16:38

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Why would it not be possible ?

I'm simply interested in the names of reliable providers.

thenry 31-10-2026 16:40

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I meant the legality of it all may breach forum rules :shrug:

Paul 31-10-2026 16:45

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Using IPTV is not illegal as such, any more than using VPNs.

thenry 31-10-2026 16:55

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SnoopZ might be of use to you considering your requirements.

nomadking 31-10-2026 17:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36224714)
Using IPTV is not illegal as such, any more than using VPNs.

Difference between paid-for and free. Free tends to be on the dodgy side.

Jaymoss 31-10-2026 17:08

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Dream has been a very good service for me . I bought it off a guy called CdnTeam on U7Buy. I used a disposable debit card 6 months into a year still working cost me <£17

SnoopZ 31-10-2026 17:09

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36224712)
Why would it not be possible ?

I'm simply interested in the names of reliable providers.

I use 2 services called Strong8K and Trex(so I always have a backup), I would recommend buying them for a 3 month or 1 month if it's available to see if it's suitable for you, 3 months costs £6 for Strong and Trex each, make sure you don't use the renewal link, these services will give you 58K TV channels from most countries, VOD for TV Shows and Movies.

Go here, payment is easy. https://www.u7buy.com/seller/1964899524203065346

I have used the seller Pro-IPTV without issue so far, put in Strong and Trex in the search box or it may default to a different seller.

You then need a suitible IPTV player, I use Tivimate but thats Android only, I'm sure someone can recommend something for PC.

You will be provided with a username and password as well as a DNS URL.

nomadking 31-10-2026 17:22

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Still illegal content. Any payments are for the service, not the content. The content providers don't see a penny of it.

SnoopZ 31-10-2026 17:24

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Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36224719)
Still illegal content. Any payments are for the service, not the content. The content providers don't see a penny of it.

Of course it is but obviously we don't care.

Jaymoss 31-10-2026 18:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36224718)
I use 2 services called Strong8K and Trex(so I always have a backup), I would recommend buying them for a 3 month or 1 month if it's available to see if it's suitable for you, 3 months costs £6 for Strong and Trex each, make sure you don't use the renewal link, these services will give you 58K TV channels from most countries, VOD for TV Shows and Movies.

Go here, payment is easy. https://www.u7buy.com/seller/1964899524203065346

I have used the seller Pro-IPTV without issue so far, put in Strong and Trex in the search box or it may default to a different seller.

You then need a suitible IPTV player, I use Tivimate but thats Android only, I'm sure someone can recommend something for PC.

You will be provided with a username and password as well as a DNS URL.


I know you do not like Smarters but it is free and simple on PC and works well for me . On sticks it is not free

SnoopZ 31-10-2026 18:06

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Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36224723)
I know you do not like Smarters but it is free and simple on PC and works well for me . On sticks it is not free

I think it's free on Android sticks too I just had issues with it locking up when I was using a Firestick, but it does work well on PC.

gunner45 31-10-2026 21:06

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Here are the legal ways to get sports.

Sky and Virgin Media (in VM areas only) both provide streaming boxes and you can subscribe on monthly rolling contracts (which VM calls Flex).

If you have a streaming device such as a Fire TV or Roku stick, you can download the NOW and Max apps.

In all cases you have to subscribe to Sky Sports and/or TNT Sports as well.

Jaymoss 31-10-2026 21:11

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anyone else feeling judged but do not really care? haha

I only actually legitimately subscribe for educational purposes. Snoop will back me up as we have had conversations on the subject. But I still feel no moral guilt over it

SnoopZ 31-10-2026 21:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gunner45 (Post 36224740)
Here are the legal ways to get sports.

Sky and Virgin Media (in VM areas only) both provide streaming boxes and you can subscribe on monthly rolling contracts (which VM calls Flex).

If you have a streaming device such as a Fire TV or Roku stick, you can download the NOW and Max apps.

In all cases you have to subscribe to Sky Sports and/or TNT Sports as well.

Stop judging this thread isn't about the legal ways we don't care, the OP obviously doesn't care too.

gunner45 31-10-2026 21:55

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36224742)
Stop judging this thread isn't about the legal ways we don't care, the OP obviously doesn't care too.

Don't be ridiculous, I merely posted about the legal ways and made no judgement. And as for 'we don't care': you don't speak for me or the posters who questioned the legality of what you are publicising.

SnoopZ 31-10-2026 22:06

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gunner45 (Post 36224746)
Don't be ridiculous, I merely posted about the legal ways and made no judgement. And as for 'we don't care': you don't speak for me or the posters who questioned the legality of what you are publicising.

I speak for the people in this topic that say they don't care, there was no need to post the legal requirements obviously we all know.

thenry 01-11-2026 11:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36224741)
anyone else feeling judged but do not really care? haha

I only actually legitimately subscribe for educational purposes. Snoop will back me up as we have had conversations on the subject. But I still feel no moral guilt over it

Na definitely no guilt. I hate being put in a box it's depressing. Having access to the world is happiness. My education started with my dad and some of his mates. We had a motorised dish. :D

Jaymoss 01-11-2026 11:49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36224764)
Na definitely no guilt. I hate being put in a box it's depressing. Having access to the world is happiness. My education started with my dad and some of his mates. We had a motorised dish. :D

My Dad made printed circuit boards for the Atari 2600 and he and a few other tech guys at Dunlop Aviation dumped the cartridges and then programmed ROMs that just hot swapped into the board, They then went onto the Atari computers hard chipping them. He gave a set up to our local VHS shop and they gave us free Video Cassettes any film we wanted. Me and a mate in school holidays used to go in and get horrors like Zombie Flesh Eaters and the Burning all the proper video nasties. We were only like 12 or 13 haha

SnoopZ 01-11-2026 11:54

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaymoss (Post 36224765)
My Dad made printed circuit boards for the Atari 2600 and he and a few other tech guys at Dunlop Aviation dumped the cartridges and then programmed ROMs that just hot swapped into the board, They then went onto the Atari computers hard chipping them. He gave a set up to our local VHS shop and they gave us free Video Cassettes any film we wanted. Me and a mate in school holidays used to go in and get horrors like Zombie Flesh Eaters and the Burning all the proper video nasties. We were only like 12 or 13 haha

Awesome stuff.

thenry 01-11-2026 12:15

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Impressive job :tu: I remember my first playstation one being "chipped" lol

Jaymoss 01-11-2026 12:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36224772)
Impressive job :tu: I remember my first playstation one being "chipped" lol

Yeah they were proper hard chipped my Dad did them as well. I still actually have one chipped here now

thenry 01-11-2026 13:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36224718)
I use 2 services called Strong8K and Trex(so I always have a backup), I would recommend buying them for a 3 month or 1 month if it's available to see if it's suitable for you, 3 months costs £6 for Strong and Trex each, make sure you don't use the renewal link, these services will give you 58K TV channels from most countries, VOD for TV Shows and Movies.

Go here, payment is easy. https://www.u7buy.com/seller/1964899524203065346

I have used the seller Pro-IPTV without issue so far, put in Strong and Trex in the search box or it may default to a different seller.

You then need a suitible IPTV player, I use Tivimate but thats Android only, I'm sure someone can recommend something for PC.

You will be provided with a username and password as well as a DNS URL.

SnoopZ Pro-IPTV is taking an age to reply :(

SnoopZ 01-11-2026 14:33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36224785)
SnoopZ Pro-IPTV is taking an age to reply :(

After placing an order it's been automated and instant for me, maybe they're sleeping, be patient.

But you have already tested Strong last year so you know football isn't in 4K and yours is better for that, Formula 1 is in 4K though.

thenry 01-11-2026 14:40

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I was curious testing jaymoss dream. The guy has responded to one message stating it's a day trial but nothing since. I asked for a trial last night. Not sure how they have missed the message being on top of the trial question.

SnoopZ 01-11-2026 14:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36224796)
I was curious testing jaymoss dream. The guy has responded to one message stating it's a day trial but nothing since. I asked for a trial last night. Not sure how they have missed the message being on top of the trial question.

Dream is no better than the other 2 they're all very similar I've used it before, all those 3 are solid options, maybe he's run out of trials,

Just buy 1 month for around £2 if you really want to test, but like I said you slagged off Strong before as your service was way better,

thenry 01-11-2026 14:48

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Hmm... That's not encouraging. Alright thanks. :)

SnoopZ 01-11-2026 14:52

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36224800)
Hmm... That's not encouraging. Alright thanks. :)

None of those 3 services are bad for £20 a year each I couldn't be happier with them as I don't watch football, but if someone wants football in 4K they need to look elsewhere as I don't think they do 4K on most of the football, Im happy with 1080p for Live TV.


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