Think of each device as a platform on the network diagram: the point where your subscription steps off the line and onto your screen. Locate your platform, work through its steps from the top, and keep to a single app per screen.
Checkout ends with an email that works as your travel documents: where the server lives, plus the username and password that belong to you. Keep it open on a second screen while you work on the TV, because every login-style app wants those same three entries and nothing besides.
Two platforms behave differently. With IBO Player the TV shows a device key and its own MAC address; carry both, together with the login details from the email, to the IBO Player activation page. A MAG box dispenses with apps: it takes the portal address in the email and tells the portal which box it is through its MAC address.
The lead platform on this diagram, because TiviMate lives in the TV's own store and takes the login without any detour.
Using the television's remote, open Google Play and pull TiviMate down.
Launch it and, when playlist options appear, choose adding one through a login that asks for the server's address, your username and your password.
Type each entry exactly as printed in the email; a single stray character is the commonest cause of a list with nothing in it.
Confirm the details, wait for TiviMate to lay out the channels, then click one to judge the picture.
UK IPTV by way of a Fire TV Stick (Smarters)
Runs on: IPTV Smarters Pro
Sideloading is the method here: you hand a helper app named Downloader the job of fetching Smarters straight from its maker. The next block shows the TiviMate alternative.
The Amazon Appstore has Downloader, so add it first. Then, in the stick's settings, allow Downloader to put in apps from unknown sources, since that is the only way IPTV Smarters Pro gets past the front door.
Start Downloader and send it to the maker's own downloads area, then take the IPTV Smarters Pro installer on offer.
Let the installer finish, then start IPTV Smarters Pro and pick the login route that needs a server, a username and a password.
Enter what the welcome email lists. IPTV Smarters Pro then pulls the channels together.
UK IPTV by way of a Fire TV Stick (TiviMate)
Runs on: TiviMate
A different app on the same stick, for anyone who prefers a channel list that looks like a classic guide. It also arrives through Downloader.
Get Downloader from the Amazon Appstore, then flip the Fire TV setting that lets it put in apps from unknown sources; without that switch TiviMate cannot reach the stick.
Inside Downloader, browse to the TiviMate maker's official downloads area and take the installer from there.
Finish the installation, launch TiviMate, add a playlist and select the login that wants a server, a username and a password.
Fill in your three entries and TiviMate will populate the channel list.
UK IPTV via IBO Player: Samsung or LG television
Runs on: IBO Player
Typing a login into these sets achieves nothing by itself. IBO Player is switched on with codes, so a username and password alone cannot do the job.
Look up IBO Player in the TV's app store (Samsung's on a Samsung, LG's on an LG) and get it onto the set.
Launch IBO Player and two identifiers appear: a device key and the television's MAC address. Photograph or jot down both.
From a laptop or phone, visit IBO Player's activation page and submit both codes, adding the three login entries your email supplied.
Back at the set, quit IBO Player, start it afresh and let the channels arrive.
UK IPTV via IBO Player: Apple TV
Runs on: IBO Player
The Apple TV box takes the same code-led route as the two TV brands above; only the source of the app is different.
Open the tvOS App Store on the box itself and download IBO Player there.
Launch the app and leave its first screen up, because that is where the box shows its MAC address and the device key.
From a phone or laptop, register those two codes on the activation page of IBO Player along with the three login entries from your email.
Return to the box, close IBO Player, start it again, and the lineup should follow.
UK IPTV for iPhones and iPads
Runs on: IPTV Smarters Pro
This is the shortest journey of any platform: one download, three entries from the email, done.
Head into the App Store and pick up IPTV Smarters Pro.
Start it and take the login option that wants the server, plus a username and a password.
Carry the three entries over from the welcome email.
Tap to confirm, and your channels load inside IPTV Smarters Pro.
UK IPTV for Android handsets and tablets
Runs on: IPTV Smarters Pro
Handsets and tablets from the Android family get IPTV Smarters Pro through Google Play. TiviMate does not come in a phone or tablet version, so only one app is in play.
On the handset, tap into Google Play and get IPTV Smarters Pro.
Start the app, then select the login choice that needs server details plus your username and password.
Enter the trio from the welcome email, then press confirm.
When the channels have loaded, tap one and look at the picture.
UK IPTV for a Windows PC or a Mac
Runs on: IPTV Smarters Pro desktop app
Computers run a desktop build of IPTV Smarters Pro, supplied by its maker and not by any TV store.
Browse to the official downloads area of the IPTV Smarters Pro maker and take the build for your system, Windows or Mac.
Run what you downloaded, then start the desktop app.
Select the login option that wants a server, a username and a password, and fill in the three entries from the welcome email.
After a moment the lineup fills; click a channel to begin.
UK IPTV for a MAG box
No app: portal link and MAC
Nothing to download on this platform. The box asks a portal link for its channels, and the portal learns which box is calling from its MAC address.
Write down the MAC address on the sticker fixed to the casing.
Go into the box's portal settings and enter the portal address given in the welcome email.
Power-cycle the box, which makes it call the portal from scratch.
Should the portal fail to load, email support with the MAC address and the address used when ordering.
Questions on installing UK IPTV
Which app goes with which screen on UK IPTV?
TiviMate goes with Android TV, plus Google TV. IBO Player is the one for Apple TV and for Samsung and LG sets. Phones, tablets and computers use IPTV Smarters Pro. A Fire TV Stick can run IPTV Smarters Pro or TiviMate, provided you install just one, and a MAG box needs nothing installed.
What is inside the UK IPTV login email?
The server's address, your own username and your own password, with nothing left to guess. TiviMate and IPTV Smarters Pro accept exactly those. IBO Player screens also report a MAC address, with a device key beside it, and both travel with the login to the IBO Player activation page.
Why does my UK IPTV channel list look empty?
The commonest cause is a typo in one of the three entries, or a space that tagged along when pasting. Re-enter them one by one and restart the app. If nothing appears, email support with the app, the device and what the screen says.
Where is the MAC address for UK IPTV on my TV or box?
IBO Player displays it on its opening screen, alongside the device key. A MAG box carries it on a sticker on the casing. Copy it character for character, colons included.
Can I test UK IPTV before setting up every screen?
Yes. The free trial hands out a 24-hour login with no credit card, and it installs the same way a paid login does, so one screen is enough to learn the routine.