TVPlayer

TVPlayer

Country	United Kingdom
Availability	Internet
Founded	19 December 2013;11 years ago (2013-12-19)
Headquarters	30 Haymarket, 3rd Floor, London, SW1Y 4EX [1]
Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Official website	www.tvplayer.com

TVPlayer is a United Kingdom Internet television service owned by international digital distribution company Alchimie. ^{[2] [3]} It provides access to free live television channel streams using a web browser or application software made for mobile devices. ^[4]

History

TVPlayer was launched as an Android and Apple iOS smartphone app on 19 December 2013. Compatible apps for Android tablet computers and the Apple iPad were released on 30 January 2014. ^[5] As of January 2017, the applications had been downloaded 2.5 million times and had over one million active viewers.

On 30 January 2017, TVPlayer announced it had launched compatibility for all Windows 10 devices. ^[6]

On 26 November 2020, TVPlayer's licensing agreement with Discovery expired. As a result, Discovery, Investigation Discovery, TLC and Discovery Home & Health were no longer available on TVPlayer's Premium service and Quest, Quest Red, Really, DMAX, Food Network and HGTV were removed from the free service. ^[7]

Compatible devices

Devices and operating systems that can be used to watch TVPlayer television content:

• Laptops and desktop computers
  • Microsoft Windows 10 or later (Microsoft Store app)
  • Operating system with Adobe Flash Player enabled web browser
• Tablet computers and smartphones
  • Microsoft Windows 10 or later (Microsoft Store app)
  • Google Android 4.2 or later
  • Apple iOS 11.0 or later
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile or later (Microsoft Store app)
  • Amazon Fire Tablet
• Video game consoles
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 5
  • Nintendo Switch
• Set-top box / streaming devices
  • EE TV (Premium Channels Only)
  • Freesat (Premium Channels Only)
  • Freeview (Premium Channels Only)
  • Apple TV
  • Roku
  • Amazon Fire TV
  • Chromecast
  • Android TV
  • Samsung TV
  • Humax H3 espresso

References

1. ltd, company check. "TVPLAYER LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as 08284946". Company Check. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
2. "Media".
3. "Content aggregator Alchimie launches OTT sports channel". 14 April 2020.
4. "TVPlayer: Watch Live TV Online For Free - Apps". www.tvplayer.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
5. "TVPlayer tablet app streams BBC, ITV, C4, Channel 5 and 20 legal free channels | TheMarketingblogTheMarketingblog". www.themarketingblog.co.uk. February 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
6. http://www.advanced-television.com/2017/01/30/tvplayer-launches-on-windows-10-os-devices%7CTVPlayerLaunchesOnWindows10%7Caccess-date=2017-01-31 ^{[ dead link ‍]}
7. "Important changes to the TVPlayer channel line-up". Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

External links

• Official website