TVPlayer is an

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service in the

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, owned by international digital distribution company Alchimie. It provides access to free live

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using a

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made for

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s. Alongside the free service, TVPlayer offers multiple no contract monthly

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each carrying different premium live television channel streams.

History

TVPlayer was launched as Android and

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apps on 19 December 2013. Compatible apps for Android

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s and the Apple iPad were released on 30 January 2014. 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

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devices. On 26 November 2020, TVPlayer's licensing agreement with

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expired. Discovery, Investigation Discovery, TLC and Discovery Home & Health were no longer available on TVPlayer's Premium service and Quest, Quest Red, Really, DMAX,

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and

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were removed from the free service.

Compatible devices

Devices and operating systems that can be used to watch TVPlayer

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content: * Laptops and desktop computers ** Microsoft Windows 10 or later (Microsoft Store app) **

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with

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enabled

* Tablet computers and smartphones ** Microsoft Windows 10 or later (Microsoft Store app) **

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4.2 or later **

11.0 or later ** Microsoft Windows 10 Mobile or later (Microsoft Store app) **

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* Video game consoles **

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* Set-top box / streaming devices ** EE TV (Premium Channels Only) **

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(Premium Channels Only) ** Freeview (Premium Channels Only) **

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** Humax H3 espresso

Available television content

There is a

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service allowing viewers to catch up on

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mes. Some

s are not available on certain devices and software due to licensing rights and legal restrictions.

References

External links

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