Most people who buy a subscription of this kind buy it for the sport, and the sport is the part where a long list helps least. Three things decide whether it was worth the money: whether the competition you follow is carried, which channels it appears on, and whether the night you care about arrives in Ultra HD or in ordinary high definition. The table below answers those three and deliberately nothing else.
Sport on VOCOIPTV: what is carried, and what we will not promise
The competitions in the line-up, the channels each one appears on, where a 4K feed exists, and the half hour of setting up that is worth doing on a quiet evening rather than ten minutes before kick-off.
Which competitions are carried, and on what
| What you want to watch | Is any of it in 4K | Where it shows up in the list | Countries the feeds come from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Nearly always | USA Network, TNT Sports, Sky Sports, Peacock, Optus Sport, NBC Sports | UK / USA / AU |
| Champions League and Europa League | Nearly always | TNT Sports, Paramount+, DAZN, CBS Sports, beIN | UK / USA / EU |
| La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 | Nearly always | Sky, Movistar, ESPN+, DAZN, Canal+, beIN | EU / USA |
| FIFA World Cup and Euros | Nearly always | TSN, Telemundo, ITV, FOX, beIN, BBC | Global |
| NFL | Nearly always | Prime Video games, NFL RedZone, NFL Network, NBC, FOX, ESPN, CBS | USA |
| NBA | Nearly always | TNT, regional sports networks, NBA TV, ESPN, ABC | USA |
| Formula 1 | Nearly always | Sky Sports F1, Servus TV, ESPN, Canal+ | UK / USA / EU |
| UFC, boxing and PPV | Nearly always | TNT Sports Box Office, Sky Sports Box Office, ESPN PPV, DAZN | Global |
| MLB | Some of it | TBS, regional networks, MLB Network, FS1, FOX, ESPN | USA |
| NHL | Some of it | TSN, TNT, Sportsnet, NHL Network, ESPN | USA / Canada |
| College football and basketball | Some of it | SEC Network, FS1, ESPNU, ESPN, CBS, Big Ten Network, ACC Network | USA |
| Cricket | Some of it | Willow, Star Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, Fox Cricket | UK / IN / AU |
| Rugby | Some of it | TNT Sports, Stan Sport, Sky Sports, Sky Sport NZ | UK / AU / NZ |
| Golf and tennis | Some of it | Tennis Channel, Sky Sports Golf, Golf Channel, Eurosport | USA / UK |
What we will not promise about a fixture
We hold no broadcasting rights to any of this and have never said otherwise. Three things follow from that, and they are better said before you pay than after.
- One named match is not something we can guarantee. If a single fixture on a single night is your whole reason for subscribing, open that channel during the free 24-hour trial and see it working with your own eyes first.
- Blackouts and regional rights exist. They come out of contracts between broadcasters and competitions, they have nothing to do with us, and you will not find a method for working around them written anywhere on this site.
- A competition can move house. What sat on one broadcaster last season sometimes sits on another this season. Send the competition name on WhatsApp and you will be told where it is now, which is quicker than reading a table that was written in August.
Setting up on a quiet evening rather than ten minutes before kick-off
- Install a player that has a program guide. A program guide is the grid showing what is on now and what is on next. Without one you are choosing channels blind. TiViMate is the one to use on an Android box, and the TiViMate walkthrough takes it from an empty screen to a working guide.
- Make one group holding your own sports channels. Every player has a favorites function somewhere in its menu. Put the four or five channels you actually use into it. That is the difference between reaching a match in two clicks and scrolling past 25,000+ lines while the teams are lining up.
- Run a cable to the television box if the router is close enough. An Ethernet cable removes the most common single cause of a picture breaking up. Wi-Fi carries high definition without complaining; the 4K feed is the one that suffers first when the signal dips.
- Find the HD copy of each of those channels and remember where it is. Every main sports channel exists at more than one quality, listed within a line or two of each other. When a 4K feed stutters at the worst possible moment, the HD version next to it is one click away and it will hold.
Watch a real fixture before you decide
The free 24-hour trial opens every sports channel on this page, including the pay-per-view lines.
Sport: the questions that come up first
Which competitions are in 4K most weekends?
The eight at the top of the table: the Premier League, the two European club competitions, the four big continental leagues, the international tournaments, the NFL and NBA seasons, Formula 1 race weekends and the pay-per-view cards. The six underneath carry a 4K feed for part of what they show rather than all of it, which is why they are grouped separately instead of given the same answer.
Is the whole NFL season there?
RedZone, NFL Network, ESPN, NBC, FOX and CBS are all in the list, and between them they carry the regular season and the playoffs. RedZone is where most people end up on a Sunday afternoon, because it moves between games without anybody touching the remote. If one named game is the entire reason you are subscribing, open that channel during the trial rather than taking this page on trust.
Will a match come with commentary in my own language?
Often, because the same fixture is frequently carried by broadcasters in several countries and each supplies its own commentary. Those feeds sit near each other in the same group, so if the first one you open is in a language you do not follow, the alternatives are a few lines away. It is not a guarantee, and it varies by competition.
Are pay-per-view fight nights charged on top?
No. They appear in the US sports group on the night itself and there is no separate charge for them on any plan. We will not promise a particular card weeks ahead, because those arrangements move, but the pay-per-view lines are part of the subscription rather than an extra.
Which app handles sport best?
TiViMate on Android hardware. Its guide makes a fixture quick to find, and the paid version puts two matches on one screen. On an Apple TV or a Samsung set, IPTV Smarters Pro is the practical answer instead. Neither app changes the picture. What they change is how long it takes you to reach the right channel.
Do the sports channels hold together when everyone is watching?
That is the only test worth running, and it comes down to capacity at the peak rather than anything clever. The servers are sized for the match-day peak and the load is spread across several of them, and each main sports channel exists at more than one quality so there is a lower rung to step down to when a line is struggling. Run the 24-hour trial during a real fixture, not on a quiet Tuesday morning, and you will have your own answer.