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Watch live TV in your browser. Free, instantly.

GuardianTV Live streams 7,856 health-checked free-to-air channels from 175 countries — or plays your own M3U playlist. No app to install, no account to create, nothing to pay.

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7,856
Live channels
175
Countries
29
Categories
6 hrs
Health checks

Looking for Sky Sports, TNT and Premier League? Try GuardianTV free for 12 hours.

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Top-rated live channels

Ranked by health score — uptime, latency and stream quality, re-measured every six hours.

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Movie Channels

Kids & Family

Documentaries

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Three steps

How to watch IPTV in your browser

No configuration, no buffering rituals, no VLC.

  1. 01

    Open the player

    Go to the web player. It loads in under a second and needs no plugin, extension or account.

  2. 02

    Pick a channel or paste a playlist

    Browse by country, category or language, search 7,800+ channels, or paste your own M3U/M3U8 URL.

  3. 03

    Press play

    The stream starts in HTML5 video with adaptive quality. Go full screen, switch feeds, or cast to your TV.

Browse the directory

Live TV by country and category

Every country and genre has its own indexed page with the full channel list.

Why viewers upgrade

Free-to-air gets you started. GuardianTV gets you everything.

The free player carries public streams that come and go. A GuardianTV subscription is the version with the sport, the films and the guarantee.

45,000+ Live Channels

UK, Irish, US, European, Asian and Arabic channels in one subscription — including every Sky Sports and TNT Sports feed.

115,000+ On-Demand Titles

A full Netflix-sized VOD library of films and box sets, updated with new releases every week.

AntiFreeze Technology

Load-balanced servers deliver 99.9% uptime, so the picture holds through kick-off, the derby and the title fight.

True 4K & FHD

Adaptive bitrate streaming pushes the highest quality your connection can carry, right up to 4K UHD.

Works on Everything

Firestick, Android TV, Smart TV, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Mac, MAG and Enigma2 — one subscription covers the lot.

24/7 Human Support

Real people on WhatsApp, under 2 minutes on whatsapp, within 24 hours by email. No bots, no ticket queues.

Free 12-Hour Trial · No card required

Want the other 45,000+ channels?

GuardianTV Live is free forever, but it only carries free-to-air streams. GuardianTV Premium adds every Sky Sports and TNT Sports feed, 115,000+ films and box sets, and 99.9% AntiFreeze uptime. Test the whole service free for 12 hours — no card details.

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Live channels
45,000+
Films & box sets
115,000+
Server uptime
99.9%
UK customers
10,000+

Answers

Frequently asked questions

Everything people ask before they press play.

What is GuardianTV Live?

GuardianTV Live is a free web-based IPTV player that streams live TV channels directly in your browser. It carries a verified catalogue of roughly 7,800 free-to-air channels from 175 countries, and it also plays any M3U or M3U8 playlist URL you paste in. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

Is GuardianTV Live free to use?

Yes. The web player, the channel directory and every tool on the site are completely free, with no signup, no trial period and no card details. GuardianTV Live is funded by GuardianTV, the paid IPTV service it belongs to, which you can try free for 12 hours at guardiantv.net.

Do I need to install an app to watch?

No. GuardianTV Live runs entirely in the browser using HTML5 video and HLS. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave and Opera on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad, plus most smart TV browsers.

How do I play my own M3U playlist?

Open the web player, choose the 'Paste playlist' tab and enter your M3U or M3U8 URL, or upload the .m3u file from your device. The playlist is parsed in your browser and the channel list appears instantly. Your playlist URL is never uploaded to or stored on our servers.

Why does a channel sometimes fail to load?

Free-to-air streams are published by third parties and go offline without warning, change address, or get rate-limited during popular events. GuardianTV Live automatically retries through a relay and falls back to a second feed where one exists. If a channel stays down, the source itself has stopped broadcasting — a paid GuardianTV subscription runs load-balanced servers at 99.9% uptime instead.

Is using GuardianTV Live legal?

GuardianTV Live indexes publicly listed free-to-air streams that broadcasters themselves publish on the open internet, and hosts no video of its own. Streaming publicly broadcast free-to-air television is legal in most countries, but rules differ, so check your local law. Rights holders can request removal of any listing through our DMCA page.

More questions? Read the full IPTV FAQ or message support.