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The BorealTV IPTV app
BorealTV streams through IBO Player — a single, well-built application that runs on practically every platform a Canadian household owns. This page covers what the app actually does, which devices it installs on, and how a subscription and an app licence relate to one another.
The app
One app, every screen, no compromises
IBO Player is the only application BorealTV supports, and that focus is what makes support fast. Add your playlist once, pick a layout, and the app delivers 15,200 live channels and 520,000 on-demand titles with a full electronic programme guide attached. Playback is smooth, the interface is uncluttered, and the customisation options are genuinely useful rather than decorative.
The experience is the same whether you are on an Android TV box in the living room, a Fire TV Stick in a bedroom, a Windows laptop or a phone on the train. Your one authorized device can be any of those — the subscription does not care which category it falls into. The complete grid is described on the channels page.
Features
What you can do inside the app
Two layout styles
Switch between the default layout and the tidier alternative in a single setting. The second option gives channel names proper room and aligns the guide correctly — most subscribers switch within a day.
Favourites that stick
Long-press any channel to add it to your favourites. The favourites folder sits at the top of the category column, so the twenty channels you actually watch are always one click away.
Search across everything
Search the live grid or the on-demand library. Live search scans all channels in all categories at once, so you do not need to know which block a channel lives in.
Sortable VOD library
Sort movies and series by date added, rating or alphabetically, switch between Modern and Normal themes, and resume any title where you left off.
Parental control and PIN
Protect a playlist with a PIN and restrict categories through parental control settings. Useful in households where the on-demand library is shared with children.
Compatibility
Every platform IBO Player installs on
Android TV boxes
Direct APK install. The most common setup among our subscribers and the easiest to support.
Amazon Fire TV Stick
Installed through the Downloader utility using the official code. The setup guide covers every step.
Samsung & LG smart TVs
Available directly in the LG Content Store and Samsung Apps store — no side-loading needed.
Windows 10/11 & macOS
Native installers for both. Windows requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later; macOS needs one security approval on first launch.
Android phones & tablets
Sideloaded APK from the official site. Works on phones, tablets and Android-based projectors.
iPhone & iPad
Available for iOS. Same interface, same playlist, same credentials as every other platform.
Need hardware? See our recommended IPTV set-top boxes.
Activation
How the app gets your channels
IBO Player uses remote playlist activation. Rather than typing credentials into the app on your television, you register the device on the IBO Player web portal using the MAC address and device key shown inside the app, then add your BorealTV playlist there. The portal pushes the details to your device within seconds.
This is unusual the first time you meet it but it has a practical benefit: entering a long streaming URL with a TV remote is miserable, and doing it on a laptop keyboard takes ten seconds. Once it is saved you never touch it again.
The full walkthrough, including where to find the MAC address and device key on each platform, is in the setup guide. Open the setup guide.
Licensing
The app licence and your subscription are separate
It is worth being clear about this because it confuses people. BorealTV provides the stream — the channels, the VOD library, the EPG data, the servers. IBO Player is built by a separate developer, IBODEV, and it is a paid application with a short evaluation window followed by a one-off licence fee.
That licence is small, it is paid once to IBODEV rather than to us, and it is not included in your BorealTV subscription price for the simple reason that it is not ours to sell. The setup guide walks through the activation flow on the IBO Player site.
One device per subscription. Each BorealTV line authorizes a single device through IBO Player. You can move that authorization to a different device whenever you want — message support and we transfer it — but two screens cannot stream at the same time on one line. A household wanting simultaneous streams needs a second subscription. All five terms are on the pricing page.
App questions
Common questions about the app
Can I record programmes in the app?
No. IBO Player does not include a recording function. On channels that support it, catch-up covers most of the same ground by letting you play back programmes that already aired within the guide window.
Is there a multi-screen or picture-in-picture mode?
No. IBO Player does not offer multi-screen viewing. Combined with the one-device-per-subscription rule, this means one channel at a time per line.
The channel names overflow the preview window. Is that a fault?
No, it is the default layout. Open the screen icon next to the Wi-Fi symbol on the dashboard, switch Live Screen Style from Malai to Thai, and save. Everything aligns correctly afterwards.
I added my playlist but nothing appears. What now?
Close the app completely and reopen it. The portal pushes credentials over the IBO cloud and the app reads them at startup. If two restarts do not fix it, confirm the device key came from the same device you are watching on.
Does the app work outside Canada?
Yes. The app and your subscription follow your internet connection rather than your address, so travel within North America, Europe or elsewhere works normally on a stable connection.
Twenty-five more questions are answered in the FAQ.
Get the app running today
Order the CA$10.99 intro month and we will send your playlist credentials plus a direct link to the installation steps for your exact device. Setup help is included.