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Tivi Live alternatives: what to switch to and why

If you are looking at Tivi Live, or looking for something instead of it, the useful question is not which list ranks it highest. It is whether the claim it is sold on survives thirty seconds of checking.

The whole pitch here is a number, so this page is about what channel counts are actually worth.

Ownership disclosure. The services reviewed on this page — TereaTV, FreeGoTV, VocoTV, BexyTV, KroozTV, ViewTVY, EarthWebTV and VinomTV — are all operated by the same company that publishes this site, and we earn money when you subscribe to any of them. Figures such as channel counts and library sizes are supplied by the services themselves and are not independently audited. Read the full ownership disclosure before you use these rankings to make a decision.

About Tivi Live

We have not subscribed to this service. Everything below is drawn from the provider's own marketing and from third-party listings, and those sources disagree with each other on basic figures. Nothing here is a measurement we made. The services we do test are the ones we operate, which is disclosed on every page and in full on our ownership disclosure.

Position in the market: Sold on a 30,000+ channel count with 4K, VOD and sports

What the listings claim: Its published positioning is a lineup of more than 30,000 live channels with 4K streaming, an on-demand library and sports coverage. We have not subscribed to it and have found no independent verification of the figure.

How to check the claim it is sold on

We have not subscribed to Tivi Live, so we are not going to tell you what its customers think. What follows is more useful anyway: how to verify its own headline claim yourself, before any money changes hands.

Nobody audits a channel count

There is no body that verifies these figures in this market. A provider can count regional variants, duplicate feeds and dead streams, and 30,000 becomes a number describing a database rather than what you can watch.

Count what you would actually miss instead

Write down the six to ten channels you would notice losing. That list is the real specification. A provider carrying all ten beats one carrying 30,000 without them.

A listed channel is not a working channel

Open each one during a trial. A dead feed looks identical to a live one in the guide until you press play, and padded lineups are the norm rather than the exception.

The alternatives we test

These are ours. We operate them, we are paid when you subscribe, and each one below is here for a reason tied to the specific claim Tivi Live is sold on — not because it is our general favourite.

  1. EarthWebTV

    Publishes 36,000 live channels and, more usefully, every price for every cycle and connection count before you reach the cart. Nothing is revealed at the last step.

    Start the EarthWebTV trialFull EarthWebTV review$9.17/mo on the $110 annual plan · scored 8.5
  2. TereaTV

    50,000 channels, and the only service we test whose programme guide populated correctly in every player we tried — which is what makes a large lineup usable rather than just large.

    Start the TereaTV trialFull TereaTV review$10/mo on the 12-month plan · scored 9.4
  3. VocoTV

    The same size lineup, priced so several people can watch different parts of it at once instead of one person at a time.

    Start the VocoTV trialFull VocoTV review$12/mo on the 12-month plan · scored 9.0
ServiceFromMonthly12 monthsConnectionsScore
EarthWebTV$9.17/mo$15$1101-58.5
TereaTV$10/mo$15$1201-59.4
VocoTV$12/mo$15$1441-69.0

Common questions

Is a 30,000-channel IPTV service better than a 20,000-channel one?

Not reliably. Neither figure is audited and both can include duplicates and dead feeds. Judge a lineup by whether it carries the channels you actually watch, tested during a trial.

What is the best alternative to Tivi Live?

Of the services we test, EarthWebTV scored highest at 8.5 out of 10. We cannot rank it against Tivi Live directly because we have not subscribed to Tivi Live.

Is Tivi Live a scam?

We have no evidence of that and we would not make that claim about a service we have not subscribed to. We also do not link to it, so there is nothing in it for us either way. Use the checks above and judge it yourself.

Will my player still work if I switch?

In almost every case yes. Providers issue the same style of credentials, so changing service usually means changing three fields rather than changing apps.

Should I cancel before I switch?

No. Start the new trial while the old subscription is still running so you can compare them on the same evenings.