What is actually in it
Every plan carries the whole line-up. There is no basic tier and nothing is withheld for an upgrade, so the only honest way to describe the service is to set out what is in it and let you decide whether that is worth the money.
The index
Sport
Every major league and competitionFootball from eight European leagues and the club competitions, cricket from every full-member board, Formula 1 and MotoGP race weekends in full, tennis from all four majors, boxing and UFC cards, rugby in both codes, and the complete American calendar of NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and college fixtures.
- Domestic league football
- European club nights
- Formula 1 weekends
- Test and T20 cricket
- NFL and NBA
Films
New releases and the back catalogueFiled by genre, by decade and by language, with a rolling group for cinema releases added in the last thirty days. Every entry carries a poster, a synopsis, the running time and the audio and subtitle tracks that are actually present on the file.
- New releases
- Modern classics
- World cinema
- Arabic and Turkish film
- Family features
Series and box sets
Complete box sets, season by seasonComplete runs rather than the current series only, numbered by series and episode so a rewatch is a straight line rather than a search. Shows still on air get their new episodes within hours of broadcast.
- Complete drama runs
- Comedy box sets
- Crime and thriller
- Reality and factual
- Anime
Kids and family
Dedicated kids channels plus on demandCartoon and preschool channels grouped separately from everything else, alongside an animated film library. On a child device you can hide every other group in about a minute, which is more reliable than any code they can watch you type in.
- Preschool
- Cartoon channels
- Animated features
- Teen drama
- Educational
Factual and documentary
Nature, history, science and current affairsHistory, natural history, science and space, true crime, aviation, engineering and the long-form documentary strands. The section people scroll past at checkout and end up watching more than anything else in the line-up.
- History
- Natural history
- Science and space
- True crime
- Engineering
News
Rolling news from every continentRolling news in English, Arabic, French, Spanish, German, Turkish, Hindi and Urdu, plus national broadcasters from across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and the Americas. Read the same story from three countries in an evening if you want to.
- UK and Irish news
- US networks
- Arabic news
- European broadcasters
- South Asian news
Eight regions, carried properly
United Kingdom and Ireland
Terrestrial and satellite entertainment, the full sport tier, news, children and the regional variants.
United States and Canada
National networks, regional sports networks, the cable entertainment tier and the American news channels.
Europe
Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, Greece and the Nordic countries, carried in depth.
Middle East and North Africa
The Arabic entertainment, drama, religious, sport and news groups, including the Gulf and Levant broadcasters.
Turkey
The national channels, the drama tier and Turkish sport, including the domestic league.
South Asia
Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi entertainment, film, cricket and news channels in several languages.
Africa
Nigerian, Ghanaian, Kenyan and South African broadcasters alongside the pan-African sport channels.
Latin America
Mexican, Argentine, Brazilian and Colombian channels, with the domestic football leagues carried live.
You receive all of them whichever region you pick at checkout. The choice sets the order the groups appear in, so your own channels are at the top of the guide instead of several thousand entries down it. Ask support to reorder it later and there is no charge.
What it is carried in
Carried where the broadcaster originates in it, chiefly on the flagship sport and film channels. Budget 25 Mbps of genuinely available bandwidth per stream.
The default across the great majority of the entertainment, sport and factual line-up. Comfortable on 15 Mbps.
Used where the source itself is broadcast in it, and on the backup feeds that keep a channel available when its main source has a poor night.
Kept alongside the HD version of many channels on purpose, because a stable standard-definition picture beats a 4K one that stops every thirty seconds on a weak connection.
About what is carried
What is actually in the Strong 8K TV line-up?
The complete live channel line-up, plus a video library of films and box-set episodes. The live side breaks down into sport, entertainment, films, kids, factual and documentary, music, religious programming and news from every region. The United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, the Nordics, Turkey, India, Pakistan and the whole MENA region are all carried in depth rather than as a token handful of channels.
Which sport do you carry?
The domestic football leagues of England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Portugal and the Netherlands, the European club competitions, international qualifiers and tournaments, cricket from every full-member board, Formula 1 practice through to the race, MotoGP, tennis from all four majors and the tour events between them, golf majors, boxing and UFC cards, rugby union and league, plus NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and the main college fixtures. Regional feeds are carried where they exist, so a match blacked out on one broadcaster is usually available on another.
Does the programme guide work properly?
Yes, and it is the part we spend the most time maintaining. Guide data runs seven days ahead and two days back across the great majority of the live line-up, with real programme titles, synopses and accurate start and end times. It arrives automatically the first time your player builds its channel list, which takes a couple of minutes, and refreshes itself after that. If you find a group with thin or missing data, tell support which group it is and we will point the feed at a better source.
Can I watch something after it has been broadcast?
On the channels that support catch-up, yes. Open the channel in the guide, move back through the days, and the programme plays from the start. Coverage is not universal because it depends on the source, and it is strongest on the major UK, US and European entertainment channels. Anything in the film and box-set library is available permanently rather than for a limited window.
How is the film and series library organised?
Films are filed by genre, by decade and by language, with a separate group for cinema releases added in the last thirty days. Series are filed by show, then by series, then by episode, so you pick a title once and work through it rather than hunting for episode numbers. Every entry carries a poster, a synopsis, the year, the running time and the audio and subtitle tracks that are present.