This is what is actually carried: roughly 19,000 live channels from more than 120 countries, grouped by what they are rather than by package tier. Use the box below to check a specific channel before you spend anything — that is a faster answer than any feature list.
Categories overlap, because televisions do. Most Iowa households end up living in two or three of these and dipping into the rest.
College football and the football through autumn, the major live sport over winter, and baseball from spring onwards, plus the regional sports networks carrying Hawkeyes and Cyclones coverage. Soccer, motorsport and combat sports run alongside on 500+ dedicated sports channels.
55,000+ films and complete box sets you can start whenever, rather than waiting for a broadcast slot. New releases join as they finish their cinema run, and nothing in the library carries an extra charge.
National and rolling news alongside regional bulletins, so a weather warning for eastern Iowa is as reachable as a network broadcast. Includes leading news networks.
The drama and entertainment channels people actually name when they cancel cable — premium movie channels among them — carried in the same guide as everything else.
children’s channels, plus a stack of smaller children's channels. Most players let you lock the rest of the guide behind a PIN if you want a child-safe home screen.
Music video channels and audio-only radio stations across country, rock, pop, hip-hop, classical and jazz — useful as background on a television that is otherwise off.
factual and lifestyle networks, plus a long tail of specialist factual channels covering engineering, farming, wildlife and military history.
Home-country television for households that want it, in Spanish, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Hindi, Tagalog, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese among others.
The bulk of the line-up is American, and the rest is there for households that want television from somewhere else. Counts below are approximate and move as broadcasters come and go.
Around 3,000 US channels: the national networks, the premium cable tier, the regional sports networks that carry Big Ten coverage, and local affiliates.
Roughly 500 British channels — the BBC and ITV networks, Channel 4, and the Sky Sports tier that carries top-flight football football.
About 400 from Canada, covering CBC and CTV, the TSN and Sportsnet sports channels, and French-language broadcasting out of Quebec.
Roughly 300 German channels: the the major national broadcasters public networks, the the major national broadcastersSat.1 commercial families, and Sky Deutschland sport.
About 250 French channels, from the TF1 and France Televisions networks to major live sport.
Roughly 500 Spanish-language channels, split between Spain itself and broadcasters across Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and the rest of Latin America.
About 600 Arabic channels — the MBC and OSN groups, beIN Sports Arabia, Al Jazeera, and national broadcasters across the region.
Roughly 400 Indian channels, in Hindi plus the major regional languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and Kannada.
About 200 Turkish channels, covering the TRT public network and the Star, ATV and Show commercial channels, plus beIN Sports Turkey.
Roughly 200 Italian channels: the RAI public networks, the Mediaset family, and Sky Italia and DAZN for Italian football coverage.
About 300 Brazilian channels, led by Globo, SBT, Record and Band, with ESPN Brasil and the domestic football coverage.
Roughly 150 Filipino channels, including the GMA and TV5 networks and the ABS-CBN entertainment channels.
The honest comparison is against a cable package plus the two or three streaming subscriptions most households have stacked on top of it. That is usually where the monthly figure comes from.
| Feature | IPTV Iowa | Cable TV | Other IPTV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Channels | 19,000+ | 200-500 | 5,000-10,000 |
| VOD Library | 55,000+ | Limited | 10,000-50,000 |
| 4K Quality | ✓ | ✓ (extra cost) | Varies |
| Monthly Cost | From $25 | $80-$200 | $15-$30 |
| Multi-Device | Up to 5 | 1-2 | 1-3 |
| International | 120+ Countries | Limited | 30-60 |
| EPG Guide | ✓ | ✓ | Varies |
| Free Trial | 24 Hours | ✗ | Varies |
| Contract | No contract | 12-24 months | Varies |
