With IPTV Geeks, mostly yes. National and regional sports channels sit in the same channel list as the networks, so NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, college sports, UFC, boxing, motorsport and international soccer are all in one subscription for $49 a year. Separate sports packages, league passes and regional sports fees together often cost approximately $40–$120 a month.
If you are a sports fan in the United States or Canada, you know the problem. Football is on the networks and on a cable sports channel, but some games are only on a streaming app. Your baseball or hockey team is on a regional sports network with its own fee. The league pass blacks out local games. Soccer is on yet another service. Following three leagues can mean four or five subscriptions. In this guide we explain how IPTV Geeks puts the sports you follow in one place, and how it compares with paying for separate sports packages.
As always, we compare with categories, not with named services, and we use approximate price ranges. Sports rights and prices change every season, so check your own bills for the exact numbers.
Why sports make TV so expensive
Sports rights are the most expensive content in television. Leagues sell games to many different partners: national networks, cable sports channels, regional sports networks and streaming platforms. Each partner then charges viewers to get its share back. The result for the fan is a puzzle:
- National games are spread over several networks and cable channels.
- Local games of your home team are often on a regional sports network, which adds a fee to cable bills.
- League passes cover out-of-market games, but often black out local and national games.
- Exclusive streaming games appear every season on a different app.
Add a sports tier on cable, one or two league passes and a sports streaming app, and a dedicated fan easily pays approximately $40–$120 a month just for sports, on top of the basic TV package.
How IPTV Geeks sports work
IPTV Geeks takes a simpler approach. Sports channels are part of the normal channel list, in their own sports folder and in the country folders for the USA and Canada. You do not buy a sports tier, a regional fee or a league pass. You open the guide, find the game and watch it.
| What we compare | IPTV Geeks | Separate sports packages |
|---|---|---|
| Cost for sports | included in $49 a year | approx. $40–$120 a month |
| National games | networks and cable sports channels in one list | spread over several channels and apps |
| Home team | regional sports channels included | regional sports fee or blackout |
| Out-of-market games | in the same list | a separate league pass |
| Soccer, UFC, motorsport | included | more apps and passes |
| Picture | Full HD and 4K, 50–60 FPS | varies by app |
| Catch-up | on many channels | depends on the service |
| Contract | none, one-time payment | monthly auto-billing or seasonal |
Football: NFL, college and CFL
Football Sunday is the biggest TV day of the week in America. With IPTV Geeks you find the network channels that carry the Sunday afternoon games, the prime-time games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights, and the cable sports channels with analysis and highlights. In the playoffs and on Super Bowl Sunday, we spread the load across several servers in advance.
College football Saturdays are covered by the national networks and the big conference and sports channels. Canadian fans find the CFL on Canadian sports channels such as TSN, with the Grey Cup in November.
Basketball: NBA, WNBA and college
The NBA season runs from October to June, with national games on network and cable channels and local games on regional sports networks. With IPTV Geeks, both are in the same list, so you can follow your own team and the national game of the night. Canadian fans follow the Raptors on Canadian sports channels. The WNBA fills the summer, and college basketball peaks with the March tournament.
Baseball: MLB from spring training to the World Series
Baseball is the sport where regional sports networks matter most, because most of the 162 games of a team are shown locally. IPTV Geeks includes regional sports channels, so you can follow your home team every day without a regional sports fee. National games, the All-Star Game, the playoffs and the World Series are on the national channels. Blue Jays fans in Canada find their games on Canadian sports channels.
Tip: moved to another state? With East and West Coast feeds and regional sports channels, you can keep following the team you grew up with instead of the one the local station shows.
Hockey: NHL in English and French
Hockey is where Canada and the US meet. IPTV Geeks includes US channels that carry national NHL games and Canadian channels with Hockey Night broadcasts, regional games and the playoffs. Québec fans can watch the same game with French commentary on French-language sports channels such as RDS. Junior hockey and the world championships complete the season.
Soccer: MLS, Liga MX and Europe
Soccer has grown fast in North America. IPTV Geeks includes MLS, Liga MX on Spanish-language channels, the English Premier League, Spain, Italy, Germany and France, the Champions League, and national-team tournaments. Because the list includes channels from more than 100 countries, you can often choose between English and Spanish commentary, or the original broadcast from the country of the league.
Fight nights, motorsport and more
UFC and boxing events, NASCAR and IndyCar, Formula 1 with practice and qualifying, the golf majors, the tennis Grand Slams, the Olympics, wrestling and many smaller sports are on sports channels in the same list. There is no separate pass for each event series.
Picture quality for sports
Sports are the hardest test for any TV service, because fast motion needs a smooth, sharp picture. Sports channels on IPTV Geeks play at 50 or 60 frames per second, so the ball and the puck stay clear in fast plays. Many sports channels come in 4K, Full HD and a lighter HD version.
How to get the best picture on game night
- Use a network cable for the TV or streaming stick, or the 5 GHz Wi-Fi network.
- Restart the router before a big game if it has been on for weeks.
- Set the buffer in your player to a medium value.
- If the whole family is online, switch from 4K to Full HD.
- If a channel slows down, switch to another source of the same channel.
For 4K, plan for about 25 Mbps at the TV, and for Full HD about 15 Mbps.
Two games at once? With the family plan for $79 a year, two screens can play different channels at the same time – football in the living room, hockey in the den.
Catch-up and the TV guide
Many games start while you are at work, or late at night on the West Coast. On channels with catch-up, you can go back in the guide and start a game from the beginning. The TV guide follows your time zone – Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific or Atlantic – so the start times always match your clock. You can also set a reminder for a game in the guide.
The sports calendar with one subscription
One of the best things about having all sports in one list is that you never have to change subscriptions with the seasons:
- Fall: NFL and college football, MLB playoffs and the World Series, the start of the NBA and NHL seasons.
- Winter: NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl, NBA and NHL regular season, European soccer, college basketball.
- Spring: March basketball, the start of MLB, NBA and NHL playoffs, the Masters.
- Summer: MLB every day, WNBA, MLS, international soccer tournaments, Formula 1 and NASCAR.
With the 6-month plan for $39 you can cover one season, for example from September to March. The yearly plan for $49 covers the whole calendar.
Every league, one list, one payment. Choose the plan that fits your sports calendar.
What sports fans pay: three examples
The football-first fan
NFL every Sunday, college football on Saturdays. With cable and a sports tier, approximately $90–$130 a month during the season. With IPTV Geeks, the 6-month plan for $39 covers the whole football season.
The home-team fan
Follows the local baseball and hockey teams on regional sports networks, which often means keeping cable just for the regional fee. With IPTV Geeks, the regional sports channels are in the same $49 yearly plan.
The all-sports household
Football, basketball, hockey and soccer, often at the same time. With several passes and apps, approximately $100–$150 a month. With the IPTV Geeks family plan, two screens for $79 a year.
Watching sports away from home
Sports do not stop when you travel. The same IPTV Geeks login works at the cabin, in an RV, in a hotel or abroad. Snowbirds in Florida or Arizona keep watching their teams from back home, and fans on vacation in Mexico or Europe can still catch the big game. Read more in our guide for US and Canadian viewers abroad.
Setting up your TV for game day
A few minutes of preparation before the season pays off every weekend. Install the player recommended for your device – TiviMate on a Fire TV Stick or Android TV, IPTV Smarters Pro or IBO Player on a Samsung or LG TV – and log in with the details from your order. Then open the sports folder and add your most-watched channels to favorites: the network channels that carry your team, the national sports channels and your regional sports channel. In TiviMate you can also give favorites their own numbers, so switching from the football game to the hockey game is as fast as on an old cable remote.
If you watch with friends, test the setup the day before a big game, not ten minutes before kickoff. Check that the TV is connected with a cable or to the 5 GHz Wi-Fi, and that the player buffer is set to a medium value. If anything looks wrong, send us a screenshot on WhatsApp – we answer on weekends too, when the games are on. Step-by-step instructions are on the setup page.
Choosing your commentary
One small pleasure of having so many sports channels in one list is that you can often choose who calls the game. A big NFL or NBA game may be on a national network, on a cable sports channel and on a Spanish-language channel at the same time. An NHL game might be on a US channel, an English-language Canadian channel and a French-language channel from Québec. Soccer matches can be watched with American, British or Latin American commentary. If you prefer your own team’s home broadcast crew, the regional sports channel is usually the place to find it.
For bilingual families, this is a real bonus: the kids can watch the game in Spanish or French while practicing the language, and grandparents can follow it in the language they are most comfortable with.
Live, delay and spoilers
Every form of TV over the internet has a small delay compared with the stadium. Cable and satellite have one too, and many streaming apps are even further behind. With IPTV Geeks, the delay is usually small enough that you will not notice it, but if you follow a game on social media or in a group chat, notifications can sometimes arrive a few seconds before the play appears on your screen. Many fans simply mute game alerts on their phone during the broadcast.
If you watch a game later with catch-up, the opposite matters: avoid news apps and scores until you have seen the game. The catch-up feature lets you start from kickoff or tip-off whenever it suits you, so you can enjoy the game as if it were live.
Watching at home instead of the sports bar
Many fans go to a sports bar because the games they want are spread across too many services at home. A night out has its charm, but food, drinks and parking for a few people can easily cost more than a full year of IPTV Geeks. With every league in one list and Full HD or 4K on your own TV, game night can just as well happen in your living room. With the family plan, a second screen in another room shows the other game of the evening.
Fantasy leagues, highlights and the rest of the weekend
Many fans do not watch just one game. If you play fantasy football, you probably want to keep an eye on several games at once on Sunday afternoon. With IPTV Geeks, switching between the network channels that carry different regional games takes a second, and the sports news and highlight shows on cable sports channels keep you up to date between kickoffs. With the family plan, a second screen can show another game in the same room.
The weekend does not end with football. Saturday brings college games, Premier League mornings and fight nights in the evening. Sunday adds NASCAR or Formula 1 before the NFL kicks off, and baseball or hockey fill the weekday evenings. Because everything is in one channel list, you never wonder which app a game is on – you open the guide, scroll to the time and start watching.
Why this costs less than separate packages
Separate sports packages are priced for one league or one channel group each, and each needs its own margin, billing and app. A sports fan who stacks them pays for the same infrastructure several times. IPTV Geeks is one service with one channel list and one payment, so the price can stay at $49 a year while still paying for spare servers on big nights and real people in support. For most fans, the yearly plan costs less than one month of the sports packages it replaces.
Frequently asked questions
Does IPTV Geeks include NFL games?
Yes. IPTV Geeks includes the network and cable channels that carry NFL games, including Sunday afternoon games, prime-time games and the playoffs.
Can I watch my local team?
Yes. Regional sports channels are part of the channel list, so you can follow your home team without a separate regional sports fee.
Is there a blackout for local games?
IPTV Geeks includes local and national sports channels in the same list, so the blackout problem of league passes usually does not apply.
Can I watch two games at the same time?
Yes, with the family plan for $79 a year, which allows two screens at once.
What speed do I need for sports in 4K?
About 25 Mbps at the TV for 4K, and about 15 Mbps for Full HD. A network cable or 5 GHz Wi-Fi gives the most stable picture.
Can I test sports before buying?
Yes. Ask for the free 24-hour trial and watch a live game on a busy evening. No credit card is needed.
Conclusion
Sports should be the fun part of TV, not the most complicated part of your bill. IPTV Geeks puts the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, college sports, fight nights and motorsport in one channel list, in Full HD and 4K at up to 60 frames per second, for $49 a year with no contract. Test it during a big game with the free trial, set up your device with the setup guide and choose your plan on the pricing page.
Try it on your own TV
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