Cutting the Cord - all tv channels for free or almost free, is so attractive its worth pursuing from start to finish..

IPTV...Internet Protocol Televison.

Is the latest way to cut the cable to the big television service providers.

Getting all tv channels for free or almost free, is so attractive its worth pursuing from start to finish..

So what is it and how does it work. You'll need a couple of items to get this working.

Firstly, a 'Streaming' service. This is the provider that will offer you anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 channels for about £15 per month. Yep, £15 per month for all these channels. Sports Channels, live tv channels, Films or movies on Demand. These are not old black and white movies but current movies...not to mention the 'Shows' or Box Sets...

Secondly, an App to view these channels. These Apps will work on an Amazon FireStick, Andriod device, iOS device, Apple TV, PlayStation, Smart TV; LG, Samsung, Sony and lots more.

Thirdly, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) - some of the stream provide this as part of the service - tells you what's on, what channel and when....

Fourthly, a VPN - not essential but useful.

The VPN is self explanatory, stop prying eyes etc...and some internet service providers even block access to IPTV services (not nice eh !)

So, the flow would be; pay for a stream, say 20k channels, add the stream to the App (url, user name, password etc) - app displays these channels.

The app is displayed in say an LG Smart TV from its own App Store via the TV.