How to watch TV on your smartphone or tablet?

Molotov: the universal solution

The simplest and most popular solution is undoubtedly Molotov, a service founded by former executives of AlloCiné, Canal + and TF1. Available on Android, Android TV, iOS and tvOS, the application “reinvents” television. Concretely, it allows watch 24 of the 25 national TNT channels for free (Canal + lacking) live, slightly delayed (go back in time to the start of the program) and in replay (except those of TF1 and M6). Compared to traditional services, this one offers a modern approach, inspired by online video services. We can also present Molotov as Netflix or YouTube from TV.

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myCanal: premium television

The Canal group offers an interesting alternative to Molotov, with myCANAL (not to be confused with the CanalPlay VOD service). Initially reserved for Canal + subscribers, the service is now available to Freebox and Livebox subscribers.

In all cases, users benefit from the 25 national TNT channels. Customers of Internet service providers also benefit from a Canal Panorama package. Of course, only Canal + subscribers benefit from Canal + channels. But the group now offers a Canal + Essentiel package without commitment at 20 euros / month, which gives the right to 25 TNT channels and Canal + by internet, on computer, Android, Android TV, iOS and tvOS.

Unlike Molotov, myCANAL for smartphones gives direct access and restart (resume a program currently being broadcast), except on the TF1 and M6 channels, but not to replay.

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Packages from internet service providers

After Molotov and myCANAL, the second most practical solution is that offered by most Internet service providers in their triple play offer:

• TV d'Orange
• B.tv by Bouygues Telecom
• SFR TV
• Freebox Companion

Each of these applications gives access to TNT channels and to part of the FAI package live, sometimes in restart and sometimes in replay, from home as well as on the go. These applications also allow schedule recordings from the program guide.

Dedicated channel applications

Almost all channels or television groups offer a dedicated application. In order of appearance of groups in the numbering of TNT channels:

• TF1, TMC, NT1 and HD1 (TF1 group): MYTF1
• your pay 2, your pay 3, your pay 4, your pay 5 and your pay Ô (your pay Televisions): your paytv pluzz
• M6, W9 and 6ter (group M6): 6play
• Art
• C8 (formerly D8), CStar (formerly D17) (Canal group)
• NRJ 12 and Chérie 25 have applications for tablets
• LCP
• Gulli
• The Team
• Number 23 does not have a dedicated app
• RMC Découverte either

The XNUMX/XNUMX news channels each offer a dedicated mobile application:

• BFM TV
• C News (formerly iTélé)
• LCI (now free)
• your pay Info

All these applications make it possible to watch the channels live, sometimes with the possibility of going back in time (restart function), and often with access to replay. They present a major drawback: you have to install ten applications to access the TNT package and there is no unified program guide.

A TNT server: total independence

Finally, hackers can install their own IPTV server at home. From home, and via the Internet if you have a fiber optic subscription, you can then watch live television, schedule recordings from a program schedule, then archive, download or broadcast these recordings.

Compared to the aforementioned OTT (over-the-top) solutions, this solution gives access to native TNT flows and therefore to the best image quality. It also allows override restrictions in terms of live control and replay. One can for example program the recurring recording of a newscast or a television magazine, or the one-off recording of a cinema film. We can thus review a program 10 minutes or 10 months after its broadcast, that is to say before and after its availability in replay. And most of the films are not offered in replay.

To do this, several solutions are available to you (from the easiest to the most difficult):

• a turnkey HDHomeRun Connect box with the in-house application
• a TNT tuner connected to a Synology NAS or equivalent
• a TNT tuner with Tvheadend on a Raspberry Pi or a Linux server

Conclusion

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