Australia IPTV Channels: What the Line-Up Covers

How the channel line-up is organised

With more than 35,000+ live channels, the line-up only works if you can find what you want quickly. Channels are grouped into categories in your player: first by country or region, then by type — news, sport, entertainment, movies, kids and so on. Australian channels sit at the top, followed by New Zealand, the UK and international groups. You can browse a category, search by name, or skip straight to your favourites list.

Each category below describes what you’ll find. We don’t name individual channels or broadcasters, and the exact line-up changes from time to time as channels launch, rebrand or close, so if a particular channel matters to you, ask us on WhatsApp before you order.

Australian channels

News and current affairs

National and state news bulletins, 24-hour news channels, morning shows and current affairs programmes, so you can follow everything from federal politics to local weather. With catch-up on supported channels, you can rewind the evening bulletin if you got home late.

Entertainment and reality

The reality competitions, renovation shows, cooking contests, quiz shows and talk shows that dominate Australian prime time, plus comedy and light entertainment.

Drama

Local drama series and soaps alongside international drama shown on Australian channels, from long-running favourites to new limited series.

Lifestyle

Food, travel, home and garden, motoring and outdoor channels — the easy viewing that fills weekend afternoons.

Kids and family

Children’s channels with cartoons, pre-school programmes and family movies. Use your player’s parental controls to show only these categories on a child’s screen.

Regional, state and multicultural feeds

The line-up includes a range of state and regional feeds where available, so time-shifted and local versions of programmes are easier to find. Australia’s multicultural free-to-air programming is also part of the mix.

Sport

Sport is its own large category, covering the codes Australians follow most: Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union, cricket, football, netball, basketball, tennis, golf, motorsport, horse racing and cycling, plus international sport and American leagues. Pay-per-view events such as major boxing and MMA cards appear as dedicated event channels shortly before they start, and they’re included in every plan. Big events often have 4K, Full HD and HD versions so you can choose the best one for your connection.

Movies and on-demand

Alongside live movie channels — action, drama, comedy, family and classic — the on-demand library holds 140,000+ movies and series you can start whenever you like. It’s organised by genre, year and language, with new releases and box sets added regularly.

New Zealand and the Pacific

New Zealand channels for news, entertainment, drama and sport are included, which is handy for Kiwis in Australia and for anyone following Trans-Tasman sport. Selected Pacific channels are available too.

UK and Ireland

British news, drama, comedy, documentary and children’s channels are a favourite with UK expats. Because the UK is 9 to 11 hours behind the east coast, most UK prime-time programmes air in the Australian morning — catch-up on supported channels lets you watch them after work instead.

Arabic channels

Channels from across the Middle East and North Africa: 24-hour news, Gulf, Egyptian, Levantine and Maghrebi drama, children’s channels, religious programming and Arabic sport. See Arabic IPTV in Australia for the full picture, including a section in Arabic.

Indian and South Asian channels

Channels in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali and Urdu, covering serials, news, devotional programmes, music and cricket. Read more on Indian IPTV in Australia.

Europe

Australia’s European communities are well served, with channels from countries including Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Turkey and across the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Expect national news, drama, entertainment and sport from each, so families can keep up with home in their own language.

Asia

The Asian section spans Chinese-language channels in Mandarin and Cantonese, plus channels from Vietnam, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, among others — news, drama, variety shows and kids’ programming.

The Americas and Africa

US and Canadian news, entertainment and sport channels sit alongside Spanish- and Portuguese-language channels from Latin America, and a selection of African channels.

Channels for every kind of household

Most homes use the line-up in their own way, and it’s worth setting it up to match:

• Families with young children: a favourites list of kids’ channels on the children’s screen, with parental controls hiding everything else, keeps little ones in safe territory.
• Sport fans: a sport favourites list across Australian, New Zealand, UK and international sport channels means you can flick between games without scrolling, and PPV event channels appear at the top of the sport category when they go live.
• Expats and migrants: a list of home-country channels — news first, then drama and entertainment — turns the line-up into “home TV” in a couple of clicks.
• Multi-generational homes: grandparents often want a short, simple list in their own language on their own TV, while the rest of the household browses freely elsewhere.

Watching different channels on several screens

Because plans cover 1 to 5 devices, each screen in the house can watch a different channel at the same time — Australian news in the kitchen, footy in the lounge, an Arabic or Hindi series in the granny flat. Each device keeps its own favourites and settings, so nobody’s carefully arranged channel list gets changed by someone else. Our guide to multi-device IPTV explains how to choose the right number of screens and how much internet speed several streams need.

Picture quality: 4K, FHD and HD

Many popular channels come in more than one version. Choose 4K (on supported channels and events) for the sharpest picture on a 4K TV with a fast connection, Full HD for most viewing, or HD when your connection is busy or you’re watching on a phone. The Premium 4K Server includes every version at no extra cost.

Finding channels fast

• Favourites: add the channels you watch most to a favourites list so they’re one click away. Each family member can have their own list on their device.
• Search: type part of a channel name to find it instantly, in English or other scripts where your player supports them.
• The TV guide: browse what’s on now and next across a whole category, then jump straight in. Set your device to your state’s time zone so the guide shows local times.
• Catch-up: on supported channels, scroll back in the guide to watch programmes that have already aired.
• Recently watched: most players keep a list of the channels you’ve opened lately.

Our guide on how to use IPTV explains how to set up favourites, the guide and catch-up in your player.

Why we don’t publish a full channel list

A list of tens of thousands of channels isn’t much use on a web page, and it would be out of date within weeks as channels change. More importantly, the details that matter — a particular regional feed, a specific language or a sport you follow — are easier to confirm in a quick conversation. Message us on WhatsApp with what you want to watch and we’ll tell you honestly whether it’s included before you pay.

Australia IPTV channels: common questions

Ready to start watching? Compare every IPTV subscription option for 1 to 5 devices, or see everything included on the IPTV Australia homepage. For international viewing ideas, read how to get international TV channels in Australia.