Watch all sports with IPTV: ESPN, Viaplay, Ziggo Sport and F1 (2026)

It’s Sunday evening. Eredivisie top, FC Twente – Ajax. My brother-in-law calls: “Do you have the game?” “Yes, it looks nice here.” “Via the pay channel app?” “No, just via IPTV.” Silence. “Oh.” And then the question I’ve heard a thousand times: “Does that also work for F1?”

Yes. Naturally. And that, besides the price, is the biggest reason why people switch.

Sports is the reason people get IPTV

Let me be honest: for most people, IPTV is not about the channels, but about the sports. They want to watch F1 without paying for three separate sports packages. They want Ajax away without needing a subscription from a broadcaster. And they want to see that international football match that is not on the Dutch channel.

And that is exactly what you get with IPTV from us, without extra costs on top of your subscription:

• ESPN — Premier League, Champions League, international football
• Ziggo Sports — free channel that you also have with IPTV
• Viaplay — F1, darts, ice hockey and more
• Sports digital and foreign sports channels — think Italian football, Spanish, English

At Ziggo or KPN you pay a sports package for ESPN of about €15 per month, separate from your TV subscription. Viaplay is another subscription. For F1 alone, you pay a significant additional price at Ziggo Sport Totaal. Add that together and you end up with €30 to €40 per month on sports — on top of your TV.

It’s just part of it for us. For €10 per month. With all Dutch channels included.

What does a race day look like?

Sunday, 2:00 PM, Grand Prix. With IPTV you turn on the channel and watch. No hassle, no black screen, no “this match is not available in your region” — that blocking happens on pay channels, not with us. Grab a beer, turn on your TV, done.

One warning, and it is sincere: on such a race day, thousands of people want to watch at the same time. There are providers where the streams close due to the crowds. That is exactly why we always say: don’t test on a Tuesday afternoon, test on a Sunday during the race or a top competition. Only then will you see what it is really like. There’s ours free test intended for.

Does it work on any device?

Nowadays you watch sports everywhere: at home on the couch, on your phone in the stadium, on your tablet in bed. With our subscription, this is all possible on the same subscription. We put it on your TV SmartOne or an Android app, an IPTV player on your phone, and you log in everywhere with the same account. No extra screen costs, no “second TV” surcharge. Just look everywhere.

What you should pay attention to if you want sports via IPTV

Not every provider is the same. Just the points of interest, straight from practice:

1. Ask about sports channels before you pay. He who promises you “all sports” but doesn’t mention the channel list has something to improve on you. We just mention ESPN, Viaplay, Ziggo Sport — and we’ll show you in the free test yourself.

1. Test on a match day. A test on a dead Tuesday says nothing about a Sunday afternoon with ten top matches at the same time. Test when it matters most.

1. Stream reliability — no one is looking for buffering during a decisive penalty. That is why it is in this guide against buffering exactly how to put things right in your own home. Because you can solve a large part of the glitches yourself, without it being your provider’s fault.

And let’s be honest — my brother-in-law’s thousand-guilder story has not become a classic on this site for nothing.

The real question: what are you paying for now?

Calculate your own situation first. Are you now paying for an expensive TV package from Ziggo or KPN, plus a sports package, plus Viaplay, plus a streaming service for movies? Then you can easily pay €80 per month for entertainment. With IPTV, sports, channels and streaming are included in one subscription, saving you hundreds of euros annually. That’s the real math — and that I have elaborated here.

Sports are the reason most people switch. And the free test is the reason they stay — because after one race weekend you know.

📱 Questions, or would you like to see the sports channels yourself first? Click on the Joinchat button at the bottom right

Also read: You can watch sports via every player — also via Smarters. This is how it works: Install and set up IPTV Smarters Pro.