TiviMate Multiview: How to Watch Several Channels at Once

TiviMate's multiview puts several live channels on screen at once, which is ideal for following multiple matches on a busy sports day. It's a Premium feature, and it asks a lot: every channel on screen is a separate stream, so you need one connection per channel on your IPTV login, enough bandwidth for all of them, and a device powerful enough to decode them together.

What you need

Using multiview

1. Start watching the first channel.
2. Open the player's options and choose multiview.
3. Add further channels to the empty slots from the channel list.
4. Move between tiles with the remote to choose which one you hear.

Exact menu labels vary slightly between TiviMate versions, but multiview is launched from the player during playback.

Connections: the part people forget

Most IPTV logins allow one or two simultaneous streams. Multiview with four tiles needs four. If you go over your limit, extra tiles won't load, or the service may refuse or even lock your account. Check your plan's limit first; how connection limits work is explained in using IPTV on multiple devices.

Devices that cope best

• Nvidia Shield TV Pro and Google TV Streamer: plenty of power and built-in Ethernet.
• Fire TV Stick 4K Max: manageable with two HD tiles; more is a stretch.
• Budget sticks: expect stutter.

See Nvidia Shield vs Firestick for the hardware trade-offs.

Multiview layouts and audio

Multiview typically shows channels in a grid, with one tile selected at a time. Only the selected tile plays sound, and you move between tiles with the remote to switch audio. For sport, a sensible approach is to keep the match you care most about in the tile with sound and the others silent, then switch when something happens.

How multiview affects the rest of the house

Because each tile is a full stream, multiview can quietly use up your household's bandwidth. Four HD channels at around 10 Mbps each is 40 Mbps, which on a modest broadband plan can leave little for anyone else. If other people complain that video calls or games slow down during big sporting weekends, multiview is a likely reason. Our guide to internet speed for IPTV explains how much headroom to allow.

Is there multiview on other devices?

• On Apple devices, IPTVX lists multi-screen support in its App Store description; see UHF vs IPTVX.
• Sparkle TV lists multiview as a Plus feature; see our Sparkle TV guide.
• Licensed services sometimes offer their own multiview for sports events, without using extra connections from a playlist login.

Is multiview worth Premium on its own?

For most people, no: recording and catch-up are the bigger reasons to upgrade. For households that follow several matches at once every weekend, multiview alone can justify the upgrade. See is TiviMate Premium worth it?

Quick checklist before a big sports day

1. Confirm how many connections your login allows.
2. Stop recordings and playback on other devices.
3. Connect the device by Ethernet.
4. Pick HD rather than 4K versions of each channel.
5. Test multiview an hour before kick-off, not at kick-off.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Adding more tiles than your login's connection limit.
• Running multiview on a budget stick over weak Wi-Fi.
• Picking 4K versions of every channel when HD looks nearly identical in small tiles.

If it stutters

1. Use Ethernet; see Ethernet vs Wi-Fi.
2. Pick HD rather than 4K versions of channels.
3. Use fewer tiles.
4. Close other apps and restart the device.
5. Check nobody else is using your connections or bandwidth.

Deciding whether to pay? See is TiviMate Premium worth it? And for legal ways to watch sport, free live sports streaming covers what's genuinely free.