Choosing IPTV
IPTV price: what a subscription costs per day, month and year
Short answer: An IPTV price is easiest to judge per day. Vivid TV’s four plans work out at 27p, 19p, 14p and 11p a day, or £8.33 down to £3.33 a month, each paid once by card. Add the device and your broadband before you compare that with anything else.
Semrush counts about 70 UK searches a month for “iptv price”, and nearly every page that answers them quotes a monthly figure with no working shown. When I searched in November 2026, the guides I found gave ranges as wide as £10 to £30 a month for rolling plans, next to twelve-month offers that came out near £4 a month.
Both can be true. The gap is mostly term length, and a little arithmetic closes it. This article does the sums in the open, using our own published prices, so you can repeat them on any offer you are weighing up.
What is a typical IPTV price in the UK?
A typical IPTV price in the UK depends far more on the length of the plan than on the service. Month-to-month plans are quoted at £10 or more, and the twelve-month offers I found land between £3 and £5 a month once you divide the total. Always convert an offer to a daily or monthly figure before judging it.
Sellers advertise whichever number looks smallest. One shows “£4.17 a month” and bills £49.99 today; another shows “£12” and bills it every month until you stop it. Neither is hiding anything, but the two figures are not the same kind of number. The first is a total divided by twelve. The second is a recurring charge.
That is why I ignore the headline and look for two facts: the amount that leaves my card today, and the date the plan ends. Our comparison of IPTV providers in the UK sets sellers side by side on exactly those terms.
How much does IPTV cost per month?
IPTV costs between £3.33 and £8.33 a month at Vivid TV, depending on the term. The 3-month plan is £24.99, which is £8.33 a month. The 24-month plan is £79.99, which is £3.33 a month. You pay the full amount once; the monthly figure is the total divided by the number of months.
| Plan | You pay once | Per month | Per week | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | £24.99 | £8.33 | £1.92 | 27p |
| 6 months | £34.99 | £5.83 | £1.35 | 19p |
| 12 months | £49.99 | £4.17 | 96p | 14p |
| 24 months | £79.99 | £3.33 | 77p | 11p |
Every figure in that table is plain division, and you can check it on a phone calculator: £49.99 divided by 12 is £4.17, and divided by 365 it is 14p. Every plan carries the same 34,000 live channels and 195,000 films and series, in up to 4K, so the only thing that changes down the rows is how far ahead you pay.
How much is IPTV per day and per year?
Per day, the four Vivid TV plans cost 27p, 19p, 14p and 11p. Per year, the picture changes more sharply: staying on 3-month plans for a year costs £99.96, two 6-month plans cost £69.98, one 12-month plan costs £49.99, and the 24-month plan works out at just under £40 for each of its two years.
The yearly view is the one that shows what a short plan really costs. Four 3-month plans in a row come to £99.96, which is £49.97 more than a single 12-month plan for identical viewing. Two 12-month plans come to £99.98, which is £19.99 more than one 24-month plan.
The daily view is useful for a different reason. It lets you compare a subscription with small habits. At 14p a day, a full week of television costs 96p. I find that more honest than “save 60%”, because a percentage needs a starting price and sellers choose their own.
Why does the monthly IPTV price drop on longer plans?
The monthly price drops on longer plans because the seller is paid sooner and has less work per customer. One 24-month order means one card payment and one login to deliver, where eight 3-month orders mean eight of each. Part of that saving is passed on as a lower monthly equivalent.
There is a second reason. A business that knows what its customers have already paid can plan capacity with more confidence, and predictable income is the standard argument for subscription pricing in any industry.
The discount is not free money for you. You are paying further ahead, and taking the risk that your needs change. My advice: take a short plan first if you have never used IPTV on your own broadband, then move to a longer one when it has proved itself over a few busy weekends. The £24.99 you spend finding out is the cost of certainty.
What else costs money besides the IPTV subscription?
Beyond the subscription, you may pay for a device, a player app, a network cable and the broadband that carries the stream. Most homes already own some of these. The subscription is rarely the largest line; the connection is, and you are almost certainly paying for it already. List the extras once so that the comparison between offers stays fair.
| Cost | One-off or recurring | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Once per term | Always |
| Streaming device | One-off | Only if your television cannot run a player app |
| Player app | Free, one-off or yearly, depending on the app | Only if you choose a paid player |
| Broadband | Monthly | Already paid in most homes |
| Ethernet cable or adapter | One-off | Only if Wi-Fi at the television is weak |
I have left hardware and app prices out on purpose, because they change and each store shows its own. Check the maker’s listing on the day you buy.
Data is the hidden line. We publish 10 Mbps for HD and 25 Mbps for 4K, measured on the device you watch on. Data per hour is the bitrate multiplied by 0.45, so HD uses 4.5 GB an hour and 4K uses 11.25 GB. Three hours of HD every evening comes to 405 GB over thirty days. On an unlimited line that costs nothing extra. On a capped or mobile connection it can cost more than the subscription.
How does IPTV cost compare with household spending?
Set against a household budget, the cost of IPTV is small. The Office for National Statistics reports average weekly household spending of £676.60 for the year to March 2025. A 12-month Vivid TV plan is 96p a week, which is 0.14% of that figure, or about one seven-hundredth of what the average home spends.
The source is the ONS bulletin Family spending in the UK, and the sum is 0.96 divided by 676.60. I include it to give the number some scale, not to argue that anything cheap is worth buying. A service that fails on Saturday evening is poor value at 11p a day.
Are very cheap or lifetime IPTV prices a warning sign?
A price far below the usual range, or a “lifetime” plan, deserves a harder look. Running a service costs money every month for as long as you watch. A single small payment cannot cover open-ended costs, so either the service ends early or the seller depends on new buyers to fund the old ones.
Run the numbers on a hypothetical offer. Suppose a seller asks £50 once for “lifetime” access and you watch for five years. That is £10 a year, or less than 3p a day, to pay for capacity and for staff who answer support email. The sum does not hold for long. A dated term with a stated end is a promise somebody can keep.
Very low prices need the same test. Ask what happens when it stops working, and look for the answer in writing. Our guide to free IPTV covers the far end of that scale, where the price is zero and the costs arrive in other forms.
How do you compare two IPTV prices fairly?
Compare two offers by converting both to a cost per day over the same period, then checking that the terms match. A lower daily figure only counts if the screens, the term, the renewal rule and the refund rule are the same. Five minutes with a calculator removes most of the confusion that pricing pages create.
- Write down the amount charged today and the exact length of the term.
- Divide the amount by the number of days to get pence per day.
- Note whether the plan renews automatically and at what price.
- Check how many screens can play at once.
- Read the refund rule and its deadline.
Here is a worked example. Offer A is a rolling plan at £12 a month, which is £144 over a year, or 39p a day. Offer B is £49.99 for twelve months, or 14p a day. B is cheaper by £94.01 across the year, but A lets you leave after a month. Which is better depends on how sure you are, and a label such as “premium” on either one changes nothing until you know what premium IPTV should mean.
Does the IPTV price change with screens or channel packages?
At some sellers it does: the price rises with the number of screens or with add-on channel packages. At Vivid TV it does not. Every plan includes the same 34,000 live channels and 195,000 films and series, and every plan has one connection, meaning one screen playing at a time.
One connection is not the same as one device. The login can be installed on several of your own devices, for example the living-room television and a tablet, as long as only one is playing at any moment. When you compare with a seller that charges per screen, count the screens you would truly watch at the same time. A second stream that is used a handful of evenings a year is easy to overpay for.
How do you pay for IPTV, and does it renew?
At Vivid TV you pay once by card for the whole term, and there is no automatic renewal. The plan ends on its last day, so there is nothing to cancel and no charge you might forget. The login is emailed within 10 minutes of ordering. When the term ends, you choose whether to buy again.
This matters for the price because automatic renewal changes what a plan really costs. A subscription you forget for three months has cost three more months. With a fixed term the total is known on day one. People searching for the best uk iptv subscription often compare the first payment only, and the renewal rule deserves the same attention.
There is no free trial. There is a refund within 72 hours of delivery if the service does not work or the fault is on our side. The full terms for each length are on the IPTV subscription page.
Frequently asked questions
How much is IPTV a month in the UK?
At Vivid TV the monthly equivalent runs from £8.33 on the 3-month plan to £3.33 on the 24-month plan. Each plan is paid once in full; the monthly figure is the total divided by the months.
What is the cheapest way to pay for IPTV?
The longest term has the lowest daily cost: £79.99 for 24 months is 11p a day. It also commits you furthest ahead, so a short first plan is a sensible test.
Is there a monthly IPTV plan?
Vivid TV’s shortest plan is 3 months at £24.99. There is no automatic renewal on any plan.
Do I pay extra for 4K or for films?
No. Every Vivid TV plan has the same 34,000 live channels and 195,000 films and series, in up to 4K.
Does IPTV use a lot of broadband data?
HD at 10 Mbps uses 4.5 GB an hour and 4K at 25 Mbps uses 11.25 GB an hour. That only affects your bill on a capped or mobile connection.
Can I get my money back if IPTV does not work?
Vivid TV refunds within 72 hours of delivery if the service does not work or the fault is on our side.