NZ TV and Streaming Services on Amazon Fire Sticks

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#265584 29-Jan-2020 14:11

This is an attempt to track which of the various LEGAL NZ Streaming services work with an Amazon Fire Stick, and is an addition to the existing LEGAL video, movies and TV download and streaming options in New Zealand thread.

Native Amazon App Store NZ Services

None at present

Side-loaded Android (TV) APK

TVNZ (1.22.0) - Android TV Version
ThreeNow TV (1.3.0) - Android TV Version - Now working correctly
Lightbox (1.0.2) - Android TV Version
Freeview NZ (1.9.12) -
Spark Sport (1.2.0) - Need confirmation

Kodi (19.x) Based

TVNZ
3Now
LightBox
Spark Sport
PlayStuff
SkyGo

Amazon App Store International Services that work in NZ (without vpn)

Netflix
Uefa.tv
YouTube
Vevo
Disney +
Amazon Prime

Not Working

Beamafilm

Please DM me or add a comment if you've got a newer APK to work or found a better approach for watching any of the NZ TV services on a Fire Stick.

For Kodi you need to install version 18.x for Widevine DRM support.

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#2440296 17-Mar-2020 20:44

Ok Im new to the Fire TV Stick I been googling and I cant seem to find any help regarding getting Freeview on demand onto this thing. Anyone care to advise?

Thanks

Ian

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#2440356 17-Mar-2020 22:19

google "SIMPLE FREEVIEW NZ IPTV KODI SETUP (WITH FULL GUIDE & RADIO)"

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#2440515 18-Mar-2020 09:15

Ok thanks for the link......maybe I should have been a little more specific, what I was after is the possibilty of using the Freeview on demand apk directly without going through Kodi as it would be alot cleaner for the rest of the family to use. I guess I should have gone with the Smart VU instead of the FireStick TV.....lesson learned lol.

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#2440566 18-Mar-2020 10:19

Good luck! I have an Android TV device and watch freeview through live channels. I also have a Fire TV box (1st gen). While I have side loaded NZ streaming apps, there are glitches in how they function so in the end, removed them all and accessed the streams via Kodi on the said device. Not as good as the native app on an approved device but still quite usable, without the glitches too.

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#2448009 27-Mar-2020 13:52

Just added a section for supported international services as Uefa.tv has just launched and works well on the Fire TV.

It also appears that the free Amazon Prime Video kids content works without any Geo IP issues.

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#2476241 4-May-2020 12:33

ThreeNow app works great on FireTV, no issues. No 'mouse' needed either

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#2476271 4-May-2020 13:34

nurcopolics:

ThreeNow app works great on FireTV, no issues. No 'mouse' needed either

Which version are you using - the Android TV APK or the standard APK?

I've just tried the Android TV APK and I can't get any on-demand services to work - only the Live TV

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#2476290 4-May-2020 13:52

cncman:

Ok thanks for the link......maybe I should have been a little more specific, what I was after is the possibilty of using the Freeview on demand apk directly without going through Kodi as it would be alot cleaner for the rest of the family to use. I guess I should have gone with the Smart VU instead of the FireStick TV.....lesson learned lol.

Sadly the official APK is currently protected so that it will only run on the DishTV dongles. Unless you're able to reverse the lockdown your options are

Kodi + NZ TV Addons or
TVNZ / Three APKs.

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#2476297 4-May-2020 13:57

Note if you're trying to sideload the latest TVNZ Android TV version it now comes as an apks file and you need to unpack the APK and install via

adb install-multiple -r base.apk split_config.en.apk split_config.xhdpi.apk

I've tested this with the official 1.7.1 release

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#2515207 30-Jun-2020 18:41

Just upgraded TVNZ to latest 1.8.2 release with no issues.

ThreeNow TV has a 1.1 release but I'm still getting playback errors.

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#2779904 17-Sep-2021 13:57

Just tested the 1.18 TVNZ Android TV update and it works well on my Fire Sticks.

Still got issues with Three Now's Android TV update - I can login but I can't stream.

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#2779984 17-Sep-2021 17:07

openmedia:

Just tested the 1.18 TVNZ Android TV update and it works well on my Fire Sticks.

Still got issues with Three Now's Android TV update - I can login but I can't stream.

Don't know if I'd worry about 3Now as I heard that it's being updated with the Discovery + app.

Regards,

Old3eyes

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#2829821 10-Dec-2021 10:06

Re-tested and updated the list

TVNZ (1.22.0) - Android TV Version
ThreeNow TV (1.3.0) - Android TV Version - Now working correctly

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has tried NEON etc.

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#2900183 12-Apr-2022 09:19

I've not got SkyGo working under Kodi for Prime's on-demand services and it appears there are a small number of SoHo and other channel services available for free.

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