IPTV in Ajax: every channel, sport and movie for $15 a month

IPTV in Ajax costs $15 a month and gives you over 20,000 live channels, every major sports network and a library of more than 80,000 movies and series. A Rogers or Bell package in Ajax carrying the same sports coverage runs past $150 a month once the first year ends.

This post is about what you can actually watch. The sports networks. The movie and series library. The channels Ajax households ask for most and how the picture holds up on a normal Durham Region connection.

What you get	Included	Cable equivalent
Live channels	20,000+	200 to 400
Sports networks	All, in the base plan	Extra tier at $25 to $40
Movies and series on demand	80,000+	Separate subscription
Pay per view events	Included	$80 each
Monthly cost	$15, or $10 on the year	$150+ after the promo

Which sports channels are included?

All of them, and none sit behind an extra tier. Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 and the regional Sportsnet feeds are there. So are TSN 1 through 5, which matters because Canadian broadcast rights move between those feeds depending on the night.

On the American side you get ESPN, ESPN 2, NFL Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, MLB Network, TNT and the regional sports networks carrying out of market games.

The reason Ajax customers care about the TSN feeds specifically is blackouts. A game blacked out on one feed is often live on another. Having all 5 feeds plus the regional alternatives means you are rarely stuck. Cable sells you a package where the feed you need is usually the one you do not have.

Pay per view boxing and mixed martial arts events are included at no extra charge. Those run $80 each through a cable provider, so a single event costs more than 5 months of this.

What about hockey, football and cricket?

Hockey is the big one in Durham. Every national broadcast is covered plus the regional feeds and the out of market games that normally need a separate season package.

For football you get the American networks carrying Sunday and Monday games plus the Canadian league coverage on the domestic sports channels. The full slate is there rather than the handful your cable tier allows.

Cricket comes up constantly in Ajax because of the size of the South Asian community through the northern subdivisions. The subcontinental sports channels carrying test matches and the domestic Twenty20 leagues are in the base subscription. Soccer runs the same way, with the English, Spanish, Italian and German league channels all in the lineup.

The pattern holds across every sport. There is no tier and no add on. If a channel carries it, you have that channel.

What movies and series do you get?

The on demand library holds over 80,000 titles and behaves like a streaming app rather than a cable movie channel. You browse, pick something and it plays.

New films appear shortly after their theatrical run ends. Series are organised by season and episode with the full back catalogue rather than whatever happens to be airing this month.

Most live channels also have a catch up feature. If you missed something that aired 2 days ago you scroll back and watch it. That covers most of what people used a recorder for, with no box in the house storing anything.

What do Ajax households actually watch?

Sport carries most of the demand and hockey carries most of the sport. That is Durham Region and it does not change.

Second is the South Asian lineup. Ajax has grown a large South Asian population north of Rossland Road through the newer subdivisions. The Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil and Urdu channels get heavy use. Those are included rather than sold as a package, which is the part people are usually surprised by.

Arabic and Filipino lineups come next. Then the British channels, which get requested more than you would expect for a Toronto suburb.

The thing nobody asks about but everybody uses is the Canadian networks. Nothing you watch now disappears. The national broadcasters and the local news sit in the lineup alongside everything else.

Will it look good on your internet in Ajax?

Yes on any normal connection. You need 15 Mbps for HD and about 25 Mbps for 4K, and nearly every plan sold in Ajax clears both by a wide margin.

Rogers, Bell, TekSavvy, Carrytel and Distributel all carry the traffic with nothing to configure. You do not switch internet provider and you do not change your plan.

Much of Ajax north of Rossland Road was built after 2000, so the wiring is modern and Bell fibre reaches a lot of it. The older stock south of Highway 401 toward the lake and around Pickering Village is where picture problems show up more often. It is almost never the stream. It is a router at one end of the house trying to reach a television at the other.

The most useful thing we tell customers here is to run an ethernet cable to the television. It fixes the majority of buffering messages we get from anywhere in Durham. If you cannot run a cable, move the device onto the 5GHz band.

How do you get it working?

About 10 minutes on a device you already own, and you do it once.

Most people in Ajax use a Fire TV Stick because it costs less than a single month of the cable bill it replaces. The Firestick setup guide has a picture for every screen. Android boxes, Samsung and LG televisions, MAG boxes and Apple devices each have their own guide.

We do not sell hardware and there is nothing to rent. If your device runs apps and connects to the internet, it works.

Once the channel list loads, spend 5 minutes marking favourites. Doing that for the 10 channels you actually watch turns a 20,000 channel list into something that feels like a normal television package.

Common questions

Do I get every hockey game in Ajax?

Yes, including the out of market games that normally need a separate season pass. All the national feeds and the regional Sportsnet channels are in the base subscription.

Are the sports channels an extra cost?

No. Every sports network is in the base plan at $15 a month. There is no sports tier and no add on, which is the main difference from a cable bill.

Can I watch movies as well as live television?

Yes. The on demand library holds over 80,000 movies and series and works like a streaming app. Most live channels also have catch up going back a few days.

What internet speed do I need in Ajax?

15 Mbps for HD and 25 Mbps for 4K. Almost every plan sold in Ajax clears both. Run a speed test if you are on an older copper line in the north end.

Do I have to leave Rogers or Bell?

No. Keep your internet exactly as it is. This replaces the television part of your bill and not the internet part.

How many televisions can I watch on?

Tell us how many screens you need when you sign up and we configure the account for it. Most Ajax households run 2 or 3.

What if a channel stops working?

Message us on WhatsApp with the channel name. Individual channels drop at the source sometimes and we move you onto a different feed for that one. It usually takes a couple of minutes.

Is there a contract?

No. Nothing renews on its own. You pay by Interac e-Transfer for the period you chose and it ends when it ends.

Test the channels you care about first

Do not cancel Rogers or Bell yet. Take the free 2 day trial, install it on the television you actually watch on, and put the specific channels you care about through their paces. Watch a live game on it. Check the feed you normally get blacked out on.

If those channels work, pick a plan and cancel the cable afterwards. If they do not, you owe us nothing. Neighbouring Pickering and Oshawa have their own guides.