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Install CatchOn TV on a Firestick

The Firestick needs one extra step other devices do not: allowing apps from outside the Amazon store. It sounds technical, it takes about a minute.

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Install the Downloader app

  1. 1.From the Fire TV home screen, go to Find, then Search.
  2. 2.Type Downloader and pick it from the suggestions.
  3. 3.Select the orange Downloader app, then choose Download.
2

Allow apps from unknown sources

The route to Developer Options changes between older and newer Fire TV devices.

  1. 1.Newer sticks: Settings, then My Fire TV, then About. Tap Fire TV Stick seven times to unlock Developer Options, then go back and enable it.
  2. 2.Older sticks: open Settings, My Fire TV and Developer Options, then allow Apps from Unknown Sources.
Worth knowing. If Developer Options is missing entirely, the seven-tap trick on the About screen is what brings it back. Amazon hid it in a firmware update.
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Install a player and sign in

Open Downloader, enter the app address you were given, and install it. Any of these work:

  • TiviMate

    Paid

    Best guide and recording. Up to five devices.

  • IBO Player Pro

    Free with Diamond

    Included with every Diamond plan (12 months). Shorter plans get a seven-day trial, followed by a one-off app fee.

  • IPTV Smarters

    Free

    Simplest option and costs nothing.

Open the player, choose the Xtream Codes login option, and enter the username, password and server address sent to you after ordering.

Sideloading is the fiddly part of a Firestick. If that puts you off, Android boxes and Chromecast install the same apps straight from the Play Store, and Samsung and LG TVs skip extra hardware entirely. Either way it is worth checking which channels are included before you start.

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