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Tivo8k for Canadian homes, in English, in French or in both at once

Tivo8k carries the Canadian networks in both official languages, inside a list of 25,000+ live channels and 120,000+ movies and series. A house in Montreal can keep TVA on in the living room while someone upstairs watches Sportsnet in English, and a family in Calgary may never open the French group. Here is what each of you will hear, how the guide handles six time zones, and what a US-dollar price means on a Canadian card.

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English-language groups	CBC, CTV, Global and Citytv; CBC News Network and CP24; TSN 1–5 and Sportsnet; Crave, HBO Canada and Super Channel
French-language channels	TVA, Radio-Canada, Noovo, TFO and RDS, plus the channels of France in the European group
Guide clock	Newfoundland, Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific, read from your device
Price	$15 a month or $69 a year on one screen, in US dollars converted by your bank: plans and prices
Help	WhatsApp 24/7, from St. John's to Victoria

Canadian networks in English and in French

The Canadian channels sit just below the American ones, in two groups split by language. The English-language group opens with CBC, CTV, CTV 2, Global and Citytv, then news on CBC News Network, CTV News Channel and CP24, sport on the four regional Sportsnet feeds plus Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 and TSN 1–5, and drama and film on Crave, HBO Canada and Super Channel. Children have Treehouse, YTV and Family Channel.

The French-language group is shorter and carries more weight in Quebec: TVA, Radio-Canada, Noovo, TFO and RDS for sport. With the US groups right above both, most Canadian homes end up with a favorites group mixing all three. The full channel list shows the order, and its search box beats scrolling.

French audio for Quebec and French Canada on Tivo8k

For a French-speaking home the question is not only which channels are French but what reaches the speakers on everything else. There are three layers:

Channels that broadcast in French. TVA, Radio-Canada, Noovo, TFO and RDS on this side of the Atlantic, plus TF1, France 2, M6, Canal+, beIN Sports FR and RMC Sport in the European group. Accent and vocabulary differ between the two.
A French track on the same channel. Where a broadcaster sends a second audio track, the player's audio menu switches to it. Not every feed carries one, so test your channels during the trial.
French in the library. A film or series supplied with French audio appears as its own entry beside the original. Whether that dub was recorded in Quebec or in France depends on the file, so listen for a minute first.

Subtitles follow the same rule: on where the file carries them, and resizable in many players. Tivo8k in French goes deeper into French-language viewing.

Hockey and the rest of the Canadian sports calendar

Hockey is why many Canadian homes ask about sport first. On the Canadian side the NHL usually turns up on Sportsnet and on RDS, which brings French commentary; from the US, on ESPN, TNT and NHL Network. When one game runs on an English and a French broadcaster, you choose the voice as well as the picture.

The NBA follows a similar pattern, on Sportsnet and TSN at home and on ESPN, ABC, NBC and NBA TV south of the border. TSN is also among the World Cup and Euros broadcasters, and the NFL and MLB arrive through the US networks. None of this promises a game: rights move between seasons, and each regional Sportsnet feed shows what its own region is scheduled to see. Tivo8k sports, league by league has the full map.

Six time zones, and the half hour in Newfoundland

The guide carries its own time offsets, and the player shows each listing in the time zone set on the device. Canada stretches that further than most countries:

Newfoundland runs at UTC−3:30 (UTC−2:30 in summer), so a program starting at 8 pm in Toronto starts at 9:30 pm on the island.
Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific follow in one-hour steps, leaving British Columbia four and a half hours behind St. John's.
Saskatchewan mostly keeps central standard time all year, matching Alberta in summer and Manitoba in winter.
Yukon has stayed on UTC−7 all year since 2020.

If listings look an hour or thirty minutes out, set the device to your own city. The TV guide page covers the backup time-shift setting in most players.

Which devices switch between French and English

A bilingual home needs a player that shows the audio menu, which narrows the device choice more than the channel list does:

Android TV and Google TV: TiviMate or IPTV Smarters Pro, the most comfortable pairing for moving between languages.
Fire TV Stick on Fire OS: a player installs through Downloader, as Tivo8k on a Firestick shows; the Fire TV Stick 4K Select runs Vega OS and cannot.
Roku: no sideloading and usually only the first audio track, which defeats the point in a two-language home; the Roku setup page sets out the limits.
Samsung and LG: Smart IPTV, on Samsung models from the 2022 range onward (Tizen 6.5 or newer) and LG sets running webOS 3.0 or newer.
MAG boxes: a portal URL linked to the box's MAC address, which starts 00:1A:79.

A US-dollar price on a Canadian card

The price list is in US dollars only: $15 for a month on one screen, $69 for a year. Your bank converts the charge into Canadian dollars at its own rate, so the statement line can differ slightly from one order to the next. Send the order form on this site, pay through the link that arrives on WhatsApp, and the login follows in the same chat, usually in under 15 minutes. Nothing renews automatically.

Support runs 24/7, covering a late question from Victoria as easily as an early one from Halifax. Orders are taken only here and on +1 917 793 9264. First, a free Tivo8k trial shows how the French and English groups behave on your own television.

Tivo8k in other countries

USA US networks, news and sport, a Spanish-language group, and a guide that runs from Eastern time to Hawaii.

Australia Seven, Nine, ABC, SBS and Fox Sports, a choice of cricket commentary, and a guide that keeps up with daylight saving.

United Kingdom BBC, ITV and Sky Sports on a guide that keeps British time, with a choice of commentary where a match runs twice.

Ireland RTÉ, Virgin Media and TG4 beside the British groups, on Irish time, with Irish-language TG4 for the whole house.

New Zealand TVNZ, Three and Sky Sport NZ beside the Australian networks, a guide on New Zealand time and catch-up for overnight sport.

All of them on one page: Countries.

Canada on Tivo8k: questions

Does Tivo8k have French-language Canadian channels?

Yes. TVA, Radio-Canada, Noovo, TFO and RDS sit in the French-language Canadian group, and the European group adds TF1, France 2, M6 and Canal+ from France. Library titles supplied with a French track appear as their own entries. The trial is the simplest way to judge how much French your household actually gets.

Can I watch the NHL in French on Tivo8k?

Often, yes. RDS is the French-language sports broadcaster in the list, next to Sportsnet in English and ESPN, TNT and NHL Network from the US. Which games RDS shows depends on its rights that season and its regional rules, so check the guide on game day rather than count on a particular one.

Is Tivo8k charged in Canadian dollars?

No. Every price is in US dollars, from $15 a month to $69 a year on one screen, and the bank behind your card handles the switch to Canadian dollars at the rate it applies that day. The payment link arrives on WhatsApp after the order form, and a plan ends with its term unless you order again.

Why is my Tivo8k guide thirty minutes out in Newfoundland?

The television or box is almost certainly on Atlantic time. The player shows each listing in the device's own zone, so pick St. John's, or the nearest Newfoundland option, in the device settings and the guide lines up with the island's clock. If it still disagrees with the wall clock, use your player's time-shift option.

Which device suits Tivo8k in a bilingual home?

An Android TV or Google TV device running TiviMate or IPTV Smarters Pro, since both keep the audio-track menu within reach. A Fire OS stick behaves much the same. A Roku is the weak spot: it usually plays only the first track a channel sends, so switching between French and English is rarely possible there.

Can two rooms watch in different languages at once?

Yes, with a plan for two or more screens: a two-screen month is $25 and a two-screen year $119. Each screen picks its own channel and its own audio track, so the living room can stay on TVA while a bedroom follows Sportsnet. One screen means one stream at a time.