Press kit

Updated June 2026 · Contact: hello@velko.tv (developer answers directly, usually same-day)

Boilerplate

Velko is a native IPTV player for Apple TV, iPhone & iPad. Users bring their own IPTV service — an Xtream Codes login or M3U playlist — and Velko gives it a fast, classic TV-guide experience built in SwiftUI. Velko ships no content and runs no servers: there are no accounts, no tracking, credentials stay in the device Keychain, and favorites sync across the user's Apple devices through their own iCloud. It's one Universal Purchase app, so Velko Pro carries across Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad. A free Community TV source (the open-source iptv-org public channel index) works without any account or time limit. Velko is built by an independent developer and released in 2026.

Fact sheet

Name: Velko: IPTV Player & TV Guide
Platform: Apple TV (tvOS 17+) and iPhone & iPad (iOS 17+), built in SwiftUI — one Universal Purchase app, shared Pro + iCloud favorites
Current version: 1.6 on tvOS and iOS (2026)
Price: free download; Velko Pro $2.99/month, $24.99/year, or $39.99 one-time Lifetime (launch pricing); 7-day free trial
Free tier: unlimited Community TV (iptv-org public channels), no watermark, no ads; 15-minute preview per channel for the user's own provider
Sources supported: Xtream Codes API, M3U/M3U8 playlists; multiple profiles
App Store: apps.apple.com/app/id6775969853
Developer: Scott Buckel (independent), United States
Community: r/velko

Feature highlights

Classic full-screen TV guide: full EPG, channel logos, now-playing progress, live preview, instant zapping
Catch-up: press & hold a channel to browse the last 24 hours and replay a show (providers with an archive)
Pause live TV; movies & series with resume; universal search across everything
Saved sources, favorites & settings that persist and sync across Apple TV, iPhone & iPad via the user's own iCloud (CRDT merge; credentials in encrypted fields)
Self-healing streams — auto-reconnect at the live edge instead of freezing
Privacy by design: no accounts, no analytics, no Velko servers

Story angles

The TiViMate gap: the category's biggest name has no Apple TV app — Apple TV owners are underserved, and native tvOS players are filling the gap.
After the Smarters purge: early 2026's removal of 36 IPTV apps left millions looking for a clean, legitimate player; "bring your own provider, we ship nothing" is the model that survives.
Privacy as a feature in a sketchy category: an IPTV player with no accounts, no tracking, and no servers — the opposite of the category norm.
Indie on tvOS: a solo developer shipping a full SwiftUI app for the App Store's most neglected platform.
From the TV to your pocket: Velko is multi-platform — the same private, guide-first player on Apple TV, iPhone & iPad, with one purchase and your favorites following you across devices.

Screenshots

1280px JPEGs (link directly or request larger): TV guide · Live playback · Search · Velko Pro. The logo is available as SVG. Larger sizes, raw 1920×1080 captures, or specific shots on request — email us.

Review access

Reviewers: the free tier exercises the full app without any provider (Community TV, no account). For Pro features (catch-up), email hello@velko.tv for an offer code — we keep codes ready for press.

Changelog · Velko FAQ — pricing, Xtream/M3U, and privacy · How Velko compares to UHF and IPTVX (yes, we wrote an honest one) · Privacy policy