IPTV player for Android TV and LG
Bengala sorts your playlist into live TV, a guide, films and series, and puts it all within reach of four arrows and an OK. Anything you don’t fancy typing with the remote, you type on your phone.
Coming soon to Google Play and the LG Content Store.In the meantime, you can see what it looks like, what it costs and which TVs it works on.
On your TV
Every image on this page is a real screenshot of Bengala running our demo playlist: open films from Blender Studio and made-up channels. What you see is what you get.
1Live TV
Groups on the left, channels in the middle and, on the right, what’s on now and what’s on next. Your recent channels are always at the top.
If a channel doesn’t respond, Bengala tries another version of the same channel in your playlists before giving up.
2Guide
Several channels and hours of programmes on one screen. Skip ahead, open the details of a programme that hasn’t started yet and set a reminder. If your provider keeps past programmes, you can go back too.
Save a word, such as your team’s name, and Bengala lets you know when it turns up in the guide.
3Films and series
Bengala separates the films and series in your playlist, sorts episodes by season and remembers where you left off.
If the same film comes in several qualities, they’re grouped on a single page and you pick the version from there.
4From your phone
The TV shows you a code; scan it and a page opens on your phone where you can paste your playlist link or your Xtream details. The same goes for the guide, subtitles, a backup or a new PIN.
Your details go from your phone to your TV over your Wi-Fi, without passing through any server.
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Bengala installs on your TV, or on the streaming device plugged into it, not on your phone. Choose yours.
Pricing
These are the prices Bengala will launch at. You can’t buy it yet: nothing is charged until launch.
€0.83 a month, billed once a year
€1.24 a month, billed once a year
Prices include VAT.
It’s the player. Playlists, guides and subscriptions come from a provider entitled to offer them to you; we don’t sell any of them and we don’t know what’s in yours.
A TV with Android TV, Google TV or LG webOS 5 or later, and a playlist from your provider: an M3U link, an M3U file or the details of an Xtream account. To add it, all you need is a phone on the same Wi-Fi.
No. Bengala is just the player: it doesn’t include or sell channels, films or playlists. You need your own playlist from a provider entitled to offer it to you.
Yes, if it’s M3U, M3U8 or Xtream Codes, which is what almost every provider gives you. Stalker and MAC portals don’t work with Bengala.
No. When you add it from your phone, it goes straight to the TV over your Wi-Fi. If you turn on sync between devices, it travels encrypted with a key that only your devices hold, so we can’t read it.
With the 1-device licence, one. With the 3-device licence, up to three at once, on any platform: an Android TV in the living room and an LG in the bedroom count just the same. Each seat can move to another device up to 2 times a year; reinstalling the app on the same one doesn’t count.
From your TV: Bengala shows you a QR code, you open it on your phone, sign in with your email and pay. The TV activates itself within a few seconds. Payment is processed by Stripe and we never see your card details.
Yes, whenever you like and without giving a reason, from ‘Invoices and subscription’ on the page the QR code opens. It keeps working until the end of the year you’ve paid for and you won’t be charged again.
Free up the seat on the old one in Settings → Account and sign in with your email on the new one. If the old one won’t switch on any more, email us and we’ll free up the seat for you.
To watch your channels, yes, like anything streamed over the internet. The licence, on the other hand, is only checked every so often: Bengala keeps working for about 30 days even if it can’t reach our servers.
Not on Samsung TVs yet: they run Tizen and there’s no version for them, but it does work with an Android TV box plugged into the TV. It doesn’t install on phones: your phone is there for typing whatever would be a faff with the remote.
You have the legal guarantee: if Bengala doesn’t work as described, we’ll fix it, and if we can’t, we’ll refund what’s due. Beyond that, email us and we’ll look at it case by case. Before you buy, you get a 7-day free trial.
