On air soon

Your playlist,
on the big screen.

Castwave turns your IPTV subscription into an Apple TV app that feels like it belongs there: live TV with a guide, movies and series with real artwork, and a player that opens almost anything.

  • Apple TV
  • tvOS 17+
  • Xtream Codes & M3U

Coming soon to the App Store

Castwave's Movies tab: a featured film with its poster and backdrop, and a Trending This Week row.

Programme guide

Tonight's lineup.

  1. CH 1 Now

    Live TV

    Channels sorted into Sports, News, Kids and more, a full TV guide for Xtream Codes, and zapping up and down without leaving the player.

  2. CH 2 Next

    Movies

    Featured titles, trending rows and real backdrops, with the plot, cast, director and rating one click away. Filter by language, country or year.

  3. CH 3 Later

    Series

    Every season and episode with stills and synopses. Stop halfway and Castwave remembers where you were.

  4. CH 4 Late

    Favourites & Top Shelf

    Folders for the channels and films you keep coming back to. What you're watching shows up on the Apple TV Home Screen, ready to resume.

Previously on Castwave

Made for the remote.

Big artwork, focus that always lands where you expect, and Menu always takes you back.

Live TV grouped into Sports, News and Kids rows.
Live TV, sorted for you
A movie page with backdrop, rating, runtime, plot and cast.
Everything about a title
A series page with a season picker and episode list with stills.
Every season, every episode
The Series tab with a featured show and its poster.
Series that feel at home

Titles and artwork in these screenshots are a fictional demo playlist with public-domain NASA imagery.

Test card

Plays almost anything.

Apple TV's own player gives up on a lot of what IPTV providers send. Castwave plays it with the open-source VLC engine, so the file your provider has is the file you watch.

  • MKV
  • MP4
  • AVI
  • MPEG-TS
  • HLS
  • HEVC / H.265
  • H.264
  • AC-3
  • E-AC-3
  • AAC
Notice

Bring your own playlist.

Castwave is a player. It doesn't include, host or sell any channels, films or series, and it isn't affiliated with any provider. You add the Xtream Codes login or M3U link you already have, so please only use playlists you're allowed to watch.

Off the record

What you watch stays on your Apple TV.

  • No account. There's nothing to sign up for. Your playlist login goes into the Apple TV's Keychain.
  • No tracking. No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs. The App Store label reads "Data Not Collected".
  • Direct. Castwave talks only to your provider and the App Store. There's no Castwave server in between.

Subscription

Try it for a week.

Free

$0

Add your playlist and browse everything: channels, guide, movies, series and favourites.

Castwave Pro

$19.99 a year

Watch it all. Starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, cancel any time in Settings.

US price. Prices in other countries are set by the App Store.

Viewer questions

FAQ.

When is it out?

Castwave is in final testing and will be submitted to the App Store soon. This page will get an App Store link the day it's live.

Does Castwave come with channels?

No. Castwave only plays a playlist you add from your own IPTV provider, using an Xtream Codes login or an M3U link.

Which Apple TV do I need?

Any Apple TV HD or Apple TV 4K running tvOS 17 or later.

Is there a TV guide?

Yes, for Xtream Codes playlists, which carry programme data. Plain M3U links usually don't, so their channels show without a guide.

Can I use more than one playlist?

Yes. Add as many as you like and switch between them in Account.

Is there an iPhone or Android version?

Castwave is made for Apple TV first. Nothing else is planned yet.

The Castwave app icon: a TV with a LIVE badge and a play button above the name Castwave.

Stay tuned.

Castwave is coming soon to the App Store on Apple TV.