How to find snooker tournament coverage in the channel guide
The category filter, not the scroll bar, is what gets you to snooker quickly. A guide carrying 50,000+ channels is not meant to be browsed from top to bottom — it is meant to be narrowed. Pick a category, run a search, and save the right channels to favourites; after that, getting back to snooker takes a couple of button presses rather than a few minutes of hunting.
Quick answers
- Where do I find the sports category in my IPTV app?
Look for a sidebar, a tab row or a folder view when you first open the channel list — most apps label it 'Sports' or 'UK Sports'. Selecting it filters the guide to sport channels only, which is much faster than scrolling the full list.
- What if search returns too many results?
Try a more specific word from the channel name rather than a genre word like 'sport'. If you get too few results, delete a character or two — the search usually matches from the start of the name, so shorter queries return broader results.
- How do I add a channel to favourites on a TV remote?
In TiviMate, long-press OK (or the select button) while a channel is highlighted to bring up options including 'Add to favourites'. In IPTV Smarters Pro on a phone, tap the star icon beside the channel name in the list.
- My housemate changed the app settings and I lost my favourites — can I rebuild them?
Yes, go back through the sports category or search for the channels by name, then re-add each one. TiviMate stores favourites per device, so changes on one device do not affect another.
- Do I need to configure every device separately?
Yes, each device needs the app installed and your login credentials entered individually. The upside is that settings such as favourites and category order are independent on each device, so everyone in the house can arrange things their own way.
Why the category view is the right place to start
Most IPTV apps organise channels into named groups, and your guide almost certainly has a sports category — look for a tab or a folder labelled 'Sports' or 'UK Sports' in the sidebar. Opening that group cuts the channel list to a fraction of its full size immediately. From there, snooker coverage tends to sit inside a smaller cluster of channels dedicated to live sport, so you are scanning a short list rather than the whole catalogue.
In TiviMate, the category panel sits on the left when you open the channel list; tap it to expand. In IPTV Smarters Pro, categories appear as tabs across the top of the Live TV screen. On a MAG box, the portal menu usually shows group names before you enter the full channel view. Each app words things slightly differently, but the structure is the same: pick a group first, then browse inside it.
If you are setting up for the first time and want a comparison with how the same approach works for football, the walkthrough on finding Premier League channels through categories and favourites covers the same logic with a different set of channels.
Using search when you know what you are looking for
Search is faster than any category once you know the name of a channel. In TiviMate, hold the search icon or press the magnifying glass on your remote; in IPTV Smarters Pro, the search field sits at the top of the Live TV tab. Type a few characters of the channel name and the list narrows in real time — you do not need to spell out the full name.
One practical habit: search the word 'sport' rather than a specific channel name if you are not sure which channel is carrying snooker at a given time. That returns every channel in the guide with 'sport' in the name, and you can run through them quickly. It takes a moment rather than several minutes of scrolling.
On a phone or tablet, the on-screen keyboard makes this straightforward. On a TV remote with a d-pad, it is slower but still worth doing rather than paging through the category manually.
Building a favourites list you will actually use
Once you have found the channels that carry snooker, add them to favourites before you close the guide. In TiviMate, long-press the channel name to get the context menu, then choose 'Add to favourites'. In IPTV Smarters Pro, there is a star or heart icon beside each channel. Next time you open the app, your favourites group appears at the top of the category list and you are one tap away.
In a shared house this matters more than it might seem. If a housemate has been watching something else and the app has jumped to a different category, you can get back to your snooker channels in a couple of button presses rather than re-navigating from scratch.
Keep the list short and deliberate — a handful of sports channels you actually watch, nothing more. A long favourites list defeats its own purpose.
Getting set up on a device that suits a shared house
Students in shared houses tend to watch on a mix of devices: an Android TV stick plugged into the living-room telly, a tablet in a bedroom, a phone for watching somewhere quieter. Apps such as TiviMate, IPTV Smarters Pro and IBO Player all work with Premium UK IPTV, and the setup process is the same across them: after you pay, your login details arrive by email, you open the app, enter the credentials it asks for, and the full channel list loads.
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One thing that catches people out in shared houses: each device needs the app installed and configured separately. The credentials are the same, but the favourites list and category settings are stored per device, so each person can set up their own view without affecting anyone else's.
