IPTV subscription price

This page explains how the IPTV subscription price works at Northline IPTV. It does not list figures. Instead, it shows you what sets the price, how to compare durations and packs on equal terms, what the price covers and what it leaves out, how to read the total at checkout, and how to compare our price with another provider’s without being misled. Our aim is simple: when you pay, you should know exactly what you are buying and be sure that nothing else will follow.

This guide sits under our IPTV subscription overview. When you are ready to see actual amounts, open the product page of the pack you are considering; the price shown there, at the moment you order, is the price you pay.

What decides the IPTV subscription price

Two choices decide the price you see, and only two. You choose a pack, which sets the size and focus of the catalogue. You choose a duration, which sets how long your access lasts. The combination has one price, shown on the product page and again at checkout.

There are no options to tick at checkout, no add-ons hidden behind a menu, no setup charge and no activation charge. The price does not change with the device you watch on, the player you choose or the time of day you order. It does not depend on where in Canada you live.

What this means for you: once you have decided on a pack and a duration, the price is settled. If you see the same combination on the product page twice, a week apart, and the figure has not been changed on our side, you will see the same amount both times. The only way to change what you pay is to change one of the two choices.

Why we do not print amounts in our guides

Our guides stay online for a long time. Prices can change. A figure written into a guide stays there after it goes out of date, and a reader who finds it months later has no way to know. At best that is confusing. At worst it looks like a promise we are not keeping.

One place shows the price: the product page, at the moment you order. Every guide points there, and none contradicts it.

So we keep a single source. The plans page and each pack’s product page always show the current price, in Canadian dollars, for every pack and duration. The guides explain how prices work; the product pages say what they are today.

The same logic applies to screenshots and old messages. If you saved a price from a product page some time ago, or a friend in your own household forwards one, treat it as a reminder of roughly where a plan sits, not as the amount you will pay. Open the product page again before ordering. It takes a second and removes any doubt.

What this means for you: you never have to wonder whether a guide is up to date on price. Because the guides never quote a figure, the only figure you will ever see is the current one.

The pack side of the price

The first choice is the pack. We sell three, and each mixes live channels, series and films. For the same duration, a larger or more specialised pack costs more than the entry pack. Here is what each one holds.

The catalogue includes French-language and international content in every pack. If one language matters to your household, ask support before ordering; a clear answer is worth more than an assumption about which pack might have it.

Price and pack size are related, but a larger pack is not automatically better value for your home. Value depends on what you actually watch. A household that follows series will use the depth of the VIP Premium Pack every week. A household that mostly watches live channels on a Full HD TV may never touch most of it, and would be paying for catalogue it does not open. A household with a 4K screen and a strong line gets the most from the Ultimate 4K Pack.

One more point on the pack side. Choosing a pack is not permanent. Because nothing renews, your next order can be a different pack at that pack’s current price. A household that starts on the Premium Pack and finds itself short of series can move to the VIP Premium Pack at the next order, and a household that finds it never uses 4K can move the other way. If you want to change in the middle of a plan, write to support with your current pack and the one you want; they explain the options for your order.

What this means for you: choose the pack for your habits and your screen first, then look at its price. Choosing the pack by price alone, high or low, is the most common way to end up with the wrong one.

The duration side: total versus cost per month

The second choice is the duration: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. This is the part of the price that most often surprises people, because two numbers move in opposite directions. As the duration grows, the total you pay at once goes up, and the cost of each month goes down.

There is a quiet benefit hidden in the table. Because no duration renews by itself, the space between two orders costs nothing. If you stop watching for a summer, you simply do not order, and you pay nothing for those months. On a plan that renews automatically, a quiet period still costs money unless you remember to cancel. With us, the gap costs nothing by design, and it is the reason a shorter plan timed to your viewing can sometimes beat a longer one on real cost.

Neither direction is a trick. They are two ways to pay for exactly the same content: a shorter duration buys flexibility, a longer one buys a lower monthly cost. Our monthly plan guide explains when flexibility is worth paying for, and the 12-month plan guide explains when the lower monthly cost is the better deal.

Working out the cost per month yourself

You do not need us to tell you the saving. You can work it out in under a minute with the figures on the product page and a phone calculator. The method below works for our prices and for any other provider’s.

1. Pick one pack. Compare durations within the same pack first. Mixing packs and durations in one comparison hides what is really changing.
2. Note each total. Write down the total shown for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months on that pack’s product page.
3. Divide by the months. Divide the 3-month total by 3, the 6-month total by 6 and the 12-month total by 12. The 1-month total is already a monthly figure.
4. Compare the results. The four answers are your cost per month for each duration. The 12-month result will be the lowest.
5. Weigh the gap against your certainty. Ask how sure you are that you will watch for the whole period. The less sure you are, the more the flexibility of a shorter plan is worth.

A worked example, with letters instead of amounts. Call the 1-month total A and the 12-month total B. Your cost per month on the year is B divided by 12. If that is lower than A, which it will be, the difference is what each month of the year saves you compared with paying monthly. Multiply that difference by 12 and you have the total saving over the year, provided you would really have watched every one of those twelve months.

That last condition matters. A saving only exists if you use the months you paid for. A household that watches six months a year saves nothing by paying for twelve. Our plans overview has a section on matching durations to seasons for exactly this reason.

What the IPTV subscription price covers

A clear price means knowing exactly what it buys. Whatever the pack and the duration, these are included in the price you pay at checkout, with nothing added later.

Notice what is not on the list of charges: there is no activation charge, no setup charge, no charge for re-sending your access e-mail, no charge for help with a player and no charge for using the login on another of your devices. Support is part of the price, not a paid extra.

What this means for you: the price at checkout covers everything we provide for that plan. For the service itself in more detail, our page on what is included in the service lists each part of a pack.

What sits outside the price

Being clear about what is included also means being clear about where our price stops. A few things are needed to watch but are not ours to sell. Knowing them before you order avoids a surprise later.

What this means for you: our price is the only charge from Northline. The other items are things you probably already have, or a choice you make about a player. Our guide to IPTV apps shows which players run on which device.

The full cost of watching at home

When people compare an IPTV subscription price with what they pay today for television, they sometimes compare the wrong things. Our price covers access to the catalogue. Your full cost of watching also includes the parts you provide yourself.

For most homes, two of these four parts already exist. The television is on the wall, and the internet line is already paid for. The question is whether they are good enough. A line that cannot hold 15 Mbps at the screen in the evening will not give a steady Full HD picture, whatever pack you buy. An older stick may not handle 4K well. If either needs upgrading, that is a cost to count before you compare prices.

What this means for you: check your device and your evening speed before you judge the price. If both already meet the quality you want, our price is close to your full cost of watching. If one of them needs replacing, plan for that separately. Our devices guide helps you check whether what you own is supported.

What the price never changes

Paying more, or paying for longer, does not buy a different set of rules. Some things stay identical for every customer, every pack and every duration. We list them because people sometimes assume a bigger plan gets better treatment.

• Support is the same for everyone. A customer on 1 month is not placed behind a customer on 12 months. Same channels, same days, same languages.
• Delivery is the same. Every order is e-mailed within minutes, whatever the pack or the duration.
• The connection rule is the same. Every pack includes 1 simultaneous connection. A higher price does not add screens.
• The payment rule is the same. One payment, in Canadian dollars, by card or PayPal. No plan renews and none has a contract.
• Devices and players are the same. The same supported list works with every pack. A bigger plan does not need a different player.

What this means for you: the price reflects two things only, the size and focus of the pack and the length of access. It does not reflect how you are treated, how quickly you are answered or which rules apply to you. That part is identical for everyone, and our commitments as a provider page puts it in writing.

Matching the price to how you watch

The right price is the one that buys what you will actually use. These situations show how the same price logic leads to different choices in different homes.

Two of these situations often apply to the same home. A family that watches mostly in winter and loves series might pair the VIP Premium Pack with a 6-month duration that starts as the evenings get longer. A couple with a 4K screen who watch all year might pair the Ultimate 4K Pack with 12 months once a first month has proved the line can hold 25 Mbps at that screen. Combining the two choices this way usually lands closer to good value than picking either one by price alone.

The common thread is simple. Value is the price divided by what you use, not the price on its own. A plan that costs less per month but runs through months you do not watch is not cheaper in practice. A pack that costs less but lacks what your household wants is not cheaper either, because you end up wanting to change it.

Reading the IPTV subscription price at checkout

The checkout is the last place to confirm that the price is what you expect. It takes a few seconds and removes any surprise from the final figure.

An illustration of the order summary. The total is the full amount for the duration.

1. Check the pack name. If 4K matters to you, make sure you are on the Ultimate 4K Pack, and that your line can give 25 Mbps to that screen.
2. Check the duration. The total for 12 months and the total for 1 month look very different; make sure you picked the one you meant.
3. Read the total. It is in Canadian dollars and covers the whole duration. Nothing is added after you confirm.
4. Pick a payment method. Card or PayPal. Our guide to paying your IPTV provider covers both.
5. Pay once. No second payment follows. When the duration ends, access stops unless you order again.

What this means for you: if the pack, the duration and the total match what you chose on the product page, you can pay with confidence. If anything looks different, go back rather than forward.

Comparing an IPTV subscription price with another provider’s

Price comparisons between providers are only fair when the plans are alike in the ways that matter. Two figures can look close and buy very different things. Before comparing, line up the points below for each provider.

A fair comparison in practice

Take a sheet of paper or a note on your phone and make one column per provider. Fill in the seven points above for each one, from what is written on their site rather than what a chat message says. Where a point is blank, send the provider one question and fill it in from the answer. Only then write the price for the same duration in each column, and work out the cost per month. The column with the most clear answers and a cost per month you are comfortable with is usually the safer choice, even if another column shows a lower headline figure.

Once these points match, compare cost per month on the same duration. A provider whose 12-month price looks lower than ours but renews by itself, or allows fewer screens than you need, is not cheaper in practice. The reverse can also be true, and we would rather you compare properly than choose us by mistake.

Our guide to choosing an IPTV supplier gives a full method for checking any provider, and our list of questions to ask an IPTV provider helps you get the answers you need before paying.

Price signals to be careful about

When you look at any IPTV subscription price, including ours, a few signals deserve a second look. None proves a problem on its own, but each one is worth a question before you pay.

• The price appears only in a private message, not on a page you can return to.
• The currency is not stated, or changes between the page and the payment.
• The duration attached to the price is unclear.
• Nobody can say whether the plan renews automatically.
• The number of simultaneous connections is not stated, or depends on who you ask.
• Payment is requested by transfer or through a link sent in a chat.
• The seller promises things it does not write down anywhere.

What this means for you: a trustworthy price comes with its rules. We publish ours on the plans overview and in every guide, so you can hold us to them.

Extra screens and the price

Every pack includes 1 simultaneous connection, and the price of a pack covers that one connection. This is the point where households most often expect the price to work differently, so here it is plainly.

Installing the same login on several of your own devices costs nothing extra and needs no request. The living-room TV, the bedroom box and your phone can all hold the login; they simply play one at a time. The question of extra screens only arises when two people want to watch different things at the same moment.

When support has set up extra screens for you, remember the line as well as the price. Speeds add up: a 4K TV and a Full HD tablet playing together need 25 plus 15, so 40 Mbps between them. A plan that allows two screens is only useful if the line can carry both. Our page on 4K quality and bandwidth explains how to measure that properly.

When prices change

Prices can change over time, which is exactly why our guides do not print them. Because every plan is paid once, a change in price has a clear and limited effect.

A plan you have already paid for is not affected. The amount was settled at checkout, nothing is charged later, and so no later change can add a charge to it. A change applies only to orders placed after it, and the product page always shows the price in force at the moment you order.

Deep dive: why one-time payment protects you from price changes

On a plan that renews automatically, a new price can reach you without any action on your part: the next charge simply comes in at the new amount. On a one-time plan, that cannot happen. Each order is a separate decision, taken with the current price in front of you. If you do not like the price you see on your next order, you can choose a different pack or duration, or not order at all. The decision stays with you every time.

What this means for you: you see the current price every time you decide, and your decision is the only thing that sets what you pay. There is no notice to watch for and no charge to dispute.

Budgeting for a year of viewing

Many households think about television as a yearly cost. Here is a common path through a first year with us, shown as a sequence of orders. It is an example, not a rule, and you can shorten or stretch any step.

This path costs a little more in the first months than going straight to a year, because the 1-month duration has the highest cost per month. In exchange, you never pay for a year on a setup that turned out not to work. For many homes, that is a fair trade.

If you are comparing this path with what you pay for television today, compare like with like. Put the full cost of the year with us, plus any player licence you choose to buy, next to a year of your current bill, and keep the internet line out of both sides if you would pay for it anyway. Then ask whether the catalogue, the devices and the one-screen rule fit your home as well as what you have now. Price is only half of that comparison; fit is the other half.

From the second year on, the budget becomes simpler: one order, one payment, one end date. Because nothing renews, you can set the amount aside over the year and pay when you choose. If your habits change, the next order can change with them.

Good and poor reasons to pay more

Paying more than the smallest option is often the right call. It depends on the reason. Here is how we see the most common ones.

The pattern behind the left column is that each reason matches something your home will actually use. The pattern behind the right column is that each one expects the price to solve a problem that sits elsewhere, in the line, the device or the rules. If your reason for choosing a larger plan sits on the right, solve that problem first, then decide. Our help centre covers the setup issues that most often get mistaken for a pack problem.

Price words, explained

These terms appear on product pages, at checkout and in our replies about price.

Total

The full amount for a pack and duration, paid once at checkout, in Canadian dollars.

Cost per month

The total divided by the number of months. Highest on 1 month, lowest on 12 months.

Current price

The price shown on the product page at the moment you order. The only figure that applies.

Saving

The gap between two costs per month, multiplied by the months you actually watch.

Player licence

A payment some players ask for, made to their publisher, not to us.

Extra screens

More than 1 simultaneous connection, available on request with conditions and a price from support.

Headline price

The figure a seller shows first. Only useful once you know the duration, currency and rules behind it.

Related guides

These pages answer the questions that usually follow a look at price.

FAQ

Where can I see the current IPTV subscription price?

On the plans page and on each pack’s product page. They show the current price for every pack and duration, in Canadian dollars. Our guides do not print amounts, so they never go out of date.

Will I be charged again after my plan ends?

No. You pay once and nothing renews. If you want to continue, you place a new order at the price shown at that time.

Does a bigger pack cost more?

For the same duration, yes. The duration then decides the total and the cost per month.

Which duration has the lowest cost per month?

The 12-month duration. The 1-month duration has the highest cost per month, and 3 and 6 months sit in between.

Are there setup or activation charges?

No. The total at checkout is the whole amount for your plan. Nothing is added for activation, setup or help with a player.

Is the player licence included?

No. We are independent from app publishers. If a player needs a licence, check the current price on the app’s official website.

How much do extra simultaneous screens cost?

Extra screens are available on request only. Write to support through the contact page; they will give you the conditions and the price for your case.

Which currency do you charge in?

Canadian dollars, by card or PayPal, in a single payment at checkout.

If the price changes, does my current plan change?

No. A plan you have paid for is settled. A price change applies only to orders placed after it.

Does a longer plan include more content?

No. For a given pack, the catalogue is the same on every duration. Only the length of access and the cost per month change.