The Pik TV app for Android TV allows you easy access to your content with a navigation menu at the top of your screen.
Home
From the Home screen, you can see what’s
On Now
on live TV,
Resume
your
On Demand
programming, browse
Highlights
and
Favourites
or view your recent
Purchases
. You can also navigate to
Search
,
Live TV
,
On Demand
,
Guide
or
Settings
.
Search
You can use the search function to find a movie, TV show or cast member, using the on-screen keyboard or the voice control feature of your Sony TV remote. If searching for a movie or TV series, your search results will include both live and On Demand viewing options for your title.
If searching for a specific cast member, your search results will provide a list of available live or
On Demand
titles where that cast member appeared.
Live TV
All Pik TV customers have access to the live TV content included in their subscription. Some channels are only available when connected to your home TELUS Internet service due to content provider restrictions. Live TV will show you what’s on now and you can check the guide or browse by surf zone categories; Major networks, Timeshift, Entertainment, Movies & series, Comedy & music, and more.
During live TV playback, you can press the middle button of the D-Pad on your Sony TV remote control once to bring up the program information screen and turn on closed captioning (CC) or described video (AD). A second press of this button will bring up a live guide, where you can see what’s on now, what’s coming up and change channels without stopping live playback.
To change channels in live TV playback mode, you can also use the channel
up
and
down
buttons on your Sony TV remote.
On Demand
All Pik TV customers have access to the live and
On Demand
content included in their subscription, as well as a selection of
On Demand
movies available for rental. You can browse by
Featured
titles,
TV Shows, Movies, Kids, Channels
and more.
Note
: You can pause, rewind or fast forward
On Demand
TV content, but these features may be disabled on select programming by the content provider. You can pause, rewind or fast forward On Demand movies available for rental.
Guide
In the
Guide
section, you can see what’s playing today and over the next 2 weeks on the channels that are available to you on this device.
You can also filter and sort your guide by selecting
Filter & sort
in the top right-hand corner of your screen.
Filtering by channels: My subscribed channels
will display all of the channels that you have in your Pik TV subscription.
All Channels
will display all of the channels that are available with Pik TV and
Playable on this device
will display all of the channels that you are subscribed to and can watch on this device. Please note that some channels are only available when connected to your TELUS home internet connection
Filtering by category:
You may choose
All Channels
,
Music
,
Children
,
News
or
Sports
. Only the channels within these categories will be displayed.
Settings
Selecting
Settings
will allow you to set your closed captioning and audio description settings, see your app and version information, account info. You can also set your language preferences or browse the
Tutorials & help
section.