IPLA, the VOD market leader and the largest online TV in Poland, provides legal access to thousands of hours of video material – VOD films, sports events and live sports coverage, free TV series and programmes from over 30 channels.
Fans of top-quality cinema can choose from the best and most popular film productions from all over the world from top studios and recognised distributors, such as Warner Bros, Disney, Universal, Kino Świat, SPI, Gutek, Monolith Films, 9th Plan, Sony Pictures Television International, Discovery Communications and A+E Networks. Sports fans can watch live coverage of such disciplines as volleyball (PlusLiga Polish men’s professional volleyball league, 2014 Men’s Volleyball World Championship), football (Bundesliga), Formula 1 motor racing, tennis (Roland Garros, Wimbledon, ATP Series), and much more. Children can also enjoy popular cartoons suitable for their age group, and lovers of TV series can follow their favourite characters even before the official release dates (TV series produced by Telewizja Polsat and TVP). IPLA is where viewers can watch hundreds of programmes from genres such as entertainment, cooking, arts and culture, documentary, business, news and current affairs, chat shows and much more. It also has a vast offering of 36 live channels including Polsat Sport, Eurosport, Polsat News, Discovery, Kino Polska, History, FilmBox, FightBox, AXN HD, AXN Spin, AXN White, AXN Black, Sundance, Da Vinci Learning and a host of others.
IPLA in figures:
- 1,500 films and over 100 TV series
- access to 36 TV channels
- around 200 hours of HD live sports coverage per month
- a 48 thousand programme database making us Poland’s largest legal TV content provider.
The IPLA television also offers a vast library of content available free of charge (90% of the entire resources), which is provided together with commercials. IPLA’s paid content is in thematic categories, which are activated for a period of 30 or 90 days or on a one-off basis in the form of 48-hour access to selected items. Subscribers to Cyfrowy Polsat’s satellite TV enjoy special discounts.
IPLA packages
IPLA offers seven thematic categories: TV Series, Films, Sport, Entertainment, News, Knowledge and Children, also in categories: LIVE and PACKAGES. The content is so divided to enable subscribers to quickly and intuitively find what they are looking for.
The thematic packages, which in most cases correspond to the thematic categories, also feature online TV channels from a given thematic area next to VOD content made available without commercials. The following packages are currently on offer from IPLA:
- IPLA ENTERTAINMENT (new)
- IPLA NEWS (new)
- IPLA KNOWLEDGE (new)
- IPLA CHILDREN (new)
- IPLA FILMS AND TV SERIES (previously IPLA PREMIUM)
- IPLA SPORT
- IPLA PREMIERES
- IPLA WORLD
- IPLA EXTRA.
Two packages are offered to subscribers interested in more affordable access to a greater volume of attractive content:
- IPLA MINI offering content from IPLA NEWS, IPLA CHILDREN, IPLA KNOWLEDGE, AND IPLA ENTERTAINMENT
- IPLA MAX offering content from IPLA NEWS, IPLA CHILDREN, IPLA KNOWLEDGE, IPLA ENTERTAINMENT, IPLA FILMS AND TV SERIES, AND IPLA SPORT.
Cyfrowy Polsat subscribers and Plus network customers can also take advantage of special packages: IPLA MIX and IPLA PLUS.
Prices start from PLN 4.90 per month for Cyfrowy Polsat subscribers and from PLN 9.90 per month for other users.
Technology and infrastructure
To provide the IPLA online television service, we employ our own technology adapted to major operating systems and a wide range of devices. We have unique technological expertise in encoding and streaming online audiovisual content as well as optimising the distribution of this type of signal. Unlike our competitors, we apply proprietary IT solutions enabling us to provide services best suited to the limited Internet infrastructure in Poland and the capabilities of external systems with which our applications are integrated. This means we are in a position to offer higher quality services than solutions commonly offered elsewhere. For instance, our system of HD video stream encoding (used to provide the IPLA service) uses half the bandwidth required to deliver the signal compared with solutions from other operators on the Polish market. Moreover, the DRM protection system supporting IPLA means we can offer paid content on mobile devices. As a result, our platform almost fully meets the trends and expectations of our subscribers in watching video content regardless of location, time of day or hardware they use. The ordering and payment process is also user-friendly.
IPLA on multiple devices
Internet users can access IPLA content from the website www.ipla.tv, but access is also enabled through special applications for users on Windows (including Windows 8) computers, smartphones, tablets, Smart TV sets (Toshiba, Samsung, LG, Philips, Panasonic, Sony, IKEA, Thompson, TCL, Sharp) and Sony PlayStation 3 consoles, as well as cable TV subscribers, e.g. TOYA. IPLA content can be viewed via set-top boxes of Cyfrowy Polsat and Netia Player. 3.9 million unique users on a wide variety of devices access IPLA content every month.
