Create the Ultimate Favorites Setup for Kids, Sports, or News in Tivimate

Tivimate’s Favorites feature is one of the best ways to organize your IPTV experience, especially when catering to different users like kids, sports fans, or news junkies. With a little setup, you can build a clean, personalized list of go-to channels or categories that are easy to access and switch between.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to create and manage favorites lists in Tivimate, step-by-step, so you can streamline access to the content you care about most.

Why Use Favorites?

• Create kid-friendly channel groups to avoid inappropriate content
• Group all sports channels for fast access on game day
• Quickly access global or local news stations with a single click
• Reduce clutter in the guide by focusing on what you actually watch

✅ Bonus: You can build multiple favorites lists in Tivimate Premium to keep everything organized for different users or viewing moods.

Requirements

• Tivimate Premium (multiple favorite lists and advanced features are not available in the free version)
• One or more playlists loaded

How to Add Channels to Favorites

1. Open Tivimate and go to the EPG (guide)
2. Navigate to any live channel
3. Press and hold the OK or Center button on your remote
4. A menu will appear — choose Add to Favorites

Repeat this for each channel you want to include in your Favorites list.

Create Multiple Favorites Lists (Premium Only)

Want to separate Kids, Sports, and News channels into their own lists? Here’s how:

1. From the main screen, press Left Arrow to open the side menu
2. Scroll down to Favorites, then select Manage Groups
3. Choose Create Group
4. Give your new group a name (e.g., “Kids Channels”)
5. Press OK to save

Now you can assign channels to each favorites group:

1. Go to the EPG
2. Long-press a channel and select Add to Group
3. Pick the correct custom favorite group from the list

🎉 Now your child can have their own “Kids Channels” section, and you can jump straight to sports or news whenever you want.

Rename or Reorder Favorite Groups

1. Press Left Arrow to open the side menu
2. Go to Favorites > Manage Groups
3. Select the group you want to rename or reorder
4. Choose Rename or use the arrows to move it up/down the list

Show Only Favorites in the EPG

To clean up your guide and make favorites your default view:

1. Press Left Arrow on the remote from the EPG
2. Scroll down and enable Only Show Favorites

This hides all non-favorite channels so your guide is focused and fast.

Bonus Tips for Kid-Friendly Setup

• Use Hide Groups to remove adult or complex channels
• Combine with Parental Controls under Settings > Security
• Adjust channel artwork to include familiar logos or cartoons