The Ultimate 4K Live TV & Event Guide Player
All your personal M3U/M3U8 playlists, network tuner APIs, and XMLTV schedules — unified on Android TV. Instant local channel caching and real-time Event Guide matching, entirely on your own device.
Smart EPG Category Filtering
Soccer / Football
Basketball
American Football
Ice Hockey
Boxing
MMA / Combat
Cricket
Motorsport
The Real Interface
Home — your library tiles and the live Event Guide banner, right where you land.
Event Guide — fixtures matched automatically against your own playlist, by category.
Live TV — your whole playlist, cached locally and searchable instantly.
Live Playback — real video, with the channel and programme info overlay on demand.
Supported Devices
Red Carpet Player installs directly as an APK. That only works on Android-based TV platforms — here's exactly what does and doesn't run it.
Supported — Direct APK / Downloader
Not Supported Natively
Using a Samsung or LG TV? Plug in any $40 Fire TV Stick 4K or Google TV device to run Red Carpet Player at full 60fps.
How To Install
Three steps on your TV device — no sideloading tools, no computer required.
Open Downloader on Your TV
Install the free Downloader by AFTVnews app from the Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore on your TV device.
Enter Code 3149413
Enter our Downloader code (or aftv.news/3149413 in any browser) and press Go to install Red Carpet Player.
Connect Your Playlist
Launch Red Carpet Player, open Settings, and enter your own M3U URL, network tuner address, or XMLTV guide source.
Dynamic Event Guide
Cross-references public fixture schedules against your local XMLTV guide and playlist categories automatically.
Instant Local Engine
Caches tens of thousands of channels on-device, so live TV, search, and guide switching open in milliseconds.
Custom EPG & Addon Sync
Attach supplemental XMLTV or JSON schedule feeds to fill in missing provider guide data, under your control.
Simple, Honest Pricing
Red Carpet Player is a standalone playback and guide utility. You bring the playlist — we just make it fast and organised.
- Bring your own M3U/M3U8 playlist or network tuner API
- Local channel caching
- Standard Event Guide matching
- Everything in the Free tier
- Smart EPG Channel Auto-Match & Manual Guide Re-mapping
- Pinned Channels, Custom Category Reordering & Search Shortcuts
- Multi-Source XMLTV & Supplemental Schedule Merging
- Lifetime v3.x Software Updates (Up to 5 Personal TV Devices)