Credit where credit is due, I got a lot of help from people over at the Addons4Kodi sub here.

Given:

• You want this working with an AndroidTV UI
• You do not want the PIA of casting from a phone/tablet
• You want an English broadcast
• You are regionally not in US/CA/UK
• You do not have any provider logins
• You do not have a US/CA/UK credit card
• You have decently fast Internet

I am on Shield TVs and these are the options I found works the best:

Hulu is my best paid option. I finally got this working and this is what I am going with. I found a smart DNS service that works with Hulu (but not CBC, sadly, though they claim it does). PM me for the provider as I do not want to advertise or spam for them.

Pros

• 50 hours of cloud DVR and all US coverage
• High bitrate HD
• Reliable service (no buffering or skips for me)

Cons

• $40 with only a 7 day trial
• That price and still no 4k
• Requires a VPN/SmartDNS service that works (tried 3 VPNs before finding a working SmartDNS)
• Only US coverage
• Requires US payment but accepts Paypal (so I could safely use a bank account as I have no US credit card)

Made In Canada IPTV addon for Kodi. This is the best free option I found and I am also using this for Canadian broadcasts.

Pros

• Free
• US/UK/Canadain coverage (awesome!)
• Kodi Addon

Cons

• Many of the "channels" have poor reliability
• Some channels require Canada or US IP (which can be mitigated by VPN/SmartDNS)

IPTV - VaderStreams tested. 2nd best paid option.

Pros

• Mostly complete US/Canadian/UK coverage
• Mostly HD
• Some on demand Olympic content.

Cons

• Trial is short and I spent most of my trial trying to figure out how to get it to work.
• Requires you setup an IPTV client (easy with Kodi though)
• Unreliable where I am, buffering, streams switching to low bitrate, disconnections.
• No DVR though there do seem to be instructions on setting up DVRs with PIs and other "needs work" kind of thing.
• Prices vary but seems to be around $20.
• Only thanks to people over in the addons4kodi I could find a reliable seller, otherwise there are a lot of scams and fly by night operations.

Puffin Web browser with cbc.ca/olympics and nbcolympics.com. This is the 2nd best free option but Puffin browser has a terrible reputation. If you can find a better browser that has an AndroidTV UI and can playback media, please let me know!

Pros

• Free
• HD
• Reliable at least for me
• US and Canadian coverage but needs VPN juggling.

Cons

• UI depending on your web browser
• Puffin Web browser is awful for privacy and decency
• Constantly having to switch VPNs to flip between US and Canadian coverage is a pain.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/device-reviews-and-information/android-tv-x86-t3726365

Gave it a try myself, and it does in fact work. I know someone did this about a year ago, but it didn't work for much. This version does allow Play store to work and download. Doesn't work for Netflix yet, and I haven't found an Amazon video APK for x86 either yet but still great to see someone making it work on PC hardware.

BTW, unless I am mistaken, this requires EFI boot, so it wont work with older BIOS only systems. Make sure when you format you name the partitions exactly as he says, mine wouldn't boot at all until I named the partitions correctly.

See the product here: http://venztech.com/v10pro/

It came wit ha nice remote and everything worked smoothly, but when I use Netflix, the OK button or the play/pause, stop buttons do absolutely nothing.

Is there a way to program those buttons to do something?

Only way to pause a show now is to hit the back button. I appreciate any help. I have spent hours trying to navigate these Android menus with a poor remote.

Last year, 8 months ago, some people may remember I found some links to Technicolor's website that should have been confidential. Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/comments/6fteym/att_will_soon_launch_an_android_tv_stb_to_go/

That's how I knew AT&T was launching a Set-Top-Box for their DIRECTV NOW service.

Info from Technicolor's website was talking about an 'Indigo' STB that's been used by Dish for their AirTV Player, that it's easy for AT&T to customize it, etc.

So I made some researched, I knew that the AirtTV code name was UIW4010ECH.

6 months ago I found on the FCC website a UIW4010TCH device, but most of the info was removed as both a short and a long term Confidentiality Request was made.

I could still find info saying the device was almost exactly the same as the AirTV, except it was all black and the power button had been moved to the bottom.

So I went back to the website, as the short confidential request expired, and found some interesting stuff.

• First a pretty basic user manual that mentions "ATT" in the title: https://fccid.io/G95-UIW4010TCH/User-Manual/User-manual-pdf-3461357.iframe

• Second, there are external pictures. There is even a comparison with the AirTV at the end. https://fccid.io/G95-UIW4010TCH/External-Photos/External-photos-v2-3461319

• Third, a recent article from Variety with this info from AT&T. "Before the end of 2018, AT&T plans to launch a “home-centric” version of the OTT service, with an in-home connected-TV set-top." http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/directv-now-subscribers-att-q4-2017-1202683048/

• Fourth, the device being internally the same as the AirTV, specs will be as such: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Marvell Armada 1500 Ultra BG4CT, 2GB RAM, 8GB Flash, Android Nougat.

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So, will it also launch in the Android TV Play Store ? I don't know unfortunately, but lets hope the delay is linked to the launch of this STB, maybe they want the DVR feature to be ready first.

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All this info is also available on my website, listing all future and existing Android TV, OEM, etc

https://sites.google.com/view/droid-tv/home

Guys, this screensaver app of mine has been out there https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhilashmishra.hues

Those of you who have tried it? Are you still using it? Can you tell me if you stopped, why? Do you want me to add some more features?

Currently it can:

• show GIFs
• lets you add your favorite image/GIF subreddit
• customize time for each wallpaper