Telly is a Czech internet and satellite television operator run by the Lama Energy Group, the successor to the former DIGI TV. Rather than a single film archive, it streams dozens of live TV channels: Czech public-service stations, news, kids and international thematic channels, all backed by a seven-day catch-up archive. Sport, HBO and Max are sold as optional add-on packages, watched in a web browser, in the mobile app or straight on your television. Because every channel is licensed for Czech territory, a foreign IP address usually meets a geo-block the moment you leave the country.
The fix is simple. A Telly subscriber travelling inside the EU is covered by content-portability rules and keeps full access automatically. From further afield you reach for NordVPN: connect to a server in Czechia, and the Telly site and apps treat you as a viewer at home, loading your channels and the archive in full quality. The VPN only shifts your apparent location, so you keep paying for your own Telly plan.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | Telly TV | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 NordVPNBEST | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | July 4 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 5 | Open |
 Surfshark | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | July 5 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | July 6 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | July 1 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | July 1 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | July 3 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialTakes about 2 minutes. Works on your phone, tablet, TV, PC, or laptop.
Telly TV is only available in the Czech Republic. To access it from anywhere else, use a premium VPN.
Telly TV also works in Ireland, in Germany, in France, in the Netherlands and in Austria, plus in 21 more countries, but with limited content compared to fully available countries. NordVPN unlocks full access.
Telly TV is blocked in the United States, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada and in New Zealand, plus in 162 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like NordVPN.
Telly is the Czech IPTV service run by the LAMA energy group, on the market since 2015 and offering Czech, Slovak and international channels without either a satellite dish or a cable connection. All a household needs is a broadband connection; playback is handled by the browser, mobile apps, tablets or a native smart-TV app. The Start, Standard and Premium tiers differ in channel count, cloud-recording quota and catch-up depth. The service focuses on the Czech and Slovak markets.
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