IPTV for Moroccans abroad: 2M, Al Aoula and Botola from home

The service works in any country with a decent internet connection, because the channels travel over the internet rather than through a satellite footprint. You do not need a dish pointed at Nilesat on a London balcony or a cousin in Morocco to record the evening series.

The national line-up is the heart of it: Al Aoula, 2M, Al Maghribia, Medi 1 TV, Chada TV, Arryadia for sport, Tamazight for Amazigh programmes, Laayoune TV, Assadissa and Attakafia. The channel pages go into detail: 2M live for the news, series and the evening shows, Al Aoula live for royal speeches and national events, and Arryadia live for Botola matches. The full list sits on the Moroccan TV channels page.

Arabic packs from the Gulf, Egypt and the Levant are included too, along with films and series on demand, so the household can switch between the Moroccan news and an MBC drama without changing app.

Moroccan IPTV USA viewers have the biggest time difference to deal with. Outside Ramadan, New York, Washington and Montreal are five hours behind Morocco in summer and six in winter; Los Angeles and Vancouver add another three hours. A Botola match that kicks off at 20:00 in Casablanca starts in the early afternoon on the East Coast.

That is why on-demand content matters more in North America. Films and series can be watched whenever suits you, and on the channels where the app shows catch-up, you can go back to a programme that has already aired. Ask on WhatsApp which channels offer catch-up before you rely on it for a specific show.

In the US and Canada, the Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV and Samsung or LG smart TVs are by far the most common devices among our customers. All of them run the usual player apps.

For many families the month of Ramadan is the moment they miss home TV most. The Moroccan sitcoms, hidden-camera shows and series that follow iftar on 2M and Al Aoula are part of the evening; abroad, iftar time is different, but the channels are live and the same programmes are there. The Ramadan IPTV page lists what the holy month brings, including MBC series and Shahid content.

Football is the other reason. Raja, Wydad, AS FAR, RS Berkane and FUS Rabat play every weekend, and following them from Manchester or Madrid used to mean low-quality streams on a phone. The Botola Pro live page explains which channels show each match day. When the Atlas Lions play, the AFCON live page covers the Africa Cup of Nations from abroad.

You pay the same plans as viewers in Morocco, priced in dirhams. From abroad, the four options are a bank card, Taptap Send, Western Union or a bank transfer; many families already use Taptap Send or Western Union to send money home, so the step is familiar. Your bank or the transfer service converts the amount from pounds, euros or dollars at its own rate.

As a guide, Premium works out at ≈ 38 DH per month and VIP at ≈ 50 DH per month over the year. Each method is explained step by step on the payment methods page.