How to Set Up Persian TV for Your Parents — A No-Tech Guide

Every Iranian family abroad has the same unspoken job: making sure the parents and grandparents can watch something from home, on the big TV, without calling you every time the remote does something strange.

This guide is how you finish that job in one evening. There are two paths — the three-minute install if you’re comfortable with a remote, and the no-setup path if you’d rather skip it entirely. Both end with your parents watching Persian films on their own TV, with no VPN and no Iranian bank card.

First, pick the device

You don’t need anything expensive. Here’s the honest breakdown.

Note the last row: K-Time is Android-only on playback. There is no Apple TV app, no iPhone streaming, no AirPlay, no in-browser watching. Samsung Tizen and LG webOS aren’t supported either. If that’s the only TV in the house, a cheap Fire TV Stick in the HDMI port is the fix — it turns any television into an Android TV.

Path A — the three-minute install

If your parents have a Google TV, Android TV, or a Fire TV Stick, the app installs in about three minutes:

1. On the TV, open the Downloader app (free, from the Play Store or Amazon Appstore).
2. Type ktime.app/k and let it download the K-Time APK.
3. Approve the install. The K-Time icon now sits on the home screen next to Netflix and YouTube.
4. Sign in once with the subscription account you created.

That’s it. You do this once, on their behalf. After that, opening K-Time is a single click — no menus, no passwords, no VPN to toggle.

Path B — the no-setup path (the K-Time دستگاه)

For households where nobody wants to touch Downloader or sideload anything, there’s a pre-configured K-Time دستگاه on the shelves at Iranian grocery and electronics stores in the Greater Toronto Area. You buy it like any TV accessory, bring it home, plug it into the TV’s HDMI port, and turn it on. K-Time is already installed. Sign in with your subscription account and your parents are watching.

This is the path we recommend for older parents whose only requirement is “open Persian movies on the TV without anyone helping me.” Ask at the Iranian grocery on Yonge near Steeles, or the electronics retailers along Bayview — they carry it. It’s rolling out to Los Angeles, Vancouver and the Bay Area next.

What they’ll actually watch

Once it’s set up, the home screen does the rest. The interface is built for one remote and large titles — designed, frankly, for a grandparent holding the remote alone. They’ll land on the latest Iranian films and series of 2025, the best of 2024 including the recent Cannes and Berlin winners, and hundreds of live Persian channels — IRIB, Manoto, GEM, news and sports — without a single search.

If they like a warm drama, point them at Tasian or My Favorite Cake. If they want the talked-about series, Vahshi is the one. The series binge guide has the rest.

What it costs

One subscription covers two TVs at once — enough for a two-generation household in the same city. US, UK and EU cards all work; the portal converts at your bank’s rate. For a US family that’s about USD 7.30 a month on the annual plan.

The honest closing thought

The setup is the only hard part, and it’s a one-time, one-evening job that you do once and never think about again. After that, your parents have what they’ve wanted for years: the films and the channels from home, on their own television, without asking anyone for help.

Start the free trial, get the TV app, or read the full device guide if you want the deeper version. Then go set it up — they’ll be watching tonight.