Idan Plus broadcasts all the popular Israeli TV channels including Kan 11, Keshet 12, Reshet 13, Now 14, Shopping Channel 21, Kan Educational 23, Music 24, Makan 33, Knesset Channel 99, Walla+ and i24News. Additional channels include Kabbalah Channel, Hidabroot channel and Sport 5.
Watching Idan Plus on Kodi is simple, all you need to do is to install an add-on. After installing the add-on, you will be able to watch the Israeli channels in excellent HD quality. However, we highly recommend setting up live TV to watch the channels as explained below.
Live TV includes a TV guide, so you know what is being broadcast at any time. In addition, there is a huge Israeli VOD library that contains content broadcasted on the various channels, including VOD for Kan, Keshet, Reshet, Now 14, Music 24, Channel 9, Sport 1 and Sport 5. Additional content from Israel includes radio stations, radio programs and podcasts.
Here are the instructions on how to install Israeli TV channels:
- Launch Kodi
- Click the settings icon
- Click System
- Hover over Add-ons
- Click Unknown source to enable it (if you haven’t done it already)
- Go back to the settings menu
- Click File manager
- Click Add source
- Click <None>
- Type the URL: https://fishenzon.github.io and click OK
- Type fishenzon as the source name (so you will be able to identify it later) and click OK
- Go back to the Kodi home page
- Click Add-ons
- Click the add-on browser icon
- Click Install from zip file
- Click fishenzon (which is the name you gave to the source)
- Click repository.Fishenzon-x.x.x.zip
- Click Install from repository
- Click Fishenzon repo
- Click Video add-ons
- Click Idan Plus (עידן פלוס)
- Click Install
- Wait till you see an add-on installed message
After installing the add-on, you can watch the channels, but watching them as live TV provides the best experience.
Here is how to watch the Israeli channels as live TV:
Live TV works only on Kodi 18 and above. If you are using an older version, then upgrade your Kodi before continuing.
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click Add-ons
- Click the add-on browser icon
- Click Install from repository
- Click Kodi Add-on repository
- Click PVR clients
- Click IPTV Simple Client
- Click Install (if you haven’t installed it already)
- Click Enable (if you haven’t enabled already)
- Go back to the Kodi home page
- Click Add-ons
- Hover over the Idan Plus add-on and click the menu button
- Click Settings (הגדרות)
- Hover over IPTV (טלוויזיה חיה)
- Click Use IPTV (שימוש בטלוויזיה חיה) to enable it
- Click Set IPTV Simple Client settings with Idan Plus files (הגדרת IPTV Simple Client לשימוש בקבצי עידן פלוס)
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click the power options icon
- Click Exit
- Launch Kodi
- Click TV and you should see the Idan Plus channels
If you want to start watching live TV automatically after launching Kodi, you can change the startup action of Kodi as explained here.
After configuring the live TV, you can use it to watch the TV guide.
How to watch the TV guide:
You can watch the entire TV guide for all the channels or watch it for a specific channel.
To watch the entire TV guide:
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click the Guide button
To watch the TV guide for a specific channel:
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click TV
- Hover over a specific channel
- Click the menu button
- Click Channel guide
Unlike watching live TV, watching the huge Israeli VOD library is done only with the add-on.
Here is how to watch VOD:
- Go to Kodi home page
- Hover over Add-ons
- Click Idan Plus (עידן פלוס)
- Click VOD
Now you can watch the Israeli channels and VOD, but there are few additional steps you can do if you want full Hebrew support in Kodi.
You need to change the font, character set and add a Hebrew keyboard
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click the settings icon
- Click Interface
- Hover over Skin
- Click Fonts and select Ariel based
- Hover over Regional
- Click Character set and select Hebrew (Windows)
- Click Keyboard layouts, select Hebrew QWERTY and click OK
In addition, the default language of the interface is English, but you can change it to Hebrew if you want
- Go to the Kodi home page
- Click the Settings icon
- Click Interface
- Hover over Regional
- Click Language and select Hebrew
You can add Hebrew subtitles to movies and TV shows
There are good add-ons for Hebrew subtitles for movies and TV shows from the Burekas repository. Follow the tutorial here to learn all about it.
Finally, here are Israeli apps and add-ons for live TV, VOD and radio:
- MediaBox app (אפליקציית מדיה בוקס)
- Kan Box app (אפליקציית כאן)
- 12+ app (אפליקציית קשת)
- Reshet 13 app (אפליקציית רשת)
- Nostalgia Hinuchit add-on (הרחבת הטלוויזיה החינוכית)
- eco99music add-on (הרחבת רדיו אקו 99)
That’s all, now you can watch the Israeli channels with full Hebrew support. Enjoy it!