North America has the biggest IPTV market by revenue and the lightest individual-subscriber enforcement. Here is what to actually buy.
US enforcement is primarily at the reseller + distributor level. Operation Overhaul (2024, FBI + Europol) seized the largest US-facing IPTV panel operation in history. Individual subscribers have not, to our knowledge, been prosecuted by US federal courts for IPTV viewing alone — but civil actions under DMCA are legally possible.
Canada follows a similar pattern: Bell Media pushes for site-blocking injunctions, but subscribers face no prosecution. The Quebec Superior Court has upheld multiple ISP-level blocks.