Privacy policy
Last updated October 7, 2026
At a glance
- Your videos, library, and watch progress stay on your Apple TV.
- Videos are sent from your phone or computer to your Apple TV over your home network, never over the internet.
- To find posters and episode details, Matinee looks up titles from your file names with TheTVDB. Your videos are never sent.
- No account, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and we never receive, sell, or share your data.
Sending videos to your Apple TV
To receive videos, Matinee runs a small web server on your Apple TV. It can be reached only from your local network, not from the internet. You open it in a browser on your phone or computer and pair that browser by entering the code or scanning the QR code shown on your TV. The browser then keeps a session cookie so it stays paired. Videos travel directly from that device to your Apple TV and are never uploaded anywhere else.
What stays on your Apple TV
Your videos, your library, your watch progress, and your settings are kept in the app's storage on your Apple TV. None of it is sent to us.
tvOS may delete stored videos when your Apple TV runs low on space. Deleting Matinee removes all of its data, including your videos.
Posters and episode details
To show posters and episode information, Matinee searches TheTVDB. A search contains details worked out from a video's file name, such as its title, year, and season and episode number. Matinee then downloads the matching artwork from TheTVDB.
The video files themselves are never sent. Like any website, TheTVDB sees each request and your Apple TV's IP address, which it handles under its own privacy policy.
No servers of our own
Matinee has no accounts or sign-in. It contains no analytics, advertising, or crash reporting code, and does not track you. We run no server for the app and receive no data from it.
Matinee Pro
Matinee Pro is a one-time in-app purchase handled entirely by Apple under Apple's privacy policy. The app checks with the App Store on your Apple TV whether you have bought it. We never see your Apple ID or payment details.
Children
Matinee is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If our practices change, we will update this page and the date at the top of it before the change ships.
Contact
Questions, or requests to access or delete anything you have sent us: info@plastaq.com.
Plastaq
3556 S 5600 W, Suite #1-1279
West Valley City, UT 84120
United States