libVLC on tvOS will not play streams with Content-Type: video/mp2p
VLCMediaPlayer will not play MPEG2 network streams on tvOS if the Content-Type is video/mp2p. The same stream works if the Content-Type is video/mpeg or video/mp2t (or even text/plain).
platform: tvOS 9.1, VLCKit: iOS-2.7 branch as of 2016-01-02.