UITableView clear background
// Fix for iOS 7 to clear backgroundColor
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
cell.backgroundView = [[UIView new] autorelease];
cell.selectedBackgroundView = [[UIView new] autorelease];
in cellForRowAtIndexPath
Also, make sure that your tableview actually has transparent background (in storyboard):
Put this:
cell.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
In this section:
cellForRowAtIndexPath