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Business Day TV guide

Business Day today, and every day back to January 2023.

The full schedule in Africa/Johannesburg time, what is on now and next, and the same data in your app with one call. Search any past day on the Archive plan.

CountrySouth Africa
Mon 12 Oct52 programmes
Listings fromJan 2023
CategoryGeneral
On now on Business Day19:42 SAST
On now
Stock Watch
19:30 to 20:00 SAST
18 minutes left
20:00The Close
20:30The Business of Green
20:47Bam!
21:00The Close
ScheduleBusiness Day schedule

All times Africa/Johannesburg. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=Africa/Johannesburg

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
00:00Small Biz MBA30m
00:30Tomorrow Today30m
01:00Eco Africa30m
01:30You And Your Money30m
02:00Small Biz MBA30m
02:30Tomorrow Today30m
03:00Eco Africa30m
03:30You And Your Money30m
04:00Small Biz MBA30m
04:30Tomorrow Today30m
05:00Eco Africa30m
05:30You And Your Money30m
06:00Small Biz MBA30m
06:30Tomorrow Today30m
07:00Eco Africa30m
07:30You And Your Money30m
08:00The Business of Green17m
08:17Shift13m
08:30SADC Insights30m
09:00Tomorrow Today30m
09:15Small Business E-volution15m
09:30The Big Small Business Show30m
10:00Eco Africa30m
10:30Startup Africa30m
11:00Design For You31m
11:30Buyer's Guide30m
11:31Buyer's Guide29m
12:00Business Lunch30m
12:30Insights from Africa30m
13:00AfriMaxx30m
13:30Tomorrow Today30m
14:00The Thinc Conversations30m
14:30Startup Africa30m
15:00Ignition GT30m
15:30Finest Homes30m
16:00Eco Africa30m
16:30Small Business E-volution10m
16:40The Entrepreneurial SME with Rams...20m
17:00The Business of AI17m
17:17Shift13m
17:30The Close1h
18:30Stock Watch30m
19:00The Close30m
19:30Stock Watch30m
20:00The Close30m
20:30You And Your Money30m
21:00The Close30m
21:30The Big Small Business Show30m
22:00The Close30m
22:30Stock Watch30m
23:00The Close30m
23:30Stock Watch30m
In your appThis schedule, in four languages

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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=Africa/Johannesburg"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"
Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change
// GET /v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/schedule?date=2026-10-12, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_vmeg277v",
            "channel": "ch_phbvmxgq",
            "start": "2026-10-11T22:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-11T22:30:00Z",
            "title": "Small Biz MBA",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": null,
            "category": [],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 52,
        "date": "2026-10-12",
        "tz": "Africa/Johannesburg"
    }
}
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Search back in timeAny day on Business Day, back to 26 January 2023

What was on, on any date we hold: for research, catch-up, clip finding or proving a broadcast. Any window up to 31 days with /v1/channels/{id}/history on the Archive plan.

Listings held for Business Day
The first three programmes of any past day show here. The whole day, and the API, are on Archive.See Archive
TimeMonday 13 October 2025Category
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Endpoints for this channelEverything the API knows about Business Day

8 calls cover a channel from its details to its past. Each one opens in the documentation with Try it.

GETFree keyFind a channelFind a TV channel by its name, an alias or a call sign, in any country, and get the id every other endpoint takes./v1/channels/search?q=business dayGETFree keyGet a channelOne TV channel in full: its names, owner, country, languages, categories, logo, website, launch year and the guide feeds behind it./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgqGETFree keyA channel's scheduleA TV channel's day slot by slot: start and stop in UTC, title, description, category, and the series and episode where we matched it./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/scheduleGETFree keyOn a channel nowWhat is on a TV channel right now and what comes next, with how far through the current programme it is./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/nowGETFree keyNext on a channelThe next programmes on a TV channel, as many as you ask for, each with its times in UTC and its episode where matched./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/nextGETFree keyWatch a channel freeThe official free ways to watch a TV channel: the broadcaster's own player, or the FAST service (Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Plex, Roku) that carries it, with the watch page and the country./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/free-viewGETPaid plansA channel's past schedulesPast schedules for a TV channel from the archive, slot by slot over any window of up to 31 days, with the same fields as today./v1/channels/ch_phbvmxgq/historyGETPaid plansXMLTV exportA country or a set of channels as a standard XMLTV file, up to 14 days ahead, for media centres and IPTV players./v1/xmltv?channels=ch_phbvmxgq
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