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TV guide Malawi

Malawi on TV, at a glance.

38 channels with what is on now, the sport worth knowing about this week, and the endpoints that give you every slot. Times are Africa/Blantyre.

38channels
4with a schedule today
Todayahead
2026history from
22:29local time
On now in MalawiNext starts, CAT
Zodiak TVZodiak Television00:00
Times TVTTV00:00
Mibawa TVMibawa TV00:00
MBC 2MBC 200:00
SummaryMalawi in our data

Counted from our own listings every hour. The detail behind each figure is one API call away.

Channels384 with a schedule today
Registry ids4
Guide only34
With a logo4
Schedule depthTodayahead, on most of its main channels
Today17%
Tomorrow17%
Day 70%
Field fill100%of today's programmes carry a description
Category75%
Episode no.0%
Series link0%
Sport this week0events on TV in Malawi, next 7 days
Live0
Football0
Other sport0
EndpointsThe API for Malawi listings

Every call below answers for Malawi as shown. The Free key reads yesterday; the plans add today, the days ahead, changes and the archive.

EndpointWhat it returnsPlan
GET /v1/countries/MW/channelsEvery TV channel in one country, ordered the way its own guides list them, with ids, names, logos and categories.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/countries/MW/nowWhat is on now on every TV channel in a country, with what comes next, in one call.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/countries/MW/tonightPrime time tonight on every TV channel in a country, from the local hour you choose, in one grid.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/countries/MW/coverageHow full the TV data is for a country on a day: the share of programmes with a description, category, episode number and more.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/guideA TV guide grid for up to 50 channels over a window you choose, every slot with its times in UTC, ready to draw.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/channels/{id}/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.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/events?country=MWSports events on TV by sport, league and day, in every country or only those on air where you are.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/changes?country=MWEvery TV listing that moved, appeared or disappeared since a time you give, to keep your own copy of the guide in step.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/channels/{id}/historyPast 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.ArchiveDocs
GET /v1/xmltv?country=MWA country or a set of channels as a standard XMLTV file, up to 14 days ahead, for media centres and IPTV players.Live and aboveDocs
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/countries/MW/now"
What is on now on every channel in Malawi, in one call
// GET /v1/countries/MW/now, one channel, in short
{
    "data": [
        {
            "channel": "ch_vm9e9jqc",
            "now": {
                "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00Z",
                "stop": "2026-11-02T22:00:00Z",
                "title": "Zodiak Television",
                "progress": 0.75
            },
            "next": {
                "start": "2026-11-02T22:00:00Z",
                "title": "Zodiak Television"
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 4,
        "at": "2026-11-02T20:29:50Z"
    }
}
Real titles, kept 10 minutesEvery field
SportSport on TV in Malawi this week

The key competitions first, then the rest with a named competition. Every event and every channel is GET /v1/events?country=MW.

Kick-offEventCompetitionChannelsShowing
No sport listed for Malawi this week yet.
Channel mixWhat Malawi's channels carry

By category and by owner, from the channel registry.

By category

Entertainment2
General2

Biggest owners

Government of Malawi1
John Nthakomwa1
The Times Group1
Gospel Kazako1

The Malawi TV guide, in brief

The TV guide for Malawi covers 38 channels, 4 of them with a schedule today. Every time on this page is Africa/Blantyre, and its listings history reaches back to 2026.

Most of Malawi's channels are entertainment and general channels, and the biggest owners are Government of Malawi, John Nthakomwa and The Times Group.

Developers get the same data from the TV Guide API: every channel in Malawi with GET /v1/countries/MW/channels, what is on now with GET /v1/countries/MW/now, and a full day with GET /v1/guide?country=MW.

Who uses it

Apps and set-top boxesThe full Malawi line-up and schedule.
Bars and hotelsLive sport on Malawi's channels tonight.
TravellersWhat is on in Malawi, in local time.
ResearchWhat aired in Malawi, and when.

Questions

How many TV channels does Malawi have?

We list 38 channels in Malawi, 4 of them with a schedule today.

How far ahead does the Malawi TV guide go?

Today's listings are held for its main channels; days ahead fill in as its guides publish them.

What time zone are Malawi TV times in?

This page shows Africa/Blantyre. The API returns UTC and converts to any time zone you pass.

How do I get Malawi's TV listings in my app?

With a TV Guide API key: GET /v1/countries/MW/now for what is on now, or GET /v1/guide?country=MW for a whole day. The free key reads yesterday.

More countriesMost listed countries

Every country has one page like this one. Channel by channel detail lives in the API: every country.

Every Malawi channel, in one API call