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now Direct TV guide

now Direct today, and every day back to July 2025.

The full schedule in Asia/Hong_Kong 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.

CountryHong Kong
Mon 12 Oct17 programmes
Listings fromJul 2025
CategoryNews
On now on now Direct07:01 HKT
On now
Live Event, Live Broadcast
06:00 to 09:00 HKT
119 minutes left
09:00Live Event, Live Broadcast
12:00Live Event, Live Broadcast
15:00Live Event, Live Broadcast
18:00Live Event, Live Broadcast
Schedulenow Direct schedule

All times Asia/Hong_Kong. The same day from the API: GET /v1/channels/ch_k9df196z/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=Asia/Hong_Kong

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TimeProgrammeEpisodeCategoryLength
00:00Now ReportNews, Others30m
00:30Property WeeklyNews, Others30m
01:00Live Event, Live BroadcastNews2h
03:00Now ForumNews, Interviews30m
03:30Now ReportNews, Others30m
04:00Property WeeklyNews, Others30m
04:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews3h
07:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews3h
10:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews3h
13:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews3h
16:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews3h
19:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews30m
20:00Live Event, Live BroadcastNews30m
20:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews30m
21:00Live Event, Live BroadcastNews30m
21:30News MagazineNews, Magazine2h
23:30Live Event, Live BroadcastNews30m
In your appThis schedule, in four languages

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curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_k9df196z/schedule?date=2026-10-12&tz=Asia/Hong_Kong"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_k9df196z/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_k9df196z/history?from=2025-10-12T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z"
Free keyEvery time in UTCIds that never change
// GET /v1/channels/ch_k9df196z/schedule?date=2026-10-12, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_71pv5ewr",
            "channel": "ch_k9df196z",
            "start": "2026-10-11T16:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-11T16:30:00Z",
            "title": "Now Report",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": null,
            "category": [
                "news",
                "others"
            ],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 17,
        "date": "2026-10-12",
        "tz": "Asia/Hong_Kong"
    }
}
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Search back in timeAny day on now Direct, back to 30 July 2025

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 now Direct
The first three programmes of any past day show here. The whole day, and the API, are on Archive.See Archive
TimeSunday 12 October 2025Category
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Endpoints for this channelEverything the API knows about now Direct

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=now directGETFree 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_k9df196zGETFree 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_k9df196z/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_k9df196z/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_k9df196z/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_k9df196z/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_k9df196z/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_k9df196z
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