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TV guide by countryEvery channel listed148 Channel directoryLogos, owners, launch years31,566 Where to watchLive sport and its channels159,830 Shows and episodesEpisode guides back to 190890,414

How deep it goes

HistoryListings from 2023, episodes from 1908 FreshnessWithin a second of a change Fill by countryTitles, descriptions, episodes Coverage ledgerWhat we hold, country by country

Popular guides

United KingdomFreeview, Sky and BBC regions United StatesNetworks and local stations GermanyPublic and Sky channels South KoreaCable and satellite, from 2023
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74.3M listings

Every country's schedule under one key, one shape and one set of ids.

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Schedules

ListingsBy channel, country and dayFree key Now and nextEvery channel, this minuteFree key ArchivePast schedules, day by dayPaid

Things on air

ChannelsRegistry, logos, factsFree key Shows and episodesSeasons, numbers, air datesPaid EventsFixtures and every channelPaid Free to viewFree-to-air per countryNew

Ways in

REST APIJSON on api.tvguideapi.com MCP serverFrom Claude or ChatGPT Bulk exportsXMLTV per country or channelPaid Agent skillTeach any agent the API
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GET /v1/now

What every channel in a country is showing this minute, with the next programme after it.

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Quick startFirst call in two minutes AuthenticationYour key, headers, rotating Plans and limitsQuotas, rate limits, headers Errors and paginationCodes, cursors, pages SupportFAQ and tickets

Reference

API referenceEvery endpoint with Try it Countries and channelsIds and how to find them Times and time zonesLocal days, UTC timestamps Events guideFixtures to channels

For agents and tools

MCP serverSet up and the tool list Agent skillOne file that teaches an agent OpenAPIDownload the full spec ManualThe whole API as one file
Changelog
Times corrected on 15 feeds7 OctEpisode numbers on listings6 OctChannel facts6 Oct
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Tools you can run

What is on nowA terminal guide for any country Where to watchEvery channel showing a match XMLTV builderA guide file for a media player

Clients

Python clientpip install, every endpoint PHP clientComposer or one file Ask the guidePlain questions answeredNew

Ideas built on it

Bar and pub screensTonight's sport, by venue Watchlist alertsWhen a show is next on Travel TVWhat is on where you are going
Open source

MIT, no lock-in

Every lab tool reads only the public API with your own key, so it runs on the free key.

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APIapi.tvguideapi.comWorking Websitetvguideapi.comWorking MCP server/mcpWorking

Last 30 days

API uptimefrom the monitorIncidentsfrom the monitor

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Incident historyEvery incident and its fix status.jsonFor your own monitoring
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Checked every minute from outside our own servers.

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TV channel directory

39,922 TV channels, one id each, in 150 countries.

Search any channel by name, browse by country, and open its full schedule. Every channel here is one API call away, with yesterday and today on the free key.

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Channels39,922
Countries150
Categories20+
History from2010
On now, around the world13:05 UTC
FRFrance 24SportsUKBBC NewsClive Myrie's African AdventureUKFIFA+Futebol ArteUSFailArmyFailFactoryCABBC Earth세계에서 가장 위험한 동물 베스트 60 7KRtvN로또 1등도 출근합니다USThe Pet CollectiveWorld's Most Talented PetsFRTrace UrbanHITS NON STOPQAAl JazeeraAl Jazeera HDJPNHK World-JapanDining with the ChefCALove NatureLionfish: New Pirates of the CaribbeanCNCGTNCCTV News
Find a channelSearch 39,922 channels

By name, in any country. The same search is GET /v1/channels/search?q= on the free key.

All39,922General967Films845Sport825Entertainment709News699Series471Music467

21 channels.

ChannelCountryCategoriesSchedule and API
DAZN Darts x Pluto TVDESportScheduleAPI
DAZN FASTDESportScheduleAPI
DAZN Heldinnen x Pluto TVDESportScheduleAPI
DF1DESportScheduleAPI
eSports1DESportScheduleAPI
Magenta SportDESportScheduleAPI
More Than Sports TVDESportScheduleAPI
Pluto TV Snooker 900DESportScheduleAPI
Pluto TV SportDESportScheduleAPI
Sky SportDESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport F1DESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport GolfDESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport MixDESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport NewsDESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport TennisDESportScheduleAPI
Sky Sport Top EventDESportScheduleAPI
Sport1DESportScheduleAPI
Sport1+DESportScheduleAPI
Sportdigital 1+DESportScheduleAPI
Sportdigital FUSSBALLDESportScheduleAPI
World of FreesportsDESportScheduleAPI
Every channel, under one key
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