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TV guide by countryEvery channel listed152 Channel directoryLogos, owners, launch years31,700 Where to watchLive sport and its channels185,504 Shows and episodesEpisode guides back to 190890,451

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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89.7M listings

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

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Schedules

ListingsBy channel, country and day; yesterday on the free keyFree key Now and nextEvery channel, this minuteLive 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. On the Live plan; the free key reads yesterday.

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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
Free key trial ends: yesterday only20 OctWebhooks18 OctChange feed18 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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Last 30 days

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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

44,271 TV channels, one id each, in 173 countries.

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

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Channels44,271
Countries173
Categories20+
History from2010
On now, around the world06:26 UTC
FRFrance 24Press ReviewUKBBC NewsBBC NewsFREurosport 2World Snooker TourQAAl JazeeraNews LiveUSCNN InternationalCNN NewsroomUKFIFA+China PR v Haiti | Group D | FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ | Full Match ReplayCALove NatureWhale With Steve BackshallJPNHK World-JapanNewsline Asia 24USFailArmyFailArmy NowINTravelxpUnwindATRed Bull TVFITNESS: Beyond the ROX – Strength in MotionCABBC EarthBaby Chimp Rescue
Find a channelSearch 44,271 channels

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

All44,271General1,391Sport998Films901Entertainment805News797Music536Series481

1 channel.

ChannelCountryCategoriesSchedule and API
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Every channel, under one key
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