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TV guide by countryEvery channel listed174 Channel dataLogos, owners, launch years31,782 Where to watchLive sport and its channels245,174 Shows and episodesEpisode guides back to 190890,534

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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133.5M 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
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Incident historyEvery incident and its fix status.jsonFor your own monitoring
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What is on now

What is on now.

A country's channels this minute, from the same call your app would make.

ChannelNowOn forNextStarts
A/L Kuppiya TelevisionNo DataNo Data03:30
Athavan TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Capital TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Channel EyeNo DataNo Data03:30
Charana TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Colombo TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Damsathara TVNo DataNo Data03:30
ETVNo DataNo Data03:30
Haritha TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Hiru TVNo DataNo Data03:30
ITNNo DataNo Data03:30
Knowledge TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Music TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Nethra TVNo DataNo Data03:30
News1stBengaluru LiveSuddi E Dina03:00
Pragna TVNo DataNo Data03:30
RupavahiniNo DataNo Data03:30
Shakthi TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Shraddha TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Sirasa TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Siyatha TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Sri Sankara TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Supreme TVNo DataNo Data03:30
SwarnavahiniNo DataNo Data03:30
The BuddhistNo DataNo Data03:30
TV DeranaNo DataNo Data03:30
TV DidulaNo DataNo Data03:30
VAPA TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Vasantham TVNo DataNo Data03:30
Verbum TVNo DataNo Data03:30
ada derana 24No DataNo Data03:30
cnNo DataNo Data03:30
d kidsNo DataNo Data03:30
deranaNo DataNo Data03:30
event tvNo DataNo Data03:30
event tv plusNo DataNo Data03:30
hboNo DataNo Data03:30
isaiaruvi tvNo DataNo Data03:30
jayamaga tvNo DataNo Data03:30
k tvNo DataNo Data03:30

The call behind it: GET /v1/countries/LK/now.

What is on TV now, in any country

Pick a country to see the programme on now and the one after it on its channels, in its own local time. The table is the same answer GET /v1/countries/{cc}/now gives your app.

Refresh it every minute for a live screen, or ask for one channel or a list of channels.

Now and next dataTV guide by countryWatching abroadNow endpoint

Who uses it

Live screensA now-and-next board.
HotelsWhat is on in guests' rooms.
AssistantsAnswer "what is on now".
TestingCheck a country before building.

Questions

Which countries?

Every country we hold.

Local time?

Yes, the country's own.

How many channels?

The table shows the first ones; the API returns them all.

Which plan?

Now and next is on the paid plans.

The same data, in one API call
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