Your Personal Media Library

Channels puts your recordings and personal media in one place.

Watch TV your way.

Channels lets you watch TV how you want.


So Browseable

Browse your library by genre, decade, rating, and more.

Search

Search for anything in your library, fast.

Kids Section

Organize your content to show in the Kids section, your main library, or both.

Resume

Automatically resume where you left off watching.

Up Next

Channels will suggest which shows to watch next based on your history.

Automatic Commercial Skipping

Recordings get their commercials indexed, so commercials are automatically skipped.

Auto Play

Automatically starts playing the next episode after you finish watching.

Shuffle

Start watching episodes of a show in a random order.

Virtual Channels

Use content from your library to create personal channels that appear right in your live TV guide.

Spoiler Free

Hide the art of episodes or sporting events that you haven't watched yet.

Kids Only Mode

Lock the Channels app down to show only content from the Kids Section.

Manage Navigation

Choose what you want to be in the main navigation sidebar.


With all the pro features.

Who says friendly can't be powerful? Get a modern media library with all the bells and whistles.


Smart Rules

Use rules to create Virtual Channels or Library Collections and they stay updated automatically.

Image Management

Add your own images to use for TV show or movie art, or channel logos.

Metadata Management

Rich editing tools to ensure the metadata for your content is just right.

Server Side Settings

Set client settings directly from the server. For all of them, or just some.

Hardware Transcoding

Hardware accelerated transcoding for fast remote streaming.

Kiosk Mode

Lock down the Channels client so that Settings can not be accessed.


Your Shows

Catch up on your shows fast, easy, and organized.


Watch State

Channels keeps track of what you've watched, and what you haven't.

Up Next

Up Next suggests which shows to watch next based on your history.

Shuffle

Start watching episodes of a show in a random order.

Virtual Channels

Use your favorite shows to make personal channels right in the live TV guide.


Your Movies

Build out your catalog of movies and browse in style.


Explore your Movies

Browse your movie libary by new releases, genre, decade, and more.

Fill out your Library

Recorded movies and Personal Media appear in your library side by side.

4K HDR

Channels supports the playback of all major video and audio formats, including 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos.

Virtual Channels

Use your favorite movies or genres to create personal movie channels right in the live TV guide.


Your Videos

Add your home movies, concerts, and internet videos.


Home Movies

Add your family home movies directly to Channels and watch them anytime, anywhere.

Manage Metadata and Art

Channels provides robust editing tools to let you manage your videos' art and metadata.

Video Library

Videos are found in their own section but can participate in all the same media library features.

Virtual Channels

Use your videos to make personal channels right in the live TV guide.


Your Personal Media Experience

Build sections to make Channels work how you want.


Take Over

Create fully customized sections using any content in your library including Channel Collections.

First Class

Personal Sections can be placed in your sidebar navigation and even replace existing sections.

Link Sections Together

Link your own sections to each other to create a fully customized browsing experience.

Multiple Layouts

Choose from multiple layout options for your sections.


Stream on any device while away from home.

Watch and manage from anywhere with Channels.


Watch on the Go

Catch up on your shows at the gym. Finish the end of the game on the train. Tune in to breaking news when it happens.

Watch on Vacation

Don't miss that game or show while on vacation. Bring a device with you and stream from home.

Vacation Home

Ditch that cable plan at your vacation home and stream with Channels. Remote streaming works with every Channels app.

Seamless Management

Manage recordings, create a Series Pass, schedule recordings from the guide or while you watch, all right within Channels.


Offline Downloads

Take your shows and movies with you.


Download to your Device

Download anything in your library right to your device.

Watch Offline

Watch in Airplane Mode or at places without Internet.

Stay in Sync

Your watch history will automatically sync with your library.


Virtual Channels

Create your own personal TV channels using your own personal content.


Your Content

Create your own channels using movies and shows from your library.

Customize

Give your channel its own name and network logo.

Create Family Favorites

Build channels for the kids, Mom, and everyone else in the family.


Kids Section

Separate the kids' content from your main library.


Just For Kids

Give the kids their own place to find what they want, fast.

Keep Them Separate

Browse your main library without the noise of all the kids' stuff.

Easily Manage

Set movies and TV shows to show in the Kids Section, the main library, or both.


Sports Section

Get all your sports content in a single place.


Your Sports

Enable a dedicated destination for all your Sports.

On Now & On Later

See all of the sporting events that are on live TV right now, or later today.

Recently Added

The Sports Section shows the recently added sporting events from your library so you can get to watching faster.


News Section

Get all your news content in a single place.


Your News

Enable a dedicated destination for all your News.

Keep Them Separate

Browse your main library without the noise of all your news content.

On Now & On Later

See all of the news that is on live TV right now, or later today.


Library Collections

Curate your movies or shows into their own related groups.


Find it Fast

Use collections to find your favorite movies or shows faster.

Create Family Favorites

Build a collection of Mom's favorite shows or all the kids' Lego movies.

Have Fun!

Enjoy curating your library into fun unique collections.


Playlists

Curate your movies, episodes, and videos with your own lists.


Watch Later

Use playlists to create a watch list for everything you want to watch next.

Capture Fan Favorites

Build a playlist of just Friends holiday episodes, or for every episode of The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horrors.

Smart Rules

Smart Rules make your playlists dynamic and will update as your library changes.


Get more content into your library.

Along with Personal Media, there are even more fun ways to add things to your Channels library.

Stream Links

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Stream Links let you add movies and TV shows from streaming services right into your Channels library. Add Netflix shows, Disney+ movies, or Hulu documentaries. They all show in your unified Channels library and open in the corresponding streaming app when you watch them.

Learn about Stream Links

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PlayOn Cloud

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Link your PlayOn Cloud account to watch its recordings right in Channels. PlayOn Cloud can record from your subscribed streaming services. Channels will automatically add these recordings to your library.

Learn about PlayOn Cloud

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Learn more about Live TV & DVR

Channels is the best way to record and watch your favorite TV. Link Channels with your source or provider and start watching and recording live TV with a familiar guide.

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