[Feature Request] Show Live TV Channels (not programs) in a Live TV tab for iOS, Android and Web

The apps currently has a channel section, but this is not used for Live TV. We need the ability to list the Live TV channels so you are able to get straight to the channel you wanted to watch rather than having to find the program you want to watch. This would save me having to use a seperate app on the Apple TV to just go stright to the Live TV channel I want to watch and continue to watch it for a few hours. This feature wouldn’t need to be recording other than for the ability to time-shift a bit to re-watch something.

This would also allow me to watch those channels that don’t support/allow recording.

For example in Australia (Canberra) Win TV is not showing in the EPG of Plex because they do not allow recording of their content (protected). Every other channel is available and I can even watch Win TV though the HDHomeRun if I use the HDHomeRun web page or the InstaTV app on Apple TV.

This feature would be a great help in situations like this as you should be allowed to watch and not permanently record the session.

Live tv is not yet supported on these clients.

@OttoKerner said:
Live tv is not yet supported on these clients.

For when it is :smile:

Use this for the time being it has what your looking for:

Thank you very much for linking to this channel! Very helpful response.

Now that we are able to watch live, can I request that the channels are just listed instead of having to look for the show?

@Chazclimber said:
Now that we are able to watch live, can I request that the channels are just listed instead of having to look for the show?

Sure go ahead and suggest it, as many others have…
This is why I still use the plex channel HDHRhomerun viewer for live TV and NextPVR/SPMC/Kodi to schedule recordings.

2022 clean-up: implemented (various iterations of guide / channel browsers)