https://my-tv-channel.com/blog/ Long-form notes on running linear TV channels: the models, the economics, the plumbing, and the numbers we could check ourselves. en Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:26:13 +0000 https://my-tv-channel.com/local-news-channel-app/ https://my-tv-channel.com/local-news-channel-app/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A version of this message lands in our inbox often: someone wants to cover the news in their city, on their own app, and wants to know what else belongs in it once it's live. It's a good question, because the honest answer isn't just "start streaming." It's what to build so a channel with one or two people behind it can still run 24 hours a day, and what to add once it does. Here's the practical version, including how people solve this today without a dedicated platform. https://my-tv-channel.com/ibc-2026-local-fast-tv/ https://my-tv-channel.com/ibc-2026-local-fast-tv/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Amsterdam's biggest broadcast show wrapped on 14 September. The official agenda was about AI, sports and the creator economy. But the FAST channel data published in the weeks around it says something the agenda didn't: the fastest-growing genre on free television right now is news, which is a local and regional business almost by definition, at exactly the moment viewers are quitting paid streaming over price. Here's the evidence, what it means, and what it costs to act on if you don't have a broadcaster behind you. https://my-tv-channel.com/minimax-h3-24-7-stream/ https://my-tv-channel.com/minimax-h3-24-7-stream/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 In August 2026 the time it takes to produce a second of video dropped below the time it takes to watch one. That should make an always-on AI channel trivial, and it does, but not for the reason usually given and not by the method most people try first. https://my-tv-channel.com/youtube-stations-for-creators/ https://my-tv-channel.com/youtube-stations-for-creators/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 YouTube is opening Stations, its 24/7 always-on channels, to creators, podcasts and media brands, four months after starting the pilot with music artists. If you publish on YouTube, this is the moment your back catalogue stops being an archive and starts being airtime. https://my-tv-channel.com/mcp-media-video-streaming/ https://my-tv-channel.com/mcp-media-video-streaming/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Two years into the Model Context Protocol, an agent can transcode a file, cut a timeline, search a video library and clone a voice. It still cannot do the thing broadcast actually is: run a channel that keeps playing after the tool call returns. https://my-tv-channel.com/pause-ads/ https://my-tv-channel.com/pause-ads/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Every streaming service now sells the moment you hit pause. Here is what the format actually is, what one looks like in a real player, what each platform's specs are, and which of the numbers everybody quotes hold up when you go looking for the study behind them. https://my-tv-channel.com/agents/ https://my-tv-channel.com/agents/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 My TV Channel runs 24/7 linear channels — the kind that just play, with no menu to browse. Connect Claude or any MCP client and it can do the whole job: create the channel, import the videos, decide how often each one plays, and hand you back a URL that is already broadcasting. https://my-tv-channel.com/pay-per-view/ https://my-tv-channel.com/pay-per-view/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Monetize your TV channel your way. Connect Patreon, embed a widget on your website, or integrate via API. You keep 100% of the revenue. https://my-tv-channel.com/self-host-broadcast/ https://my-tv-channel.com/self-host-broadcast/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Skip managed CDN costs. Use a cheap dedicated server with generous bandwidth to serve HLS streams directly to your viewers. https://my-tv-channel.com/how-to-discord-tv-channel/ https://my-tv-channel.com/how-to-discord-tv-channel/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Let your viewers chat live while watching your channel. Takes about 5 minutes.