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zz_news_en: - LiveNOW from FOX: lnc-fox-live-now.tubi.video no longer resolves. Replaced with the Amagi-hosted feed already used for the same channel under lists/usa.md's "FOX Live Now" entry. Verified alive via check_channels.py (3/3 ok). Serbia: - RTS 3: the old udp-multicast-proxy URL (185.81.240.65:15000) is unreachable. Found the current feed on the same official bhtelecom.ba CDN already used for RTS 1 and RTS 2 in this file. Verified alive via check_channels.py (3/3 ok), real HLS master playlist with two variants. Researched but left unchanged (no fix available): - zz_news_en: The Guardian, CBC News Network, Sky News Now (AU), i24 News, CNBC Europe, CNBC Indonesia, Pluto TV News - official infrastructure down, geo/paywall-gated, or no public stream exists. CNN (line 36) was not touched - the only replacement found is the exact same feed already used by the "CNN International" row in this file, which would just be a duplicate entry, not a distinct fix. - Moldova: Publika TV group and Balti TV - official domains gone, no replacement found. - Serbia: Euronews Serbia has a real working stream, but it requires a custom Referer header this repo's plain-URL playlist format can't carry - not usable as a drop-in fix. Red TV - no replacement found. - Slovakia: every channel points at a domain (sktv.mxnticek.eu) that is completely down. Found working replacements for 3 channels via STVR's own JSON endpoint, but those URLs embed a short-lived signed token that expires - not usable as a static playlist entry (same reasoning as the Sweden Solidtango tokens rejected earlier). No durable fix currently available for this file. - Montenegro: no dead channels found. - Bosnia and Herzegovina: BHT 1's URL times out, but it's confirmed to be the exact URL BHRT's own official site uses internally - looks like a genuine infra/geo outage at the source, not a stale link, so left unchanged. No fix found for Federalna TV, TV BPK, Kanal 6, TNT Kids, Sevdah, RTV Glas Drine, TVSA, RTV TK. Regenerated playlist.m3u8 and the per-country playlists via make_playlist.py. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Enus8N247jHM5r5Som5JuU |
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README.md
Free TV
This is an M3U playlist for free TV channels around the World.
Either free locally (over the air):
Or free on the Internet:
- Plex TV
- Pluto TV (English, Spanish, French, Italian)
- Redbox Live TV
- Roku TV
- Samsung TV Plus
- Youtube live channels
To use it point your IPTV player to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Free-TV/IPTV/master/playlist.m3u8.
Philosophy
The main goals for this playlist are listed below.
Quality over quantity
The less channels we support the better.
- All channels should work well.
- As much as possible channels should be in HD, not SD.
- Only one URL per channel (no +1, no alternate feeds, no regional declinations)
Only free channels
If a channel is normally only available via commercial subscriptions it has nothing to do in this playlist. If on the other hand it is provided for free to everybody in a particular country, then it should be in this playlist.
- No paid channels
- Only channels which are officially provided for free (via DVB-S, DVB-T, analog, etc..)
Only mainstream channels
This is a playlist for everybody.
- No adult channels
- No channels dedicated to any particular religion
- No channels dedicated to any particular political party
- No channels made for a country and funded by a different country
Feed sources
It can be quite hard to find up to date URLs, here's a list of sources:
- https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/tree/master/streams
- Youtube: As long as the channel is live and its URL doesn't change (check the age of the stream, the number of viewers..)
- Dailymotion: Same criteria as for youtube
Format
The m3u8 playlist is generated by make_playlist.py, using the .md files located in lists.
Each .md file represents a group. The <h1> line is used as the group title.
Only channels which URL column starts with [>] are included in the playlist.
Channels which are not in HD are marked with an Ⓢ.
Channels which use GeoIP blocking are marked with a Ⓖ.
Channels which are live Youtube channels are marked with a Ⓨ.
Issues
Only create issues for bugs and feature requests.
Do not create issues to add/edit or to remove channels. If you want to add/edit/remove channels, create a pull request directly.
Pull Requests
Only modify .md files
If your Pull Request modifies channels, only modify .md files. Do not modify m3u8 files in your pull request.
Adding a new Channel
To add a new channel, make a Pull Request.
- In your Pull Request you need to provide information to show that the channel is free.
- Use imgur.com to host the channel logo and point to it.
- If you have a valid stream, add it and put
[>]in front of it. - If you don't have an stream for the channel, add
[x]()in the url column and place your channel in the Invalid category. - If you have a stream but it doesn't work well, put the channel in the Invalid category and put
[x]in front of the url. - If you're adding geoblocked URLs specify it in your PR and specify which country they're working in. The PR will only be merged if these URLs can be tested.
Removing a Channel
To remove a channel, make a Pull Request.
In your Pull Request you need to provide information to show that the channel is only available via a private paid subscription.
Note: Public taxes (whether national or regional, whether called TV License or not) do not constitute a private paid subscription.
If a stream is broken, simply move the channel to the invalid category and replace [>] with [x] in the url column.