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Long-form notes on running linear TV channels: the models, the economics, the plumbing, and the numbers we could check ourselves.
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MiniMax H3 Max vs Fast H3: building a 24/7 channel now that video generates faster than it plays
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.
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YouTube Stations Open to Creators: What Changes, and What Is Missing
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.
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MCP in media, video and streaming: what exists, and the gap nobody has filled
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.
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Pause ads: what they are, and what it takes to run one
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.
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Tell an AI agent to build you a TV channel
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.
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Monetize Your Channel Your Way
Monetize your TV channel your way. Connect Patreon, embed a widget on your website, or integrate via API. You keep 100% of the revenue.
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Self-Host Your Live Streams on a Budget
Skip managed CDN costs. Use a cheap dedicated server with generous bandwidth to serve HLS streams directly to your viewers.
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How to Add Discord Chat to Your TV Channel
Let your viewers chat live while watching your channel. Takes about 5 minutes.