Forbidden403 Message only on NBC Channels (M3U)?

#1

I loaded my m3u playlist to channels and all seems to work except nbc network stations - all others work (cbs, abc, fox). When I select an NBC station I get the foribdden403 message. I am new to channels so I am not sure what info is needed to help diagnose.

I also added my m3u playlist to xteve and connected to plex and those nbc stations work in plex and I also tried another direct player and they work as well (seems to only be channels).

2023/09/10 11:58:03.239996 [HLS] Couldn't generate stream playlist for ch9-dANY-ip127.0.0.1: M3U: 403 Forbidden
2023/09/10 11:58:03.239996 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session ch9-dANY-ip127.0.0.1
2023/09/10 11:58:03.242153 [HTTP] | 500 |      2.1571ms |       127.0.0.1 | GET      "/devices/ANY/channels/9/hls/stream.m3u8?abr=false"
2023/09/10 11:58:03.255860 [HTTP] | 200 |     12.1935ms |       127.0.0.1 | GET      "/log"
2023/09/10 11:58:04.391804 [HTTP] | 200 |     12.7285ms |       127.0.0.1 | GET      "/log"
2023/09/10 11:58:04.583216 [ERR] Failed to start stream for ch9: M3U: 403 Forbidden
2023/09/10 11:58:04.611477 [HLS] Couldn't generate stream playlist for ch9-dANY-ip127.0.0.1: M3U: 403 Forbidden
2023/09/10 11:58:04.611770 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session ch9-dANY-ip127.0.0.1

Appreciate Any help!

#2

My first thought is that it was related to DRM:

But if they are working for you in Plex and another direct player and just not in Channels, there’s probably another explanation.

#3

Which Provider? YouTube TV is giving me problems via ADBTuner with the NBC App. CC4C works fine with NBC stream, just the App is causing issues.