False. A theoretical m3u will only give you the stations. You would need to manually map the stations to get the guide data. There is no "guide data file".
You should only do something like this if you live in a market with LocalBTV and pay for the service. Also, even though LocalBTV may have a station, it does not mean the theoretical m3u will have it, too. And there is no guarantee at all that such a thing would continue to work in the future.
Pay who?
I agree.
From their home page:
"Free Local TV for the Digital Age"
From their FAQ:
"The free version has 25 or more channels, but when we release our paid premium version you’ll get more than 50 local stations including the major network stations."
So right now, it's completely free until they release an extra paid package.
Absolutely true. Enjoy while you can. 
I haven't been paying attention to LocalBTV in a while, thought they had launched their paid subscription package already. Guess not!
We have the service here in Los Angeles (they call it SoCal LocalBTV). The reason it appeals to me is that it includes 7 local cable access channels (they call them community channels). Can't get these without Spectrum (ugh) cable. Because this is beyond my skill level, I hope someone posts an m3u for LocalBTV for my location. And thanks for your expertise.
I just received a notice that LocalBTV is available in the Dallas area. I checked it out and has many channels, but I didn't see my local channels - ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW and FOX.
I was hoping this would be a replacement for Locast and local channels would be available.
Can this be added as a source to my Channels DVR? If so, does anyone have the M3U information and willing to share?
Thanks! Merry Christmas to everyone!
Got the email here yesterday, in my market it's the junkiest of the junk sub-channels. Not sure why they'd want to follow in Aereo and Locast's footsteps to be sued out of business?
From LocalBTV's website:
"LocalBTV works directly with station owners and networks to get permission to stream their channels."
No lawsuit for them.
Please read through and join this existing thread:
This thread is redundant and can be closed.
Of course not. They aren't broadcasting the network channels. I'm sure the sub-channels would love free exposure.
They just added my city.
LocalBTV is currently in 43 US markets https://www.localbtv.com/markets
Alexandria
Atlanta
Bakersfield
Biloxi
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Columbus-Opelika
Dallas
Detroit
Fresno
Houston
Indianapolis
Jackson
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami-Ft Lauderdale
Missoula
Monterey
Nashville
New York City
Orlando
Palm Beach
Pensacola
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
Raleigh
Reno
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo
Seattle
St Louis
Tampa
Toledo
Washington, DC
Wichita-Hutchinson
And currently offers 26 channels nationally https://www.localbtv.com/national
When did they add Tampa?
edit...channel selection is poor in Tampa. NY/NJ much better.
Hi there,
The channels developers would need access to the API. They could set things up to allow one to log in on channels with login and go from there.
The system would have to follow the availability rules.
Here's hoping for the new year.
I was using a URL for LocalBTV NYC for a while and noticed this morning on my server 0 channels in this source.
The URL was from GitHub and apparently it was taken down. It was good while it lasted.
Did you do it as a text file?
NVM. You're right. They no longer work.
The links to the streams still work. For future reference, if you are going to use a direct link instead of a text file, always make sure to store a copy of the download m3u somewhere.
I have mine saved on M3U4U but they no longer working.
I have my LocalBTV Custom Channel set up to never refresh URL and it is currently showing 49 channels. These channels are working (for now). Is there a way I can download this setup so I can preserve it as a text file for future use?
Copy/paste text from link to text file, source from that new text?
You can find the m3u file in c:\programdata\channelsdvr\data
