MSBNC scan successful but missing in Line up SPECTRUM

[jtwadmin]

Using latest 4.19 build of tv anywhere on M1 MAC OS and Spectrum. I notice MSNBC is missing from my lineup but when I look at the logs it says the SCAN was successful. Any ideas?

2023/04/19 10:52:58.901608 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:11:56.235877 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:14:44.676572 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:32:36.365526 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:34:38.662964 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:41:26.196525 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful
2023/04/19 11:53:47.002095 [TVE] Channel scan 38/212 MSNBC successful

[maddox]

NBC, NBC Sports, NBCU Networks No Longer Available via TV Everywhere Providers

NBC, and its regional sports networks, are no longer available in Channels via TV Everywhere providers. NBC is still, and will continue to be, available via over the air antennas. NBC has adjusted their streaming technology to a format that is incompatible with Channels. This is not something that we can adapt to, and ends compatibility with Channels. My NBC channel is still working Your NBC affiliate has not migrated yet but it will within time. So while it works right now, it assuredly will…

[janngobble]

I didn't read through that entire thread beforehand and updated to pre-release. You said "avoid doing this if your NBC's were still working". Anyway to revert, Maddox? MSNBC was the only thing not working and I clicked update to prerelease without knowing that.

[Fofer]

@janngobble

I didn't read through that entire thread beforehand and updated to pre-release. You said "avoid doing this if your NBC's were still working". Anyway to revert, Maddox? MSNBC was the only thing not working and I clicked update to prerelease without knowing that.

Sadly it won't make a difference with MSNBC, the TVE stream itself is DRM'ed for everyone now, even if you revert back to an earlier pre-release of Channels DVR, it still won't stream. I specifically did not update, and lost MSNBC too. This is because NBC/Universal is now blocking access to 3rd party apps like Channels. Yes, this is a bummer for all of us.

The channels that are working for some folks (like NBC in some markets, and SyFy east coast feed) were added back to a later pre-release. The TVE channels that won't stream, for anyone, like MSNBC were not.

Thankfully we have somewhat of a workaround brewing:

Experimental: Stream Links from the Guide via Custom Channels

We are developing a new feature which allows the use of Stream Links directly from the guide. You can create a new Custom Channel of type STRMLNK, which will populate your Guide in the Channels app with EPG. When you click on the current EPG entry and select Watch, the stream link will be followed to open the external app where that live stream is available. For example: #EXTM3U #EXTINF:-1 channel-id="nbc" tvg-chno="6000" tvc-guide-stationid="10991",NBC nbctve://live/nbc #EXTINF:-1 channel-…