diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b5f0359bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Channels
+{
+    public interface IChannelItem : IHasImages, IHasTags
+    {
+        string ChannelId { get; set; }
+
+        string ExternalId { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelMediaItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelMediaItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60a29da90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Channels/IChannelMediaItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Channels;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Channels
+{
+    public interface IChannelMediaItem : IChannelItem
+    {
+        long? RunTimeTicks { get; set; }
+        string MediaType { get; }
+
+        ChannelMediaContentType ContentType { get; set; }
+
+        ExtraType? ExtraType { get; set; }
+
+        List<ChannelMediaInfo> ChannelMediaSources { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
index f4a5c04380..e811d75878 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaBrowser.Controller.csproj
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@
     <Compile Include="Channels\ChannelSearchInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\ChannelVideoItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\IChannel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Channels\IChannelItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\IChannelManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\Channel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Channels\IChannelMediaItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\IHasCacheKey.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\IIndexableChannel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Channels\InternalAllChannelMediaQuery.cs" />
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpDiscovery.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpDiscovery.cs
index cdeb6dfa86..c417cc09c4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpDiscovery.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpDiscovery.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.SatIp
                 {
                     if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(info.M3UUrl))
                     {
-                        return;
+                        //return;
                     }
 
                     await _liveTvManager.SaveTunerHost(new TunerHostInfo