The Channel Plan: Run Your Channel Like a TV Network for $39/mo
The new Channel tier turns the broadcast Calendar into a plan: schedule your programming, let the stream start and stop itself, swap playlists automatically, and multistream to 8 destinations.
What's New
There's a new plan between Creator and Business: Channel, at $39/mo billed annually ($49 monthly). It's the plan for people who don't just want a stream that's live, they want a channel that's programmed.
Channel takes everything in Creator and adds broadcast automation:
Calendar-run streams: your channel goes live when the schedule says so, not when you press a button
Auto start and auto stop around your scheduled windows
Scheduled playlist swaps and automated actions
Recurring programming: daily, weekly, monthly blocks that run forever
Plus bigger caps: 8 multistream destinations, 10 Live Studio guests, 150GB storage, 8-hour uploads, and the 60fps add-on becomes available.
The Idea: Build Free, Run on Channel
Here's the part we want to be completely clear about: building a calendar is free on every plan.
On Free and Creator you can create scheduled streams, fill a week of programming, set up recurring blocks, and see exactly how your channel would run. What Channel unlocks is pressing Run: actually starting calendar streams and letting the automation (auto start/stop, playlist swaps, scheduled actions) drive your channel unattended.
So you never buy blind. Program your entire channel first; upgrade when you want it on air.
Why This Is Its Own Plan
A 24/7 loop (Creator) and a programmed channel (Channel) look similar from the outside, but they're different operations.
A loop plays whatever's next. A programmed channel makes promises: the morning show at 8am, the service Sunday at 11, the premiere Friday night. Keeping those promises means the platform has to start streams on time, hold the schedule through restarts, swap content mid-air, and stop cleanly afterward, unattended, every time.
That reliability machinery is the most valuable thing we've built over the past year, and Channel is where it lives.
Who It's For
Churches: Sunday services and midweek programs on a recurring schedule, with the stream signing on and off by itself
News and talk channels: fixed daily shows with looped segments between them
Music channels: themed blocks by time of day (morning chill, evening beats)
Sports and events: scheduled premieres and replays around live windows
Anyone tired of being the start button for their own channel
What It Costs and Where It Sits
Creator | Channel | Business | |
|---|---|---|---|
Price (annual) | $19/mo | $39/mo | $119/mo |
24/7 persistent stream | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Calendar: build | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Calendar: run + automation | No | Yes | Yes |
Destinations | 5 | 8 | 10 |
Studio guests | 8 | 10 | 20 |
Storage | 100GB | 150GB | 250GB |
60fps add-on | No | Yes (+$10/mo) | Yes |
Website embed | No | No | Yes |
Existing legacy $29 subscribers are grandfathered onto Channel automatically; nothing changes for you.
Getting Started
Build your schedule: How to Schedule Your 24/7 Stream With the Calendar
Set your sign-on/sign-off behavior: Auto-Start and Auto-Stop
Upgrade under Settings → Subscription and press Run.
For the full picture of the new plan family, see New Plans: a Real Free Plan, the Channel Tier, and Annual Pricing.