# ChannelOS

> ChannelOS is a digital-signage platform that turns any TV into a managed sign in about two minutes. You pair a screen from your phone, let AI build the slideshow, and run every screen from one live board. It is the "anti-Yodeck": all the power of traditional signage, none of the setup.

## What it is

ChannelOS reduces digital signage to three verbs:

- **Pair** — Open `play.channelos.tv` in any TV browser (Android TV, Google TV, webOS, Fire TV, or any browser). It mints a screen and shows a code; scan it from your phone. No app to install on the TV, no media-player hardware, no per-device license.
- **Build** — Describe a show and AI drafts every slide on-brand, or fine-tune in a Canva-style editor. It can read PDFs, images and webpage URLs into slides. Output is a real, editable show, not a flat export.
- **Publish** — Push a show to a screen instantly, or schedule it on a channel with dayparting. What a screen shows is derived from the show and schedule, so one edit airs everywhere in real time.

## Key facts

- First screen is free; paid plans are per screen, per month.
- No dedicated media-player device required — the TV's browser is the player.
- Screens self-update and can be remotely reloaded from the board.
- Realtime control runs on Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects.
- Channels support dayparting (weekday/weekend, by-hour) and live takeover.
- Built-in: one-tap background removal, free Pexels photo/video, live widgets, export/import (.show.channelos.tv and .channel.channelos.tv files).
- 100% MIT / OFL licensed dependencies.

## Who it's for

Shop owners, café and restaurant managers, clinics, gyms, offices, and multi-site networks — anyone who wants a screen live fast without an AV team.

## Links

- Home: https://channelos.tv
- Blog: https://channelos.tv/blog
- About: https://channelos.tv/about
- App: https://app.channelos.tv
- Player: https://play.channelos.tv

## Key articles

- Digital signage shouldn't take a weekend: https://channelos.tv/blog/digital-signage-shouldnt-take-a-weekend
- Pair, Build, Publish — the three-verb model: https://channelos.tv/blog/pair-build-publish-the-three-verb-model
- AI-first signage: https://channelos.tv/blog/ai-first-digital-signage
- ChannelOS vs Yodeck: https://channelos.tv/blog/channelos-vs-yodeck
- No media player required: https://channelos.tv/blog/no-media-player-required