GlobeNow.tv live news and TV
A city's latest news videos on a 3D globe, plus free live TV channels by country. Free, no key.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"live-news": {
"url": "https://globenow.tv/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://globenow.tv/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (2)
π’get_city_news(city, hours, limit, language)
Use when the user asks what is happening in a city or place (e.g. 'news from Tokyo', 'ε°εεηδΊδ»δΉ'). Returns the latest news videos filmed or reported there (default: last 24 hours) with outlets, coordinates and links to the city page and the 3D globe. In clients that support MCP Apps it shows a place card (city photo from Wikimedia, place name) with one button that opens the full GlobeNow.tv 3D globe at that place in a new tab, where the user drags the globe and taps a light to play that video.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"city": {
"description": "City name, e.g. 'Tokyo', 'SΓ£o Paulo', 'ε°ε'.",
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 80
},
"hours": {
"description": "Look-back window in hours (default 24, max 168).",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10
}
]
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max videos (default 10).",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10
}
]
},
"language": {
"description": "Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP⦠also accepted)",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 20
}
},
"required": [
"city"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}π’find_live_tv(query, country, category, worldwide_only, limit, ...)
Use when the user wants to watch a TV channel or live news (e.g. 'play BBC News', 'ε€ε°ε«θ§η΄ζ', 'Japanese news live'). Finds free, official 24/7 live channels (news, business, kids, music, religious and more; Simplified/Traditional Chinese names both work) with country, language, whether the stream plays worldwide and current viewers. In clients that support MCP Apps the best match starts playing right away in GlobeNow.tv's player; it can move to picture-in-picture and keep playing while the user chats.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"description": "Channel name or keywords, e.g. 'BBC', 'Al Jazeera', 'NHK', 'Bloomberg'.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80
},
"country": {
"description": "Country name or ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, e.g. 'Japan' or 'JP'.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 60
},
"category": {
"description": "news, business, kids, music, religious, entertainment, sports, documentaryβ¦",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 30
},
"worldwide_only": {
"description": "Only channels that play in every country.",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10
}
]
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max channels (default 8).",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10
}
]
},
"language": {
"description": "Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP⦠also accepted)",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 20
}
},
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}Community
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