# 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. - name: tv.globenow/live-news - version: 1.0.1 - connection class: unknown (unknown) - trust: 61/100 flags: no-repository - quality: 84/100 (good) - owner: not claimed - descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tv.globenow%2Flive-news - tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tv.globenow%2Flive-news/tools **Not classified yet.** The remote endpoints have not been probed successfully, or the listing has nothing to connect to. ## Connection (mcpServers) ```json { "mcpServers": { "live-news": { "type": "http", "url": "https://globenow.tv/mcp" } } } ``` ## Trust - hygiene: 80 - liveness: 28 - freshness: 100 - provenance: 55 - drivers: +dns-namespace +website -unreachable(1 failures) +updated-13d-ago -no-repository - Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. ## Quality 84/100 (good) ### protocol: 75 (weight 25) - warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28 - n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers - pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP - n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers ### authorization: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth - n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL ### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30) - pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description - pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise - pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema - pass `tools.annotations`: 2 of 2 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint - pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint - pass `tools.token_cost`: about 699 tokens to load every tool - pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump - pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations ### stability: 67 (weight 15) - pass `stability.changes`: 5 tool changes in 30 days - fail `stability.rug_pull`: 2 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them - pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site ### dependencies: n/a (weight 15) - n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package - tools: 2, about 699 tokens to load them all - tool set hash: 67cbda8aba9dc52ccf3f78f6d67aa754 - tools last changed: 2026-10-31T18:18:05.529Z - badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/tv.globenow/live-news.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/tv.globenow/live-news) - Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. ### Tool changes - 2026-10-31 `search_news_events` removed - Find news stories GlobeNow is tracking now or in the last few days, grouped from videos by many outlets. Returns each story's event_id, short summary, countries reporting it, number of outlets and videos, and links to the story page and the 3D globe. Leave query empty to list the top stories right now. - 2026-10-31 `compare_event_coverage` removed - For one story (event_id from search_news_events), show how it is being reported in each country: number of videos, which outlets, languages, when coverage started, and the latest videos with original and translated titles, coordinates and YouTube links. - 2026-10-31 `find_live_tv` changed (title, description, inputSchema, annotations) **meaning changed** - before: Free, official 24/7 live TV channels that broadcasters stream on YouTube (news, business, kids, music, religious and more), with country, language, whether the stream plays worldwide, current viewers and links. Clients that support MCP Apps can play the stream inline or in picture-in-picture. - after: Use when the user wants to watch a TV channel or live news (e.g. 'play BBC News', '凤凰卫视直播', '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. - 2026-10-31 `get_city_news` changed (title, description, inputSchema, annotations) **meaning changed** - before: Latest news videos filmed or reported in a city (default: last 24 hours), with outlets, coordinates, YouTube links, related stories and links to the city page and the 3D globe. - after: Use when the user asks what is happening in a city or place (e.g. 'news from Tokyo', '台北发生了什么'). 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. - 2026-10-31 `find_live_tv` added - Free, official 24/7 live TV channels that broadcasters stream on YouTube (news, business, kids, music, religious and more), with country, language, whether the stream plays worldwide, current viewers and links. Clients that support MCP Apps can play the stream inline or in picture-in-picture. Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/tv.globenow%2Flive-news/changes ## Remotes - https://globenow.tv/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable false, uptime30d 0.9433962) ## Packages _none_ ## Tools (2) - `find_live_tv`: Use when the user wants to watch a TV channel or live news (e.g. 'play BBC News', '凤凰卫视直播', '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. - `get_city_news`: Use when the user asks what is happening in a city or place (e.g. 'news from Tokyo', '台北发生了什么'). 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.