--- title: Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s... description: London-based developer Steven Irby launched Channel Surfer, a web app that presents YouTube videos in a retro cable TV guide interface with 40 topic-focused... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/channel-surfer-lets-you-watch-youtube-like-it-s-old-school-cable-tv-j9uxzjhow twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old-school cable TV | daily.dev og:description: London-based developer Steven Irby launched Channel Surfer, a web app that presents YouTube videos in a retro cable TV guide interface with 40 topic-focused... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/channel-surfer-lets-you-watch-youtube-like-it-s-old-school-cable-tv-j9uxzjhow og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J9UxzJhOw.png og:image:alt: Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old-school cable TV og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old-school cable TV **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary London-based developer Steven Irby launched Channel Surfer, a web app that presents YouTube videos in a retro cable TV guide interface with 40 topic-focused channels. Users join videos mid-stream and can preview upcoming content for the next 24 hours, mimicking the experience of live television. Built as a static Next.js site using PartyKit and hosted on Cloudflare, it launched with 175 YouTube channels and 25 music playlists. Newsletter subscribers can import their own YouTube subscriptions. The app hit 10,000 views on its first day and Irby plans to eventually bring it to TV platforms like Fire TV and Google TV. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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