+        streams = self._call_api(
+            'videos/%s/streams.json' % video_id, video_id,
+            'Downloading video streams JSON')
+
+        if 'external' in streams:
+            result.update({
+                '_type': 'url_transparent',
+                'url': streams['external']['url'],
+            })
+            return result
+
+        formats = []
+        for format_id, stream_dict in streams.items():
+            height = int_or_none(self._search_regex(
+                r'^(\d+)[pP]$', format_id, 'height', default=None))
+            for protocol, format_dict in stream_dict.items():
+                if format_id == 'm3u8':
+                    formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                        format_dict['url'], video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                        m3u8_id='m3u8-%s' % protocol, fatal=False))
+                else:
+                    formats.append({
+                        'url': format_dict['url'],
+                        'format_id': '%s-%s' % (format_id, protocol),
+                        'height': height,
+                    })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        result['formats'] = formats
+        return result
+
+
+class VikiChannelIE(VikiBaseIE):
+    IE_NAME = 'viki:channel'
+    _VALID_URL = r'%s(?:tv|news|movies|artists)/(?P<id>[0-9]+c)' % VikiBaseIE._VALID_URL_BASE
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.viki.com/tv/50c-boys-over-flowers',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '50c',
+            'title': 'Boys Over Flowers',
+            'description': 'md5:ecd3cff47967fe193cff37c0bec52790',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 70,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.viki.com/tv/1354c-poor-nastya-complete',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '1354c',
+            'title': 'Poor Nastya [COMPLETE]',
+            'description': 'md5:05bf5471385aa8b21c18ad450e350525',
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 127,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.viki.com/news/24569c-showbiz-korea',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.viki.com/movies/22047c-pride-and-prejudice-2005',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        'url': 'http://www.viki.com/artists/2141c-shinee',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    _PER_PAGE = 25
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        channel_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        channel = self._call_api(
+            'containers/%s.json' % channel_id, channel_id,
+            'Downloading channel JSON')
+
+        self._check_errors(channel)
+
+        title = self.dict_selection(channel['titles'], 'en')
+
+        description = self.dict_selection(channel['descriptions'], 'en')
+
+        entries = []
+        for video_type in ('episodes', 'clips', 'movies'):
+            for page_num in itertools.count(1):
+                page = self._call_api(
+                    'containers/%s/%s.json?per_page=%d&sort=number&direction=asc&with_paging=true&page=%d'
+                    % (channel_id, video_type, self._PER_PAGE, page_num), channel_id,
+                    'Downloading %s JSON page #%d' % (video_type, page_num))
+                for video in page['response']:
+                    video_id = video['id']
+                    entries.append(self.url_result(
+                        'http://www.viki.com/videos/%s' % video_id, 'Viki'))
+                if not page['pagination']['next']:
+                    break
+
+        return self.playlist_result(entries, channel_id, title, description)