GlobeNow.tv live world news

Server Details

Live world news events, country-by-country coverage and a city's latest news videos. Free, no key.

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Status: Healthy
Last Tested: 2026-10-31 17:13
Transport: Streamable HTTP · MCP 2025-11-25
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A4/5.0

Scored 2026-10-31 16:25 across 4 tools

Disambiguation5/5

Each tool targets a distinct job: search_news_events discovers stories, compare_event_coverage drills into a specific event by event_id, get_city_news returns local video news, and find_live_tv lists live channels. The boundaries are clear, and the dependency between search and compare is explicitly described.

Naming Consistency5/5

All names use consistent snake_case with a verb-first pattern: search_news_events, compare_event_coverage, get_city_news, find_live_tv. The convention is predictable despite minor verb variation (search/compare/get/find).

Tool Count5/5

Four tools is lean but appropriate for a focused read-only news server, with each tool mapping to a distinct user workflow. There are no redundant endpoints or filler tools.

Completeness4/5

The surface covers discovery, event coverage comparison, city-level news, and live TV channels, which are the core workflows. Minor gaps remain, such as country-level news browsing separate from city news and direct outlet/channel drill-down outside the live TV directory.

Available Tools

2 tools

find_live_tvPlay a live TV channel

Read-onlyIdempotent

Inspect

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.

Name	Required	Description
`limit`	No	Max channels (default 8).
`query`	No	Channel name or keywords, e.g. 'BBC', 'Al Jazeera', 'NHK', 'Bloomberg'.
`country`	No	Country name or ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, e.g. 'Japan' or 'JP'.
`category`	No	news, business, kids, music, religious, entertainment, sports, documentary…
`language`	No	Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)
`worldwide_only`	No	Only channels that play in every country.

get_city_newsPlay a place's latest news

Read-onlyIdempotent

Inspect

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 the newest video starts playing right away in GlobeNow.tv's player (muted until tapped), can move to picture-in-picture, and the 3D globe button opens the full GlobeNow.tv globe at that place.

Name	Required	Description
`city`	Yes	City name, e.g. 'Tokyo', 'São Paulo', '台北'.
`hours`	No	Look-back window in hours (default 24, max 168).
`limit`	No	Max videos (default 10).
`language`	No	Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

2 tool updatesOct 31, 2026
- Removedcompare_event_coverage
- Removedsearch_news_events

4 tool updatesOct 31, 2026

Changedcompare_event_coverage11 fields changed

changedInput schema / properties / language / description

Previous value: -"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko"New value: +"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)"

removedInput schema / properties / language / enum

Removed value: -[
-  "en",
-  "zh",
-  "zh-hant",
-  "ja",
-  "ko"
-]

addedInput schema / properties / language / maxLength
```
Added value: +20
```

addedInput schema / properties / max_countries / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / max_countries / maximum
```
Removed value: -30
```
removedInput schema / properties / max_countries / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / max_countries / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

addedInput schema / properties / per_country / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / per_country / maximum
```
Removed value: -8
```
removedInput schema / properties / per_country / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / per_country / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

Changedfind_live_tv9 fields changed

changedInput schema / properties / language / description

Previous value: -"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko"New value: +"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)"

removedInput schema / properties / language / enum

Removed value: -[
-  "en",
-  "zh",
-  "zh-hant",
-  "ja",
-  "ko"
-]

addedInput schema / properties / language / maxLength
```
Added value: +20
```

addedInput schema / properties / limit / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / limit / maximum
```
Removed value: -20
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

addedInput schema / properties / worldwide_only / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "boolean"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / worldwide_only / type
```
Removed value: -"boolean"
```

Changedget_city_news11 fields changed

addedInput schema / properties / hours / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / hours / maximum
```
Removed value: -168
```
removedInput schema / properties / hours / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / hours / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

changedInput schema / properties / language / description

Previous value: -"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko"New value: +"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)"

removedInput schema / properties / language / enum

Removed value: -[
-  "en",
-  "zh",
-  "zh-hant",
-  "ja",
-  "ko"
-]

addedInput schema / properties / language / maxLength
```
Added value: +20
```

addedInput schema / properties / limit / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / limit / maximum
```
Removed value: -25
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

Changedsearch_news_events10 fields changed

addedInput schema / properties / category / description

Added value: +"world, politics, business, tech, science, sports, disaster or society"

removedInput schema / properties / category / enum

Removed value: -[
-  "world",
-  "politics",
-  "business",
-  "tech",
-  "science",
-  "sports",
-  "disaster",
-  "society"
-]

addedInput schema / properties / category / maxLength
```
Added value: +30
```

changedInput schema / properties / language / description

Previous value: -"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko"New value: +"Language for titles and links: en (default), zh, zh-hant, ja, ko (zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP… also accepted)"

removedInput schema / properties / language / enum

Removed value: -[
-  "en",
-  "zh",
-  "zh-hant",
-  "ja",
-  "ko"
-]

addedInput schema / properties / language / maxLength
```
Added value: +20
```

addedInput schema / properties / limit / anyOf

Added value: +[
+  {
+    "type": "number"
+  },
+  {
+    "maxLength": 10,
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+]

removedInput schema / properties / limit / maximum
```
Removed value: -20
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / minimum
```
Removed value: -1
```
removedInput schema / properties / limit / type
```
Removed value: -"integer"
```

4 tool updatesOct 31, 2026
- First observedcompare_event_coverage
- First observedfind_live_tv
- First observedget_city_news
- First observedsearch_news_events

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