diff --git a/roku/__init__.py b/roku/__init__.py
index a62e7d6..997081e 100644
--- a/roku/__init__.py
+++ b/roku/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from roku.core import Roku, Application, RokuException, __version__
+from roku.core import Roku, Application, Channel, RokuException, __version__
diff --git a/roku/core.py b/roku/core.py
index 05fd66a..f846dc4 100644
--- a/roku/core.py
+++ b/roku/core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from six.moves.urllib_parse import urlparse
 
 from . import discovery
-from .util import deserialize_apps
+from .util import deserialize_apps, deserialize_channels
 
 try:
     from urllib.parse import quote_plus
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ def store(self):
             self.roku.store(self)
 
 
+class Channel(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, number, name, roku=None):
+        self.number = str(number)
+        self.name = name
+        self.roku = roku
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return isinstance(other, Channel) and \
+            (self.number, self.name) == (other.number, other.name)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return ('<Channel: [%s] %s>' %
+                (self.number, self.name))
+
+    def launch(self):
+        if self.roku:
+            tv_app = Application(id= 'tvinput.dtv', version=None, name='TV', roku=self.roku)
+            self.roku.launch(tv_app, {'ch': self.number})
+
+
 class DeviceInfo(object):
 
     def __init__(self, model_name, model_num, software_version, serial_num, user_device_name):
@@ -223,6 +244,14 @@ def active_app(self):
         else:
             return None
 
+    @property
+    def tv_channels(self):
+        resp = self._get('/query/tv-channels')
+        channels = deserialize_channels(resp)
+        for c in channels:
+            c.roku = self
+        return channels
+
     @property
     def device_info(self):
         resp = self._get('/query/device-info')
@@ -248,10 +277,11 @@ def commands(self):
     def icon(self, app):
         return self._get('/query/icon/%s' % app.id)
 
-    def launch(self, app):
+    def launch(self, app, params={}):
         if app.roku and app.roku != self:
             raise RokuException('this app belongs to another Roku')
-        return self._post('/launch/%s' % app.id, params={'contentID': app.id})
+        params['contentID'] = app.id
+        return self._post('/launch/%s' % app.id, params=params)
 
     def store(self, app):
         return self._post('/launch/11', params={'contentID': app.id})
diff --git a/roku/util.py b/roku/util.py
index 5872e2e..bd42850 100644
--- a/roku/util.py
+++ b/roku/util.py
@@ -32,3 +32,19 @@ def serialize_apps(apps):
         content = bffr.getvalue()
 
     return content
+
+def deserialize_channels(doc, roku=None):
+
+    from .core import Channel
+
+    channels = []
+    root = ET.fromstring(doc)
+
+    for elem in root:
+        channel = Channel(
+            number=elem.find('number').text,
+            name=elem.find('name').text,
+            roku=roku,
+        )
+        channels.append(channel)
+    return channels