| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (C++) |
This topic applies to Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional only.
A Channel object represents a Service object with an associated name. The name might correspond to the channel number in a newspaper television guide.
A Channel object can have metaproperties, which are represented by a MetaProperties collection of MetaProperty objects.
The Channels object manages a collection of Channel objects. It exposes the following properties.
| Property | Description |
| ChannelLineups | Retrieves the ChannelLineups object for this Channel object. |
| MetaProperties | Retrieves a Channel object MetaProperties collection. |
| Name | Specifies and retrieves the Channel object name. |
| Service | Retrieves a pointer to the Service object associated with this Channel object. |