Newsroom
Updates, announcements, and behind-the-scenes notes from the Lucy TV team in Calgary.
What's new this season
Published: May 2026
The Lucy TV catalogue continues to grow this season with a slate of new feature films, documentary projects, and original series commissioned exclusively for the platform. We're focused this quarter on three editorial themes: family drama, character- driven comedy, and short-form documentary work. If any of those resonate with you, the corresponding rows on the home screen will surface what we've added most recently.
On the live side, we've expanded our channel lineup with two additional 24/7 streams in the lifestyle category, plus a news channel that broadcasts daily wrap-ups in the evening (Eastern Time). Open the Live TV section of the app to see the current schedule and set a reminder for any programme.
Now available on more devices
Published: April 2026
Lucy TV is now available natively on LG Smart TVs running webOS 5.0 and newer. Existing subscribers can download the app from the LG Content Store at no extra cost and sign in with their existing Lucy TV account. The LG release joins our existing native apps on Android phone, iPhone, iPad, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TV.
All viewing progress, watchlists, profiles, and parental settings sync automatically across devices, so you can start watching on your phone on the bus home and pick up exactly where you left off on the TV in the living room.
Profile-aware recommendations
Published: March 2026
We've rolled out an updated recommendation engine that keeps your viewing history, watchlist, and reactions strictly within the profile that produced them. If you watch action films on the "Me" profile and the kids watch animated shows on the "Kids" profile, the recommendations on each profile reflect that profile's history alone.
For households where multiple adults share an account, this means each adult can have their own "Continue Watching" shelf and personalized rows without anyone else's viewing mixing in. To take advantage of this, make sure each adult has their own profile selected before they start watching.
Casting and AirPlay improvements
Published: February 2026
We've improved Google Cast and AirPlay support across the web player. Casting from a Chrome browser to a Chromecast or Google TV device now correctly preserves audio language, subtitle selection, and playback position. Apple AirPlay mirroring from Safari to an Apple TV is also smoother and supports the same metadata.
Look for the Cast icon in the bottom-right of the web player chrome to start a cast session. The Lucy TV player will hand off playback to the chosen device and remote-control it from the browser. End the session with the same button.
Tips for the best playback experience
- Use Wi-Fi for high-quality streaming. Adaptive bitrate streaming will reduce quality on weak connections automatically, but a stable Wi-Fi or wired connection gives you the best chance of consistent 1080p playback.
- Close other tabs and apps. If your laptop is also running video conferencing or a heavy browser tab, the video player may share CPU and drop frames.
- Use the native app on your TV. The connected- TV apps deliver consistently higher quality and smoother playback than browser-based casting, especially on slower network connections.
- Update your browser. The web player relies on modern HLS and Media Source Extensions APIs. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari are all supported in their current and previous major versions.
About these updates
Updates posted here reflect changes the Lucy TV product team has shipped during the relevant period. For technical support on any specific issue, please use the contact form at lucytv.ca/contactus; for press, partnership, or distribution enquiries write to info@icanfilm.com.