diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3UTunerHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3UTunerHost.cs
index cedaf7ad86..48117f2251 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3UTunerHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3UTunerHost.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using CommonIO;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
@@ -24,12 +25,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
     {
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
         private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
+        private readonly IServerApplicationHost _appHost;
 
-        public M3UTunerHost(IServerConfigurationManager config, ILogger logger, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient)
+        public M3UTunerHost(IServerConfigurationManager config, ILogger logger, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient, IServerApplicationHost appHost)
             : base(config, logger, jsonSerializer, mediaEncoder)
         {
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
             _httpClient = httpClient;
+            _appHost = appHost;
         }
 
         public override string Type
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
 
         protected override async Task<IEnumerable<ChannelInfo>> GetChannelsInternal(TunerHostInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            return await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient).Parse(info.Url, ChannelIdPrefix, info.Id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient, _appHost).Parse(info.Url, ChannelIdPrefix, info.Id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
         public Task<List<LiveTvTunerInfo>> GetTunerInfos(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
 
         public async Task Validate(TunerHostInfo info)
         {
-            using (var stream = await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient).GetListingsStream(info.Url, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            using (var stream = await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient, _appHost).GetListingsStream(info.Url, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
 
             }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3uParser.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3uParser.cs
index 2bbd449522..454abddddb 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3uParser.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/M3uParser.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using CommonIO;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
 
@@ -18,12 +19,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
         private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
+        private readonly IServerApplicationHost _appHost;
 
-        public M3uParser(ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient)
+        public M3uParser(ILogger logger, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient, IServerApplicationHost appHost)
         {
             _logger = logger;
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
             _httpClient = httpClient;
+            _appHost = appHost;
         }
 
         public async Task<List<M3UChannel>> Parse(string url, string channelIdPrefix, string tunerHostId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -41,7 +44,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
         {
             if (url.StartsWith("http", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                return _httpClient.Get(url, cancellationToken);
+                return _httpClient.Get(new HttpRequestOptions
+                {
+                    Url = url,
+                    CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
+                    // Some data providers will require a user agent
+                    UserAgent = _appHost.FriendlyName + "/" + _appHost.ApplicationVersion
+                });
             }
             return Task.FromResult(_fileSystem.OpenRead(url));
         }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpHost.cs
index 81deb29959..1fe767e521 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/SatIpHost.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using CommonIO;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Extensions;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding;
@@ -25,12 +26,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.SatIp
     {
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
         private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
+        private readonly IServerApplicationHost _appHost;
 
-        public SatIpHost(IServerConfigurationManager config, ILogger logger, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient)
+        public SatIpHost(IServerConfigurationManager config, ILogger logger, IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IMediaEncoder mediaEncoder, IFileSystem fileSystem, IHttpClient httpClient, IServerApplicationHost appHost)
             : base(config, logger, jsonSerializer, mediaEncoder)
         {
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
             _httpClient = httpClient;
+            _appHost = appHost;
         }
 
         private const string ChannelIdPrefix = "sat_";
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.SatIp
         {
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tuner.M3UUrl))
             {
-                return await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient).Parse(tuner.M3UUrl, ChannelIdPrefix, tuner.Id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await new M3uParser(Logger, _fileSystem, _httpClient, _appHost).Parse(tuner.M3UUrl, ChannelIdPrefix, tuner.Id, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             var channels = await new ChannelScan(Logger).Scan(tuner, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);