lets try this

Dockers/self-hosted-iptv/data/channels.json.example

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+{
+  "channels": [
+    {
+      "id": "comedy",
+      "name": "Comedy",
+      "paths": ["movies", "series/The Office", "series/Parks and Recreation"]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "drama",
+      "name": "Drama",
+      "paths": ["movies", "series/Breaking Bad", "series/Better Call Saul"]
+    }
+  ]
+}