diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/LiveTv/LiveTvService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/LiveTv/LiveTvService.cs
index 5b7bc78a8..ebcf8fbea 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/LiveTv/LiveTvService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/LiveTv/LiveTvService.cs
@@ -482,7 +482,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.LiveTv
     [Authenticated(AllowBeforeStartupWizard = true)]
     public class GetSatIniMappings : IReturn<List<NameValuePair>>
     {
-        
+
+    }
+
+    [Route("/LiveTv/TunerHosts/Satip/ChannelScan", "GET", Summary = "Scans for available channels")]
+    [Authenticated(AllowBeforeStartupWizard = true)]
+    public class GetSatChannnelScanResult : TunerHostInfo
+    {
+
     }
 
     public class LiveTvService : BaseApiService
@@ -504,6 +511,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.LiveTv
             _dtoService = dtoService;
         }
 
+        public async Task<object> Get(GetSatChannnelScanResult request)
+        {
+            var result = await _liveTvManager.GetSatChannelScanResult(request, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return ToOptimizedResult(result);
+        }
+
         public async Task<object> Get(GetLiveTvRegistrationInfo request)
         {
             var result = await _liveTvManager.GetRegistrationInfo(request.ChannelId, request.ProgramId, request.Feature).ConfigureAwait(false);
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/ILiveTvManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/ILiveTvManager.cs
index 56b7a307a..a4bd32fff 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/ILiveTvManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/LiveTv/ILiveTvManager.cs
@@ -383,5 +383,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.LiveTv
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns>List&lt;NameValuePair&gt;.</returns>
         List<NameValuePair> GetSatIniMappings();
+
+        Task<List<ChannelInfo>> GetSatChannelScanResult(TunerHostInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
index 3849f44ab..87c2e8394 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
@@ -2480,5 +2480,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public async Task<List<ChannelInfo>> GetSatChannelScanResult(TunerHostInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var result = await new TunerHosts.SatIp.ChannelScan().Scan(info, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return result.Select(i => new ChannelInfo()).ToList();
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/ChannelScan.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/ChannelScan.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2277f8f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SatIp/ChannelScan.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.LiveTv;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.SatIp
+{
+    public class ChannelScan
+    {
+        public async Task<List<SatChannel>> Scan(TunerHostInfo info, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            return new List<SatChannel>();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class SatChannel
+    {
+        // TODO: Add properties
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
index 14d275505..b5ec4649e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
     <Compile Include="LiveTv\ProgramImageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LiveTv\RecordingImageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LiveTv\RefreshChannelsScheduledTask.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="LiveTv\TunerHosts\SatIp\ChannelScan.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LiveTv\TunerHosts\SatIp\SatIpHost.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LiveTv\TunerHosts\SatIp\SatIpDiscovery.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Localization\LocalizationManager.cs" />