diff --git a/app/controllers/content-report.js b/app/controllers/content-report.js
index 1ec690d..c9dda1d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content-report.js
+++ b/app/controllers/content-report.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class ContentReportController extends SiteController {
     const router = express.Router();
     dtp.app.use('/content-report', router);
 
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.gabTV.channelMiddleware());
     router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'content-report';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/controllers/home.js b/app/controllers/home.js
index 25b54fa..2eb9fd5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home.js
+++ b/app/controllers/home.js
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ class HomeController extends SiteController {
     const router = express.Router();
     dtp.app.use('/', router);
 
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.gabTV.channelMiddleware());
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.venue.channelMiddleware());
-
     router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'home';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/controllers/page.js b/app/controllers/page.js
index 6bede6e..902b460 100644
--- a/app/controllers/page.js
+++ b/app/controllers/page.js
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ class PageController extends SiteController {
     const router = express.Router();
     dtp.app.use('/page', router);
 
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.gabTV.channelMiddleware());
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.venue.channelMiddleware());
-
     router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'page';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/controllers/post.js b/app/controllers/post.js
index 43a882f..f020de7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/post.js
+++ b/app/controllers/post.js
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ class PostController extends SiteController {
       return next();
     }
 
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.gabTV.channelMiddleware());
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.venue.channelMiddleware());
-
     router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'home';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/controllers/venue.js b/app/controllers/venue.js
index 5efcd74..b3e6cdf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/venue.js
+++ b/app/controllers/venue.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ class VenueController extends SiteController {
 
     const router = express.Router();
 
-    router.use(this.dtp.services.venue.channelMiddleware());
-
     this.dtp.app.use('/venue', async (req, res, next) => {
       res.locals.currentView = 'venue';
       return next();
diff --git a/app/views/venue/components/channel-card.pug b/app/views/venue/components/channel-card.pug
index b569eea..25b2c9d 100644
--- a/app/views/venue/components/channel-card.pug
+++ b/app/views/venue/components/channel-card.pug
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-mixin renderVenueChannelCard (channel)
+mixin renderVenueChannelCard (channel, options)
+  - options = Object.assign({ withDescription: false }, options);
   .uk-card.uk-card-default.uk-card-small.uk-card-hover.uk-margin
 
     if channel.currentStatus && channel.currentStatus.liveThumbnail
@@ -12,9 +13,13 @@ mixin renderVenueChannelCard (channel)
 
     if channel.currentStatus && channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode && channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode.title
       .uk-card-body
-        .uk-text-bold.uk-text-truncate
+        .uk-text-bold.uk-text-truncate(style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1;")
           a(href="/venue", uk-tooltip= `Watch "${channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode.title}" now!`)= channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode.title
-        .uk-text-small
+
+        if options.withDescription
+          .uk-margin(style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2; max-height: 4.8em; overflow: auto;")!= marked.parse(channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode.description)
+
+        .uk-text-small.uk-article-meta
           div(uk-grid).uk-grid-small.uk-flex-between
             .uk-width-auto
               div Started: #{moment(channel.currentStatus.liveEpisode.created).fromNow()}
diff --git a/app/views/venue/components/channel-grid.pug b/app/views/venue/components/channel-grid.pug
index 367a3e9..6b26479 100644
--- a/app/views/venue/components/channel-grid.pug
+++ b/app/views/venue/components/channel-grid.pug
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 include ./channel-card
 include ./channel-list-item
 
-mixin renderVenueChannelGrid (channels)
+mixin renderVenueChannelGrid (channels, options)
   -
     var onlineChannels = channels.filter((channel) => channel.currentStatus && (channel.currentStatus.status === 'live'))
     var offlineChannels = channels.filter((channel) => !channel.currentStatus || (channel.currentStatus.status !== 'live'))
+    options = Object.assign({ withDescription: false }, options);
 
   div(uk-grid)
     div(class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-2-3@s")
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ mixin renderVenueChannelGrid (channels)
           div(uk-grid).uk-grid-small
             each channel of onlineChannels
               div(class="uk-width-1-1 uk-width-1-2@s uk-width-1-3@l")
-                +renderVenueChannelCard(channel)
+                +renderVenueChannelCard(channel, options)
         else
           div There are no live channels. Please check back later!
 
@@ -25,6 +26,6 @@ mixin renderVenueChannelGrid (channels)
           ul.uk-list.uk-list-divider
             each channel of offlineChannels
               li
-                +renderVenueChannelListItem(channel)
+                +renderVenueChannelListItem(channel, options)
         else
           div There are no offline channels.
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diff --git a/app/views/venue/index.pug b/app/views/venue/index.pug
index 7f0e1f2..49952eb 100644
--- a/app/views/venue/index.pug
+++ b/app/views/venue/index.pug
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ block content
     .uk-container.uk-container-expand
 
       .uk-margin-large
-        +renderVenueChannelGrid(channels)
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+        +renderVenueChannelGrid(channels, { withDescription: true })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dtp-sites.js b/dtp-sites.js
index 2625f11..bea4945 100644
--- a/dtp-sites.js
+++ b/dtp-sites.js
@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ module.config = {
   registerMiddleware: async (dtp, app) => {
 
     module.log.info('registering Page service middleware');
-    const { page: pageService } = module.services;
-    const { siteLink: siteLinkService } = module.services;
-
+    const {
+      gabTV: gabTvService,
+      page: pageService,
+      siteLink: siteLinkService,
+      venue: venueService,
+    } = module.services;
     app.use(
       pageService.menuMiddleware.bind(pageService),
       siteLinkService.middleware(),
+      venueService.channelMiddleware(),
+      gabTvService.channelMiddleware()
     );
   },
 };