diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemQuery.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemQuery.cs
index 5a88c0d43e..11c0464522 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemQuery.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemQuery.cs
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
         [Obsolete]
         public string Person { get; set; }
 
+        public bool EnableTotalRecordCount { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ItemQuery" /> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -306,6 +308,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
 
             VideoTypes = new VideoType[] { };
 
+            EnableTotalRecordCount = true;
+
             Artists = new string[] { };
             Studios = new string[] { };
             
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
index 9251ccb9ee..dc347c1dc8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv
         private async Task<LiveTvChannel> GetChannel(ChannelInfo channelInfo, string serviceName, Guid parentFolderId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var isNew = false;
+            var forceUpdate = false;
 
             var id = _tvDtoService.GetInternalChannelId(serviceName, channelInfo.Id);
 
@@ -576,10 +577,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(channelInfo.ImagePath))
                 {
                     item.SetImagePath(ImageType.Primary, channelInfo.ImagePath);
+                    forceUpdate = true;
                 }
                 else if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(channelInfo.ImageUrl))
                 {
                     item.SetImagePath(ImageType.Primary, channelInfo.ImageUrl);
+                    forceUpdate = true;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -588,9 +591,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv
                 item.Name = channelInfo.Name;
             }
 
+            if (isNew)
+            {
+                await _libraryManager.CreateItem(item, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            else if (forceUpdate)
+            {
+                await _libraryManager.UpdateItem(item, ItemUpdateType.MetadataImport, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+
             await item.RefreshMetadata(new MetadataRefreshOptions(_fileSystem)
             {
-                ForceSave = isNew
+                ForceSave = isNew || forceUpdate
 
             }, cancellationToken);