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REVIEW
DanTDM on LG webOS is a kids' YouTube channel with the TV mode it deserves.
PlayWorks Digital wraps Daniel Middleton's 27-million-subscriber gaming-YouTube catalogue in a webOS-native app so the family TV becomes the primary screen for the long-running Minecraft and Pocket Edition runs.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 11, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
DanTDM on LG webOS is a single-creator channel app — the smart-TV home for Daniel Middleton’s gaming-YouTube catalogue, the Minecraft and Roblox and Pocket Edition runs that built one of the largest gaming followings on the platform. PlayWorks Digital, the studio behind a handful of similar creator-branded TV channels, has done the obvious-in-hindsight thing: take a YouTube channel that kids are already watching on the family TV and give it a webOS-native shell so the remote doesn’t have to find it inside YouTube every time.
The catalogue is the full back-archive, browsable by series rather than by upload date — which matters when the audience is eight years old and wants to watch the Hardcore Minecraft season from episode one. Magic Remote navigation is clean, ThinQ voice search resolves the channel name without trouble, and playback runs at the resolution YouTube serves for each video.
A creator channel finally treating the living-room TV as the main screen and not the YouTube app’s afterthought. The value calculation is narrow but honest: if DanTDM is already part of the household’s viewing rotation, this app is worth the install. If not, there’s no broader hook to discover.
A creator channel finally treating the living-room TV as the main screen and not the YouTube app's afterthought.
FEATURES
DanTDM on LG webOS is the smart-TV companion to Daniel Middleton's gaming-YouTube channel — the long-running Minecraft Let's Play series, Pocket Edition runs, Roblox episodes, family-friendly playthroughs, and the back-catalogue of more than 4,000 videos that built one of YouTube's largest gaming followings.
The app is built by PlayWorks Digital, the same studio behind a small fleet of creator-branded TV channels on smart-TV platforms. Browse by series, watch the latest uploads, queue full playlists, and resume mid-episode. Magic Remote pointing-controls work cleanly on the tile-grid interface; ThinQ voice search handles "Play DanTDM" cleanly from the webOS home.
No login or subscription. Free with pre-roll and mid-roll ad insertion, the standard creator-channel monetization pattern. Video is delivered at HD resolutions appropriate to the source uploads — most DanTDM content is mastered at 1080p, with newer episodes occasionally hitting 4K.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The genuine win is platform fit. DanTDM's audience skews young, and young viewers watch on the family TV more often than on a phone — a creator-branded webOS app turns that screen into the primary surface instead of asking a parent to open YouTube, search the channel, and hand over the remote.
The catalogue is the full back-archive, organized by series rather than by upload date. That's a meaningful improvement on the YouTube-app browsing flow for kids who want to watch the entire Minecraft Hardcore season in order.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
This is a creator-channel app, not a curated experience. There's no editorial framing, no episode descriptions beyond what's pulled from YouTube, no kid-mode timer, no parental controls. If you want viewing limits or content gating you're outside the app's scope — use webOS's parental restrictions or the TV's built-in timer.
Ad density follows the YouTube monetization the channel runs on the web, which means pre-roll and frequent mid-roll breaks on long episodes. Younger viewers won't notice; adults will.
CONCLUSION
For families whose kids are already in the DanTDM viewing habit, the LG webOS app is the right install — it puts the channel one Magic Remote click from the home screen and respects the way kids actually watch gaming-YouTube on a living-room TV. For anyone outside the existing audience, this is a single-creator catalogue with no broader hook. PlayWorks Digital has built a clean wrapper; the value depends entirely on whether DanTDM is already on rotation in the house.