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diff --git a/server/lib/video-channel.ts b/server/lib/video-channel.ts
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+import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
+
+import { addVideoChannelToFriends } from './friends'
+import { database as db } from '../initializers'
+import { AuthorInstance } from '../models'
+import { VideoChannelCreate } from '../../shared/models'
+
+function createVideoChannel (videoChannelInfo: VideoChannelCreate, author: AuthorInstance, t: Sequelize.Transaction) {
+  let videoChannelUUID = ''
+
+  const videoChannelData = {
+    name: videoChannelInfo.name,
+    description: videoChannelInfo.description,
+    remote: false,
+    authorId: author.id
+  }
+
+  const videoChannel = db.VideoChannel.build(videoChannelData)
+  const options = { transaction: t }
+
+  return videoChannel.save(options)
+    .then(videoChannelCreated => {
+      // Do not forget to add Author information to the created video channel
+      videoChannelCreated.Author = author
+      videoChannelUUID = videoChannelCreated.uuid
+
+      return videoChannelCreated
+    })
+    .then(videoChannel => {
+      const remoteVideoChannel = videoChannel.toAddRemoteJSON()
+
+      // Now we'll add the video channel's meta data to our friends
+      return addVideoChannelToFriends(remoteVideoChannel, t)
+    })
+    .then(() => videoChannelUUID) // Return video channel UUID
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export {
+  createVideoChannel
+}