diff --git a/api.ts b/api.ts
index d2c58dc46..e635dbf98 100644
--- a/api.ts
+++ b/api.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, session } from 'electron';
 import { parse } from 'iptv-playlist-parser';
 import Nedb, { Cursor } from 'nedb-promises-ts';
+import { GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID } from './shared/constants';
 import {
     CHANNEL_SET_USER_AGENT,
     EPG_ERROR,
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ import {
     PLAYLIST_UPDATE_RESPONSE,
 } from './shared/ipc-commands';
 import { Playlist, PlaylistUpdateState } from './shared/playlist.interface';
+import {
+    aggregateFavoriteChannels,
+    createFavoritesPlaylist,
+} from './shared/playlist.utils';
 import { ParsedPlaylist } from './src/typings.d';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -97,12 +102,16 @@ export class Api {
         ipcMain.on(PLAYLIST_GET_ALL, (event) => this.sendAllPlaylists(event));
 
         ipcMain.on(PLAYLIST_GET_BY_ID, (event, args) => {
-            db.findOne({ _id: args.id }).then((playlist) => {
-                this.setUserAgent(playlist.userAgent);
-                event.sender.send(PLAYLIST_PARSE_RESPONSE, {
-                    payload: playlist,
+            if (args.id === GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID) {
+                this.sendPlaylistWithGlobalFavorites(event);
+            } else {
+                db.findOne({ _id: args.id }).then((playlist) => {
+                    this.setUserAgent(playlist?.userAgent);
+                    event.sender.send(PLAYLIST_PARSE_RESPONSE, {
+                        payload: playlist,
+                    });
                 });
-            });
+            }
         });
 
         ipcMain.on(PLAYLIST_REMOVE_BY_ID, (event, args) => {
@@ -234,6 +243,22 @@ export class Api {
         this.refreshPlaylists();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sends a message with playlist that contains favorite channels from all available playlists
+     * @param event ipc main event
+     */
+    sendPlaylistWithGlobalFavorites(event: Electron.IpcMainEvent) {
+        db.find({ type: { $exists: false } }).then((playlists: Playlist[]) => {
+            const favoriteChannels = aggregateFavoriteChannels(playlists);
+            const favPlaylist = createFavoritesPlaylist(favoriteChannels);
+
+            event.sender.send(PLAYLIST_PARSE_RESPONSE, {
+                type: PLAYLIST_PARSE_RESPONSE,
+                payload: favPlaylist,
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set default listeners for custom-titlebar
      */
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component.ts b/src/app/player/components/channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component.ts
index 7dee5961e..8de54395a 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import {
 import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { Channel, ChannelQuery, ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
+import { Channel } from '../../../../../shared/channel.interface';
+import { ChannelQuery, ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-channel-list-container',
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/epg-list/epg-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/player/components/epg-list/epg-list.component.spec.ts
index 1455791c6..a9c4d6446 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/epg-list/epg-list.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/epg-list/epg-list.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
-import { MockComponent, MockProvider, MockModule, MockPipe } from 'ng-mocks';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/unbound-method */
 import { MatDialog, MatDialogModule } from '@angular/material/dialog';
-import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { EpgListComponent, EpgData } from './epg-list.component';
+import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
 import { MatListModule } from '@angular/material/list';
-import { DataService } from '../../../services/data.service';
-import { ElectronServiceStub } from '../../../services/electron.service.stub';
+import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
+import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
+import { MockComponent, MockModule, MockPipe, MockProvider } from 'ng-mocks';
+import { Channel } from '../../../../../shared/channel.interface';
 import { EPG_GET_PROGRAM_DONE } from '../../../../../shared/ipc-commands';
-import { Channel, ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
+import { DataService } from '../../../services/data.service';
+import { ElectronServiceStub } from '../../../services/electron.service.stub';
 import { MomentDatePipe } from '../../../shared/pipes/moment-date.pipe';
-import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
+import { ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
 import { EpgListItemComponent } from './epg-list-item/epg-list-item.component';
+import { EpgData, EpgListComponent } from './epg-list.component';
 
 describe('EpgListComponent', () => {
     let component: EpgListComponent;
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/html-video-player/html-video-player.component.ts b/src/app/player/components/html-video-player/html-video-player.component.ts
index 48f6ee572..199ca965b 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/html-video-player/html-video-player.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/html-video-player/html-video-player.component.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import {
     SimpleChanges,
     ViewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
-import { Channel } from '../../../state';
 import Hls from 'hls.js';
+import { Channel } from '../../../../../shared/channel.interface';
 
 /**
  * This component contains the implementation of HTML5 based video player
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/info-overlay/info-overlay.component.ts b/src/app/player/components/info-overlay/info-overlay.component.ts
index 5cd9d4575..83803d640 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/info-overlay/info-overlay.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/info-overlay/info-overlay.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { Channel } from './../../../state/channel.model';
 import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
-import { EpgProgram } from '../../models/epg-program.model';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
+import { Channel } from '../../../../../shared/channel.interface';
+import { EpgProgram } from '../../models/epg-program.model';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-info-overlay',
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.html b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.html
index 80c2c96c6..9fce54e64 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.html
+++ b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.html
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
                     <mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>
                 </button>
                 <button
+                    *ngIf="playlistId !== 'GLOBAL_FAVORITES'"
                     mat-icon-button
                     (click)="addToFavorites(activeChannel)"
                     [matTooltip]="'TOP_MENU.TOGGLE_FAVORITE_FLAG' | translate"
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.spec.ts b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.spec.ts
index 0e88adb4d..0323690c7 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-import { InfoOverlayComponent } from './../info-overlay/info-overlay.component';
-import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
-import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/unbound-method */
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
-import { VideoPlayerComponent } from './video-player.component';
-import { MockComponent, MockModule, MockPipe } from 'ng-mocks';
-import { ChannelListContainerComponent } from '../channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component';
-import { VjsPlayerComponent } from '../vjs-player/vjs-player.component';
-import { MatSidenavModule } from '@angular/material/sidenav';
 import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material/icon';
-import { MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material/toolbar';
+import { MatSidenavModule } from '@angular/material/sidenav';
 import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
-import { ChannelStore } from '../../../state/channel.store';
+import { MatToolbarModule } from '@angular/material/toolbar';
+import { MatTooltipModule } from '@angular/material/tooltip';
+import { TranslatePipe } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { MockComponent, MockModule, MockPipe } from 'ng-mocks';
 import * as MOCKED_PLAYLIST from '../../../../mocks/playlist.json';
-import { createChannel } from '../../../state';
-import { HtmlVideoPlayerComponent } from '../html-video-player/html-video-player.component';
-import { EpgListComponent } from '../epg-list/epg-list.component';
-import { VideoPlayer } from '../../../settings/settings.interface';
 import { DataService } from '../../../services/data.service';
 import { ElectronServiceStub } from '../../../services/electron.service.stub';
+import { VideoPlayer } from '../../../settings/settings.interface';
+import { createChannel } from '../../../state';
+import { ChannelStore } from '../../../state/channel.store';
+import { ChannelListContainerComponent } from '../channel-list-container/channel-list-container.component';
+import { EpgListComponent } from '../epg-list/epg-list.component';
+import { HtmlVideoPlayerComponent } from '../html-video-player/html-video-player.component';
+import { VjsPlayerComponent } from '../vjs-player/vjs-player.component';
+import { InfoOverlayComponent } from './../info-overlay/info-overlay.component';
+import { VideoPlayerComponent } from './video-player.component';
 
 class MatSnackBarStub {
     open(): void {}
diff --git a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.ts b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.ts
index 5073e4e3d..55494172f 100644
--- a/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/components/video-player/video-player.component.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-import { EpgProgram } from './../../models/epg-program.model';
 import { Component, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
-import { ChannelQuery, Channel, ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { MatSidenav } from '@angular/material/sidenav';
+import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 import { StorageMap } from '@ngx-pwa/local-storage';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { Channel } from '../../../../../shared/channel.interface';
 import { Settings, VideoPlayer } from '../../../settings/settings.interface';
-import { MatSnackBar } from '@angular/material/snack-bar';
 import { STORE_KEY } from '../../../shared/enums/store-keys.enum';
+import { ChannelQuery, ChannelStore } from '../../../state';
+import { EpgProgram } from './../../models/epg-program.model';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'app-video-player',
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ export class VideoPlayerComponent implements OnInit {
     /** Sidebar object */
     @ViewChild('sidenav') sideNav: MatSidenav;
 
+    /** ID of the current playlist */
+    playlistId = this.channelQuery.getValue().playlistId;
+
     /**
      * Creates an instance of VideoPlayerComponent
      * @param channelQuery akita's channel query
diff --git a/src/app/services/pwa.service.ts b/src/app/services/pwa.service.ts
index cff8e9215..85e7d41e5 100644
--- a/src/app/services/pwa.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/pwa.service.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { guid } from '@datorama/akita';
-import { Channel } from 'diagnostics_channel';
 import { parse } from 'iptv-playlist-parser';
 import { NgxIndexedDBService } from 'ngx-indexed-db';
 import { catchError, combineLatest, map, switchMap, throwError } from 'rxjs';
+import { GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID } from '../../../shared/constants';
 import {
     ERROR,
     PLAYLIST_GET_ALL,
@@ -24,16 +24,15 @@ import {
     Playlist,
     PlaylistUpdateState,
 } from '../../../shared/playlist.interface';
+import {
+    aggregateFavoriteChannels,
+    createFavoritesPlaylist,
+} from '../../../shared/playlist.utils';
 import { AppConfig } from '../../environments/environment';
 import { ParsedPlaylist } from '../../typings';
 import { DbStores } from '../indexed-db.config';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 
-/**
- * Id of the channel with favorite channels aggregated from all added playlists
- */
-export const GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID = 'GLOBAL_FAVORITES';
-
 @Injectable({
     providedIn: 'root',
 })
@@ -63,41 +62,6 @@ export class PwaService extends DataService {
         return AppConfig.version;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Aggregates favorite channels as objects from all available playlists
-     * @param playlists all available playlists
-     * @returns favorite channels
-     */
-    aggregateFavoriteChannels(playlists: Playlist[]): Channel[] {
-        const favorites = [];
-        playlists.forEach((playlist) => {
-            if (playlist.favorites?.length > 0) {
-                playlist.playlist.items.forEach((channel) => {
-                    if (playlist.favorites.includes(channel.id)) {
-                        favorites.push(channel);
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        });
-        return favorites;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a simplified playlist object which is used for global favorites
-     * @param channels channels list
-     * @returns simplified playlist object
-     */
-    createFavoritesPlaylist(channels: Channel[]): Partial<Playlist> {
-        return {
-            id: GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID,
-            _id: GLOBAL_FAVORITES_PLAYLIST_ID,
-            count: channels.length,
-            playlist: {
-                items: channels,
-            },
-        };
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the count of favorite channels from all playlists
      */
@@ -124,9 +88,9 @@ export class PwaService extends DataService {
             .pipe(
                 map((playlists: Playlist[]) => {
                     const favoriteChannels =
-                        this.aggregateFavoriteChannels(playlists);
+                        aggregateFavoriteChannels(playlists);
                     const favPlaylist =
-                        this.createFavoritesPlaylist(favoriteChannels);
+                        createFavoritesPlaylist(favoriteChannels);
                     return favPlaylist;
                 })
             )
diff --git a/src/app/state/channel.model.ts b/src/app/state/channel.model.ts
index 96dd4a079..2f429fd4f 100755
--- a/src/app/state/channel.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/channel.model.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,4 @@
-/**
- * Represents channel object
- * TODO: define channel interface in iptv-parser library
- */
-export interface Channel {
-    id: string;
-    url: string;
-    name: string;
-    group: {
-        title: string;
-    };
-    tvg: {
-        id: string;
-        name: string;
-        language: string;
-        country: string;
-        url: string;
-        logo: string;
-        rec: string;
-    };
-    epgParams?: string;
-    timeshift?: string;
-    catchup?: {
-        type?: string;
-        source?: string;
-        days?: string;
-    };
-    http: {
-        referrer: string;
-        'user-agent': string;
-    };
-}
+import { Channel } from '../../../shared/channel.interface';
 
 /**
  * Creates new channel object based on the given fields
diff --git a/src/app/state/channel.store.ts b/src/app/state/channel.store.ts
index efa85983f..a3c5831e5 100644
--- a/src/app/state/channel.store.ts
+++ b/src/app/state/channel.store.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { EntityState, EntityStore, StoreConfig } from '@datorama/akita';
 import * as moment from 'moment';
+import { Channel } from '../../../shared/channel.interface';
 import {
     CHANNEL_SET_USER_AGENT,
     EPG_GET_PROGRAM,
@@ -8,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../../shared/ipc-commands';
 import { EpgProgram } from '../player/models/epg-program.model';
 import { DataService } from '../services/data.service';
-import { Channel } from './channel.model';
 
 export interface ChannelState extends EntityState<Channel> {
     active: Channel;