diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 65cfbb5..5324faa 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ VDR Plugin 'iptv' Revision History
 - Added support for LDFLAGS.
 - Added cppcheck target into Makefile.
 
-2012-04-01: Version 0.5.1
+2012-xx-xx: Version 0.5.1
 
 - Updated for vdr-1.7.27.
 - Fixed some channel switching bugs.
+- Added support for a service interface.
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 6203a15..c3728f9 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #define IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_GENERAL        1
 #define IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_PIDS           2
 #define IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_FILTERS        3
+#define IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_PROTOCOL       4
+#define IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_BITRATE        5
 
 #define IPTV_STATS_ACTIVE_PIDS_COUNT    10
 #define IPTV_STATS_ACTIVE_FILTERS_COUNT 10
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 8eb5683..b1b7180 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ cIptvDevice *cIptvDevice::GetIptvDevice(int CardIndex)
 cString cIptvDevice::GetGeneralInformation(void)
 {
   //debug("cIptvDevice::GetGeneralInformation(%d)\n", deviceIndex);
-  return cString::sprintf("IPTV device: %d\nCardIndex: %d\n%s%s%sChannel: %s",
+  return cString::sprintf("IPTV device: %d\nCardIndex: %d\nStream: %s\nStream bitrate: %s\n%sChannel: %s",
                           deviceIndex, CardIndex(),
                           pIptvStreamer ? *pIptvStreamer->GetInformation() : "",
                           pIptvStreamer ? *pIptvStreamer->GetStreamerStatistic() : "",
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ cString cIptvDevice::GetInformation(unsigned int Page)
     case IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_FILTERS:
          info = GetFiltersInformation();
          break;
+    case IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_PROTOCOL:
+         info = pIptvStreamer ? *pIptvStreamer->GetInformation() : "";
+         break;
+    case IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_BITRATE:
+         info = pIptvStreamer ? *pIptvStreamer->GetStreamerStatistic() : "";
+         break;
     default:
          info = cString::sprintf("%s%s%s",
                                  *GetGeneralInformation(),
diff --git a/iptv.c b/iptv.c
index db6138d..43bbc77 100644
--- a/iptv.c
+++ b/iptv.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "setup.h"
 #include "device.h"
+#include "iptvservice.h"
 
 #if defined(APIVERSNUM) && APIVERSNUM < 10727
 #error "VDR-1.7.27 API version or greater is required!"
@@ -200,8 +201,18 @@ bool cPluginIptv::SetupParse(const char *Name, const char *Value)
 
 bool cPluginIptv::Service(const char *Id, void *Data)
 {
-  //debug("cPluginIptv::Service()\n");
-  // Handle custom service requests from other plugins
+  debug("cPluginIptv::Service()\n");
+  if (strcmp(Id,"IptvService-v1.0") == 0) {
+     if (Data) {
+        IptvService_v1_0 *data = (IptvService_v1_0*)Data;
+        cIptvDevice *dev = cIptvDevice::GetIptvDevice(data->cardIndex);
+        if (!dev)
+           return false;
+        data->protocol = dev->GetInformation(IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_PROTOCOL);
+        data->bitrate  = dev->GetInformation(IPTV_DEVICE_INFO_BITRATE);
+        }
+     return true;
+     }
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/iptvservice.h b/iptvservice.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e48665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iptvservice.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * iptvservice.h: IPTV plugin for the Video Disk Recorder
+ *
+ * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __IPTVSERVICE_H
+#define __IPTVSERVICE_H
+
+#include <vdr/tools.h>
+
+#define stIptv ('I' << 24)
+
+struct IptvService_v1_0 {
+  unsigned int cardIndex;
+  cString protocol;
+  cString bitrate;
+  };
+
+#endif //__IPTVSERVICE_H
+
diff --git a/statistics.c b/statistics.c
index 0dddc37..6c24b15 100644
--- a/statistics.c
+++ b/statistics.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ cString cIptvStreamerStatistics::GetStreamerStatistic()
   long bitrate = elapsed ? (long)(1000.0L * dataBytes / KILOBYTE(1) / elapsed) : 0L;
   if (!IptvConfig.GetUseBytes())
      bitrate *= 8;
-  cString info = cString::sprintf("Stream bitrate: %ld k%s/s\n", bitrate, IptvConfig.GetUseBytes() ? "B" : "bit");
+  cString info = cString::sprintf("%ld k%s/s", bitrate, IptvConfig.GetUseBytes() ? "B" : "bit");
   dataBytes = 0;
   return info;
 }
diff --git a/streamer.c b/streamer.c
index 30c7862..6c811a8 100644
--- a/streamer.c
+++ b/streamer.c
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ bool cIptvStreamer::Set(const char* Location, const int Parameter, const int Ind
 cString cIptvStreamer::GetInformation(void)
 {
   //debug("cIptvStreamer::GetInformation()");
-  cString info("Stream:");
+  cString info;
   if (protocol)
-     info = cString::sprintf("%s %s", *info, *protocol->GetInformation());
-  return cString::sprintf("%s\n", *info);
+     info = protocol->GetInformation();
+  return info;
 }