diff --git a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.spec.ts b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.spec.ts
index 6031ef2bb..7c4c59614 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('M3uVodMetadataService', () => {
 
         await flush();
         expect(service.state()).toEqual({
-            channelId: 'ch1',
+            lookupKey: 'ch1\u0000Dune (2021) 1080p',
             status: 'matched',
             details,
         });
@@ -106,17 +106,31 @@ describe('M3uVodMetadataService', () => {
         first.resolve({ id: 1, title: 'Dune' });
         await flush();
         expect(service.state().status).toBe('loading');
-        expect(service.state().channelId).toBe('ch2');
+        expect(service.state().lookupKey).toContain('ch2');
 
         second.resolve({ id: 2, title: 'Alien' });
         await flush();
         expect(service.state()).toEqual({
-            channelId: 'ch2',
+            lookupKey: 'ch2\u0000Alien',
             status: 'matched',
             details: { id: 2, title: 'Alien' },
         });
     });
 
+    it('re-requests when a shared id carries a different title', async () => {
+        // `createChannel` falls back to the URL for a missing id, so two
+        // entries pointing at one stream can share one — the lookup identity
+        // is the id AND the title the request is actually built from.
+        enrichMovie.mockResolvedValue({ id: 1, title: 'Dune' });
+        service.load({ id: 'same-id', name: 'Dune' });
+        await flush();
+
+        service.load({ id: 'same-id', name: 'Alien' });
+
+        expect(enrichMovie).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+        expect(service.state().status).toBe('loading');
+    });
+
     it('does not re-request the channel the state already tracks', async () => {
         enrichMovie.mockResolvedValue({ id: 1, title: 'Dune' });
 
@@ -144,7 +158,7 @@ describe('M3uVodMetadataService', () => {
         service.reset();
 
         expect(service.state()).toEqual({
-            channelId: null,
+            lookupKey: null,
             status: 'idle',
             details: null,
         });
diff --git a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.ts b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.ts
index ebe009845..c05edeb95 100644
--- a/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.ts
+++ b/libs/playlist/m3u/feature-player/src/lib/m3u-vod-detail/m3u-vod-metadata.service.ts
@@ -5,18 +5,29 @@ import { Channel, releaseTagYear } from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
 export type M3uVodMetadataStatus = 'idle' | 'loading' | 'matched' | 'none';
 
 export interface M3uVodMetadataState {
-    /** Channel the current state belongs to — staleness anchor */
-    channelId: string | null;
+    /**
+     * The lookup this state belongs to — the staleness anchor. Both the id
+     * AND the title, because the title is what is actually looked up: an id
+     * alone would assume it determines the name, and nothing guarantees
+     * that (`createChannel` falls back to the URL for a missing id, so two
+     * entries pointing at one stream would share it).
+     */
+    lookupKey: string | null;
     status: M3uVodMetadataStatus;
     details: TmdbMovieDetails | null;
 }
 
 const IDLE_STATE: M3uVodMetadataState = {
-    channelId: null,
+    lookupKey: null,
     status: 'idle',
     details: null,
 };
 
+/** NUL keeps the two parts unambiguous whatever an entry is named. */
+function lookupKeyOf(channel: Pick<Channel, 'id' | 'name'>): string {
+    return `${channel.id}\u0000${channel.name ?? ''}`;
+}
+
 /**
  * TMDB lookup for an M3U entry recognized as a movie. Thin glue over
  * {@link TmdbEnrichmentService}: the resolver already normalizes titles
@@ -39,17 +50,17 @@ export class M3uVodMetadataService {
      * only the response for the channel the state currently tracks lands.
      */
     load(channel: Pick<Channel, 'id' | 'name'>): void {
-        const channelId = channel.id;
-        if (this.stateSignal().channelId === channelId) {
+        const lookupKey = lookupKeyOf(channel);
+        if (this.stateSignal().lookupKey === lookupKey) {
             return;
         }
 
         if (!this.tmdb.isEnabled()) {
-            this.stateSignal.set({ channelId, status: 'none', details: null });
+            this.stateSignal.set({ lookupKey, status: 'none', details: null });
             return;
         }
 
-        this.stateSignal.set({ channelId, status: 'loading', details: null });
+        this.stateSignal.set({ lookupKey, status: 'loading', details: null });
 
         // `releaseTagYear` reads only bracketed/trailing release TAGS, never
         // a year that is part of the film's name ("2001: A Space Odyssey").
@@ -59,8 +70,8 @@ export class M3uVodMetadataService {
                 year: releaseTagYear(channel.name),
             })
             .then(
-                (details) => this.settle(channelId, details),
-                () => this.settle(channelId, null)
+                (details) => this.settle(lookupKey, details),
+                () => this.settle(lookupKey, null)
             );
     }
 
@@ -68,13 +79,13 @@ export class M3uVodMetadataService {
         this.stateSignal.set(IDLE_STATE);
     }
 
-    private settle(channelId: string, details: TmdbMovieDetails | null): void {
-        if (this.stateSignal().channelId !== channelId) {
+    private settle(lookupKey: string, details: TmdbMovieDetails | null): void {
+        if (this.stateSignal().lookupKey !== lookupKey) {
             return;
         }
 
         this.stateSignal.set({
-            channelId,
+            lookupKey,
             status: details ? 'matched' : 'none',
             details,
         });