# Alerts that MediaLive generates
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MediaLive can generate alerts when a channel is running. For a list of alerts, see [List of alerts for channels](monitor-activity-types-alerts-channels.md).

You can view the alerts for each channel on the MediaLive console. For more information, see [Alerts tab – Viewing alerts](monitoring-console-general.md#view-alerts).

MediaLive turns alerts into CloudWatch events with the detailType set to `MediaLive Channel Alert`. For an example of the JSON for these events, see [JSON for a state change event](monitoring-cloudwatch-json-state-change.md).