diff --git a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
index 037eadeb8..122601171 100644
--- a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ type Props = {
   autoplay: boolean,
   autoplaySetting: boolean,
   claimId: ?string,
+  title: ?string,
+  channelName: ?string,
   embedded: boolean,
   internalFeatureEnabled: ?boolean,
   isAudio: boolean,
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     autoplay,
     autoplaySetting,
     claimId,
+    title,
+    channelName,
     embedded,
     internalFeatureEnabled, // for people on the team to test new features internally
     isAudio,
@@ -163,7 +167,10 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     // the true fix here is to fix the m3u8 file, see: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/6315
     controlBar: { subsCapsButton: false },
     techOrder: ['chromecast', 'html5'],
-    chromecast: { requestTitleFn: (src) => '' },
+    chromecast: {
+      requestTitleFn: (src) => title || '',
+      requestSubtitleFn: (src) => channelName || '',
+    },
   };
 
   const { detectFileType, createVideoPlayerDOM } = functions({ source, sourceType, videoJsOptions, isAudio });
diff --git a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx
index 1beca2ba9..e5bb2d121 100644
--- a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
   const adApprovedChannelIds = homepageData ? getAllIds(homepageData) : [];
   const claimId = claim && claim.claim_id;
   const channelClaimId = claim && claim.signing_channel && claim.signing_channel.claim_id;
+  const channelName = claim && claim.signing_channel && claim.signing_channel.name;
   const isAudio = contentType.includes('audio');
   const forcePlayer = FORCE_CONTENT_TYPE_PLAYER.includes(contentType);
   const {
@@ -477,6 +478,8 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
         autoplay={!embedded || autoplayIfEmbedded}
         autoplaySetting={autoplayNext}
         claimId={claimId}
+        title={claim && ((claim.value && claim.value.title) || claim.name)}
+        channelName={channelName}
         userId={userId}
         allowPreRoll={!authenticated} // TODO: pull this into ads functionality so it's self contained
         internalFeatureEnabled={internalFeature}