diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelEPGListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelEPGListFragment.java
index 8917889..cf990be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelEPGListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelEPGListFragment.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.xbmc.kore.jsonrpc.ApiCallback;
 import org.xbmc.kore.jsonrpc.method.PVR;
 import org.xbmc.kore.jsonrpc.type.PVRType;
 import org.xbmc.kore.utils.LogUtils;
+import org.xbmc.kore.utils.UIUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -223,10 +224,11 @@ public class PVRChannelEPGListFragment extends Fragment
                 viewHolder.broadcastId = broadcastDetails.broadcastid;
                 viewHolder.title = broadcastDetails.title;
 
-                viewHolder.titleView.setText(broadcastDetails.title);
-                viewHolder.detailsView.setText(broadcastDetails.plot);
-                String duration = String.format(this.getContext().getString(R.string.minutes_abbrev2),
-                                                String.valueOf(broadcastDetails.runtime));
+                Context context = getContext();
+                viewHolder.titleView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, broadcastDetails.title));
+                viewHolder.detailsView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, broadcastDetails.plot));
+                String duration = context.getString(R.string.minutes_abbrev2,
+                                                    String.valueOf(broadcastDetails.runtime));
 
                 int flags = DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_ALL | DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_TIME;
                 viewHolder.startTimeView.setText(DateUtils.formatDateTime(getActivity(), broadcastDetails.starttime.getTime(), flags));
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelsListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelsListFragment.java
index 381fc1e..68bf989 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelsListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRChannelsListFragment.java
@@ -479,11 +479,12 @@ public class PVRChannelsListFragment extends Fragment
             viewHolder.channelId = channelDetails.channelid;
             viewHolder.channelName = channelDetails.channel;
 
-            viewHolder.titleView.setText(channelDetails.channel);
+            Context context = getContext();
+            viewHolder.titleView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, channelDetails.channel));
             String details = (channelDetails.broadcastnow != null)?
                     channelDetails.broadcastnow.title : null;
-            viewHolder.detailsView.setText(details);
-            UIUtils.loadImageWithCharacterAvatar(getContext(), hostManager,
+            viewHolder.detailsView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, details));
+            UIUtils.loadImageWithCharacterAvatar(context, hostManager,
                                                  channelDetails.thumbnail, channelDetails.channel,
                                                  viewHolder.artView, artWidth, artHeight);
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRRecordingsListFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRRecordingsListFragment.java
index 2ab5af5..b61e448 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRRecordingsListFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/ui/sections/video/PVRRecordingsListFragment.java
@@ -230,9 +230,10 @@ public class PVRRecordingsListFragment extends Fragment
             viewHolder.recordingId = recordingDetails.recordingid;
             viewHolder.title = recordingDetails.title;
 
-            viewHolder.titleView.setText(recordingDetails.title);
-            viewHolder.detailsView.setText(recordingDetails.channel);
-            UIUtils.loadImageWithCharacterAvatar(getContext(), hostManager,
+            Context context = getContext();
+            viewHolder.titleView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, recordingDetails.title));
+            viewHolder.detailsView.setText(UIUtils.applyMarkup(context, recordingDetails.channel));
+            UIUtils.loadImageWithCharacterAvatar(context, hostManager,
                                                  (recordingDetails.art != null) ?
                                                          recordingDetails.art.poster : recordingDetails.icon,
                                                  recordingDetails.channel,
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ public class PVRRecordingsListFragment extends Fragment
             int runtime = recordingDetails.runtime / 60;
             String duration =
                     recordingDetails.starttime + " | " +
-                    String.format(this.getContext().getString(R.string.minutes_abbrev), String.valueOf(runtime));
+                    context.getString(R.string.minutes_abbrev, String.valueOf(runtime));
             viewHolder.durationView.setText(duration);
 
             return convertView;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/utils/UIUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/utils/UIUtils.java
index b3808b6..c245b72 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/utils/UIUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/xbmc/kore/utils/UIUtils.java
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ public class UIUtils {
      * or derivatives.
      */
     public static SpannableStringBuilder applyMarkup(Context context, String src) {
+        if (src == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
         SpannableStringBuilder sb = new SpannableStringBuilder();
         int start = src.indexOf('[');
         if (start == -1) {
@@ -768,6 +771,7 @@ public class UIUtils {
         }
 
         /**
+         * This must be called after every {@link #end()}.
          * @return true if we found a close tag when there are no open tags
          */
         boolean imbalanced() {