diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 2b68764..e875693 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.51.0",
         "@tanstack/react-virtual": "^3.14.3",
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
+        "flag-icons": "^7.5.0",
         "hls.js": "^1.6.16",
         "i18next": "^23.11.5",
         "lucide-react": "^0.408.0",
@@ -1809,6 +1810,12 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/flag-icons": {
+      "version": "7.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/flag-icons/-/flag-icons-7.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-kd+MNXviFIg5hijH766tt+3x76ele1AXlo4zDdCxIvqWZhKt4T83bOtxUOOMlTx/EcFdUMH5yvQgYlFh1EqqFg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/fraction.js": {
       "version": "5.3.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fraction.js/-/fraction.js-5.3.4.tgz",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 26c103b..83d361a 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.51.0",
     "@tanstack/react-virtual": "^3.14.3",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
+    "flag-icons": "^7.5.0",
     "hls.js": "^1.6.16",
     "i18next": "^23.11.5",
     "lucide-react": "^0.408.0",
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChannelAbout.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChannelAbout.tsx
index 9e5f2ba..cc19b35 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChannelAbout.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChannelAbout.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { ExternalLink } from "lucide-react";
 import type { ChannelDetail } from "../lib/api";
+import { linkify } from "../lib/linkify";
 
 // --- About-tab metadata helpers (shared by the channel page and the manager's About overlay) ---
-// ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code → 🇺🇸 regional-indicator flag emoji.
-function countryFlag(code: string): string {
-  if (!/^[A-Za-z]{2}$/.test(code)) return "";
-  return String.fromCodePoint(...[...code.toUpperCase()].map((c) => 0x1f1e6 + c.charCodeAt(0) - 65));
-}
 function displayName(code: string, lang: string, type: "region" | "language"): string {
   try {
     return new Intl.DisplayNames([lang], { type }).of(type === "region" ? code.toUpperCase() : code) ?? code;
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ export default function ChannelAboutContent({ ch }: { ch: ChannelDetail }) {
   return (
     <>
       {ch.description ? (
-        <p className="text-sm whitespace-pre-wrap break-words leading-relaxed">{ch.description}</p>
+        <p className="text-sm whitespace-pre-wrap break-words leading-relaxed">{linkify(ch.description)}</p>
       ) : (
         <p className="text-sm text-muted">{t("channel.noDescription")}</p>
       )}
@@ -76,8 +72,12 @@ export default function ChannelAboutContent({ ch }: { ch: ChannelDetail }) {
           {ch.country && (
             <div className="flex gap-2">
               <span className="text-muted w-24 shrink-0">{t("channel.country")}</span>
-              <span>
-                {countryFlag(ch.country)} {displayName(ch.country, i18n.language, "region")}
+              <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2">
+                {/^[A-Za-z]{2}$/.test(ch.country) && (
+                  // Real SVG flag (flag-icons) — Windows/Chrome don't render flag emoji.
+                  <span className={`fi fi-${ch.country.toLowerCase()} rounded-sm shrink-0`} aria-hidden />
+                )}
+                {displayName(ch.country, i18n.language, "region")}
               </span>
             </div>
           )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/linkify.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/linkify.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2187c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/linkify.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Fragment, type ReactNode } from "react";
+
+// A bare http(s) URL: greedy up to whitespace/<, but don't swallow a trailing sentence
+// punctuation mark (so "…see https://x.com/y." links "https://x.com/y", not the dot).
+const URL_RE = /(https?:\/\/[^\s<]+[^\s<.,!?;:)\]}"'])/g;
+
+/**
+ * Turn bare http(s) URLs inside a plain-text string into clickable links that open in a new tab
+ * (with a safe rel). Everything else is returned as text, so it composes with `whitespace-pre-wrap`
+ * (line breaks preserved). Used for channel/video descriptions where links arrive as plain text.
+ */
+export function linkify(text: string): ReactNode[] {
+  const out: ReactNode[] = [];
+  let last = 0;
+  let key = 0;
+  URL_RE.lastIndex = 0;
+  let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  while ((m = URL_RE.exec(text)) !== null) {
+    if (m.index > last) out.push(<Fragment key={key++}>{text.slice(last, m.index)}</Fragment>);
+    const url = m[0];
+    out.push(
+      <a
+        key={key++}
+        href={url}
+        target="_blank"
+        rel="noopener noreferrer"
+        className="text-accent hover:underline break-all"
+      >
+        {url}
+      </a>,
+    );
+    last = m.index + url.length;
+  }
+  if (last < text.length) out.push(<Fragment key={key++}>{text.slice(last)}</Fragment>);
+  return out;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/main.tsx b/frontend/src/main.tsx
index 553b436..c0575ec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/main.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { PrefsProvider } from "./components/PrefsProvider";
 import { WizardProvider } from "./components/WizardProvider";
 import "./i18n";
 import "./index.css";
+import "flag-icons/css/flag-icons.min.css";
 
 // Split by top-level route so each entry point is its own chunk: a public /watch share link or a
 // legal page never downloads the authenticated app bundle, and the app never carries them either.