diff --git a/planet/shell/tmpl.py b/planet/shell/tmpl.py
index 8e79eca..8988ad1 100644
--- a/planet/shell/tmpl.py
+++ b/planet/shell/tmpl.py
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ def tmpl_mapper(source, rules):
         for name,value in source.source.items():
             if name.startswith('planet_'):
                 output['channel_' + name[7:]] = String(value)
-            if not output.get('channel_name'):
-                output['channel_name'] = source.source.get('title', '')
+            if not output.get('channel_name') and \
+                source.source.has_key('title_detail'):
+                output['channel_name'] = Plain(source.source.title_detail.value)
 
     return output
 
diff --git a/tests/data/filter/tmpl/planet_title_name.xml b/tests/data/filter/tmpl/planet_title_name.xml
index ecb5024..828bc9c 100644
--- a/tests/data/filter/tmpl/planet_title_name.xml
+++ b/tests/data/filter/tmpl/planet_title_name.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!--
 Description:  id
-Expect:       Items[0]['channel_name'] == 'blog title'
+Expect:       Items[0]['channel_name'] == 'Se\xc3\xb1or Frog'
 -->
 
 <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
   <entry>
     <source>
-      <title>blog title</title>
+      <title type="html">Se&ntilde;or Frog</title>
     </source>
   </entry>
 </feed>