diff --git a/lexicons/org/xcvr/notes.lex b/lexicons/org/xcvr/notes.lex
index 581eed9..b033f46 100644
--- a/lexicons/org/xcvr/notes.lex
+++ b/lexicons/org/xcvr/notes.lex
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ org.xcvr
 
     image: def
       alt: string
-      blob: blob
+      blob?: blob
       aspectRatio?: aspectRatio
 
     aspectRatio: def
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ org.xcvr
 
     video: def
       alt: string
-      blob: blob
+      blob?: blob
       # captions?
     
     messageView: def
@@ -146,14 +146,13 @@ org.xcvr
 
     imageView: def
       alt: string
-      src: string
+      src?: string
       aspectRatio?: aspectRatio
 
     videoView: def
       alt: string
-      src: string
+      src?: string
       # captions?
-      
 
     signedMessageView: def
       uri: uri
diff --git a/server/internal/model/channelLexiconStream.go b/server/internal/model/channelLexiconStream.go
index d66ad94..4d7e22c 100644
--- a/server/internal/model/channelLexiconStream.go
+++ b/server/internal/model/channelLexiconStream.go
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ package model
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"rvcx/internal/atputils"
+	"rvcx/internal/lex"
 	"rvcx/internal/types"
 	"time"
 
@@ -132,3 +135,36 @@ func (m *Model) BroadcastMessage(uri string, msg *types.Message) error {
 	cm.broadcast(mv)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (m *Model) BroadcastImage(uri string, media *types.Image) error {
+	cm := m.uriMap[uri]
+	if cm == nil {
+		return errors.New("failed to map uri to lsm!")
+	}
+	pv, err := m.store.GetProfileView(media.DID, context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("failed to get profile view: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	ar := lex.AspectRatio{
+		Width:  *media.Width,
+		Height: *media.Height,
+	}
+	src := fmt.Sprintf("%s/xrpc/org.xcvr.lrc.getImage?uri=%s", os.Getenv("MY_IDENTITY"), media.URI)
+
+	img := types.ImageView{
+		Alt:         media.Alt,
+		Src:         &src,
+		AspectRatio: &ar,
+	}
+	mv := types.MediaView{
+		URI:       media.URI,
+		Author:    *pv,
+		Image:     &img,
+		Nick:      media.Nick,
+		Color:     media.Color,
+		SignetURI: media.SignetURI,
+		PostedAt:  media.PostedAt,
+	}
+	cm.broadcast(mv)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/types/lexicons.go b/server/internal/types/lexicons.go
index c3b7fac..e250139 100644
--- a/server/internal/types/lexicons.go
+++ b/server/internal/types/lexicons.go
@@ -227,6 +227,23 @@ type Image struct {
 	IndexedAt time.Time
 }
 
+type MediaView struct {
+	Type      string      `json:"$type,const=org.xcvr.lrc.defs#messageView"`
+	URI       string      `json:"uri"`
+	Author    ProfileView `json:"author"`
+	Image     *ImageView  `json:"imageView,omitempty"`
+	Nick      *string     `json:"nick,omitempty"`
+	Color     *uint32     `json:"color,omitempty"`
+	SignetURI string      `json:"signetURI"`
+	PostedAt  time.Time   `json:"postedAt"`
+}
+
+type ImageView struct {
+	Alt         string           `json:"alt"`
+	Src         *string          `json:"src,omitempty"`
+	AspectRatio *lex.AspectRatio `json:"AspectRatio,omitempty"`
+}
+
 type ParseMediaRequest struct {
 	Nick      *string    `json:"nick,omitempty"`
 	Color     *uint32    `json:"color,omitempty"`
@@ -234,3 +251,14 @@ type ParseMediaRequest struct {
 	Image     *lex.Image `json:"image,omitempty"`
 	Type      string     `json:"type"`
 }
+
+func (m MediaView) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	type Alias MediaView
+	return json.Marshal(&struct {
+		Type string `json:"$type"`
+		*Alias
+	}{
+		Type:  "org.xcvr.lrc.defs#mediaView",
+		Alias: (*Alias)(&m),
+	})
+}