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MovedGoalPosts · 15-03-2004, 01:51

Similar channel types should be grouped together, and into some sort of numerical sequence, rather than the randomisation that we now have..

For example, Movie channels are 51-61, but 51 is movies 1, 52 is movies 3, and so on. Daft. Yep, I know Sky renumbered a few months ago when they dropped the separate MovieMax and Premier channels, but at the time that ntl reprogrammed the idents on the programme guide, you'd have thought they could have put the channel numbers in the new sequence too?

Why on earth BBC news is channel 10 and then Sky news is 120 ITV news 123, I will never fathom.

As for the numbering of radio channels, It's as if someone had a tombola draw "ticket number 8** wins Capital FM!", In the midst of the radio stuff you get some worthless shopping channels, then it's back to radio, a few music video channels, radio. It's all over the place.

OK so some new channels have been launched and others have fallen by the wayside, so some of the sequencing has got jumbled. But was there any logic to it in the first place?

15-03-2004, 01:51	#8
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Channel Order? Similar channel types should be grouped together, and into some sort of numerical sequence, rather than the randomisation that we now have.. For example, Movie channels are 51-61, but 51 is movies 1, 52 is movies 3, and so on. Daft. Yep, I know Sky renumbered a few months ago when they dropped the separate MovieMax and Premier channels, but at the time that ntl reprogrammed the idents on the programme guide, you'd have thought they could have put the channel numbers in the new sequence too? Why on earth BBC news is channel 10 and then Sky news is 120 ITV news 123, I will never fathom. As for the numbering of radio channels, It's as if someone had a tombola draw "ticket number 8** wins Capital FM!", In the midst of the radio stuff you get some worthless shopping channels, then it's back to radio, a few music video channels, radio. It's all over the place. OK so some new channels have been launched and others have fallen by the wayside, so some of the sequencing has got jumbled. But was there any logic to it in the first place?